Shooting in the wedding dress of the bride is a responsible event, both for the newlyweds themselves and for the photographer. After all, he needs to find places, accessories and poses in which the newlywed would look in the best possible way. But this is half the battle. It is important that the girl looks in the pictures full of feelings and relaxed. All these points require a well-thought-out scenario, which is pre-compiled by the photographer together with the newlyweds. To make your photo shoot great, get acquainted with the original ideas that you can offer the photographer in preparation for the event.
Ideas for holding a wedding photo shoot
Photographers will always find several prepared scripts that will interest the newlyweds. But you can offer an alternative vision of the photoset. Do not be shy, this will facilitate the choice of places for photographing the bride in a dress. A creative approach to wedding shooting will help to create bright, colorful photos with an interesting plot that will please you and loved ones with their originality for a long time.
As a standard, the walking route for filming runs through memorable well-known places. For example, to the eternal flame, the arbor of dates, the bridge of love, the sights of the city. Often the script includes a photo shoot at the observation deck. But if you want your photos to be different from the same type of newlyweds, take more time to shoot (at least two hours) and think through each stage in detail. The ideas below will help you..
On the beach
A photo shoot on the beach using punts is an unusual wedding setting. Spray from the oars. Willow branches hanging in a boat. Berth. Sandy beach, the wind caresses the hair. How nice it is for two to walk along the shore, huddled together. Imagine that warm sand is a large canvas: draw, write, and be small children. Build a medieval castle, mold a strange monster from sand. Run along the coast. The water spray captured on the photo will give the pictures an atmosphere of sincere joy from what is happening and such a welcome happiness.
Photos on the background of picturesque nature
Feel the joyful emotions of communicating with animals, love horses? The stable is a great place to take pictures. Ride a horse on horseback or ride in a prehistoric carriage. No Royal Stagecoach? Find a rural cart with hay, continue the romantic wedding photo session in a beautiful dress. In summer and autumn, picturesque shooting is good, for example, on a sun-heated field of flowering sunflowers or ripe wheat. In spring - on blue «sea» blooming flax or lawn of early snowdrops. In winter, the best place for shooting with horses will be a snowy forest.
Studio photography
A studio photo shoot can be part of the wedding shooting of the bride in a wedding dress. Such a photoset requires a lot of time and lack of rush, so it is better to hold it before the ceremony. This is an ideal opportunity for «fitting» the whole wedding image, including makeup, hairstyle, accessories. The original plot for a studio photo shoot - scene «morning of the bride». In it, a girl can appear not only in a dress, but also in a beautiful peignoir, silk robe or even chic underwear. Talk to the photographer in advance about script details to avoid embarrassing moments when shooting..
Production shooting
This type of photo shoot (reportage) differs from others in a carefully structured statement of the script, often including many details and participants. This can be a wedding photo shoot of the bride in a dress that will last the whole day of the wedding, starting from the moment the bride and groom are ready for the ransom, ending with farewell to the guests and sending to the room for the young. One of the episodes of such shooting (especially at thematic weddings) often becomes a photoset with friends, guests, which includes comic shots with inscriptions, letters, an additional fake.
In winter
Snowy spaces at the wedding photo shoot expand the walls of the studio to gigantic proportions. Organize a fight with snowballs, floundering in the snow. Only in winter can you in a wedding dress, arms outstretched, lie down a little on a snow-white fluffy bed. Feel yourself the queen of a children's fairy tale. Or imagine this picture: it is snowing, blowing snow, you are in a wedding attire, he is approaching you in black and white snow, and sparkling snowflakes are gradually falling onto a black umbrella. Gorgeous pictures are taken against the backdrop of a snowy forest with its fabulous scenery.
In the woods
A wedding photo shoot in the forest is an ideal choice for honeymooners. It provides many ideas for shooting at any time of the year. Given the plot of the photo shoot, natural scenery will create a magical, romantic, fairytale atmosphere. The photographer can capture the bride in the form of a forest nymph walking in a flowering valley, or a meeting of lovers at the edge of the forest. The tenderness and femininity are enveloped in the photographs of the newlywed in a wedding dress made in a birch grove. A photoset on a sunny day by the lake or brook will add calm, serenity and a lot of light to the photos.
On the sea
A lot of plots for a wedding photo shoot can be invented in the summer at sea: from the simple to the risky. This is swimming, volleyball, a picnic on the beach, relaxation under an umbrella, a romantic evening at sunset, a ride on a water bike. Rent a sailboat. You will have romantic photos and a reason to take a boat trip. How charming a girl in a wedding dress, with a beautiful hairdo against the background of a sail directed towards the clouds! Lifebuoy, captain's helm, ropes will be wonderful attributes. No yacht? Use a raft for a photo shoot.
