pics before ceremony

[Super Ted]

Has anyone done this?
I am not overly keen on the idea, but as our ceremony will be late in the day, light isn't going to be great.

Any thoughts?
Is it a good idea?

[Diamondbride]

Im not very keen on the idea... and wass going to keep this a secret....

We are doing this... Because of the same reason and b/c our reception would not have enough time to get some proper photos done...

As I said im not keen on the idea either but those photos are forever and cost alot somi want to make sure there are some good ones..

But there was anothr thread on this last week noone was keen on it but its wherer i got the idea..

[Super Ted]

Well I have spoken to FH and it looks like we will probably do this. We're not having a traditional wedding anyway. LOL
Not like it can be unlucky.... COs if that were the case, then we'd be completely outta luck.
Thanks for the reply DB.:)

[Diamondbride]

I wasnt going to reply but since it was you i thought i would..lol

I figure the same as you i mean we live together now we ave kids.... Im wearing a veil... Its not traditional anyways...

[Super Ted]

Hehe, you are a goose:p
I can't wait to see some pics of your day!!!

[Diamondbride]

I dont get my professional ones for 30 days!

But normal ones I will have straight away

[Super Ted]

yeah but thats cool
ANy pics are good!!!!!!!

[Clair82]

We are doing this, only because our ceremony isnt until 5.30 (and i wanted to get some good shots from a hill on our farm that looks right down the sth coast). I'm still not overly confident i have made the right decision, but to get the photos i wanted this is what i have decided. Hopefully i can still think of something to surprise fh with when i walk down the aisle!!

[Diamondbride]

Well if you figure something out in less than a week let me know!

[blossy]

Another good thing about getting them done first is that the bolt of nervous excitement will be over before the ceremony, so you can relax and enjoy it without the "omg I'm freaking out!!!" factor. You'll have done that when you see each other.

So you still get the exciting bit, but are less likely to stammer over vows and you'll seem fresher and more relaxed for the important bit in my view :)

If you want to surprise FH when you walk down the aisle, given he's already seen you, how about if you come armed with something unexpected? Some ideas:
- a different, bigger, more dramatic bouquet?
- suddenly be wearing blue shoes (something blue)?
- bring him a silk hanky for his top pocket (and arrange it) when you get down the aisle, might match your colours or might be 'something blue', and could be embroidered with a special message
- have a friend or family member of your hubby that he hasn't seen in ages walk you down the aisle?
- suddenly have a veil or glamorous long gloves if you didn't before
- arrange with the celebrant for you to do a reading that he doesn't know about, something that means a lot to you both
- get his wedder engraved inside with a surprise message

The other thing you might consider is to arrange your getaway transport as a surprise. Something unusual. Like a really cool sports car, or a Harley trike or something. I wanted a helicopter (you can hire one here!) but the one I could afford doesn't fly at night, so I ended up booking a boat to take us away. But if ours was a daytime wedding, we were gonna leave in that helicopter! Wakka wakka wakka!!