(Closed) Using a trolley to get around Philly for photos… doable?!?!

posted 6 years ago in Photos/Videos
Post # 1
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45 posts
Newbee
  • Wedding: October 2012

I’m looking for some advice on locations in Philly that are easy to get to if we’re traveling by trolley we’ve rented. I’m interested in going to places like the Reading Terminal Market, Headhouse, Rittenhouse, etc… for our wedding portraits.

Also, do you usually have your bridal party with you when you’re going to multiple locations for photos?

 

The backstory/explanation for the questions:

The finace and I were excited to get a trolley for our wedding since we have a relatively large wedding party (14 ppl total). I really wanted to drive around Philly for a mix of portraits and group photos, but our photographer strongly urges us to go from ceremony to our venue for group shots and for just the portrait shots of us have it just be the photographer, his second shooter, and us to go into the city for those photos.

Even though it’s a little disappointing to not have everyone, I can understand his concern. However, we have paid the trolley in full already so I’d rather not have all that time we rented it for go to waste. So I’m wondering if it’s possible to go into the city with the trolley and just the four of us in it. Seems like it would be, but I don’t drive a trolley on a regular basis so I don’t know how easy or difficult it is to navigate Philly. I don’t want using a trolley to hold us back from the number of locations we can go to.

Not that I don’t trust my photographer (b/c I do with all my heart), but has anyone had any experience carting around their bridal party AND doing their portraits in the same vehicle? I’m just curious what peoples experiences are. Any advice on this and/or the questions above would be greatly appreciated!! 

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Post # 3
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1314 posts
Bumble bee
  • Wedding: May 2006

As a photographer it can sometimes be overwhelming to creatively deal with a large group of people over an extended time frame.  When you’re taking a bridal party out you’re trying to do things that are different from standard formals, and the more people that are involved the harder it is to direct and communicate effectively to all of them.  Add to that the fact that not all bridal parties are really “in” to having vanity fair cover photos of them taken. That being said there is also no reason why the bridal party can’t stay in the trolley some of the time so your photographer can have plenty of time with just the two of you.

Also the second photographer doesn’t really need to be there.  We always split up so one of us is photography the reception details and covering cocktail hour.

Post # 4
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45 posts
Newbee
  • Wedding: October 2012

@continuumphotography:  Thanks for the comments!

What I have come up with so far is to Do group shots towards the beginning, maybe do one location in the city the group, and then send them back to the venue with the trolley while we finish the rest of the time doing portrait shots with the photographers. I think that might be a happy medium?

I budgeted 3.5 hours for photos b/c I’m a bit of a photography nerd myself. Hopefully this will be enough time for all of this.

Post # 5
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Bumble bee
  • Wedding: May 2006

@linglu:  Usually the most time I have is about an hour.  3.5 is a lot, even if half of gets eaten up in just travel.

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