Picture-Perfect Moments: Must Have Wedding Photo Checklist! 📸

Your wedding is one of the most important days of your life. A moment of intense emotion and love that will remain forever engraved in your mind. We know you don’t need photos to remember this special day, every single minute of the whole thing will forever play as a background theme in the back of your head (well, maybe not all the time, but at regular intervals for sure!) But, let’s be real, even if you don’t NEED hundreds of wedding pics to remember all the special things that happened on the day you said yes to the love of your life, you WANT them. Imagine sitting down and perusing your wedding photo album or printing out those unique memories in poster format to constantly catch a glimpse of them while you’re going about your daily life? Only thinking about it brings tears of happiness to my eyes!

So, to make sure you know what you’re doing and don’t rely only on perfectly posed pictures for your wedding photo portfolio, we’ve put together a list of all the pics you absolutely need to end the day with! You can drop this list to your photographer to give them some guidelines but also ask your guests skilled with an iPhone camera to help out by taking candid pics throughout the celebrations!

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If there is one thing to take away from this article, it is that you don’t want to end your wedding ceremony with the “parents pic”, the “bridesmaids pic”, and the “groomsmen pic”! You want to capture all the candid and original moments, not just the stiff and conventional ones. So, if you want to upgrade your wedding photos, tag along for the rest of this article!

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• Mirror reflection of the bride/groom catching a glance of themselves for the first time: let’s be honest, you’re going to be looking sooo fine all dressed up, you want to capture the moment you discover the work of art that you’ve become!
• Bridesmaids extravaganza: just a few hours before walking down the aisle, your and your girls’ excitement will be on a whole other level! So, whether it is sipping cocktails, doing some silly breathing exercises, or laughing your heads off, you want to get that on camera!
• Hands fastening a button or zipping the dress: this gorgeous outfit needs all the pics it can get! A close-up of a helping hand assisting with the final touches is an absolute must!
• The last deep breath before walking down the aisle: the emotion that goes into this moment makes my head spin only by thinking about it! Solemn and sincere, this will be different from the excitement of the preparation but just as important to capture!

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• The groom’s first look at the bride: let’s be clear, you should always be a princess in the eyes of your partner. But if there’s one day where you’ll really look like one, it is going to be your wedding day! So you absolutely want a shot of the face of the groom seeing his bride for the first time (and tears will very likely be involved).
• Guest reactions during the vows: oh my dears, trust me, this is the moment where half the audience is going to tear up. So, for all my emotional people out there, you simply NEED to immortalize the reaction of your friends and family while you and your partner profess your undying love to each other!
• Hidden glances: there’s nothing cuter than that knowing look between the bride and the groom minutes before they say “I do” to each other, such a small but meaningful and emotional moment that you want to capture!
• THE kiss: well, that’s not an original one but you sure want to immortalize that iconic and once in a lifetime first kiss between husband & wife! If that picture doesn’t become the cover of your wedding photo album, we don’t know what will!

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• Cake, cake, and cake: a candid photo of the happy couple enjoying that first cake bite, cutting the masterpiece, or smashing it in each other’s face (for the more adventurous ones not scared of ruining their hair with cream cheese frosting) will undoubtedly become a favorite!
• Behind the bouquet toss: we always focus on the bride throwing her bouquet but there is something absolutely hilarious with the excitation of the guests scrambling to catch it, and you need that on camera!
• Spontaneous dance floor vibes: make it romantic with a shot of the bride and groom slow dancing, head bent together in their own little bubble, or embrace the crazy vibes of the couple jumping up and down to their favorite rap music!
• Sunset love: if you’re lucky enough to be blessed by a golden hour moment during your ceremony, make the most of it! Whether it is a silhouette kiss against the setting sun, an aesthetic pic of you guys bathed in golden light, or a simple selfie catching the kiss of the sun on your skins, it’ll no doubt be the prettiest pic of the day!