What is pre wedding photo session?Is it important?

Answer 1

I believe these are pictures taken on the day of the wedding but before the actual event. I had pictures taken of getting my hair and make up done. I had pictures taken with my parents, grandparents, bridesmaids and my pets. My husband had the same pictures taken. It more or less is a photo record of the WHOLE day and not just the ceremony.

Answer 2

Why not ask your photographer what s/he considers to be a "pre wedding photo session"? Each side on our wedding did photos with the respective wedding party (me with the bridesmaids, him with the groomsmen) and then we had the photographer in the dressing room with us from an hour or two before the wedding. She then made her way to the groom's room and took pics of them finishing dressing and just hanging out. The are great photos and really chronicle the day! : )

Answer 3

To some, they're important.

They are photos taken of the bride and groom, best man, bridesmaids, family, etc., all dressed up in their bridal attire, posing together for portraits, to put in frames later on.

Usually after the wedding ceremony, everyone hightails it to the reception and it is inconvenient for the wedding party to get the formal and posed shots they want later on.

They would rather spend time with the guests and have fun than to take time away for the photo session. It takes awhile. You have to take many of them, so you can be SURE you get some good ones, where everyone looks good in the photo. No one blinking or slouching, reflection of light reflecting off of people's glasses and that sort of thing.

Some prefer to do it before the ceremony, while others take them during the reception.

I would prefer them to be pre wedding photos too. THAT way, I could enjoy the whole reception and be able to get around to talk to all of my guests.

There is ANOTHER good reason for it. Any member of the bridal party, including the bride, run the risk of getting a stain on their clothes. They wouldn't want THAT in the pictures.

Answer 4

a pre wedding photo session. hmmm. well i think it depends on if you are talking about an engagement photo, or photos that are taken on your actual wedding day prior to the start of the ceremony. if you are talking about engagement photos then i think that's kind of a waste. you can get dressed up and ask a friend with a digital camera to take a few photos of you and your betrothed and call it a day. if it's the actual wedding day, they are most likely going to do some shots of you before you walk down the aisle. on my wedding day, i opted to have the photographer start shooting once i got to the church and i had my bridesmaids take all the before shots. if you have the photographer do it, i think it's significantly more money. you can look at some albums of photographers to get some ideas of any pre wedding shots that you might like and set them up yourself and have a friend or bridesmaid take the pictures.

Answer 5

If your photographer shoots in a photojournalistic style, and you can pay (or the package you bought accounts for) the time to shoot day-of, pre-ceremony stuff, it is very much worth it.

I got married last December. We had a GREAT photographer, and she spent a few hours with my wife as she and her friends got ready for the wedding. The "getting ready" shots are among my favorites of the whole batch, because they are unposed, very personal and in a way, somewhat intimate (though not in the traditional definition). It shows a different side of the bride. Had we had a second photographer to hang with me at my house, that shooter would have seen me go out and get In-n-Out burgers for lunch, play with my cat, hang with my best man (and, later, my two soon-to-be brothers-in-law). Interesting photos? Maybe? As good as the stuff with my bride getting made up, hair done and into her dress? Not even close.

I think it's worth the investment in photographer time and I'd recommend you do it!

Answer 6

A *pre-wedding photo session* is the time when the Bride and Groom (when commonly apart from each other before the ceremony) each have their own photos taken just before the ceremony starts.
The only "importance" of this part of the ceremony is just to have "clean" photos taken so the couple can see thier BEFORE-NUPITUALS look of expectation to compare to thier AFTER-HONEYMOON tired and worn look.

Answer 7

it is photos of her and her brides maids getting her all doll'd up
and photos or the groom, sweating passing and about to passout lol

mostly people get them as a before and after look