17/02/2026
If you don’t take at least one proper “looking down the lens” photo of your couple on a wedding day, you’re missing something important.
Yes, I’m all for documentary.
Yes, 95% of the day should be relaxed, and when it comes to couple portraits it should feel fluid, with some walking, talking, hands held, arms wrapped, real moments unfolding.
But the old classic?
Together. An arm around each other. Looking at the camera.
That photo matters.
It’s the one your family prints.
It’s the one that ends up in a frame.
It’s the one that feels familiar, grounded, timeless.
It’s also the perfect way to start a couple photo session.
They’ve just finished speeches.
They’ve just come out of the wedding breakfast.
It’s been a beautiful whirlwind.
So we pause.
Fresh air.
One simple, steady frame.
Let them settle for a minute.
Let them feel comfortable in something they instinctively understand.
It gives them a breather.
It gives me a moment to tweak a tie or analyse the scene.
And it gives them a photo they’ll still love in 30 years.
Candid is powerful.
But classic is powerful too.
If a photographer refuses to take one simple portrait because it’s “not documentary enough”, I think that’s a mistake.
Curious...would you want that classic photo, or would you skip it entirely?
