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Invitation, soles of my shoes, better close up of my veil, food (esp at cocktail hour)
@Mrs.tobe: I completely forgot to bring one with me. At least its an easy pic to take later on your own
A ton of details....invitation, bells (for guests to ring), and close-ups of my veil and gown (including the bustle, which I loved).
We were planning on doing one with us and each table but by the time we got to it no one was sitting down anymore. I also wanted to do one with the bridal party playing football but we forgot to bring a football :(
Oh....when I think of this, it infuriates me! He had a list beforehand but failed to get the train of my gown which was one of the reasons I bought the dress, a pic of me and my brother alone, the groom and my brother alone, the name plate cards, some "artsy" or "fun" shots (they were all portraits) and close up of details such as the wedding favors. Jerk! LOL.
We were running late and I didn't get prof pictures of the dress nor many pictures of me getting ready. He got most of the rest of the details, but didn't get pictures of each of the baskets used, or of the homemade cookies and muffins we had at the reception or the platters that I DIY'd to hold them. I forgot to bring an invitation with me, so that also didn't get a picture.
As for must have people shots, we didn't get pictures of us at each table or any professional pics of each table at all (we had disposable cameras thank goodness, because that's the only way we have any of that type of picture!), and we didn't get a shot of my DH and I with my parents and my brothers family.
In hindsight, I wish I had grabbed my FIL and Dad and done a little picture session with each of them like I did with the moms and I wish that I had had my DH do sessions with each of his parents. Those weren't my photog's fault though... those are things I didn't think about until after.
All in all, I LOVE the photos that I got and really have no regrets, but if I think hard about it, these are the things I'm missing.
Our favors, our card box, and a photo of ALL of the guests... we only got family pics.
This is such a great post, adding to my favorites. I have started to create a list for my photog to make sure I don't miss anything hihi...
Thanks ladies, for all the input so far! You're really helping me with my mental checklist...
@Elarissa:I would have loved to see some WP football pictures! So funny!
@Just_Squeeze:Yikes! I would have been pissed too!
Are you kidding? Football?! Why didn't I think of that one?! My whole dang wedding party played that would be awesome to see!
We got pictures of our wedding bands, but none with my e-ring. We have no pictures of me with the blusher on, which really makes me sad. And I wish there were more of guests.
A picture of just me and my mom, picture of both parents with DH and I. A picture with my personal attendant. A picture of us cutting the cake, the photographer came in late for that one and only got me feeding DH.
I wish we had more pics of the guests as well. And pictures with my sister and my sister in law. And the food!
I forgot to bring an ivite too...
And I didn't get a shot of my seating chart <-- which was a pain in my rear to get done. lol
The bouquets by themselves..
My shoes & jewelry
The guys bouts
More pics of family... I wish I would've gotten one with my grandparents
I'm so sad about this...I just realized this morning that I didn't have photos of my garter being put on and it was pretty important to me. The rings alone together is another photo that wasn't taken...I had these both on my check list that I sent to our photographer.
Last, but definitely not least - we had to pull some strings to get our photographer upstairs in the cathedral looking down on our ceremony (we had to twist a few arms, and pay a little extra), no one is allowed up there...at all. Her husband went up, took a few pictures, came down...we didn't get these photos back at all.
Where the f*ck are these pictures?!?! I know they took them!!
Sorry...that's my little vent. Just make sure your photographer really cares about what YOU need to be captured for your wedding day!
I've only seen a few of our pro pics - but what I told them I had to have was my shoes, rings, DH opening his surprise cufflinks, our shoes/socks together, we mailed them an invite and save the date so they could get those, the charms friends sent me for my bouquet, the DIY stuff I did, and a shot of just me and my mom since we didn't have that.
The rest of it is all pretty standard so I'm looking forward to seeing what they got :)
Im going to go put an invitation with the stuff Im taking to rehearsal right now! Thanks for the heads up..the invitation is a wonderful photo idea..
a picture of me with each BM.
the stupid limo driver was late 45 minutes for the girls so we lost 45 minutes of picture time before the wedding... they guys on the other hand had tons of pics
@Heatherloveskenny: I would just email your photog about them.. We had to ask our photog for a shot that he didn't give us but we knew they got... he found it and sent it over =)
@thewheelsonthebus: ugh that reminds me, I bought DH such nice cuff links and they didn't get a photo of those either
(I'll stop being angry now!)
I didn't get pics with a few of my guests, pictures of our rings or good pictures of our food. Overall I'm really happy with the majority of the pics so it's ok. I made a pretty substantial list of things I didn't want to forget to take pics of, but those three somehow got overlooked on my list. It was such a crazy afternoon!!
