What to wear
What to wear for a wedding photoshoot
For the couple this is decided long before, so the useful advice is about everyone else: ask the wedding party for a palette rather than exact…
What to wear
For the couple this is decided long before, so the useful advice is about everyone else: ask the wedding party for a palette rather than exact…
In short: For the couple this is decided long before, so the useful advice is about everyone else: ask the wedding party for a palette rather than exact garments, and warn against bright white or heavy black if they will stand next to the dress. For the getting-ready sequence, matching robes photograph well; the pile of hangers behind them does not, so clear the background before anyone arrives.
Colour. The decision that matters is the wedding party's, not the couple's. Give them a palette of two or three tones rather than exact garments, and rule out anything close to the dress or to the venue's dominant colour.
Fabric. Warn against heavy black next to a white dress in bright sun — the exposure difference is the single hardest technical problem of a wedding day.
Footwear. A second pair for the couple, kept somewhere findable. Portraits involve walking on grass, gravel and stairs.
The thing that ruins frames. The getting-ready room. Nobody thinks about clothing here and every frame contains hangers, bags and hotel-room clutter. Clear one corner and hang the dress against a plain wall before anyone starts.