first look or nah?

I am old school ans don't want him to see me prior. I say nah but that's just me. Depends on how you two are.

We did a first look because my husband wanted to since I was doing a first look with my dad. It was nice to be able to spend the extra time with him, but I would have rathered have had the first time he see me be when I walked down the aisle. We did family photos during cocktail hour and separate bridal party photos before the ceremony. Another option if you don't want to do a first look is to do photos with you and your bridesmaids and your fiance and his groomsmen prior to the ceremony. You could also do any family photos that you guys might want without each other like if you want ones with just you and your mom or just you with both of your parents prior to the ceremony. Then during cocktail hour you could do a couple of the entire bridal party photos, combined family photos, and photos of you with your husband.

My fiancé seeing me walk down the aisle was priceless. I wouldn’t trade. We had plenty of time for photos after even with my complicated family.

Fiancé now husband I mean

I don’t regret our first look at all. It helped with nerves, didn’t take any emotion away from walking down the aisle, and we were able to greet all of our guests during cocktail hour and enjoy all the yummy food.

I don't regret doing a first look either, it worked out better for my logistics to get photos out of the way

I asked my FH and he wanted to be surprised. Just depends on what you guys want.

We didn’t decide to do first look until about a week before our wedding. I’m so happy we did it. We got to share that moment alone and it was amazing. It helped get some pictures out of the way so we could spend some of the cocktail hour with our guests.

Helped! Calmed our nerves, quiet moments with just us to connect before the wedding, our favorite photos by far, and we spent more time during cocktail hour with guests. One of our best decisions.

We aren’t doing a first look. I want to see the look on my fiancé’s face when I walk down the aisle. He always tells me he is going to cry at our wedding!

We aren’t doing a first look, and I’m excited! I just hope the photographers get a photo of his expression!

A first look is something we always wanted to do to calm the nerves and have that moment for ourselves. We thought it would be more genuine and real just being the two of us and it takes pressure off the “aisle moment”. Doesn’t hurt that we can get most of the photos done beforehand and just have family photos after the ceremony — that way we can join all of cocktail hour!

I originally didn’t want a first look but I’m glad we did it. My husband wanted to be able to enjoy the cocktail hour with our friends and family. Doing a first look allowed us to get all photos done before the ceremony. It was great to be able to work the rooms during cocktails vs tables during the reception. I only worked the tables of the few people I missed during cocktails which allowed me to eat dinner.

My FH and I are doing a first look. We want some time for ourselves before everything starts. We know once the ceremony is over, it's going to be hard to have time for just the two of us during the reception because we want to be around our family and friends for the rest of the night. We also think it'll help with nerves.

We're old school and really hate that trend. I'd never tell another bride what to do on her day though. For me there is no way i'd take that special moment from him, seeing me for the first time when I walked up the aisle to him. I would never have taken that from the guests either, getting to watch us see each other and seeing my big tough guy tear up when he saw me

Originally I wanted a first look and my FH said he wanted to think about it. After thinking over a weekend he decided we should go for it. I really wanna share that special moment with just him and not everyone else. Also we wanted more opportunities to take pictures together!

DON'T DO IT. I got married on Jan 5th, 2020 and was debating about this. Well while it was beautiful, I wouldn't do it again. You really take away from walking down the isle emotions. He even said that he was way less emotional since he had seen me already. So speaking from experience, I wish I had not done the first look. This new trend is just to take more pictures, I wish I would of stayed more in tradition.