Where my light eyed brides at - how did you deal with a glare if you’re having outside wedding ?

This is why I insisted on inside - I squint in the shade!

This might be an unpopular opinion and please don't take offense, but botox has really helped me! I used to need sunglasses in the shade, but I don't anymore. I got botox to prep for my wedding because of my angry 11 lines and I had no idea how much it would help me in the sun. I hope this helps!

Don’t face the sun? If possible have your fiancé facing the sun. Or you could rock some sunglasses

View Quoted Comment Whaaaaaa! This is giving me ideas!

View Quoted Comment True , I believe I won’t be facing the sun walking down the aisle am
Aiming for
Sunset hour

View Quoted Comment Wow that really interesting 🤔

View Quoted Comment I second this!! I will secretly be getting Botox before my wedding to help with my squint lines! My fiancé hates the idea of it so it’ll just be part of my “pre-wedding facial” lol but it TRUELY HELPS!!!

I am laughing so hard at myself because truly and I am not an idiot but I had NO idea that eye color was related to light sensitivity! That explains so much! I thought I was just a big baby about how much the sunlight bothers me.

I don't have light eyes, but I have HUGE Pupils so my eyes let too much sun in, even on an overcast day I have to wear sunglasses and I didn't even THINK of this for my outside ceremony until now lol.

I wear contacts and my Eye doctor gave me transaction contacts (think of the transition glasses where they turn into sunglasses in the sun) to see if they would help with my night blindness (they didn't) but they did help in the sun, I'm not sure if you wear contacts/are able to get them without a strength, but that could be something to look into! You don't notice they're darkened unless you look really closely so it shouldn't be that noticeable!

I too am light eyed and so squinty in the sun (and have pretty harsh 11 lines because of it). I absolutely wanted an outdoor ceremony though, Botox wasn't really for me, and our venue's outdoor ceremony site has no shade, which is something I didn't think a whole lot about until we had our elopement there last year.

Due to Covid, we ended up having two ceremonies at our venue - our legal ceremony/elopement on our original wedding date last year and then our wedding celebration this year. Both occurred at the same ceremony site, which is a little hilltop with a rustic arbor, and the sun sets at an angle to the side of the arbor during the spring.

For our Covid elopement, we got married at 6pm. Sunset was around 8:20pm, so I thought the light would be nicer for photos later in the evening and since we weren't have a reception or anything after I figured we should have our ceremony later. We had planned to have some drapery and floral swag for the arbor because it was a bit rustic for my tastes and I wanted to hide the rustic, but skipped it due to the eloping and trying to keep costs down while having two ceremonies. We had mostly clear skies and because it was later in the day the sun was lower in the sky, which made for warmer, more golden light but it was right in our eyes when we stood at the arbor. So we actually decided to do our vows to the side, so the light would perpendicular to both of us and coming at both of us from the side, rather than slightly behind and slightly in front of one of us causing one of us to be pretty much blinded. I was still a bit squinty but we were evenly lit and I'm happy with how the photos came out. But it got me worrying about our "redo" wedding ceremony because it was going to be earlier in the day (when the light is usually harsher) and we absolutely were planning to use the arbor and have our aisle and guests facing a certain direction, so it wouldn't be as easy to just shift sideways.

We did our wedding ceremony a couple of weeks ago, at 4pm (sunset was at 8:29pm). Same site, different time, different weather, a couple weeks later in the spring (so sun trajectory ever so slightly different and sun at a different angle/height in the sky). The day was beautiful, a mix of sun and clouds with mostly diffused light from the clouds but still enough beautiful blue sky and puffy clouds to make the photos interesting. I actually had no issue at all with squinting as the sun was mostly overhead and diffused or shaded by clouds. Lucky me!

One suggestion I would have is that if you have flexibility with your ceremony site, consider a shaded spot, a spot with a shaded background (so the area where you are looking is primarily dark, instead of bright, which will relax your eyes), or a spot where the light is to the side of you as you are standing at the altar facing one another. All of those things will help! Additionally, if you have an arbor, possibly consider using some drapery, like a thin chiffon type fabric, to create a diffuser for the sunlight, so that you can stand under that and have a "sun screen" overhead.

View Quoted Comment Thank you so much for your input on experience and advice . I do believe I would have some draping and arbor I’m maybe even thinking of a fabric to sweep overhead to provide some shading . I’m also wondering if a vail covering at all would be helpful . I didn’t even think about this . I know time and how the sunsets is important . I’m looking in the fall time where sun will not be as high in the sky . I def think maybe visiting the site if possible during that same month might be helpful to get a better idea

View Quoted Comment Hahaha ! We learn something new everyday!