After your wedding is all over there won't be much left to remember the day by except for a few left over decorations, a beautiful marriage and the photographs. There is a ton of pressure on photographers to capture the most minute details of the wedding day because we know just how important that aspect of the wedding is. So if we could give one piece of advice to every bride & groom it would be...
ALLOW LOTS OF TIME FOR PHOTOS!
We see it happen all the time. The bride will plan 2-3 hours for portraits, bridal party & family photos. It sounds fine and it should be...if it wasn't for your maid of honor being late, or your pushy aunt who is asking for extra photos, you would have plenty of time.
But, we need to tell you that the pictures that you will want the most will be the ones of just you and your new spouse. So...plan extra time for just the two of you. Enough time to make sure that you get lots of shots, you can relax, find great locations and try some creative posing. If you can allow enough time to travel to some great locations surrounding your venue even better. Don't be pressured by anyone to take those shots away from you...these are the photographs that you will be framing on your wall!
If something does happen where you miss out on the chance to capture quality photos of the two of you then the photographer might just ask for you to take a few during the reception. OR CONSIDER A TRASH THE DRESS SESSION! You don't have to actually ruin the dress, but it's a great opportunity to get in your dress relax and do some of the things you would be terrified to do before the wedding.