What couples have been doing lately is something called a first look. This is where a scene is set up with the photographers: the groom is standing in a particular location and then the bride walks in and the groom turns around to see his beautiful wife to be. They take all the wedding pictures before the actual ceremony. Therefore, they can enjoy their cocktail hour. This option is amazing for Wedding Planners and photographers because all the stress of staying on the time line pretty much goes away as the biggest time eater at weddings is taking pictures. Photographers say that in order to get all the pictures they want they need two hours with the couple and bridal party!! That's a long time, and cocktail hour is only one hour, so it's a high stress situation trying to fit all those pictures into an hour. That's why this option is a good one.
However, I am not a fan of it. Yes, I know, that is odd since I am a wedding planner. But a seasoned planner can anticipate how much time is needed for the couple's pictures and will adjust the time line accordingly. This becomes easier for a planner when they work with the same photographers.
Here's why I do not like it. Every bride has this image in her head of walking down the aisle and having her husband to be look up at her and see her for the first time in the wedding dress in front of all their family and friends. That is such a powerful moment of the wedding and when the couple sees each other before the wedding that powerful feeling is taken away. I'm a traditional bride in this respect.
What is your opinion?
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I'd like to wait for him to see me. I want to see the look on his face when he sees me for the first time!
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