A wedding is one of the most important events in the life of any person, and each solemn moment should be properly captured. You can, of course, invite a professional photographer who will help with posing and tell you the best angles, but it is better to think over the most interesting ideas for photos in advance. Browse through the proposed list - it is possible that you will want to implement all the ideas presented here!
Classic
Every year, millions of people make wedding photos, ideas for which they are prompted not only by their own imagination, but also many years of experience from previous generations. Each wedding album must feature such pictures:
- The groom picks up the bride in his arms and raises as high as possible above the ground - such a photo is best taken in a picturesque spring or autumn park.
- Whirling in a whirlwind of dance against a backdrop of nature is ideal if yellow leaves fall from the trees.
- A kiss of two dark silhouettes against a bright or bright sky.
- Solemn scene through a golden circle of a wedding ring.
- The bride and groom are holding old photographs from their parents' weddings.
- The word “LOVE” expressed by gestures (the groom makes “L” with the index finger and thumb of the left hand and “O” with the right hand; the bride makes “V” and “E”, with “E” being the index, middle and ring fingers of one hand )
Traditional frames
- The bride poses on the background of the turned away groom.
- A certificate of marriage.
- The shadow of a kiss of two silhouettes is better on the curtain than on the wall.
- The bride and groom cheerfully bounce holding hands.
- The bride wrapped herself in a veil - or, conversely, a veil flutters behind the bride during a kiss with the groom.
- Different perspectives of the first kiss (including the original bottom view).
- A copy of your favorite picture - just repeat the poses and facial expressions of the characters captured on the canvas.
- Creative collaborative shots from the back.
- A gentle kiss on the forehead is not all the same to shoot traditional kisses.
- Hugs on the background of fireworks.
- A scene against a backdrop of words or drawings outlined in the air by burning sparklers.
- A kiss in the back seat of a car - or a reflection of a kiss in the side mirror.
Every detail
At the wedding, every detail is important, every detail. It is necessary that all the components of the outfits of the bride and groom not only be perfectly thought out, but also remain in memory for many years. By the way, I’d like to remember not only outfits. Here are the most unusual ideas for photos that perfectly complement the wedding album:
- Wedding dress on the shoulders.
- Sparkling hairpins or lovely little flowers in the bride's hairstyle.
- Wedding rings - together and separately (you can also put the bride’s ring in the groom’s ring).
- Shoes of the bride - and shoes of the groom (however, it is worth noting: women's shoes are beautiful even when they are alone on the grass or gravel path, but the groom’s shoes must be photographed with the lucky one).
- Wedding invitations and envelopes, beautifully laid out on a wooden table.
- Groom accessories - why not? You can combine the aforementioned shoes in one picture (this time by themselves), a belt, tie, cufflinks, possibly glasses.
- Bridal bouquet on a chair with a back.
- Boutonniere of the groom.
- Portrait of a bride worthy of a print on the spread of a fashion magazine.
- Portraits of each of the witnesses, preferably in an informal manner.
- A black and white photo of the face of a bride hidden under a veil.
- Traditional moments, for example - the flight of a white dove released from the hands.
To not forget anything
Most do without these photos, as the wedding surroundings, inspired by the stylish decorations and reckless atmosphere of the general party, are somehow visible on all frames. However, if you care about every little thing and want to keep every moment in your memory, take into account the following ideas for photos:
- General picture of guests.
- Panorama of wedding decorations.
- Separate photo of marriage certificate.
- A picture capturing the chic of a festive table with an exquisite treat.
- Food photos are optional for Instagram (just to capture the delicacies served on a special day).
- The wedding cake.
- Guest musicians.
- First dance.
- Dance of the bride with her father.
Creative approach
Perhaps the newlyweds are tired of traditional wedding photos, repeated from year to year, from album to album. If you lack originality and creativity and it seems that everyday grayness threatens to fill even wedding photos, the ideas of the most creative photographers will surely appeal to you:
- Steps along the pedestrian crossing in the very center of the city: first a bride, followed by a groom, followed by a friend, friend and closest guests.
