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Help me choose my bridal portrait!

posted 1 year ago in Photography
  • poll: Which photo do you like better?
    Photo 1 : (69 votes)
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    Photo 2 : (40 votes)
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    Photo 3 : (89 votes)
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    Photo 4 : (7 votes)
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    Photo 5 : (45 votes)
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    I saw your other post with all of them. I like a different one better. (Explain below) : (1 votes)
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    Miss Seersucker    March 19, 2011   Charleston, SC

    I want to get one or two printed up for the reception to frame and put on easels. Which are your favorites?

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    Help me choose my bridal portrait! :  wedding 2010 12 11 At 15 27 30

     

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    Help me choose my bridal portrait! :  wedding 2010 12 11 At 16 15 00 1

     

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    Help me choose my bridal portrait! :  wedding 2010 12 11 At 16 27 04

     

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    Help me choose my bridal portrait! :  wedding 2010 12 11 At 16 36 35 1

     
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    Pia2010    November 26, 2009  

    I like 1 and 3 the best :)

     
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    PuntaCanaBride    March 30, 2012  

    Beautiful photos. 1 and 2 are my favorite.

     
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    Loribeth    December 1, 2010   Michigan (Married in Savannah, GA)

    I like photo 1 the best, and photo 2 second best.

    You look beautiful in all of them, so any choice you make will be a good one.

     
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    berkie    August 26, 2011  

    2 is so beautiful and dreamy!

     
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    SapphireSun    July 9, 2010   Vancouver, BC

    I'm partial to #1.  You just look so pretty and happy.

     

     
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    lifegavemelimes    May 1, 2011   Nevada City, CA

    I love number two! 

     
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    cwaddpatt    July 23, 2011   Alabama

    1 and 3!

     
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    deliciousappleblue    October 21, 2011  

    I like 2 and 4, because they're cute and interesting, and because in 1 and 3 there's a huge gap between your dress and your boobs, which is a personal peeve of mine.  Most others probably won't notice it though.

     
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    shedayz    November 12, 2011   Vow Renewal Memphis, TN

    # 1 and #2 are a bit over exposed and have some blow out from the light. I think 3 is lovely but would ask the photo to do a conversion with a tad more grey. I voted #3 Laughing

     
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    kate9854    April 14, 2012   Mississippi

    I love #3! Great pics by the way!

     
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    Tswife4ever    May 28, 2011   California

    3 and 5!!!!!

     
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    Three is really beautiful, but you cant go wrong with any of them IMHO. :)

     
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    PhotoGuy       Fort Collins Colorado

    #1 by far. Natural, pleasant, personable. The others are nice. Care to share your photog's name?

     
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    CDubyaToCJay    June 18, 2011   California--Wedding In Beaver Creek, CO

    I liked 1, because it felt more like I could relate to you! It looked warm and natural! 5 was my 2nd fave though!

     
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    Prewitt    June 19, 2011   England

    Love 3

     
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    kitzy    June 2011  

    definitely #1. #3 looks too posed, whereas #1 looks like you.

    you look gorgeous! but i would alter your dress again before the wedding to fix your boobs -- you can see the gap between the cups and your skin in a few pics, and in #4 you can almost see some boob.

     
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    Miss Seersucker    March 19, 2011   Charleston, SC

    @everyone: thank you all so much for your kind words! :)

    @photoguy: My photographers name was Rod and he works for Red Shutter Studio. His website is here. He is fan-freaking-tastic!

    @deliciousappleblue & @kitzy & @ others who were wondering: The gap is becuase of my lack of boobs. Embarassed I had to buy a larger size because of my body size and the boob region doesn't fit exactly how I want. I am working with different bras and I will be getting another fitting before the wedding. I got these done 3 months out because of how cold it would be the month before our wedding and I didn't want to get any alterations done beside the hem and sweetheart  neckline. Any recommendations I may not be thinking of to the boobless girl? I have considered implants but I just don't wanna. :)

     
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    totheislnds    February 12, 2011   NC

    i picked number 3 but i wanted to say your dress is gorgeous! love it

     
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    DesireeAnne    October 13, 2012   South Jersey

    I especially love photos 1and 3, but they're all gorgeous!

