Mar09 Bridal Shoot 2009

Stacy of SMS Photography emailed me this morning to tell me about a bridal shoot I might want to share. It made me think: Hmmm…California girls don’t know what that is. You see, a bridal shoot is (to my understanding) a very southern tradition. The bride typically has a solo photo session with her photographer in full makeup,  hair and dress, often times months, weeks or days in advance. The bridal shoot is NOT done on the day of the wedding. The photos from this shoot are so fun, it makes me realize why some brides do this–plenty of time for fun, artsy shots.

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  • Anonymous on March 09, 2009

    Ooohh…I love a good contrasting shoe! This is a really good idea, I wish I got to do bridal shoots with every bride, there’s just not enough time to do everything you want to do on the day of the wedding.

  • jaC Jewelry on March 09, 2009

    Love the hair, love the dress, love the shoes… all of it! I can’t imagine doing a shoot months or weeks before the wedding – but this totally looks like fun! :)

  • Curtis Copeland on March 10, 2009

    WOW! Fabulous bridal session. Remarkable composition and color. What fantastic bridal photography!
    Thanks for sharing it with us!

    Curtis

  • Stacy Sodolak on March 11, 2009

    Again Summer! so honored to be on here!
    One great thing about doing the shoot, for you future brides, is that it does really give you a chance to check out the hair and makeup and how it will photograph. Sometimes, girls get a sample of their bouquet (usually a scaled down version) but it really helps to make sure that you are going to love the day of bouquet and lastly, the most important, you get to be in your dress for a few hours, which is great to see how comfortable you will be and if there are any other alterations that would be needed. I have had quite a few brides have modifications made to the dress b/c you actually move and sit in it for a time period and not just on that pedestal at the boutique. :) Plus they are just ridiculously fun!

  • Maggie @ Eat, Drink, Marry on March 12, 2009

    YAY!!! My pal is famous :-)

  • KedR on May 25, 2012

    Great work but how do you go about the tradition that brides shouldn’t wear their dress before the wedding?

  • Grey on March 12, 2009

    That’s absolutely amazing. I’ve never thought of that before…it’s like a dress rehearsal. (No pun intended…well, kinda).

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