Post-Wedding Photoshoot?

It's probably a nice was to eliminate some stress on the day of the wedding. If you can afford it (or add it into a package) I'd say go for it!

I only know of people who have done this because for some reason they couldn't do it the day of. Maybe this is sappy of me, but I don't think doing pictures the day before/after the wedding would capture the same emotion and excitement as they would the day of.

We did a first look to help with time issues. I would definitely recommend that.

That's what my cousin did they took their pictures later and they looked great got to make it their own. Instead of rushing and also got to do it at different site and time of day that made them stand out.

I would just be too cheap to pay for having my hair and makeup done twice!

I thought about this because my photographer (a friendor, by the way; so long ago that I didn't know better) was such shit my photos are all horrible.

But we didn't.

The recording of the day is the recording of the day.

I did a separate shoot- but because my photographer was from far away- I did them the same day- just early in the morning. it certainly added to the stress of the day- but I was glad we did it- and we got some amazing pictures.

I think you don't capture the emotions and excitement of the day if you're already married.

For my brother's bar mitzvah, my mom wasn't pleased with the shots or wanted more photos or something. So we got dressed up again a few days later in our outfits and the photos didn't come out well. We all looked more tense and annoyed.

I couldn't...sometime during my wedding reception, I will spill wine on my dress. It inevitable!

Also, you have to pay for hair and make up again.

I don't know if I would want to pay to get my hair and makeup done again just for the photos.

I think too much of the portraits are tied to the emotion of the day. We've been together 10 years so having portraits done later would just end up in the same pile as all the other pictures we've taken. I have been tempted to get professional photos taken on the honeymoon since I tend to take more pictures of scenery than of us but we'll see what my finances are like in a few months.

We are doing this actually- only because our wedding timeline was so thrown off and out the window on our wedding day. It was crazy hectic and we didn't really get to take pictures of just us. We've already spoken to our photographer and even she told us that she'd offer a shoot at a discounted rate because she knew that we were way behind in schedule. We were able to do the wedding party, ceremony and dinner but other than our first look, we really don't have pictures of just us. We've also contacted our venue and everything's good to go. We're doing the shoot in May once the weather gets warmer. :-)

FH & I are doing this. Its typically called pre-wedding shoot. Its very common in the Dominican Republic, which is where we are from. It isn't too popular in the US but we are doing it for the beauty of getting beautiful photos and having less stress on our wedding day.

Basically, we are taking the photos 1-2 weeks before the wedding in our dress, hair/makeup, tux, etc. The shoot is kind of like a first look. But its a great opportunity to get good shots of FH & I with fresh makeup & hair and no background noise. This way we can interact more with our guest on the wedding day & will only have to worry about BP (7) photos & family photos. No way we could do this plus our photos. We are having a 150 guest wedding and 90% is family. I have 5 siblings. FH has 2. My mom has 21 siblings & my dad has 9 + FMIL fam + cousins, etc, etc.