Tips For Deciding If A First Look Is Right For You.
To First Look or Not to First Look: That is the question.
Your wedding day is meticulously planned, detailed and you have poured blood, sweat and tears into it. There is so much pressure put on the perfection of how it plays out. With that comes a solid mixture of stress and excitement. During your planning, you have probably heard the term ‘first look’ and are still mulling around with whether or not it is for you.
If you haven’t heard of a first look don’t stress, not everyone has. It is an opportunity for you and your partner to see each other after the hustle and bustle of getting ready. But before the ceremony. A moment, you get to enjoy together, in quiet bliss where you can fully appreciate each other. You get to share this moment in private or with your closest friends and family. But it is sweet and sentimental and you still get surprise view after getting ready. With the help of your wedding photographer, we guide you into position to assist with the surprise view and also be in position to capture the epic story as it unfolds. Some of my favourite first looks involve tears. I get all sappy with emotion too.
All of that being said, you have to make the decision for yourself and what suits your needs for the day. Here are some reasons to help you decide if you should or shouldn’t do a first took.
Why You Should:
It is amazing to see each other for the first time on this special occasion and you get to have all the feels without an audience. If you are nervous about the ceremony, this is your chance to shake the nerves off and walk through the next stage together.
You have a more flexible schedule for when you can see each other which means, less stress and more excitement!!!
You have an opportunity to get 90% of your portrait style photos out of the way before your guests arrive and after the ceremony can enjoy cocktail hour with guests or get right into dinner if you are choosing a later ceremony time.
You like to break away from tradition.
Why You Shouldn’t:
You have dreamt of the moment when your partner saw you right before you walk down the aisle.
You enjoy sticking to tradition
You want to have an early ceremony and have lots of time before dinner.
No reason, I just don’t want to.
In either case, your wedding is your day and will be epic. There is no right or wrong way to plan out your wedding. From my perspective, it is your day and if you want to be extremely original and have no tradition or if you want to stick to tradition from start to finish, I love it. I love all of it. It is my goal to tell your story and that story is best told when your day is a representation of you.