Well, last week I had the final meeting with the photographers to sort out what shots I definately wanted with the family....
For background, me and h2b have been to weddings before where the photos take 3 - 4 hours, we both agreed we didn't want that, so we are having about an hour and twenty minutes between the ceromony and reception.
I said I didn't want formal shots done with every single family group there...mostlye because it would take to long plus I'm not a fan of the posed formal shots personally.
So, I have given the photogs a list of shots which comprise various permutations of me, h2b, his parents, my parents, bil who is best man, his sister, my brother, his nieces who are bridesmaids, our maid of honour and his gran, plus one of us with all the guests as a big group.
Now, bearing in mind he didn't even come to the meeting because he had a hangover, he's now moaning that his aunty so and so will be peed off and what about a group shot with so and so and so and so in it....
We will be having lots of candid shots too, and some posed couple shots...we have two photographers, I'm sure everyone will be in a picture at some point.
I just don't want to spend the whole time posing wi an assortment of aunties and uncles, cousins and friends....
Im not even that keen on those sort of shots anyway....is it sufficient to only have the group photos with close family?
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CommentAuthorMrsCS2b
Sound ok to me, I do not like my pic being taken at all and I don't like too many posed pics either.
We are doing a similar set up to the one you are having because I think too many posed pics will take up too much time and I would rather spend that time enjoying our day with our guests x
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CommentAuthorMrsWright290912
We had a few posed pics outside with the whole group anf family photos etc but he also got a lot of unposed photos, me talking to guests etc. I now wish we had had some more posed photos of hubby and I as we didnt have many.
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CommentAuthorsarah
I dislike posed shouts as well. I think what you have is good - especially if there will be a lot of candids.
CommentAuthorkrissy905
I am having the bare minimum of posed photos as I cant stand them, I picked a photographer that does a lot of candid shots which is what we love. my venue as a lovely little bridge so I'm hoping the weather is nice enough to have a few shots outside.
Think we will do similar, just shots with my side, his side, friends, BMs and best man, then just group shots. We're more interested in pics of us together, plus we have two photographers so while one is off with us the other will be taking candid shots of guests. I have various ideas for pics I want with h2b so hoping weather is good for it when time comes.
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CommentAuthorMrsK2b
Ive just had my last meeting with our photographer and were having
His side ie mum, dad, brother & sister in law My side mum, dad, brother Then the two families coming together so thats all the nan, granddad, aunties, uncles, mums, dads, brothers, sister Then a group family I am also having a family picture of me, peter, mum, dad, brother, auntie, uncles, nan and granddad as we dont have many and while they are still around it would be nice to have one.
The rest are all going to be candid shots I spoke to our photographer and he said that should only take about 45 minutes if that so thats a bonus :)
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CommentAuthorGlitterfairy
I did not want many posed shots, I wanted natural ones more, my photographer was a friend who done it for nothing and she is really good at natural photos. I think our photos were done and dusted within about 30 minutes or so. The rest were natural ones.
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CommentAuthorJoanna
Just my opinion but I'd try to get photos with each group. Family and friends always want a photo of themselves with the bride and groom, it means a lot to them. We had absolutely loads of group shots with different family members but it only took about half an hour or so. Professional photographers are quick. I'm baffled by the thought of 3-4 hours of photos.
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CommentAuthorBryonyEminson2Be
I was really lucky with my tog in that he is a friend and so he knows how big my family is and he knows what i do and dont like so when he gave me the quote he was quite specific in how many group shots we could have and that way i could tell family that we only had a limited number of group shots when they got peed off, he is happy to deal with any fallout :P so we are having: -us with my parents -us with his parents -us with bridal party -us with bridal party and parents -us and all my siblings (one for my mum there) -us and all my cousins and siblings (one for my nan there) and then we have 4 left to decide on later and then inbetween the ceremony and the breakfast we will have about an hour for me and H2B to have some posed pics at the church and venue :) so it will only take about 1 1/2 hours altogether. Maybe just have a word with H2B and point out that the more group shots you have the longer you have to stand around and have your picture taken and the longer he will have to wait for food (worked on my OH)
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