Wedding photography – Don’t forget the rings!
A wedding day is typically very busy and very hectic. The couple will spend a majority of the day primping, curling, writing checks, drinking a lot of bubbly and worrying whether or not the random family member assigned to the guest book remembered to show up early. Among other tasks leading up to the wedding, when hiring a photographer for the big day, don’t forget to ask to have a photo taken of your rings.
Most professional photographers will have the couple make a list of shots that will only happen once in a lifetime, and a wedding is one of those rare occasions that brings distant family members and friends together for the first time and sometimes, the only time. Honestly, grandma is only going to live so long and divorced parents are only going to sit in the same room civilly for a limited period of time, so of course rank those highest in importance.
When you get down to the “what else are we forgetting” shots, include a wedding ring photo. Sometimes photographers have specialty shots that they like to take and I’d be willing to bet that many of these include the rings. Diamonds look great on camera and really, when else are you going to sit down with your soon to be spouse and take pictures of each other’s rings? If anything else, it’s a chance to get a cool shot that would otherwise feel ridiculous and vain to take out of the context of a wedding day.
And another thing, even though you will be surprised by how many relatives will be willing to travel the distance to see you, you will be equally shocked at the few that can’t make it. It’s a depressing and often unavoidable fact that people do live lives of their own and your wedding day sometimes can’t be everyone’s top priority.
The next best thing you can do for your family not in attendance is to take pictures, this will allow you to share your day with them long distance. Post it on Facebook like the rest of the kids are doing these days or just print out a couple of pics at the photo station of your local drugstore and send it snail mail, either way it will allow everyone in your life to share your joy.
A few ideas on good poses you can try are:
- Put the rings on a petal of a brightly colored flower from the bride’s bouquet.
- You and your spouse hold hands and the photographer can focus on the two rings together with you two hazy in the background.
- Recreate the moment when you exchange rings because most of the time the photographer isn’t allowed on the altar with the couple.
Any of these shots will do and if you are really vibing with your photographer, feel free to invent a few poses of your own, remember this is your day and they work for you!
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