One of the most common questions I get asked as a wedding photographer is, "Should we do a first look?!"
From my own wedding, as well as shooting many weddings, I would say, "yes, Yes, and YES!"
My top 3 reasons to do so are...
#1 You have a private moment together.
At the ceremony you have everyone there, and there is just no time to enjoy the moment of seeing each other. But if you do a first look, you can laugh, cry, jump, do whatever WITHOUT having anyone interrupt. It's pretty amazing! You can choose to have others there, but you surely don't have to.
#2 There is more time for photos.
Once the ceremony is over, your family gathers around for pictures. If you've already had a first look, you already took a good amount of photos with your bridal party, so you knocked out a lot of pictures out of the way.
#3 You can have a little break between ceremony and reception
And now that you knocked out all those photos, you can have a little breather after taking family photos and your "just married" session. There's a good chance you'll have time to even grab a drink and snack at cocktail hour before the reception starts.
Enjoy some wonderful "first looks"!
(C)Yev Studios
(C)Yev Studios
(c)Yevgeniy Podgayskiy
(c)Yevgeniy Podgayskiy
(c)Yevgeniy Podgayskiy
(c)Yevgeniy Podgayskiy
(c)Yevgeniy Podgayskiy
(c)Yevgeniy Podgayskiy
(c)Yevgeniy Podgayskiy
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