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Wedding Planning > Photography
Before or After?
Here's what our USABride
Readers think about
Pictures -- Before or After! What do you think? Let us know.
BEFORE
I, too, have always favored the romantic notion of
having my soon to be husband see me in my wedding gown for the first time as I walk down
the aisle. It was until he said this to me, and I quote, "I couldn't imagine it any
other way..."
AFTER
Well, putting aside the fact that it is our day and
that only our closest most intimate friends will be invited and they will understand the
delay, the only reason that we will not take the photos before the ceremony is because the
feeling that I will get to see my future husband waiting for me at the altar will be one
that I will always cherish as I know he will.
My solution is to stay in a good hotel for
one or two days before the honeymoon, this gives you both a chance to relax and take
an extra
day to do the photos after the ceremony. It is not really superstition, we are both very
romantic, so we are getting pictures taken before the wedding as an engaged couple. Who says
it HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE? ~ Grethel
BEFORE
"We always share EVERYTHING with each other
first and I want to remember as you're walking down the aisle and everyone is thinking how
beautiful you look that I got to see you first."
AFTER
I cannot imagine, after all the work that I have put into this wedding,
doing something merely because it is convenient. Convenient would have been to elope. I
want my bridesmaids and myself to stay "under wraps" until that moment when we
come down the aisle.
It heightens the drama and makes a memory which is unforgettable. All
of the guests will understand if we take a few more minutes to get to the reception. They
had their day and did it their way, and now it is my turn. ~ Dana
BEFORE
I couldn't imagine NOT seeing my best friend at the most stressful time of my life. He
calms me down and puts things in perspective. ~ Christine
AFTER
My husband and I were recently married. We agreed that we would take all photos except the
ones of him and I together before the ceremony. My husband and I had that wonderful moment
of seeing each other in our wedding clothes for the first time as our string quartet and
organist played our procession.
I almost started to cry when I saw my dear husband waiting
for me at the altar, and our best man later told me that he saw my husband's eyes grow
very wide with joy when he saw me enter the church. As I stood next to him, he mouthed,
"You look beautiful - I love you." I would not have traded that moment for
anything! I don't think it would have been as special if we had seen each other for the
first time before the ceremony. ~ Nancy
BEFORE
I had always dreamed of "that moment" when my fiancé saw me for
the first time in my wedding dress until my photographer suggested we take the pictures
before (for all the same reasons you mentioned). When my fiancé and I started talking
about it, we realized that we are entering into marriage together, partners for life, and
it sounded right that we see, touch, talk, and be there for each other before the
ceremony. We want to start our wedding day together, not apart.
~ Chris
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