Would you take racey wedding pictures?

It's wedding season, and around the country couples are posing for photographs that will be gathered into albums and handed down through the generations. There's the groom, beaming in his tuxedo. The father, flush with pride.

And the bride, wearing little more than boy shorts and a bustier.



The multibillion-dollar wedding industry is offering a revealing new twist on the old bridal portrait. Catering to older and more independent brides -- and reflecting popular culture's turn toward the risqué and voyeuristic -- more photographers are setting up in dressing rooms to immortalize unguarded, preceremony moments. Wedding albums and public photographer Web sites alike are filling up with a different view of the bride -- daddy's little girl cavorting in lingerie, adjusting a bra or hiking her gown for a bathroom break.

Established wedding photographers say they're taking racy photos at events of all price levels. At a $250,000 affair at the Chicago Four Seasons, photographer Steven Gross -- he charges $10,000 and up a day -- took nearly 8,000 shots, but one that made it into the bride's wedding album was a close-up of her waist and prominent cleavage. Southern California photographer Brian Kramer's portfolio includes black-and-white photos of darling children, classic portraits -- plus an underwear-clad bride chatting on her cellphone in a suite at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Chris and Mary Jo Prinos of Lancaster, Mass., whose packages start at $3,000, recently captured a bride discussing last-minute details with her officiant while wearing a camisole, sheer boy shorts and a garter belt. (It's not just women: Grooms, too, are caught brushing their teeth or having their necks shaved.)

Re: Would you take racey wedding pictures?

I think my FH would turn a permanent shade of red.

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I think there is a fine line between being tasteful or downright racy, with those shots. In all honesty, I'm not a big fan of the hand up the skirt, showing the garter belt photo, but I think you can take certain pictures of a more artistic nature if the photographer is very careful.

Interesting post though, I'd love to see more responses on it!

PS - sorry for crashing the board again!

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I already told my photographer no 'porn' shots will be taken. i've seen some pics of brides & grooms in 'provacative' poses and i think it's just so tasteless for a wedding...it's not like a nite out at club, but that's just me...i always liked the idea of a nice lingerie pic for him as a gift for like Valentine's day though...

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Posted by MissingTheBGene

I think there is a fine line between being tasteful or downright racy, with those shots. In all honesty, I'm not a big fan of the hand up the skirt, showing the garter belt photo, but I think you can take certain pictures of a more artistic nature if the photographer is very careful.

Interesting post though, I'd love to see more responses on it!

PS - sorry for crashing the board again!

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I agree - I think 'getting ready' shots are one thing, when they are photo-journalistic and it's just the photographer capturing the moment of the bride (or groom) getting ready. Close ups of lingerie and boobs are another thing, and POSED shots are entirely different - I'm definitely not posing in my underwear for my photographer, but I might let him be in the room while my dress is being zipped up and capture that, because it's a special moment.

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I can't believe that! I've seen ones of the bride putting on her dress with it half over head, but the boy shorts are going a bit too far.

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When we were looking at photogs we saw a bunch of these. There were some engagement photos where the girl was topless, but you didn't see anything because her and the guy were hugging. FH was ALL OVER IT - he wants to do it. Including the 'sensual' wedding photos. I'm just ignoring it and hoping he'll forget I saw some that were tasteful, but still, I'm not sure I want half naked photos of me on my coffee table.