Formal Wedding Party and Couple Photos
Formal Photos are the most requested pictures chosen from the repertoire of images taken during the wedding day. When making your album to show your friends and loved ones, you are creating the perfect keepsake which will be viewed again and again over the years. Your album will probably be made mostly of formally staged shots. Typically taken immediately after the wedding, this is the moment when everyone still looks their best. The best formals require that all the wedding party stay focused and work together, however it can be a fun time as well, resulting in beautiful and unique photographs. Careful planning and preparation for contingencies will make the day go smoothly and allow for more creative photographs.
Choosing just the right background for the formal photos is important but obviously restricted by the general location of the wedding itself. Some want the traditional church settings, whereas others love a natural outdoor setting in a garden or by some beautiful architectural feature, but in the end, it is your choice of location which makes a statement of your taste and vision of the day.
Sometimes we forget how quickly friends and relatives can disappear out of our lives, yet they remain as they were on this special day in each photograph. Your wedding album is an enduring window to the day's joyful and tearful moments. When the food is eaten, the drinks and toasts are drunk, the out of town guests have gone home, the bridal gown is hung in the closet and the honeymoon is just a fond memory, it is the wedding photos that will keep the day a living memory.