Photos you don't care about or don't want

Yes! I have requested no getting ready photos. I just don’t see a need for professional photos of me having my hair and make up done, or staged photos of people pretending to help me get dressed. I am a grown woman, I can dress myself LOL
I also don’t want a bunch of stiff, posed photos. They aren’t natural looking and there is nothing dynamic about them, which makes them boring to look at, imo. Plus, they do not capture the events or the spirit of the evening.
And, although they are not technically wedding photos, I also was very clear that I did not want to do a boudoir photo shoot. I have never understood them. And, when I asked my fiancé about them, he basically said I don’t know any guys who would actually want to receive that. They would probably just pretend to love it then shove it in a closet or drawer never to be seen again.

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Ava,

I am actually considering the same thing! While it is cute, personally, I just don't see the need for them. The ones that truly matter to me are the ones where I am pictured during the ceremony and reception.

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I'm totally with you on the no getting ready photos! I can't imagine a bunch of photos of me and even my bridesmaid putting on our jewelry or getting lipstick painted on usXD I am getting a polaroid camera to have in our dressing room and will encourage my bridesmaid to snap some candid shots whenever they feel. That way, they get the shots they want on a cute little slide to take home that day!

I also don't really care for the "details" photos. I plan to tell our photographers to snap just a few photos of the tables/reception beforehand and of our cake. I'm really wanting to capture the emotions and excitement of our guests and most importantly, of us!

We really don’t want endless photos of the bridal party in awkward forced scenarios like walking across a field, linking arms and pretending to laugh.
As a bridal party member they’re always uncomfortable and take forever and whenever I look at them from other weddings I’ve been in, all I remember is how awkward it was and that they were super staged. We’ve asked our photographer for a few formal groupings and then we’ll go and have our portraits taken by ourselves so the bridal party can go and enjoy some drinks with their partners during cocktail hour.

Agreed that I don't really care about getting ready photos or awkwardly posed wedding party group photos. We're only having some getting ready photos done (candid only, no posed pictures in robes!) because we upped our photography package to 8 hours, so we'll have 3.5 hours before the ceremony even starts. We're knocking out all the pictures we can beforehand and I think we'll still have time leftover!

I couldn't agree more with Ava on this:
"no getting ready photos. I just don’t see a need for professional photos of me having my hair and make up done, or staged photos of people pretending to help me get dressed. I am a grown woman, I can dress myself LOL
I also don’t want a bunch of stiff, posed photos. They aren’t natural looking and there is nothing dynamic about them, which makes them boring to look at, imo"Plus: I don't see the point in forced,stagged scenarios (the bride dragging the groom to the ceremony, the wedding party members acting like they automatically know each other etc ...).

We don't have those "special" BP photos. Not our style, nor our photographer's style. Don't have a pro picture of the invitations, or rings, either.

Didn't really want those - we wanted pictures of the people and the party.

This is a really good question. We skipped on the getting ready photos for pretty much all the reasons stated above. We also didn't have a grand exit photo because it felt weird getting everyone to stand in two lines..

We are having some coverage of our dance floor but I honestly didn't care, I think those late-night dance floor pictures are always mediocre at best

Detail photos. I mean, I’m not paying a photographer $3k to take pictures of inanimate objects that I will never look at again, And my dress on a hanger is just that...a dress in a hanger. It means absolutely nothing if I’m not in it.


Also, the posed, stiff pics that others have mentioned. Obviously, those are going to happen, but I’d like to keep them at a minimum. I immediately stiffen up when I have to pose for pictures & I look like a crazy person. Surely, there will be plenty of opportunities to get good candid photos & those are what I’m interested in!

We didn't care about grand exit photos (we skipped grand exit to begin with). Unlike the PPs, I absolutely loved my getting ready photos, and they are prominently featured in our wedding album. My photographer showed up 15 minutes before it was time to get dressed and hair and makeup were already finished by then, but she got some really nice shots of my mom helping me into my dress and of my bridesmaids and I (and the second shooter photographed the groomsmen at the same time). I definitely wouldn't have had the photographer show up hours before it was time for our first look, but 15 minutes before our first look to take a few getting ready/dressed pics was super easy on all ends.

FH and I are going to get ready together and do portraits before the wedding. Personally, I don't feel the need to get any pics until after we're both ready, but FH really likes the idea of having a photographer and a videographer with us throughout the day from the moment we start getting ready, and if it makes him happy, that's what's important to me

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Agree with the detail photos! Seems a bit of a waste of time to get all the photos of my jewelry and veil, shoes, dress etc. Pictures with people in them were much more precious! However I did request that the photographer get plenty of pictures of our decorated areas, as I wanted to remember what the venue looked like after set up.

I don't want tons of staged couple photos, our photographer is requested to do lots of guests' pictures instead of staging our 'romantic' ones. We will have our separate photo shoot but our wedding photos are supposed to be fun just like the wedding itself. I don't want to make an anniversary smartshow 3d video with oh-so-perfect photos with no real emotions in some 5 or 10 years

View Quoted Comment I think I am just more of a “big picture” person. So, I too am interested in photos of the end product. I just don’t care about the close up shots of each individual element. Although I do understand why many like them, but my photographer’s suggested timeline has a good hour allotted to pictures that don’t include people. I’m not going to complain about it because I see it more as a warm-up for her artistic process, but I will let her know that she doesn’t need to concern herself if she’s not able to get those shots for any reason.

View Quoted Comment Same here! When I look back at my wedding photos, I want to see actual memories of the day! Not just a bunch of photos of people dress up, stiffly posed and fake smiling. One of the things I love most about photographs is that they transport you back to that moment and how you felt in it; or they will spark a memory of something you had forgotten. Posed photos don’t do that.

My photographer is photojournalist style, so I'm hoping to skip the getting ready stuff. Especially since we're skipping a wedding party.

After we're ready and we do our first look we're going for an adventure around the zoo to take pictures with animals and with our families. Hoping to get as many of those done before the ceremony as we physically can lol.

After that I honestly would be okay with our photographer dipping out once we're done with the official dances. I don't see us having a huge amount of dancing or partying, and no plans for toasts or anything like that.

No family portraits.

1. I got these when we got married, and they're my least favorite of all my wedding photos. No one looks comfortable. They aren't artistic, so even if I did put pictures up in our house, I wouldn't choose those. I didn't put them in our coffee table album, either.
2. My dad died last year, and "family" portraits without him just won't be the same. I don't need to be reminded that my family is fractured and a big piece of it is missing.
3. After seeing these done for years on the other side as a vendor (from a distance, since videographers don't need family portraits) I've found I just really don't even like the concept of these in the context of a wedding. It just seems weird, and I can't entirely explain why.

Ring shots. We're not upgrading our rings (my husband was adamantly opposed) so these seem pointless.

Honestly did not care for getting ready photos

I don't really want any getting ready photos...maybe a few after hair and makeup are done. I don't care about invitation or ring photos either...these are photos I would skip right over to get to the good ones.

We're also not interested in super posed or staged photos. We will do family and wedding party portraits but nothing where we're like fake laughing. We're not doing a grand exit either as it's not actually a real exit and I'm not going to stop the party to make my guests line up outside.

We prefer more natural shots, candid shots and photos of the reception/party. There is a second floor to our venue that looks out over the dance floor so we will want to try to get one group photo of everyone.