I once had a bridal party with 19 groomsmen... 19 Groomsmen... I am in New Jersey, New York... It is a thing to have a lot of friends...
You want to make sure people think you have a lot of friends. You don't have any friends, it's Schmiegel...! So big bridal party... You got to get these done fast, and here's the thing, your bridal party, they're your next clients, so you got to impress them. Number one: Streamline.
If you haven't seen my thing about family photos look at the thing about family photos. Look at... That video. It's the same kind of thing.
Get people in get people out. Tip number 2: You move... You don't make them move, get the bridal party in a line, photograph them all together, then you move, get the bridal party in a line... Everyone...
And get their individual
headshot... Much faster than making everybody move in towards you! Brides stays still... She's the hardest person to move, so everyone else just moves around the bride. When you're posing a bridal party, here are the types of photographs that you want to make sure that you get.
Bridal party all together... Bridesmaids all together.... Groomsmen all together... Bride with each bridesmaid...
All the bridesmaids separately... Groom with each groomsman... All the groomsmen separately... Bride and groom, maid of honor, best man.
Second shooter... Your second shooter is key! Here she has to be/he has to be, getting close-ups of all the bridal party members, while you're doing the big breee... While you're doing the big bridal party shot. Second shooter has a job...
Make sure she's not slacking off... Little vignettes, I call the little close-ups, of two of the bridal party members, and three of the bridal party members laughing together. Get them in a line by making them stand next to the person that they walk down the aisle with. The bride usually has already paired them by height anyway, get them together that way, then put them in.
Once you have that formal picture of everyone in a line... Move around, some people turn this way, some people turn that way, some guys put their hands here, some guys cross their legs, some girls hold the flowers
here... Some girls hold the flowers here... ...Some girls hold the flowers here...
Break it up, make everybody do something different! One way to get bridal parties done fast, ....Learn their names! I know it's hard, I know can be annoying, when there's 19 groomsmen... I didn't learn 19 groomsman's names! Learn their names, it's much easier to direct when you're not just going... You-you-you... No no no, not you! ...
...No you! No... You, you, address them by name plus you know what it's polite! It's a nice thing to do, it does help you get stuff done fast. Want more information about how to be a great second shooter, or tell your second shooters what they need to do. Download this free wedding photography second shooters guide in the link below.
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