Repost from 06 board... Seeing FI before ceremony

We are getting married at the church....
and we are not goin to see eachother...
I WANNA SEE HIS FACE AT THE ALTER!

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Posted by alibali

we'll already be married on the 5th.. so i had no problem with him seeing me beforehand to take pics. FH was the one who now is like its so great seeing you for the first time.. since when did he turn into a sap?

So what we're doing is kinda 'recreating' the walk down the aisle. we're still doing all our pics before hand (cause we figure if we dropping a big chunk of money we want to at least enjoy as much as possible) but the first time he sees me he'll be standing at the front and i'll be walking down the aisle towards him and that will be the beginning of our pictures.

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Thats a smart idea!!

We're seeing each other beforehand to do pictures. It's not like you're just like 'hey, what's up' when you see each other - your photographer will set up a moment when it is just the two of you. FH will stand with his back to you and then they'll have him turn around.

IMO it's way more intimate than 200 people staring you down as it happens. And, for us, it'll help calm any nerves. And, of course, the benefit of being at the cocktail hour. It also helps with your reception - you can get in as many hellos at the CH as possible so you don't have to do the walk around as much at the reception - more time for dancing and having fun.

we are meeting before hand, and taking pics at the park.
I still plan on making him seeing me, special, maybe in the room with just me and the photographers, but we will definately use the time before for pics.

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Posted by JeanineHubert

We WON'T see each other b4 the church, though this will be hard b/c he lives right across the street and I will be trying to peek/as will he...our parents both said they are going to close the shades... hehe :)

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totally unrelated to the question post but that is so cute --- marrying your neighbor. Has he always lived across the street?



FI does not want to see each other before the ceremony. I am hoping we can do all the shots of him with the bridal party before the ceremony though. Then me with the bridal party before hand. That way we only have to do pics together with the bridal party & family during cocktail hour and hopefully not miss too much.

ETA - we have to have the ceremony at the hall.

FH and I will be seeing each other before church for pics ....and mainly because i cannot imagine spending some quiet moments with him as we take the next step together

we see each other every day as it is....i dont see why its such a big deal to everyone else if we see each other on our wedding day too. Seeing him will calm me down before being the center of attention

We will be seeing each other before... I don't want to spend the CH taking pictures... and like the other girls have said, the photographer will capture the 'moment' when we see each other for the first time.. It will be nice to spend a quiet moment together before all the guest will be there...
Also I do not think that this will take away at all from the ceremony.. I know that he will still be crying, and so will I!

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Posted by Tdish

We are also seeing each other before the ceremony to take pictures.We really want to enjoy the cocktail hour. It doesn't really make a difference to me if he sees me before the ceremony the effect will be the same.

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I agree and us too