The engagement portrait, which has become a classic element of modernday wedding coverage, is often used in newspapers and local magazines to announce the couple’s wedding day. These portraits are generally made in advance of the wedding, providing the time needed to get something really spectacular. This pre wedding session also allows the couple and the photographer to become familiar with each other, making the wedding day photography much easier. After a successful engagement-portrait session, the photographer doesn’t seem like an outsider at the wedding.
Most photographers offer this session at no charge, because it affords them two to three hours of bonding time with the couple. Engagement
portraits may involve great creativity and intimacy and are often made in the photographer’s studio or at some location that is special to the couple.
Make a Bridal Portrait
According to Kevin Jairaj, doing a bridal session before the wedding is a great idea (and very profitable too!). It allows him to get to know the bride a lot better and to see what she is comfortable with in regard to her photos. It is also a great dress rehearsal for the bride as she can make sure that all parts of her dress fit just right and look exactly the way she wants.
Kevin always approaches his bridal sessions with the attitude that it’s
more like a fashion shoot. He tells his brides to “expect to be my model for a day and to prepare to have a lot of fun.” During the session, he will do quite a variety of shots from very sexy and fashion forward, to a few traditional ones to please Mom and Grandma. He offers some tips:
1. Tell the bride to have a glass of wine to relax before the session, as putting on the wedding dress comes with a few nerves.
2. Have the bride wear comfortable shoes (tennis shoes or flip flops) especially if you cannot see her shoes under her dress when she is standing. Having your bride get blisters while walking around in her heels is no way to have a productive shoot! For any shots sitting down you can simply have her put her heels on when you get to the spot.
3. Bring a white sheet or clean painter’s plastic to place under the dress during some shots. This is the secret to not getting the dress dirty. Some brides are terrified to have their $10,000 dress get dirty before the wedding! Have her sit on the sheet or the plastic and then tuck it under her dress so that it doesn’t show.
4. Have her bring friends to the session to help out with all the stuff (shoes, makeup, tissues, etc.). “Most brides seem to relax more when their friends are around,” Kevin notes.
Kevin tries to do the bridal session about two months before the actual wedding, since the bride’s weight, hair length, etc. will be pretty close to what it will be on the wedding day. Also, that allows him plenty of time to order and frame a print to be displayed at the reception. A typical bridal session will last about two to three hours.
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