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Just curious as to who will be seeing their bride/groom prior to the ceremony?
we won't be seeing each other before the wedding because i want that first look moment to be when i am coming down the aisle. i think it will just make the ceremony more special.
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We will be seeing each other before the ceremony to take photographs. I didn't like that at 1st because I am somewhat of a traditional bride, but we are getting married on the beach, which is non-traditional, but after thinking about it, I kinda like it now, it will just be romantic to spend that time together (because its just for photos of us two) & it will kind of set the mood I think...
Our photographer does the first look thing really well (his assistant behind one of us, him behind the other, so they can capture our faces over each other's shoulders (without getting in the shots of course!)), so I don't really mind breaking tradition. It'll be nice to see him before the ceremony, cause I know he'll help calm my nerves a LOT. And he's going to give me my present (a necklace I'm wearing in the ceremony) then, so the photographer can capture that too.
@ MrsFlatt -- I'm the same way ... I am excited for a special "first look" moment. Just us (and hte photographers!) and a little time to destress and take some deep breaths together. He's the person who can calm me down the most, and I know I will need to be calmed.
We'll see each other before the wedding, both because it's easier for photographs and because I wanted to do it. I feel like I'm going to be a little anxious on the actual day and seeing him will relax me. I knew if I waited until I was walking down the aisle, I'd be a basket case!
We're not seeing each other before the wedding. It was the one major tradition request from my fiance, and I coudnt say no, even though I wouldnt have minded the first look and photography beforehand.
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Not until the ceremony. It's too much of a tradition for me. Something I've been waiting for! I like the anxious wait ;)
Yep, we'll be catching that first glimpse pre-ceremony. My reasoning was three-fold:
* Will probably help ease the emotions/jitters before the big walk down the aisle - mostly to help prevent me from tearing up, as I usually do at emotional events.
* Will allow for amazing photos, since we won't be in a time crunch
* Will prevent our reception guests from the oh-so-grueling wait for the bridal party to complete the after-ceremony photos (since most will be done earlier in the day)
We are having an evening wedding so seeing each other before the ceremony provides plenty of time to take all the pictures before the ceremony. I feel like us seeing each of alone caputred by the photographer is actually more special because it is about us and being able to see our reactions and not rushing right into the ceremony. He will still get the great reaction when I am walking down the aisle towards him because that is the moment when he knows I'm becoming his wife.
Yes. Unfornately, our rehearsal has to be held the day of the wedding, so we will do a quick run through just hours before the ceremony....not ideal but there is a wedding the day before & they have it rented until the next day :( At least I won't be dressed up during the rehearsal, if I have to I'll wear sunglasses and a scarf over my head so my FI won't be able to see what I'll look like :)
This was somthing we both agreed on instantly. We were going to see eachother before. Why? Well I'm not alloud to watch Extreme Home Makeover, those Pedigree Dog commercails or any of StillMotions vidoes, noticing a theme. I cry like hiddeous, gulping for air, qivering lip cry, at the slightest emotion evoking encounter. Not cool. I so do not want to be that girl. I thought that maybe I would be so nervous walking down the aisle that I might not- but we both agreed not to even take that chance.
We live together so I told him that I am staying over at my parents' house the night before and he thinks I should stay with him. I look forward to the anticipation and excitement of first seeing me in my dress at the ceremony. I guess I am the traditional one 
I really don't want to see my fiance before our ceremony but we're having a late destination wedding and may have to do our pics beforehand so we don't run out of sunlight.
We will absolutely be seeing each other. We're actually walking down the aisle together, since we are doing this as equal partners and such. He actually helped me pick out my dress, since I trust his style opinion perhaps more than anyone else I know :)
Yep! I want a "first-look" pre-ceremony. The wedding is early evening and I really don't want to spend the whole day away from Mr. Q. Plus, I am a blubbering mess whne I cry & I want to get all of the ugly crying out of the way.
Oh, & I want time for amazing pictures with my photographer!!
My fiance is a traditonalist so he insisted on not seeing one another before the ceremony. I'm really looking forward to seeing his "first" look as I walk down the aisle, but I think it can also be beautiful seeing one another before the ceremony too.
My husband balked when I asked him to do a first look before the ceremony. To him, seeing me walk down the aisle for the first time was one of the things that made a wedding a wedding. So i agreed - if it was important to him, i didn't want to take it away. We worked with our photographer to make sure he got all of the shots I wanted during cocktail hour and we didn't attend our own cocktail hour. It actually turned out wonderfully - the photographer got a GREAT shot of his face as he saw me for the first time, and it was really fun to sneak away by ourselves during cocktail hour and be introduced for the first time at the reception.
