Ideas for the bride's photo session

I want to capture the most significant and joyful moments of life for memory. Wedding is a very exciting day, a long-awaited celebration of the birth of a new family. Therefore, it is important to keep vivid, vivid memories of him. High-quality, well-conducted photo shoot will leave for many years original, beautiful photos. The article will give tips for taking pictures of the wedding morning.

The photo session of the bride begins with the sealing of the process of preparing for the celebration. The girl poses for the photographer at home with her parents and girlfriends. In part, this may be natural frames. Boudoir photography involves the creation of personal, almost intimate shots. These photos are not for wide viewing. You can say this is a kind of gift to the future husband. During the shooting, the girl gradually puts on her wedding dress.

Tips and recommendations for shooting the morning of the bride:

• It is worth remembering that the central figure of the bride's photo shoot is herself. Frames with interior items or close ones will be just additional strokes. Therefore, a positive attitude and the ability to show sincere bright emotions is very important.
• Sufficient time should be spent on taking photographs. Hurried shots may later disappoint.
• Photoshoot may not be held on your wedding day. Usually in the morning of this exciting day the bride has a lot of worries and not enough time. It is possible to order boudoir photography in advance and slowly make thoughtful beautiful shots.
• A photo studio with the appropriate design, specially rented hotel room can also become a place for filming. As well as the great popularity of shooting in a beautiful natural area.

• You can combine the rehearsal of wedding hairstyle, makeup, dress fitting and a trial photo session. In this case, the bride will have an additional opportunity to evaluate the image chosen by her for the wedding.
• Clothing for shooting the morning of the bride is selected in a gentle style. It can be a light peignoir of light tone, light silk dressing-gown, beautiful underwear. However, there may be other options. The main thing is to make the model beautiful and natural.
• A bold, original version is posing in a loose men's shirt.

• If the hairstyle has already been done, it is worth taking care that dressing up for a photo shoot does not spoil it. In this case, do not fit wardrobe items with a narrow neck.
• During the vestments in a wedding dress, the bride, her friends and parents can also pose for the camera. The main stages of dressing up attire, such as fastening the veil, stretching the stockings, gloves, dressing in front of the mirror, tightening the lacing are always beautiful and spectacular.
• At the end of the morning shoot, a dressed bride can pose with a toy, doll or other equipment.

It is worth considering some ideas for posture models and subject compositions during boudoir photography.

• A touching moment is the time of awakening the happy bride on her wedding day. The girl basks in bed, anticipating the joyful changes in her life. Such photos do not have to be made frank if the soul does not belong to this. A girl can be covered with a sheet, wrap herself in a blanket, and have a shave from sleep.If the windows in the room look out at dawn, the photographer can try to take a picture from the angle, where the sun shines through the window, and the girl smiles happily at him.
• Morning washing. A girl in a shirt stands in front of a mirror in the bathroom and splashes water on her face.
• Admiring a dress. The model considers its future outfit, straightens any part with its hand.

• The classic is the plot with putting on the garter. It can be made slightly erotic, or, on the contrary, a little cheerful, when this detail is put on the bride by girlfriends.
• Photo in front of a full-length mirror. The model can correct the veil, look at the shoes, raising the edge of the dress, correct the frills, try on jewelry.
• Beautiful compositions with a wedding bouquet, rings, invitation cards and other attributes of the upcoming celebration will diversify the morning photo session well.

• The bride is half a turn to the lens. Mom or girlfriend tightens the lacing on the corset.
• A model in a wedding dress is sitting or standing at the window waiting for the groom with a bouquet in her hands.
• Close-up shot of the hands of the bride. In thin fingers, a girl can hold a flower, an invitation card, a ribbon. The pictures of two rings laid in a palm look tenderly.
• A girl in her wedding vestment is standing in front of a large mirror, and behind her back are parents and girlfriends, who are tenderly looking at the future bride and groom.

• If there are animals in the house, they can also be used in the frame. One has only to take care that there is no harm to the wedding dress. A girl and her friends can pose with a cat. The bride can be photographed in nature with a dog on a leash. Small animals or birds can be photographed close-up on the hands of the model or held to the face. You can rent rabbits or chinchilla. These photos look very nice and gentle.
• With relatives and friends can be staged joint morning tea.
• Touching look photos of the bride with the children. Let the photographer capture the younger brothers and sisters engaged in the general game with the girl. Children can give the bride a bouquet or help decorate the outfit.

That photos do not highlight the weaknesses of appearance and shape, you should know the features and rules of shooting girls with non-model parameters.

• To folds at the waist and sides do not stand out, the bride is best photographed standing in full growth. It is recommended to avoid oblique postures and bends.
• Full-face photo can greatly increase facial features.
• Close-up shooting is best done from a position a little higher. When the girl slightly raises her chin, the neck will look slimmer.
• Good hides the completeness of the side light source.
• If the light on the model falls directly, it is better to choose a position in which it will naturally cover your face with your hand. Then the shadow will fall on the neck and chin, visually reducing these parts of the body.

To hide the pregnancy, you can use some of the subtleties of shooting for such cases.

• When photographing standing, it is better to add a large object to the frame: a bouquet, an umbrella, a basket of fruits. This will shift the focus of the frame and distract attention from the abdominal area.
• The bulging tummy can be smoothed visually by taking a photo from a position just above the height of the bride.
• Good looking photos of pregnant girls in a wedding dress sitting. In this case, the folds of the dress hide the waist.
• For frames, it is better to choose mostly full face. Shooting in half and sideways can make a visual focus on the tummy.

See the video below for tips on taking pictures of a bride.