If you’ve been thinking about doing a bridal session before your wedding day here’s a reason to do it! This styled bridal shoot was put together by the uber talent Sarah Vaughan Photography. We have all seen styled shoots before, however, Sarah took a very different approach to her styled shoot and I’m glad she did!
Sarah said, “The reason I did this was to show the value of having a bridal session. We had lots of time to shoot, with no pressure of a tight timeline and we were also able to pick the BEST time of day to get beautiful light for the photographs.”
Bridal sessions are commonly known as a Southern tradition where the bride does a portrait session in her full wedding day attire – hair, makeup, jewelry, veil, bouquet, and of course, the dress. Most of the time a large portrait from the session is displayed at the reception (I’ve always seen them near the wedding cake). In many cases the large photo is given as a gift to the Mother-of-the-Bride after the wedding, with smaller photos being given to the Father-of-the-Bride and the Groom, as well.
One BIG reason I believe every bride should do a bridal session is the opportunity for a trial run of the wedding day look. It will give you enough time to make adjustments on your dress (maybe it was too big), or the shoes (maybe they gave you blisters), or the eye makeup was too intense, or hair kept falling in your eyes and annoying you, or the flowers didn’t hold up the way you thought they would. Its worth it in the end and your wedding day will fly by with all the extra time!
You can check out more of Sarah’s work by visiting her website and blog! You can also check out Amanda of Add Love, who created the gorgeous bouquet and hair piece.
