A Typical Wedding Time Line
Here to help guide you through what you can expect, running wise, and photographically on your wedding day
Getting Ready
Getting ready is an experience like no other. It’s full of a little bit of nerves, butterflies through to excitement.
Relax! This is totally normal!
A gentle reminder to not wear the socks or the bra straps, make sure hair ties are off your wrist, and soak up every part of the day. This is your day! Enjoy it!
The best advice I can give you - don’t let it fly by by worrying about things. You’ve done all you can do, your’e going to look incredible as you’ve chosen YOUR dress, and everyone there is to celebrate. So live in the moment, and soak it all up!
Getting ready is not just a girl thing! Guys! You need your moment too!
A second shooter is the best way to capture a beautifully balanced gallery to start your day off. Let your other half share the lime light with you too.
Everyone you have invited is just as important. Why not start by capturing everyone from the get go.
I will always arrive a little earlier. Do not panic! I am there capturing your dress, you wedding invites, your bouquet and your jewellery. All these little things add up.
Your Mum popping a bottle, your maid of honour helping you with your shoes. Your reaction with your Dad and your girls on their first look, and all the moments in between.
It’s a beautiful way to start your celebration!
Top tip for any maid of honours/bridesmaids reading this - if you or their other half have a surprise for the bride, please deliver it before make up!
The Ceremony
The ceremony is where you get to enjoy the ride with your parents, your friends to the venue. All glammed up, ready to see your other half for the first time on your wedding day! This is so full of emotions, so make sure you have tissues!
As everything - soak it all up. Remember being with your Dad in the car, remember the excitement of seeing your other half down the aisle.
Remember, it’s just you and your other half. Focus on that in the moment, and the thought of ‘all eyes on you’ will melt away. You can click back into realisation that everyone else is there when you welcome them after your service.
Top tip, and I don’t mean to put pressure on you, but practice your first kiss, and tell your photographer roughly when that que will be. Whether you’re going full kiss dip or in for a normal kiss, so they can be ready. Hold it a little. (Not for too long though)
Hold your other half hand through the service, say your vows directly to them and not the vicar. Your’e not marrying the vicar!
Top tip - maid of honour, be ready to do a last min fluff of the dress at the end of the aisle. The bride will thank you!
Also, if you are looking for a second shooter, they will be capturing guests arriving at the church while the other photographer is with the girls doing first looks and final touches. 2 shooters also means theres less disturbance between your ceremony, as one will be at the back and one will be at the front, making it seamless to cover all angles.
Also, live in the moment. Feel the emotions. Let it be as real, as true and as honest as you feel in that moment. Don’t think about what will look good in photos, because the honest answer to that question is you, and the reality of what you’re living in at that moment. The best photos aren’t alwyas posed. Theyr’e felt. They bring you back to that time and place of marrying the person you can’t bear to live without. So live it, breathe it and soak it all up.
