Groom Prep
Interested in learning about the groom and groomsmen’s part of the day and how a photographer fits into their day? Well, Here’s my experience as a photographer. Personally, I think the guys typically have it pretty easy on the wedding day. They get to chill and hang out. Basically, get dressed, show up on time, and DON’T LOSE THE RINGS!
As far as prep and pre wedding events go, I have seen a few different things happen
Scenario 1:
The men get ready at an off site location and arrive at the ceremony site about a half hour to an hour before the ceremony begins, dressed to the nines and ready to start. I’ll take some photos of the boys together and if the groom’s parents are present, then we’ll grab some pictures of the groom with his parents as well. Sometime’s, If the couple requests a second photographer when booking with me, then I’ll send the second to meet the guys while I stay with the bride.
Scenario 2:
The ceremony and reception are both at the same location with bridal and groom suites. This allows for everyone to get ready on site and really relieves SOOO much stress to everyone involved. It also allows for the photographer to go back and forth between suites or to send their second photographer to photograph the men while they get their finishing touches (shoes, boutonnieres, jackets) put together. It also makes it a lot easier to get first look/first touch/prayer photos with the couple prior to the ceremony starting since everything is on location.
Scenario 3:
Sometimes the groom and groomsmen may already be at the ceremony site prior to the photographer arriving to set up for the wedding. This is what my husband and our friends and family did for my wedding. A lot of people are opting for smaller, more intimate weddings right now due to inflation. In our case, we just didn’t want a large wedding. I got ready at a friends house while my husband got ready at his house. He arrived at the park where we had our ceremony and everyone started setting up the chairs/benches/tables/etc. Our photographer didn’t capture getting ready photos because we asked her to go straight to the park/ceremony site. She got there before I did and got some AWESOME candids and was ready for me to arrive. We took all our formals after the ceremony.
After reading these few scenarios, hopefully, you’ve been able to gain some insight to the grooms pre wedding, wedding day. These are just a few the possible scenarios, other examples are; Some weddings have everyone together, some couples see each other all day prior to the ceremony and some don’t want any prep photos at all. There is no right or wrong way to do it. There’s just “what is right for YOU?”
If you’re interested in speaking to me directly don’t hesitate to reach out. If you’d like to work with me as your photographer, I’ll leave my contact below and I do travel outside of Florida if you aren’t local and I can set you up with local vendors here if you’d like a destination wedding!
