Weddings: Must-Have Picture List

Here is a list of must-have photos for your special day.  Feel free to print this list and give it your wedding photographer.  I also recommend that you have a list of family members that you want in your portraits and give that list to your Maid of Honor or Mother, someone who can help the photographer wrangle all the correct people.


Getting ready…
__ The bride's jewelry and shoes
__ The dress
__ Special details (signs, guest book, etc.)
__ Getting dressed
__ Putting on jewelry
__ Picture of the bride's father seeing her for the first time
__ Bride sitting looking at her ring/ bouquet
__ Mother and bride
__ Groomsmen getting ready
__ Picture of groom with father
Wedding Site/ Church…
__ Picture of the flower girls/ring bearer playing
__ Pictures with the bridesmaids waiting
__ Guestbook Attendant at the guestbook table
__ Picture of boys waiting at the front of the church
__ Picture of the bouquet(s)
__ Bride and parents
__ Groom and parents
During the Ceremony…
__ Candle lighters
__ Seating of the grandparents/ mothers/ etc.
__ Pictures of everyone coming down the aisle
__ Groom’s first sight of the bride
__ Maid of honor fixing dress
__ Father giving bride away
__ Vows
__ Exchanging rings
__ Unity Candle/ Song/ Sand ceremony
__ Kiss
__ Bride and groom exiting ceremony
__ Wedding party exiting
After Ceremony…
__ Family portraits (make a separate list)
__ Wedding party and bride and groom
__ Bride and bridesmaids…. Groom and bridesmaids…
__ Groom and groomsmen… Bride and groomsmen…
Reception…
__ Bride and Groom’s arrival
__ Guests mingling
__ The details: food/cake/décor
__ Toasts
__ Cutting cake
__ Throwing the bouquet
__ Garter toss
__ Bride and Groom dancing
__ Father and Bride dancing
__ Exit: bubbles/ sparkles/ rice
__ Car driving away



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Tacoma, Washington
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