Pre-wedding and engagement photo session
Most people are not accustomed to having their photos taken by a professional photographer. Although a good photographer should be able to put their subject at ease and produce the photographs, it is difficult for the wedding couple to be totally comfortable with a stranger on the day who is pointing the camera at them most of the time. Therefore, I always arrange to have a pre-wedding photo session a month before the wedding, it’s not only about producing fantastic images, it’s also an opportunity for us to organise the final details and make sure the day will run smoothly.
Wedding day organisation
Organising your wedding day will be top of the agenda at the pre-wedding session. To put it simply, it’s working out the timeline for the day, what is happening at what time and making sure there is enough time for each task. It usually helps the soon to be wed to work everything through in their mind too. I have gone into detail on this subject in a previous blog post.
Creating lots of closeness and intimacy between the couple
Your wedding guests
No matter how big or small your wedding is, there is a lot to be taken into consideration, especially the family and friends you are inviting, just think of the seating arrangement for your wedding breakfast. In addition, some of your guests come from far away places and it’s important to have those memories of who came to celebrate the union. With that in mind, I work out a list of shots with you, the combination of people you would like to have photographs of and anything special that you are planning. By putting it down on paper, it will make sure we don’t miss the important shots on the day.
Pre -wedding session at location
Location or studio
Whilst my studio is a comfortable and homely environment for a photo session, lots of people choose to have their pre-wedding photo sessions on location. Rightly so too, weddings are taking place at locations where lighting and conditions are not as controlled as in the studio. In fact, I usually suggest to have your session on location, either at the wedding venue or at a beautiful local wooded area in and around the beautiful village of Mortimer where my studio is based.
Preview and finalise
The final stage of the pre-wedding session is to review the images from the session. By doing this, I can go further into the elements of posing and we can see the efforts of the work we have done together and how it will translate into stunning images on the special day – it’s a preview of your photographs after the wedding. Furthermore, in order to finalise everything, I’ll organise a timeline/shortlist for you then send it to your roughly a week before the wedding.
Some photographers may consider pre-wedding sessions as additional work and add extra charges for it. I believe it is an essential part of wedding photography. As a rule, I build it into the wedding photography package no matter how big or small.
By reviewing the images straight away, I am able to give them an idea what the result of the wedding day photography might look like.
Your author
This blog post is provided by Jack Chen ABIPP ARPS. Award winning photographer based in Reading UK, specialising is wedding and portrait photography. If you are interested in any service, visit the website.
Contact detail
Email: jack@luxvita.co.uk
Mobile: 07971939813.