While all couples want their wedding album to be a memento of their special day, no one wants it filled with cliché photos that everyone has seen time and time again. Check out these seven poses that will make your album stand out.
Normally, photographers like to capture a close-up of the groom kissing the bride on the forehead. Another great idea? Switch roles--with the bride kisses the groom on the forehead, says Erin Bhoorasingh of Grand Lens Photography.
"I love giving my couples the opportunity to be themselves during portrait time," says Morgan Anderson of Morgan Anderson Photography. "I love placing them in a classic, natural pose that I literally have them walk toward each other for, and they just fall into each other like they normally would. Some couples smile and laugh, others have a quiet moment with a soft kiss. It is always something different, and I love that I'm not placing them in a stiff pose!"
"Real moments are kind of my favorite!” says Yana Shellman of Yana Shellman Photography. “They truly show off the relationship between the couple and bridal party members. Be it a sweet kiss on a temple or girls bundling up together because they are trying to stay warm, those photos are what displays the love, the friendship and the bond between the people. And the bond will never be a cliché!”
A shot of the bridal party cheering behind the bride and groom is one to remember, says Shellman. "That's why we have friends—to support us when we need support and to cheer for us when we are celebrating! This again reflects the relationship between this awesome group of people."
Married couples want to remember with whom they were raising a glass on their wedding day, says Lesley Smith of Ceremony, a wedding photo and video sharing app. "We love the shots of bride(s)/groom(s) cheers-ing friends and family. The rings are always in focus as are the bubbles, and it makes for a really fun, memorable shot."
Buy some matching pairs of cheap sunglasses, and coach the groomsmen to walk single file in a more robotic way than normal, and not look at the photographer, which is very important, says Faith West of Faith West Photography. “Wait for the traffic light at the intersection to turn red, then do this shot quickly, before it turns green again.”
[Photo: Faith West Photography]
This one is particularly good for couples with a large height difference, says West. "It's harder than you think to kick up those legs in a wedding dress, and not have the bottom half of the dress look like a big, white lump in the photos, so doing this shot in silhouette takes that problem away."