     
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    elliestan    October 15, 2011   OK | TX

    @Miss Seersucker: whoa whoa whoa - you considered implants instead of getting the dress taken in a bit? lol. i'm a flat as a pancake A cup, but still - that'd be a bit of an extreme solution! ;] you can get cups sewn into the dress (or probably DIY with cups from a fabric store) or stick on chicken cutlets, but it looks like the dress really should just be nipped in a bit at the boobs and then you can fill from there. it'll give you some oomph when you're at that point too. give it the bend over test - if you can see anything you want hidden when you lean over, you've gotta take it in - you'll be leaning down to seated guests all night and don't want any slips! anyways! i picked 3 & 5. i like 4 but it's a bit sexy imo for a reception. your dress is gorgeous! :D

     
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    KateByDesign    October 29, 2011   Fairfax, Virginia

    3 is stunning!

     
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    kitzy    June 2011  

    @Miss Seersucker:no no no! you don't need implants!

    your seamstress should be able to take it in a little. if not, go to a different seamstress. it's not that difficult. also, i recommend the bra from vs that adds 2 cup sizes (the miraculous i think?) it will help fill the cups once they're taken in. you can even cut off the cups and sew them into the dress.

     
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    Sking    October 8, 2011  

    3 is beautiful!  My second favorite is 2.  Although, I can see using 1 because you are looking directly at the camera. 

    You really look pretty.

     
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    EleanorRigby    June 2011  

    Very hard to choose!  I don't like #4 for a framed portrait at your reception though.  Any of the others would be great!

     
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    Nado    April 2009  

    2!

     
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    JoeBeth12    June 12, 2010  

    I agree 3 is STUNNING!

     
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    milesbella    September 17, 2011   Iowa

    All are beautiful but 3 is GORGEOUS...hands down my favorite!

     
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    bakerella    September 11, 2010   Toronto, ON

    @Miss Seersucker: VS also has these stick on bras for low back/strapless dresses. They're sort of like the chicken cutlet type things, but bigger, and they clip together at the front. I'm explaining them terribly. Anyways, I found they gave me a bit more "oomph" because I wasn't happy about the lack of lift from the cups my seamstress sewed in. I think it was this one. Anywho, it was a bit pricey, but I think it did the job really well for me, it wasn't uncomfortable at all, although DH was a bit freaked out when I took off my dress, LOL!

     
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    melisslp    July 3, 2010   St. Louis, MO

    Great photos!  But, 1 & 5 are my favorites.  Love your smile!  Smile

     
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    yearns4god    May 19, 2012   Stafford/Ft. Belvoir, VA

    I really like #1,2,3!!

     
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    SoontobeMrsA    June 2012   MA/NH line

    I do not like 2 or 4 for the reception. Great pics but I think 1 or 3 is a better choice. You look great and I love your dress.

     
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    HardyPooleParty    August 27, 2011   NYC, Wedding in Waitsfield, VT

    I like 1 & 3 the best.

    1- For me this makes you look young and cute.

    3-  I like this one a tad more, as for me, it has a more upscale classic look and makes you look a touch more dramatic (in a good way!)

     
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    .twist.    October 7, 2011   Alberta, Canada

    Like # 1 & 3 the best! so flattering.

     
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    april30    April 30, 2011   Dallas

    # 5!!! You look so happy and pretty, plus it's a great shot of your dress!

     
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    hisbunny    March 13, 2010   ND

    I like 1 or 5 for your reception, and while 4 is beautiful, I just don't think that it is right for the reception.

     
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    artbee    February 28, 2010  

    Wow, they're all beautiful! 1 and 3 are my favorites though.

     
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    1.  Lovely picture.  The blown out area on your chest though ruins it for me, my eye is drawn to that

    2  Very nice, again the eye is drawn to the blown out portion though, and the crop cuts part of your arm/hand off which looks awkward

    3  Pose doesn't work for me, gives an amputated look because your other arm is completely hidden

    4  Lovely pose.  a 16x9 crop would be awesome here, cut out some of the business at the bottom.  The veil is blown out too though, which I find distracting.

    5  Best pose and exposure of them all.  I really like this one and it would be my selection.  If I had to nit pick, I wonder why the photographer cut your feet off!

     
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    toile234    July 30, 2011   Morgantown, WV

    I like them all, but you look so happy in #1 so I chose that one :).

     
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    Mrs.KMM    July 17, 2010   Atlanta, GA (wedding in Indianapolis, IN)

    #1 and #5 are definitely my favorites but they are all beautiful!

     

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