Your Day Begins Here-

Let's chat about how to prep your getting-ready room because this is where your big day begins. You want a beautiful start to your day and get off on the right foot. Us wedding photographers usually start our day by capturing your beautiful photographs in the getting-ready room.

The light in your getting-ready room is so important as well as the way your room looks so that you can look and feel wonderful. This is just a recommendation, but anytime we have natural light for your wedding details, life is just so much easier because you won’t have to worry about where we are at with your special items. If there isn't natural light, more than likely we will be looking for other areas close by where we can photograph your details in their best light. After all, you put so much time and energy into planning your day that we need to make sure everything gets its own spotlight!

As for you, your hair and makeup artist will have lights for what they need, but there’s just nothing that’s going to look as good without some form of natural lighting. Some individuals have a difficult time seeing past fluorescent lighting and even though they trust their hair and makeup artist, they don’t believe they look as good until later on in the day. So while the makeup and hair artists require this lighting, it is best to have natural lighting so you can see your true beauty without feeling self-conscious under those harsh lights.

Here are a few checklist items that you can look at before choosing the getting-ready room on your wedding day:

Windows

When you are going to prep your getting-ready space, a room that welcomes sufficient natural light is the key to beautiful flawless pictures. A room equipped with good natural light looks best on any skin tone and a majority of hotels, beauty salons, and most venues will have something that you can use that has the perfect amount of natural light. The Knot has a great article about getting ready, check it out here!

Clean + Clear Walls

This definitely doesn't mean you have to literally clean the wall, but you should try to take down as much artwork as you can, remove any cords, and just try to have a blank wall. The reasoning behind all of this because we are people-centered photographers. This is your day, and the wall is a simple background element. For your getting-ready photos, you and your favorite people are the main focus!

We make sure to plan extra time to clean different elements out of the room as needed. However, not every photographer does that. So if you’re unsure, you can always ask them or, on the day of, they’ll be able to look for a space that will work out well. Your photographer might find a different space than you were originally planning and it’s just because we have a trained eye to look at the world differently. As such, if there are any specific shots that you would like for us to capture, let us know. We chat with all our GLP couples and go over all of the details about one month to 2-weeks before their wedding day. If your photographer doesn’t do this though, you can simply chat with them the morning of to let them know!

Have Your People Dress First

Your best friends are going to be involved in helping you get ready for your day. That’s why you chose them to be with you right? Because of this, your mama, and any other mom, or grandma, you’d like there, along with your party people should get dressed before you do. We’ll capture all of you in your matching robes before you all get dressed, but this is also about getting your party people and special parent/family members involved by taking shots of them helping you to look like the beautiful person to be married that you are! The reason why we want them dressed is that the dresses add to your photographs. Everything looks so cohesive and well put together.

Always Here For You!

Have more questions? Reach out! We are always here for you! Our goal is to help your special day the absolute best it can be, since it is, after all, one of the best days of your lives. ♥

Happy, happy wedding planning!