Just wondering if anyone has or if anyone is thinking of doing pre-wedding pictures. I'm don't want FH to see me before I walk down the aisle, but he knows people who did pictures prior to the ceremony so they had more time at the reception etc. Any thoughts?
pb2161
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missliss
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It's def. a personal decision either way, but we did all of our pictures before the ceremony. Best decision we ever made! And we got some amazing pics from it, you can see some in my albums. And if people say that it will take away from that 'feeling' that you both get seeing each other walk down the aisle, nothing could be further from the truth. It was just as exciting and emotional and also helped us both ease up a little going into the ceremony.
Our BP also greatly appreciated it because they could just relax and let loose as soon as the ceremony was over and ALL of us could enjoy the CH and saying hellos and things like that. It was great to get alot of the hellos out of the way during the CH do we didn't have to spend too much time on it during the reception.
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It is a HUGE decision, that's why I'm so torn. He understands my feelings on not seeing before I walk down the aisle, but I do understand his thoughts on the matter. We have 2 years to think about it, but I'm the type of person who needs to have things settled as soon as an issue comes up so really wracking my brain on this one
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It was a big decision for me as well. But I decided that I wanted to enjoy and participate in my cocktail hour. So we are going to see each other before the ceremony and have about 3 hours to take photos. It's also a bit more romantic when the two of you see each other for the first time as opposed to everyone including your FH seeing you for the first time.
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I didn't want to see DH before...it is just a matter of preference. I wouldn't do it any other way if I was to do it all over. We had a morning ceremony (11:30 am), so would have had to wake up even earlier to do all those pics in the AM. I do know a lot of people do pictures before and it works great for them. We were done with pictures and ended up being able to attend the last 15 minutes or so of cocktail hour (I didn't have a huge brial party or a huge family involved in photos though). I guess you have to choose based on what will work best for you.
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definitely seeing fh before the ceremony. I want to get the pictures out of the way before the ceremony and reception, but most importantly, I think if fh sees me before the ceremony it's a lot more significant when we don't have a crowd of guests seeing me for the first time either. He deserves the chance to see me first, away from all the guests, and we can share a moment rather than going straight into the ceremony. I thought about it taking away the special feeling from walking down that aisle, but then again, how do I know if it will... maybe it'll make it all the more special.
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we are doing our photo before the service-this way we can enjoy a few moments alone with each other before and enjoy our cocktail hour and reception with our family and friends with out having to rush around doing photos.that was our choice-
barbtony
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Going to see FH before ceremony for purposes of photography. I've also read that it does help with the last minute jitters.
escobooker
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The ceremony will be at the RH, we are doing th pictures before so we can be present at the cocktail hour, seeing each other was not big deal for us at all, FH will also be picking me up at home in a limo and we will ride together to the RH (our bridal party consists only of MOh, best man, fg, rb), so for us is better this way.***More partying**
hb123
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We will be doing pictures before the ceremony as well. I don't want to miss the cocktail hour and I think it will take th edge off a bit for me.
amandah75
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Wow. I'm surprised at how many are seeing before. I thought it would be a 50/50 split. Everyone has made extremely valid points. Really have to think about what's important to me but also what's important to my FH.
sophisticat13
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We are getting married at RH and seeing each other for pics before. I wasn't sure about it at first but we don't want to miss CH...we are paying enough for it LOL....
MEMEJOR
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i am seeing him before... I want to get all the pics out f the way and dance the night away... i also wanted to see everyone during cocktail hr too... my video & photo are going to capture the moment
MakingofaMulligan
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I didn't want to see him before - we have a 2.5 hour gap between church and reception so we can do pictures then!
shopaholic07
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I didn't see my DH before the ceremony. We had a big gap between the ceremony and reception so we took all our pictures then.
emomma17
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I think we probably should because we are going to be fighting for time, but we both really don't want to see each other until I walk down the aisle. More so him than me, I was willing to he wasn't.
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I'm still torn. It makes more sense logistically to see him before and do the pictures before, but I feel like it might make the walk down the aisle less special. I'm glad to see so many that AREseeing their FH's before though since that is probably what we will do.
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We have a few hours in between the ceremony and the reception. So i will not be seeing him until the ceremony. I don't know, i just love seeing a bride and grooms reaction when they see each other for the first time on their special day. To me it makes the ceremony that much more special. I do understand wanted to be there for the cocktail hour. It is a hard decision to make if you are torn between the two.
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We're doing pics before. it was a HUGE decision for me. But I'd rather enjoy the wedding and my photog has agreed to set up our seeing each other privately so that we can get the whole reaction thing. HTH.
