09/28/2026
How do you make sure your photographer gets fantastic candids? Be involved in your wedding!!! ✨
I know that sounds ridiculously obvious, but you’d be surprised at how intentional you have to be to execute it. People at weddings tend to get stuck, and miss out on actually interacting with the people and elements they love there. (Not just the bride and groom but their parents too) At a full traditional wedding you’re being pulled in a million directions. The timeline & events, all the people here to see you, the good food you ordered forever ago and can’t wait to eat, the open bar, your favorite song coming on. Sometimes it gets to be too much and you can easily get stuck in one of those places for half the night, or sit at a vanity chair all morning watching your friends and family move around you. Leaving your photographer trying to decide how many photos they really need of you stuck sitting down in the same place with the same people for 1/3 of the day. 🤷🏼♀️
The key is to switch things up and intentionally enjoy the elements you put together, not get stuck in one spot. Waiting for the bathroom to open up to change? Help your girls or guys put on necklaces or ties. Did you have a Photo Booth you rented? Get a silly photo with your besties or grandma! Favorite song come on? Get your mom out on the dance floor and make some memories together! Did you bring ci**rs to celebrate? Grab your cousin that you haven’t seen in a year and light those puppies together! These are the elements you will remember and want to have photos of for all the years ahead!
