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FIRST LOOKS & WHY WE LOVE THEM / WEDDING BLOG SERIES PART: 2

April 25, 2017

Filed in: Education, Weddings

Can we just be really honest with you all? We LOVE first looks!!!

When we first started booking weddings, one of our top priority questions we asked all our brides was “So, have you thought about a first look?” And to our surprise, a majority of them said they had not! So, here we are! Year two and about 80% of our brides are saying a big fat YES to first looks! We are over the moon excited and we want to give you all a little peak at why we love first looks between the bride and her groom before the ceremony begins from a photographers point of view!

  1. More time AND more photos!  HUGE PLUS, when you schedule a first look into your wedding day timeline, you are essentially adding more time for photos which means you will be getting more photos in your wedding gallery!!! SCORE!! You’re investing a lot into your photography experience! In our opinion, utilizing this time to get even more adorable pictures with JUST your groom is a total WIN!!
  2. Shake those nerves! So let us tell you from experience, there may  be some nerves on your wedding day! Especially in the morning leading up to that glorious walk down the isle! A lot of the time there’s pressure on the groom AND on the bride for some kind of special reaction! That can be a bit overwhelming!  We have found that when our brides and grooms take some time before that walk to spend just with each other, they have expressed that the nerves completely vanish! The first look is intimate and special and the reactions are always genuine, sincere and just down right adorable!!
  3. Alone time. So wedding days are crazy BUSY!!! It’s exciting and fun, and your celebrating with all your friends and family. By the end of the day you two are going to have very minimal time to just soak it all in! The time that you get at your first look might be the ONLY time you and your groom get to spend together…ALONE!
  4. You don’t actually have to look! So the #1 reason our brides may not want to have a first look is because they want to keep it traditional, and we 100% respect that!! BUT that’s when we offer the no look, first look! Let us explain! Your first look is a time for JUST you two! It can be done HOWEVER YOU WANT! We have done first looks where the bride and groom stand behind a door and read love letters they wrote to each other. Or the groom is blindfolded and says a prayer with his soon-to-be bride! The options are ENDLESS, but that time is priceless and that is why we always root for a first look!

First looks are different for EVERYONE!! No first look is ever the same and thats why we LOVE THEM!! If you’re reading this and now are thinking twice about your no first look wedding day timeline, we implore you to talk! Talk about your day with your man! What are the most important moments you want to remember FOREVER?!

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