How to organize the bride's morning. Ideas and useful recommendations.

Location

The bride's modern morning is necessarily accompanied by a photo shoot.
The first thing to do to successfully hold such an event is to discuss the shooting location with the photographer. It should be comfortable for you and meet the requirements of the photo shoot. If you plan to get a truly decent result, take into account all the requirements and wishes of the photographer and prepare the place properly in advance. When choosing a space for a morning photo shoot, you can use several ideas:

At home

The familiar surroundings and the availability of all the necessary things right at hand are the absolute advantages of this option. Moreover, the bride will not have the hassle of delivering all the accessories and items. But the house cannot be called a suitable place where you can organize the bride's morning. Photos may turn out to be of poor quality, since most apartments have completely inappropriate lighting, and unnecessary things can also get in the way. In most cases, you have to move furniture around to make sure there is enough space for a full shoot. Moreover, if the newlyweds want to abandon the well-known buyout procedure, then with this option it will be difficult for you to avoid it.

In a hotel room

Compared to an apartment, there should be more free space here. Extra things won't hurt you either. You can create comfortable conditions for the stylist and have a good morning for the bride. The photo shoot will be successful and of high quality only if you find a room with good lighting and a stylish interior.

In the photo studio

Excellent conditions for photography: suitable lighting, comfortable surroundings, absence of unnecessary people and things. There is an opportunity to organize a buffet with family and friends. A photo studio is the ideal space for creating gorgeous wedding morning photography. There is only one drawback to choosing such a place - the need to take all your things with you.

How to spend the bride's morning

The morning of the bride and groom can be spent in different themes and in several places. But no matter which option you choose, there are general recommendations from photographers and stylists for organizing this event. They will help you with your wedding morning.

• When choosing a room, avoid bright and colorful colors. The room for photography should have light walls and neutral colors.
• It is not recommended to use bright accessories for photography. If they are not part of the photographer's idea, you can get rid of them in advance.
• Think carefully about how you would like to decorate the space for the photo shoot. You can use books, flowers, beautiful little things and anything that you think can create a pleasant atmosphere and decorate the bride's morning. It is better to send photos of the selected accessories to the photographer in advance. If he considers any items inappropriate for the style of the shoot, you will have additional time to replace them.
• Pay attention to such an important object in the room as a window. It is desirable that it be large and illuminate the space with daylight as much as possible. But excessively bright sunlight will definitely be unnecessary. In this case, to dim the lighting, the window will need to be curtained. Choose translucent light curtains for this.
• Make sure that there is enough space in the photography room for the photographer and other actors to maneuver freely. For maximum convenience, you can divide the room into two zones: for preparation and for the photographer’s work. This way, no one or anything unnecessary will appear in the frame.
• The room for photography should be in complete order; get rid of everything unnecessary in advance.
• It is recommended to put all the accessories necessary for shooting in one place.
• Prepare the festive clothes you will need for the photo shoot.
• For photography, it is also recommended to use flowers and a ring, which must be prepared in advance and set aside in one place. To prevent water from remaining on the flowers, use a napkin.
• All clothes prepared for a special event must hang on a special hanger or mannequin.
• If you plan to spend the morning in a hotel room, be sure to check if it has everything you need for beauty treatments. The bride and groom must be completely prepared before the wedding begins. The bride's morning should be accompanied not only by a successful photo shoot, but also by professional preparation for the special event.

Morning of the groom

The groom's preparations should be no worse than the bride's morning. At first glance, it seems that getting ready for a woman and a man are the same thing, but this is not so. This day is significant for both and the groom also has many tasks.

Getting ready for the groom is a hectic, stressful time. A man's tasks for the morning before the wedding:

• The groom's preparations begin with a hearty breakfast, because the wedding day is, first of all, a long, energy-consuming process.
• It is necessary to have parents. You can also invite your best friend or team.
• For a photo shoot you need to prepare: a suit, cufflinks, a tie or bow tie, a boutonniere, polished shoes, and the main accessory for men - a watch. These items are prepared in advance so that the groom’s preparations go off with a bang.
• To create a complete look, you can carefully arrange documents for the marriage ceremony, a pillow for rings.
• Transport issues also fall on the groom. He must ensure that all participants arrive on time.
• Entrance to parks or any establishments, if it is paid, then this is also the groom’s concern. In order not to waste time resolving these issues, you should take care of everything in advance. The groom's preparations should go without problems and haste so that he will be remembered as the happiest in his life.
• The groom should be “armed” with: an umbrella, a cell phone, the notebook of which contains all the contacts of the persons involved in the holiday, as well as a first aid kit. All these things should be ready - this will speed up the groom’s preparations.
• Photography. This is one of the main moments of the wedding morning. It is held for both the bride and the groom. It all depends on the desires of the young people, but the best option would be a single ensemble of photographs. Therefore, it is better to choose the interior of the room to match the bride or temporarily transform it, as well as decorate it with wedding accessories. An alternative could be a hotel room or a photo studio. You should arrange a full photo shoot for the groom.