Since our wedding and reception is going to be in the same room (guests will move to the foyer for cocktail hour) we knew it would be tight to get photos done in an hour. And even though I wanted to have the first look to be when we were walking down the aisle, I was more concerned about we being cranky and freaking out about time to get all the picture done during that out. That and I want our wedding party to be able to enjoy cocktail hour.
Unfortunately, yes. We are having an outdoor ceremony, and by the time it ends it will be getting dark. We'd have to take almost all formal pictures out in the dark if we didn't see each other beforehand. Also, we have a very limited amount of time at our venue and we want to make the most of it. Not exactly what we wanted but we are dealing.
We will be seeing each other before the ceremony and take pictures. I want to see him without an audience cause I know if i do it at the ceremony I'll be bawling.
We'll be following some Chinese and Viet traditions, which require us to see each other before the ceremony.
I want to save the first look till I'm walking down the isle. Something I dream about :) So pictures will have to be done after the ceremony. Plus, if we did pictures before hand a lot of people would see us since the hotel is next door and many people are from out of town!
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We do not want to ruin the moment at the ceremony when we see eachother for the first time. We would rather cut back the picture time.
We didn't see each other until the ceremony but I wish we had spent some time together beforehand.
We spent the night before our wedding together at home, so technically yes we did. But we separated before we got all fancied up and didn't see each other again until the ceremony.
NOPE! My FI wanted to sleep together the night before, but I WANT the feeling of butterflies and nervousness before the ceremony. We have been together so long and live together that I wanted to have that "oh my gosh I need to see him" moment. Our ceremony is at 2 so it shouldn't be terrible. Wake up, work out, get ready, and it's time to rock n roll.
We decided to do photos before the wedding so we could spend more time with our guests. Many past brides say they'd take pictures before if they could go back and do it again.
We're also doing a small receiving line right outside of church - 15 minutes to forgo hours of stopping by every table at the reception sounds good to me!
I actually like the before the wedding idea more than him seeing me for the first time in front of everyone. I think it makes it more special and I feel like more of a team, like a before game huddle. I don't know what he would want, but he is vietnamese with few relatives here so he knows like nothing about wedding stuff.
We are not seeing each other before the wedding. I want the first time he sees me to be when I walk through the church doors. Yeah, I'm sure we both will be crying, but I couldn't imagine it any other way!!
We don't want to see each other! We're transporting my dress from Massachusetts to Georgia when I move there, and he's actually terrified of seeing it!! LOL!
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I know it's so much easier for photos, to see each other. But I thought it was incredible that we didn't.
We didn't- my husband was the one who didn't want to. I'm glad we didn't. I do feel that it made walking down the aisle a lot more significant.
I don't think we are going to. He doesn't want to see the dress until our wedding day and I want the wow factor walking down the aisle.
I don't think we are going to either... i'm with tessabella76 on this one..i want the wow factor :)
I also want that first view moment to be when I am walking down the aisle - the first impression from the length of the aisle and then when he sees me up close for the first time. Fortunately, with two photographers, we have a good chance of getting photos of both my entrance and his reaction.
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We want to do most of the photography before the ceremony so that the guests arn't sitting around waiting forever!
I fought it for a long time, but fi won out. We are seeing eachother before the ceremony. Before we made this decision we got LOTS of advice, from friends, relatives and bee boards who said it was totally worth it. A lot of brides (like Mrs Cherry Pie) who didn't have the first look pre-ceremony, wished they did.
I am typically a total traditionalist when it comes to that, but i think a first look pre-ceremony will give us our only alone time together to let it sink in what's happening. We'll get some great portraits and we've even talked about writing vows to eachother to say right before the ceremony--as we're saying traditional vows during the ceremony. I'm looking forward to it a lot more now as it will be planned and special....and still, a first look is a first look! I"m hoping he'll be amazed, even if it isn't at the end of church aisle when he sees me.
We'll be seeing each other before the ceremony for photo and video session throughout the day. I struggled with this for a while because like many others, I too want that special first look moment as I come down the aisle. So in order to capture some sort of first look sparkle, we're going to have a private "first look" and have our photographers/cinematographers document our smiles and hugs. I hope it'll be everything I've dream it to be :)
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