Wedding Photography and Wedding Day Trends
Author: Iam McGraw and Hannah Green
Submitted: 9 June 2009
In this article Wedding Photographer Ian McGraw (LBIPP) at ‘Veil & Train’ & Hannah Green at ‘SugarBlossom Weddings’ team up to share their hot tips for what is utterly fabulous and uber cool in today’s Wedding Photography & Planning industries.
The Wedding Photographers 10 Best Trends
Contemporary Vintage - give your wedding a real vintage look with meaning and a moderntwist by using a photographer who specialises in this specific style. Fine art tones and colour shifts – and don’t forget, dogs at weddings are so cool right now.
Photo Booth - A fun idea is to rent a photo booth for the reception so guests can make their own memories for you. Look out for retro booths and ‘blinged up’ versions that stand out to attract guests.
Pre-Wedding Shoots - not only a great fun way to get to know your photographer before the big day but also excellent feature images to show off at your reception. Posed, relaxed, fun portraits in an interesting location.
Reception prints - put your pre-wedding images in a mount & frame or in a guest album. Upon arrival at the reception guests have the opportunity to sign and leave their best wishes in the book or on the mount itself.
Parents Gifts - instead of giving flowers to parents at your reception why not get your prewedding
images put into a mini albums or coffee table books as lasting keepsake gifts.
Fine Art Photography - Brides love this style because it reminds them of a fashion spread in a magazine. The photographer directs this style to fulfill a specific artistic vision with a view to producing a final piece art.
Boudoir - designed as a gift for your fiancé. Boudoir photography is becoming increasingly popular. These are basically sexy pictures taken of you, in your own home or hotel room usually in lingerie or even as a nude or as an illusion of nudity.
Proposal Photography - this is an idea where the Groom to be (or sometimes the Bride) arranges with a photographer to photograph the moment of marriage proposal. More akin to the Paparazzi style of photography, where at least one half of the couple are completely unaware of what will happen.
Trash the Dress - some brides choose to vacuum wrap their dress once the vows have been taken and pack them away on top of the wardrobe. How about this option instead? Imagine a photo shoot where your beautiful dress gets completely destroyed, with you in it! The images are a real talking point.
Cherish the Dress - really the complete opposite of Trash the Dress. This is a dedicated fashion shoot designed to show off your beautiful dress in the most elegant way possible. These shoots are pure indulgence, get your hair and make-up done and get photographed in a fabulous location.
Be Inspired:
- John Michael Cooper - Trash The Dress
- Faye & Trevor Yerbury - Boudoir
- Chris Hanley - Cherish The Dress
- Jose Villa, Jesh De Rox - Fine Art & Contemporary with a vintage feel
- Booth Nation - Seamus Ryan's original photo booth
The Wedding Planner’s Top 10 Wedding Day Trends
1. Role Reversals where new style wedding parties can feature a Man of Honour or a Best Woman.
2. Cigar bars and candy bar arranging different types of cigars on a table with personalised matchboxes or paper bags with retro style sweets.
3. Fun colour combinations like lemon and grey and poppy teamed with aqua.
4. Humanist ceremonies allowing couples the flexibility over locations and greater outdoor options.
5. Photos before the ceremony giving the bride and groom more time to enjoy celebrating after the ceremony with guests.
6. Alternative wedding breakfasts from afternoon tea parties or BBQs to evening ceremonies with black tie receptions.
7. Decorating the outside as well as the inside, such as hanging lights in trees or reindeers hired to pose for winter weddings!
8. Eco Chic Weddings, from earth friendly invites to nature loving honeymoons, going green no longer means a compromise on the style of the big day.
9. Hiring wedding items saving on the cost of buying, but adding style with a range of options such as vintage crockery, garden games or chairs (rather than covers).
10. Making it your day putting a unique mark on all the design elements like quotes in the wedding programmes or pictures as name settings.
The Wedding Photographers 10 Best Trends: by Ian McGraw LBIPP, Founder and Co-Owner of Veil & Train, London based provider of wedding photography & bridal services. Their blog is dedicated to finding the best ideas, products and services for your big day. Kingston Upon Thames, UK
www.veilandtrain.com
The Wedding Planner’s Top 10 Wedding Day Trends: by Hannah Green at SugarBlossom, Wedding Planners and Co-ordinators. Reading, UK
www.sugarblossom.co.uk