- Time-Laps style jump: the groom has already “landed”, and his friends froze at different stages of the jump.
- Theme-bomb: the bride in the center plays the role of a ticking bomb, and the groom and his friends are around in the air, torn from the ground by a blast wave.
- The bride throws a bouquet - this moment is better to remove from the back or from below.
- Bride with girlfriends throws shoes into the air.
- A picture in the front row of the cinema.
- Atmospheric photos with an imitation of your favorite movies: zombies, post-apocalypse, action movie, mafia, horror in an abandoned house.
No less creative ideas for photos
- Photos on the bridge, with the closest friends.
- In the center of the picture is the sky and flying clouds.
- The groom, the bride, the friend and the friend pose in a row, and the colors of bouquets or boutonnieres (as an option - ties or jewelry for hair) are in perfect harmony with the background colors.
- A crowd of girlfriends cheerfully decorates the bride.
- A crowd of friends cheerfully dress the groom - or they all dress themselves, but in the same room.
- Playing with mirrors is the reflection of the bride in the mirror that the girlfriends are holding, or vice versa.
- Replacing bouquets and bouquets with sticks with colored candy floss.
- The “wifi” of the bride and groom.
- Staged moments: for example, the groom’s friends flee from the statue of a terrible dinosaur.
- Shots with umbrellas - unless, of course, it rains.
- Instead of bouquets, you can weave wreaths of wildflowers and decorate with them the hair of the bride and girlfriends.
- The bride and groom run away from the wedding party. Perhaps you can’t find a more interesting idea for photos: here you can even lay the groom and the bride on the sidewalk and shoot the shoot in double perspective - from above (this is how the figures of the newlyweds will be fully visible, and witnesses and friends - only in the classical plan “from above”).
- Friends and girlfriends turn away when kissing the bride and groom (options: girls cover their faces with bouquets; everyone covers their eyes with their palms).
- Wedding party on an escalator.
If you don’t have enough idea of photographing, try the popular method “frame inside the frame”: in the baguette - a photo, and in the photo - a little boy and girl hold a frame, as if everything inside it is a photo. It’s not difficult at all, but it turns out very impressive.
How to add sentimentality?
Contact your parents first, almost literally. Take a photo of the wedding dress against the wall, on which the portrait of the mother of the bride in her own wedding dress flaunts - on that unforgettable day. If the outfit is preserved, ask if it can be used for creative photos - for example, wrapping a daughter’s bouquet with a beautiful patch of dress. Most likely, my mother will agree: today it’s unfashionable to get married in my mother’s dress, but its practical use in festive decor will add an invaluable note of sentimentality to the atmosphere of celebration. And, of course, such a bouquet deserves a separate photo shoot.
Handwritten tablets
An interesting idea for a collage of photographs is to use pictures with handwritten tablets. To do this, you need to prepare a few photos with the bridesmaids, as well as special cardboard tablets on sticks - you can do it yourself, or you can get paraphernalia in specialized stores. For drawing inscriptions you will need fresh thoughts, chalk and colored markers. You can write anything - from compound sentences (“A”, “here”, “and”, “lovely”, “bride”) to positive emoticons. The figures of girlfriends cut or highlighted in graphic programs that hold plates with inscriptions can be successfully combined with other wedding photos. Such photographs in the interior look especially nice. The ideas are countless - try it!
Native walls
The most sincere wedding pictures are those taken in the newlyweds' new housing. Here you can relax, give free rein to real, not staged, feelings and, finally, breathe freely. It would be nice to leave some personal moments in the memory of photographs: the last kiss before retirement, the end of the party, the anticipation of relaxation only for two, without a crowd of guests and friends. Original ideas for photos of the house are waiting on every corner - you just have to give free rein to unlimited imagination.