During a wedding day it is only a custom that the bride and the groom will pose for a shot together with their near and dear. The wedding photographer should be given the posing list well in advance, so that with the help of a relative or friend from the bridal party, he could shoot the pose shots without much hassle. Since the wedding photographer is a busy person he expects full cooperation from all to discharge his/her duty, without spending time unnecessarily. Obey the photographer while he/she captures the images.

Never pose for a photograph with a drink in your hand, however thirsty you might be or how great your party mood is. While posing for a group shot, you put the drink down or hide it behind your back.

Brides should keep up their lip-color and a bit of gloss. It is easy for the brides to forget about their lip color. It goes very fast when the bride is drinking and quibbling. If you had started out with a touch of color and a bit of gloss, remember to give frequent touch-ups to your lips.

Plan, relax and enjoy this day well and always remember this magic day with joy in your heart and peace in your soul.

Posing List- Before the Ceremony

This list contains only the bride with her activities and different persons such as bride finishing her make up and dressing, with a bouquet, bride’s mother or maid of honour helping to put on the veil and bride with all her immediate relatives, children in the wedding, bridesmaid, groomsmen and guard of honour.

If possible get the photos of groom getting dressed up, getting boutonnieres, escorting vests and groom with bride’s mother/step parents, groom’s parent’s/step parents.

Ceremony list includes groom and attendants at altar, bride arriving at the church, bride coming on aisle, giving away ceremony, unity candle ceremony, bride and groom with minister, exchange of vows, ring ceremony, presenting roses to mothers, kneeling in prayer, kiss, Soloist, Organist, bride and groom recessional, attendants recessional and parents’ recessional. 

Post ceremony captures are groom with his parents/step parents, mother/step mother, father/step father, grand parents, children in the wedding, groomsmen, bridesmaid, best man, officiant signing the marriage certificate, guests outside the church, bride and groom with all the family members, bride and groom leaving church, together, with entire wedding party, his parents/family, her parents/family, both sets of parents, male and female attendants, children in the wedding and children.

The next shots are bride and groom in vehicle, entering reception hall, buffet table, decorations, toasts, wedding cake, cutting the cake, serve the cake to bride, to groom, bride and groom at head table, parents at family table, bride and groom dancing, bride and her father dancing, groom and his mother dancing, the musicians, bride and groom with guests, guests book signing, garter toss, bouquet toss, bride preparing to leave, groom to leave, good-bye hugs to parents, departure, tossing rice/ bubbles/rose petals and Good bye Wave.

Thus comes an end to the long posing list to be submitted to the wedding photographer early enough. Some may need more to be added to the list while some others want to cut short the list. Anyhow it is your wedding and it is left to you to make the posing list.