Boudoir photography
Boudoir photography is a sexy, classy photoshoot for yourself or your significant other. Boudoir shoots are also an excellent way to boost your confidence, relax, and be pampered, and an inexpensive gift for your partner. Boudoir can be provocative but doesn’t have to be; it’s about feeling beautiful and capturing.
Bridal
- The bride’s friends and family will be active in wedding planning and the ceremony.
- The bridal party hosts a pre-wedding party, often featuring games or other surprises for the bride.
- All of the people involved in a wedding besides the officiant, including both the bride’s and groom’s sides; may also be called a wedding party.
- The dress worn by a bride may be referred to as a “gown” or “dress” as well.
- A thin piece of fabric that attaches to hair accessories like headbands or veils and flows down over the face before hanging at different lengths behind it; it can also refer to headpieces worn on their own without a veil.
- It May also be called “bridal makeup”; makeup applied for weddings, usually professionally done, so it looks good in photos.
- A set of jewelry coordinated with either a bride’s dress or her entire look; can include earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and rings.
Catering
Catering: The food and beverage costs of your wedding. Are your guests being served a sit-down meal, buffet, or stations? Some events have passed hors d’oeuvres followed by a sit-down dinner, while others have just passed hors d’oeuvres or just desserts. These are things to consider when creating your budget and choosing the right caterer for you.
Digital Wedding Albums
Personalized digital wedding albums are the best way to display your professional photos. They come in various formats, including lookbooks, coffee table books, and signature albums. You can also order parent albums and bridal albums to share your wedding album with friends and family. Engagement books are a great option to use as a guest book at your wedding—sometimes they’re called engagement sessions, but they don’t have anything to do with photography sessions. Family portrait albums are another great way to preserve memories of your special day for future generations.
Engagement sessions
An engagement session is a photoshoot with the couple in casual clothes. Usually, they’re photographed outdoors—often in a park—about six months before their wedding date. Their idea is to let the couple get comfortable being photographed together before their wedding day. For help planning an engagement session, check out this item in our blog.
Family Portraits
Family portraits are among the most important photos you will take on your wedding day. Therefore, you’ll want to make sure you have a list of all the people who should be in these photos and their contact information so that you can let them know when and where the photoshoot will be.
You will also want to find a special location for both of you and your families and make sure everyone has dressed appropriately for it. The last thing you would want is for your grandmother to show up wearing stilettos in a field of tall grass!
Remember to set aside enough time for pictures (20-30 minutes), and give yourself extra time if anyone is running late. It’s also helpful to have someone let guests know they need to arrive early or they may not be able to participate in certain shots, like family portraits.
Formals/Group Pictures
Formals (also known as group photos) are the most important shots you’ll take at a wedding.
First and foremost: Smile. No one wants to see their photographer looking tired or unhappy. So, put on a happy face and enjoy being around people celebrating something extraordinary!
Next, it’s time for some equipment recommendations! I recommend using a wide aperture lens to blur out any distracting background elements behind the subjects’ heads—often this can happen when shooting indoors where there may be cluttered walls or busy wallpaper patterns.
Getting Ready Pictures
Get ready to have your hair and makeup done while a photographer captures the process, capturing candids of you and any others that are getting ready with you. It’s always nice to have these memories later!
Makeup and Hair Stylists
Makeup and hair stylists make all the difference in the world. So don’t skimp on these services, even if you have to re-allocate the money from something less important. You know how much time you spend every day taking care of your skin and maintaining your look, so why shouldn’t this day be any different?
Makeup and hairstyles are a fashion statement. They tell people who you are—and they may very well be the most important thing that anyone notices when they see how beautiful you look, not just on your wedding day but for years to come.
Photobooths
Elaborating on the above, photo booths are a modern way of capturing memories. They can be set up practically anywhere and don’t take much to operate. The best part is that everyone can make goofy faces and have fun! Photo booth pictures are typically printed out immediately for guests to take home. In addition, guests will have access to an online gallery of photos where they can download their images for free and share them on social media (in which you’ll hopefully be tagged in).
Photojournalism or Up-close-and-Personal? Which is better?
We’ve all seen the photos of weddings and other events where the photographer is standing out in the hot sun or somehow captured everything at an angle that you can’t see anything. What these pictures lack is something called “up-close-and-personal.”
It’s an intense way to view a wedding, and it shows a lot about their personalities. You can tell whether they’re enjoying themselves or if they’re stressed (because they have too much makeup on).
Receptions/Dances/Parties Photos
When it comes to taking photos at the reception, there’s a lot of ground to cover. Of course, you want to show guests getting things started on the dance floor, but it’s also essential to document any special activities that might be planned—like a champagne toast or first dance. Most couples ask their photographers to take candid portraits of them and their guests throughout the night while they’re dancing and carrying on. But don’t forget about including some posed photos too! Even if posing isn’t your thing, I promise that these shots will turn out great when captured by your photographer!
Signature Albums or Coffee Table Books or Lookbooks? What do I get?
You’ve seen these different terms, but what is the difference between them all?
- A signature album is a hand-crafted, custom-made album that your wedding photographer designs according to your style. This can include the type of paper you want (linen, leather, or silk), the color, and even the size. They’re also known as Fine Art Albums.
- Coffee table books are 20+ pages in length and come with a hardcover featuring one photo that wraps around it. Inside they can feature pictures of your choice but are not entirely customized. They typically come with a flush mount or lay flat binding style and are not meant for heavy use.
- Lookbooks have glossy pages similar to those found in magazines and have no cover page. They’re often produced by third-party companies like Blurb and Apple’s iBooks Author program, which offers users templates to create their albums using their photos. These aren’t usually as high quality as other options because they’re printed on standard paper instead of photographic paper like other options.
When you choose an option for your wedding photography package, make sure it reflects what you value most about your wedding day: love, family, tradition, or something else entirely!
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