Hand your photographer this list of essential wedding photos to ensure the best record of your special day!
Before the ceremony
•Wedding dress (hanging up)
•Bride’s bouquet
•Bride’s shoes
•Bride having her hair and make-up done
•Bride getting ready with her bridesmaids
•Bride in her wedding dress
•Bride getting into the car
•Groom getting ready
•Groom with the groomsmen
At the ceremony
•Flowers decorating the venue
•Guests outside the venue
•Groom and best men outside the venue and / or at the altar
•Bride arriving
•Bride and father walking down the aisle
•Bride and groom exchanging vows
•Ring ceremony
•Signing of the register
•Bride and groom walking up the aisle
•Bride and groom covered in confetti
Formal group shots
•Bride and groom
•Bride and groom with her parents, then his parents, then all together
•Bride and groom with siblings
•Bride and groom with close family
•Bride and groom with bridesmaids, then best men, then flower girls and page boys
•Bride with her mother, then her father, then all together
•Bride with both sets of parents
•Groom with his mother, then his father, then all together
•Groom with both sets of parents
•Bride with best men
•Groom with bridesmaids
At the reception
•Laid tables
•Details of the table, including place cards, flower arrangements, wedding favours
•Cake table
•Bride and groom arriving
•Guests with champagne
•Bride and groom entering for dinner
•Speeches
•Bride and groom cutting the cake
•Bride and groom’s first dance
•Bride and father dancing
•Groom and mother dancing
•Bride throwing the bouquet
•Bride and groom
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Photo credits (L-R) Jean-Pierre Uys, Brett Florens, Custo Photo,