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Making a time list

When planning the bride's morning, calculate in advance how many hours you will need for:

1. Breakfast;
2. Water procedures;
3. Hairstyle;
4. Manicure;
5. Makeup;
6. Wedding outfit;
7. Photography;
8. Final fees before the registry office.

Agree on all points and procedures in advance with your assistants. It is recommended to take plenty of time. Make sure that you have the numbers of everyone participating in the event, and that all persons know exactly what time and how to get to the designated meeting point. It’s better to call everyone the day before to avoid force majeure. The photographer needs to show in advance the place where the bride's morning will take place. The photo session should be carried out taking into account all his recommendations. Therefore, it is better if you have a little extra time to make adjustments.

Gather like in a palace

Expectation. The bride's morning before the wedding takes place in her dreams in a luxurious hotel room, every corner of which is a perfect backdrop for pictures.

Reality. There was no extra money left for a hotel room, and it turned out to be more convenient to pack at home. Here the edge of the radiator, then socks thrown by someone (who?), or the remains of yesterday's dinner get into the frame.

What should I do? If the picture is important, clean the house the day before and find the most photogenic room. Or rent a hotel room in advance, planning the costs for it in the budget (rely on Bride's Assistant for this). If the picture doesn’t mean anything, get ready and don’t think about the shots.

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What you will need

If you don’t want to get ready in turmoil and unnecessary haste, prepare in advance all the things and accessories that you will need in the morning. Pay special attention to the necessary details:

• Extension cords and sockets;
• Drinks, cups, napkins and food;
• Additional light sources;
• Playlist with your favorite music;
• Mirror (it is best to take a white dressing table);
• Table for stylist's tools;
• Favorite perfume;
• A set for all morning beauty treatments;
• Two chairs with backs: low for the stylist and high;
• Patch;
• Sewing kit: threads, pins, needles.

In a studio

A photo session on the theme “Morning of the Bride” is also carried out in a photo studio, where the girl tries on wedding dresses, tries to change her makeup, changes accessories and jewelry. Special decorations have been created here to make the photographer’s work easier and help create the right atmosphere.

A photo shoot, which takes place in a studio, has some distinctive features, including:

1. The ability to create the most suitable environment.
2. Take a lot of test photos so that you can choose the most effective ones later.
3. Take pictures of the bride in a peignoir and underwear in front of a mirror.
4. Separately photograph the details of the image being created. Shoes, veil, garter, stockings.
5. Take black and white and color photos. Take a photo of the bride from the back using lace capes.

In addition, in the studio, the bride’s morning is decorated with correctly selected decor.

A beautiful girl in a beautiful interior, gentle and thoughtful, sexy and reverent, sublime and daring.
Under the guidance of a professional photographer, the girl will take the desired pose, the master will photograph individual parts of the body, showing close-up lips, eyes, eyelashes . A wonderful backdrop is exquisite furniture and an interior specially selected for this shoot. The photographer himself chooses the intensity of lighting and the arrangement of the components of the headset.

The photographer tells the bride how to pose correctly to achieve the desired effect when creating the image.

Useful tips

1. If you want to relax well before a morning photo shoot and such an important event as a wedding, invite a massage therapist. While a makeup artist or hairdresser is working with you, he can massage your arms and legs. Also take care of the services of a massage therapist for your loved ones; they are unlikely to be able to refuse such pleasant relaxation.
2. To avoid wasting time, ask your bridesmaids for help in preparing the shooting space and all things. After which you will simply have to control everything, and you will have more time to sleep.

Make sure the room is suitable

Not every beautiful place is suitable for a morning photo shoot. Firstly, it must be spacious, because at the appointed time a whole group of specialists will gather here: at least a photographer, videographer, stylist. Secondly, ideally, the location should be close to the place of the celebration itself, so that you don’t have to then get to the ceremony through traffic jams with makeup and hair styling. And, of course, there should be good natural light in the shooting room.

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Details: invitation

If you make sure that one copy of the invitation remains as a young memory, then it can also be used in the morning photo shoot. Even if the couple invites guests verbally or through their wedding website, it is better not to be lazy and make at least one stylish invitation card for the photo shoot. Better yet, order a set of calligraphy that will match the style and color palette of the wedding.

Photo: Photographer Anna Bykova

Details: bridal bouquet

If you are planning to photograph the bride's morning, you should definitely discuss with the florist early delivery of the bouquet to the gathering place (home, hotel, photo studio). Flowers will create a festive atmosphere.

Photo: Photographer Anna Bykova