A wedding is considered one of the most important days of anyone’s life. It’s a giant celebration of love and family and — from the joyous tears to uproarious laughter — it’s your job to capture it all.
The Beginner’s Guide To: Posing Bride and Groom, Bridal Party and Family Formals by BP4U helps make your job easier. In the guide, you’ll learn how to pose individual shots of the bride and groom, shots of them together, as well as a variety of bridal party and family shots.
Inverted Pyramid Pose
The inverted pyramid pose works particularly well for large bridal parties. To create this pose, have the groomsmen stand behind the bridesmaids with their arms around each others shoulders. Place shorter groomsmen on the ends.
Next, have the bridesmaids lean in toward the center, knees slightly bent. This helps ensure all the groomsmen in the back are seen. Finally, place the bride and groom in the center close to the ground.
If the bride doesn’t like the idea of being that close to the ground in her dress, have the groom sit in the center with the bride sitting on his knee. She can wrap her arm around his neck or even give him a smooch.
Don’t forget to take both formal and “silly” pictures in this arrangement.
Bonus Tip: Budget Extra Time for Bride and Groom Portraits
Scheduling “bubble time” into your photo schedule is smart, especially since many weddings end up running behind schedule. For example, adding an extra half hour for the bride and groom portraits will help ensure that, even if someone or something’s running behind, you still have sufficient time to get awesome pictures.
From posing the bride and her bridesmaids, entire families, grandparents, the bride and groom and beyond, BP4U’s The Beginner’s Guide To: Posing Bride and Groom, Bridal Party and Family Formals has you covered. Click here for more information and to buy.
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Topics Covered:
- Posing Techniques
- How to get bridesmaids photos done in 15 mins
- How to get groomsmen photos done in 15 mins
- How to get full bridal party photos done in 15 mins or less
- The must have shots in a time crunch
- How to get a ton of photos in a short amount of time
- How to get the bridal party and family to cooperate
- Family Formals in 20 mins or less
- How to do creative poses in limited time
- Tips on how to achieve different looks with the same pose in a matter of mins.
- Changing a photo with expressions, bouquet, eye direction & hand positioning
- Camera Settings
Your purchase also includes 95 – 4×6 digital files (printer friendly) of the pose with a brief, how to description. For our green clients, we have low resolution versions of the posing cards so you can easily upload to your cell phone.