Firstly, Congratulations! With planning underway, have you thought more deeply about the photos you want? After all, your hair and make up will be perfect. Your clothing carefully chosen and prepared. The venue and decor will look fabulous. Plus – Not forgetting your families and guests happy expressions as they share in your happiness. You will want to capture all this emotion and beauty. A wedding photo plan included with your over-all plan will help you out.

• Have you seen a fantastic wedding image? A stylish couple in a classic embrace on the edge of cliff overlooking an epic sunset.
• On the other hand, do you prefer a candid moment of you both displaying powerful emotions? A moment with smiling guests and the venue in the background.
• Are family formals high on your list? It is not often the whole family get together, especially if they travelled from afar. Indeed, those photos will most likely be dear to you both forever.

Getting ready – Get to Know Your Photographer

Ceremony photographs show the important things about the day. The legal bonding, with families and guests as witness. Choosing a venue is probably your first consideration. However, whilst a beach scene with soft sand and a blue sea vista can look good, photo wise, it may not be ideal. Bright unshaded sunlight in the territory is hot and makeup suffers with beads of sweat! The harsh light is also likely to create unwanted shadows. Therefore, if you are planning a location wedding, seek a shady area that looks out across a scenic view. For instance, under the large shady trees at Jervois Park with the sea behind.

Signing the Register-Posed Photographs

During the signing of paperwork, we photographers will move in and get all the candid moments. But it always pays to plan for a few quick posed shots of you both signing and holding the certificate. This is a good idea because your photographer can have some control of lighting. That means that you get superb images and it only takes a few minutes to do. Getting a photograph with your celebrant can be done at the same time too.

Confetti Time-“Lights-Action”

Whether it is petals or bubbles, fantastic action photographs can happen here. Be sure to plan the walk down the aisle, also ensure everyone knows the plan! Photographers need time to move into position from the signing table, they may need to swap lenses. This is a once only action moment and we want to get the best images we can. Your wedding photo plan can help avoid missed shots.

Things we have encountered to be aware of – Bubbles look sooo good, but they blow away really fast in a wind. Guests can unknowingly crowd in with their devices held aloft and block a brilliant shot.

We will pre-plan the best place to perform group photographs at your venue. We always visit the location and scan the surrounds. Even knowing the spot, we always perform a pre scan of the area. In the past we have discovered that something has changed. On the day, we prefer not to have to find a new area to set up the group. Visiting the location as part of our plan minimises any stress on the day.

We will ask if we can have a “Go to” person to help gather families and guests for your planned “group list”. An ad hoc approach is OK on the day but there is the danger that someone misses out. Obviously, we will not know everybody by name.

To get the best shots for you during the family groups session, we offer kind tips. For instance: “Let’s have shorter folk in front”, “Remove sunglasses”, “Remove bulky items from pockets”. Mostly we want to spend enough time to take a few shots of each group, just to make sure we have everybody with open eyes and no strange expressions. You will probably enjoy a fun photograph from each group so get ready to let it out!

Planning a couples or wedding party photo session before your reception is the best time to get some special images. By this time you are probably quite relaxed being in front of our cameras. We do not go in hard with posing instruction, this is not our style. Instead, we create a scene where you are able to interact naturally. Then, we can capture meaningful stories. Remember to include any travel time if you would like to go to a different spot.

If the day seems like too much is going on why not add in another day for a dress up session. We can arrange to meet up another time somewhere scenic to take a few photographs in a more relaxed atmosphere.

This is a great moment of your day to record photos. To ensure you end up with the best images let your photographers know what you plan to do. Things like the direction you will approach from, and will the wedding party be entering before you. You might also plan a change of outfit before the reception entrance.

Cake Cutting

Authenticity is key to create memories that you will always hold dear. So, enjoy yourself and the images will reflect that. Plan the cake cutting and just let your photographer document it for you. You don’t want to remember how the photographer posed you, then made you hold that position for the shot.

First Dance

To remember your day in all its glory, let your photographer stay to capture it all. First dance photos will add more fun to your memories. We like to place flashlights around the dance area. Having several lights placed around allows us to move and shoot in any direction. Again, this is great time to get amongst action to give you great shots of the party atmosphere.

If your photographer knows the plan you can expect great shots of this action scene. Again, we like to use lights from different angles to provide the best pics for you.