Wedding Poses for Brides who are not Models

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As a general rule of thumb, your body or face, or even your eyes should not look stiff. That means it should be in a slightly diagonal fashion. A stiff pose would be like an army person standing at "attention". This is an extreme example of what not to do; Pose like a log. As a quick good pose move: for your head, slightly tilt it to the left or right. For your eyes, without moving your head, look at something object beside you; with a friendly expression of course. For the body, put the weight of your body on one leg. If the weight of your body is distributed evenly on both legs, you will be like in "Attention" position, which you have to avoid.

If you can bear these simple rules of posing in mind during your wedding day, all your pictures will be similar to that of Cindy Crawford whether or not your photographer is good in setting you up for poses.

Here are some standard poses during wedding day

The Whole Wedding Entourage Pose

1) The whole wedding entourage plus the guests. When the newly marrieds are coming out of the church or ceremony, wedding photographer stops them at the entrance and make a big crowd.of the entourage and the guests. Prepare your super wide angle lens as this shot is hard to have as everybody goes on their own way after this.

Ideal location for the formal wedding photo shoot

2) Have a venue for the wedding formal shoot where the backdrop is water like a lake, pond, sea, gazebo is also good but a body of water is best.

Etiquettes

3) Poses: bride and groom with the parents, grand parents, uncles and aunts and the bridal party. Wedding photographer should always say "Please", be polite, and stop say the word "I" like "I want this", " I want that", "I want 2 bridesmaids here or I want two groomsmen there." It's the bride's event and wedding photographer should be courteous to their guests.

Poses for the groomsmen and bridesmaids

4) bride and groom with the bridal party:

  • Variation 1- bride and groom is at the center; groomsmen on the left and bridesmaids on the right; sub -variation- bridesmaids raise their bouquets in the air
  • Variation 2- bride and groom move 4 feet forward so that bride and groom is clear while the rest of the party is a little blurry
  • Variation 3- bride and groom is at the center; alternate bridesmaids and groomsmen like boy girl boy girl arrangement; straight line; Sub-variation: have the whole party hold hands and raise them like in a political campaign sub-variation 2: have the whole bridal party jump in the air;( wedding photographer adjusts camera to a higher shutter speed)
  • Variation 4: Two wedding entourage variation: Back row: The bride and the groom are at the center; the groomsmen are at the their sides Front row: The wedding entourage bridesmaids are in the front row but have to bend a little so that the back row guys can be seen.
  • Variation 5 A variation of all of the above can have the bride and groom looking at the camera or kissing; another variation is for the whole bridal party looking at the camera(traditional pose) or the bridal entourage looking at the bride and groom. Another variation is for the photographer to ask the whole entourgage raise thiem hands like saying a big Hello.
  • Variation 6: The bride and groom is at the center; the bridal party makes a big V-line starting from the bride and the groom
  • Variation 7: The bride and groom is at the center; the bridal party is behind the bride and groom in a straight line and pokes their heads out.

Poses for the Groom and the Groomsmen

5) The Groom and his Groomsmen:

  • Variation 1: The groom and groomsmen form a straight line
  • Variation 2: The groom and groomsmen form a straight line but with a tough attitude; Soprano Style
  • Varaition 3: the groom of the wedding moves 4 feet forward and the rest of the groomsmen are at the background as if they are lending their support; Tough guys attitudes are welcome. You can also have the groom and groomsmen wear sunglasses. Wedding photographer brings the sunglasses. Or better, wedding photographer also brings some cigars.
  • VAriation 4 : The groom and groomsmen spreads out and make their patented poses. These poses are good in wide stairs like in front of the mansion venue or state capital where they have those wide concrete steps.
  • Variation 5: The groom and groomsmen make The Temptation (the singing group) like formation.
    • The bride and the groomsmen poses
    6) The bride and the groomsmen poses:
  • Bride is in center and the groomsmen are on both sides of her./wedding photographer
    • Variation 2: groomsmen carries the bride; groom can also join in
  • Variation 3: all groomsmen kneels towards the bride, wedding photographer massachusetts. wedding photographer connecticut

  • Photos before the actual Wedding Ceremony.

    Bride's Preparation and before the ceremony photos and poses
    These can include:
  • the function crews lighting up candles, putting flowers, putting plates, utensils, pouring wine Photographer takes photos of the reception before the actual reception.
    • Bride's preparations:
  • Photographer takes photos of the jewelry, together with the shoes, some flowers, the veil, the dress.
  • Photographer takes photo of the bride putting make up or lipstick in front of the mirror.
  • Photographer takes photo of the bride peeping out of a door. Photographer takes photo of the bride looking outside the window.
  • Photographer takes photo of the bride going crazy.(just pretend).
  • Photographer takes photo of the bride thinking hard like thinking of this major decision ( make shots of the bride/groom as if Aristotle is thinking hard or as if Einstein is thinking of a problem that he cannot solve.)
  • Photographer takes photo of the bride drinking soda like in the TV Commercials. Photographer takes photo of the bride back on the wall. do closeups, side shots just like in the magazines.
  • Photographer takes photo of the bride in a chair; include the bridesmaids as the variations; include the parents or mom as variations; you can also do outrageous poses if the bride wants to do so. Photographer takes photo of the bride in a table or a the hotel desk in the room.
  • Photographer takes photo of the bride in the bed make variations in bed like the bridesmaids all arouind the bride; bridesmaids all looking at the bride another variation is have all the bridesmaids with their flowers.
  • Boston Wedding Photographer takes photo of the bride showing her shoes before it is worn Photogrrapher takes photo of the bride jumping around.... Photographer takes photo of the bride sitting on the arm of a chair or couch.
  • Photographer takes picture of the bride with the bridesmaids all around her.
  • Photographer takes picutre of the bride with funny shots and candid shots Photographer takes picture of the bride leaning on the wall: either back leaning to the wall or front leaning to the wall..
  • Photographer takes picture of the bride with outrageous shots like bride raises her legs (needs consent of the bride)

    • Good Luck !!! from: roland

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