Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Wedding Party: non-traditional poses

Let me start by saying how much I dislike the "let's everyone jump" shot. 'Cause really, you don't look like you all spontaneously jumped for joy. You look like you were told, "Hey, I had a great idea. It'd be really awesome if we all jump at once. Yeah, that'd look so sponteanous and fun! Okay on three. 1, 2, ...":


But I do want some relaxed, fun and non traditoinal shots of the wedding party. Something like these:




Note: I have had some of these shots saved for a while. If you are interested in the source, let me know and I'll do my best to find it. If you know the source off-hand, please let me know so I can give credit.

What do you think of group shots? And do you know of any fun shots I can use as inspiration?

10 comments:

Mo said...

Oh man, I couldn't agree more with the annoying jumping shots!

I tend to like the traditional "stand there and look at the camera" pose, but sometimes my family mixes it up by having an "angry" shot and then a "scary" shot and then a "silly" shot in which we do our own face for each emotion. We're kinda weird.

mia said...

You said it! I also hate the shots of the bride or groom lying in the arms of the opposite sex attendants. Does that make sense?

Marie-Ève said...

I agree with you! I like it best when people find a happy medium between faking something/trying too hard, and just looking weird and out of place.

A fine art to find the right pose!

The Less Than Domestic Goddess said...

Jumping shots are not high on our priority list. I think the jumping shot could be fun, if you have the right wedding party. I just don't think it fits with my wedding party's personalities! Haha. I like that second shot!

I always wanted one with all of us walking. It might turn out horribly, but I'm going to try it with Lawrence and our wedding party.

The Less Than Domestic Goddess said...

P.S. I was just over at Style Me Pretty, and there are tons of informal wedding party shots! Check it out! I even found one of my "walking wedding party" that was posted on April 6. :)

Nicole said...

I love photos 3 and 4 in this collection. So natural and so much loe!

Cyd said...

I am especially in love with the second photo amongst the trees...so fun and pretty, a little bit vogue, too!

Rach said...

I guess Im in the minority here since I love jumping shots. I dont think they are supposed to look like you naturally all jumped...since thats never natural. They are just supposed to be fun. I love them.

Krista said...

@Mo - random funny shots would be fun!
@mim - it makes total sense. I don't care for that shot, either.
@Marie-Eve - It is definitely tricky to capture "realistic" pictures. Especially when most of them are actually posed.
@Cyd - Isn't that a stunning picture? I love all 3 of the non-jumping photos.
@Miss Want - I figured someone out there had to love the pictures! They're everywhere. You're right they probably aren't supposed to look posed, and when I think of it that way - it makes more sense.

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