Invitations
More portraits of me and hubby
More pics of me and my mom, and him and his mom
Some artsy/cool pics of our rings sitting on top of my bouquet (love those!)
Close-ups of my accessories
I just tell myself not to worry about it, everyone really freaks out about the pictures but the day truly isn't about the pictures, it's about you and your husband getting married and being surrounded by your friends and family. I definitely spent tons of wonderful time with my husband and with my mom that day, so dwelling on it won't make the day any better.
No pictures with my step-dad or my sister.
Not a single photo of the adorable ice cream cups and spoons.
I didn't get any pics of my tables fully set up. I had at least 3 fully set up (2 were not under the porch so we were waiting for the wind to die down) and I only got pics of close up details. She didn't take any of just the tables as they were set up.
I also only got a few pics of the flowers, which she knew I had done myself.
Overall, I was happy with my pics, just a few things that I was like, "huh? I don't care about a close up of a tea light holder."
Invites, table numbers.... those were really the main detail shots I missed. I wish the ones of the centerpieces and table settings were better.
Table numbers, A picture of DH and me with my family (we got one with his family), the blings on my pickups, my brother walking down the aisle. They have all these pictures of all the bridal party walking down the iasle but none of my brother who was the first to walk.
I wanted a shot of the escort cards and card box. I had made buttons for the guests and set them out with the card box I'd painted, but since we did portraits during cocktails, our photogs didn't get a shot of them before people put them on.
We only had 35 guests at our wedding and I would have loved a group picture of all of us... oh, and one of me with my in-laws! Somehow no one noticed (including me) that all the pictures with the in-laws only include my husband. oops!
I have a lot of great photos, but I am missing a few now that I wish I had. Mostly, invites and the memory candles that I put a lot of thought into. Also, totally forgot to get a picture of just me in the front of the church.
my ring pillow with rings tied to it
close up of the wine box
full length pics of just me and my BMs on the beach
overview of my tables
shoes on feet
earrings
more of the contents of my welcome bags
-My place cards (the ones I stayed up til 1am the night before the wedding doing!!!!)
-Cocktail hour (I wish I had the 2nd shooter go take pictures instead of following us around for our couples pictures)
-More floral details - I love close up shots of flowers and got ZERO of the huge ceremony arrangements.
-I also only got one shot of our cocktail space and one table shot. I wish I got more centerpiece/table shots - or even a room shot (before everyone came in).
I thought all of these were 'obvious' and didn't specify them on my list. I really wish I had added these.
-there were also some friend photos that I thought for sure I'd get - that I didn't ...
I had received advice from the hive to not be overly detailed on my photo list - (because it would overwhelm the photog) but - mine was REALLY good at working with the list - so the more detailed, the better (in her case).
We had a list of photos we wanted which included various family formals. I had also done a lot of DIY details so I made sure to put those on the list: card box, flip flop and bathroom baskets, favors, programs, cake, bouquet, seating chart, centrepieces and table numbers.
What I wish we had gotten more photos of were me and DH in more formal poses, just smiling and looking at the camera. We did a bunch of artsy poses, but it would have been nice to have more formal ones for thank you cards.
We also had a receiving line outside of our venue after the ceremony but it wasn't formally announced. Our officiant announced that it was cocktail hour, so about half of our guests stayed inside. The guests who did make it outside got photos taken with us, and we'll be including those prints with their thank you cards. But I wish we could have gotten more photos with our other guests too.
sibling pics!
blood siblings (1 of my side, 1 of his side)
a blended sib pic
then a "new sisters"
and a "new brothers"
Oh well.
And, I haven't gotten the pro pics back yet, so I have no idea what detail photos were taken or missed.
Totally forgot to get one of just DH's parents (without him)-- I didn't put it on the must have list, it just didn't dawn on me.
Would have been nice to have more portraits of just me-- they feel silly when you're taking them, but they turned out so great... it'd be nice to have more than just 3.
Also, would have been nice to get a picture with each of the readers. The wedding party photos didn't include them, I should have told them to stick around after church.
Also, I should have done a better job at getting some impromptu shots with my different groups of friends. If I had given our photographer a heads up on it, he would have done it... I didn't realize until I got my photos back, that I didn't have any shots of all my (non-wedding party) girls : (
I don't think our photogs took any pics of just me alone. I haven't seen the pro pics yet so they may have took some while I wasn't looking, but I didn't pose for any. It seems weird now, but it didn't at the time. Oh well. I guess I can always schedule a bridal session if I don't have any nice ones.
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