As a wedding photographer, I often see a bride for the first time on her big day in her 'prep space.' The room where her and all of her girlfriends do hair and make-up and eat breakfast and sip mimosas together. It's a room where many hours are spent, laughs are shared, and photos are taken. Most venues offer a bridal room for just this occasion, but so often, I advise brides not to use the space supplied.
This room is where hundreds of photos are taken and make-up is applied. This is not a time for small dark rooms, or basements. It's not a time for cramming 8 people into one tiny hotel room. It's not a time for fluorescent lights either. Both your make-up artist and photographer will thank you if there is at least one area of natural window light.
We've all been there, we do our hair and make-up and look great under our bathroom fluorescence, but then we get in the car and wonder what happened? Natural soft window light is the most flattering light to anyone. It's not that your photographer can't take photos in the basement of your church venue, or that you'll hate every photo taken in the crowded messy hotel room.
We want you to look amazing on your wedding day and feel that way when you view your photographs. Utilizing even one window can make or break the prep space photographs. The tiny details of your amazing eyelashes. The loving hands looping every button down your wedding gown. The tears in your mom's eyes as she realizes that her baby girl is a grown up.
So I plead with you, as your wedding photographer, as does EVERY wedding photographer...please look into your prep space. Consider if everyone will have space. Consider if your hair and make-up artist can each set up a station. Think if your ballroom gown can be put on without having to kick bags and food and boxes out of the way.
No comments:
Post a Comment