giving my clients even more location options. I'm willing to travel to certain areas of North Carolina and as far south as Charleston, S.C. You can check with your wedding venue to see if your bridal can take place there if you prefer, but Myrtle Beach and the surrounding areas offer many fun and interesting places to choose from. Choosing a backdrop that inspires your personality to come to the surface will make your portraits that much better. Since a bridal does not take place on the day of your wedding, you have the freedom to select any location or locations you want for your session, which makes bridal portraits more fun and interesting. It also allows the photographer the opportunity to understand the brides’ best angles and most flattering poses to create top-notch wedding portraits. Scheduling a bridal before the wedding with the same photographer chosen to shoot the wedding allows the bride the opportunity to develop a relationship with their wedding photographer and become familiar with their work before the ceremony. This adds a touch of elegance to your wedding decor and makes a beautiful keepsake gift for the bride's mother or grandmother after the wedding ceremony is through. It is common to see a large-format portrait of the bride displayed next to the wedding cake, or near the guest book at the entrance of the reception hall. While a bridal can take place anytime other than the wedding day, most brides-to-be get their bridal 1-2 months before their wedding to ensure they have a beautiful bridal portrait to display at their wedding reception. Why feel rushed to capture yourself as a bride on the day of your wedding when you can do it at leisure, in a relaxed setting before or after the big day? Now that you understand what a bridal is and how the tradition began, here are a few reasons why you should get one.Ĭonsider it a dress rehearsal to ensure you're happy with your hair, make-up, jewelry, bouquet, veil, shoes, and of course, your dress! Getting a bridal allows time to get used to the feeling of your wedding attire and break your wedding shoes in a bit so you can move more freely and naturally during your wedding ceremony. Bridals continued to be a tradition for young debutantes who migrated from Europe to the southeastern region of North America where the tradition remains to this day.
The tradition of bridals began in old-world Europe where portraits of the bride were captured in oil paintings and kept by the bride's family as a keepsake.
So, before I tell you all the reasons why you should get a bridal, and how to best prepare for one, I'm going to school you on what bridals are.Ī bridal is a portrait session for the bride wearing her full wedding attire that takes place any time before or after a wedding ceremony.
I'm going to give you the low-down on bridals, the reasons why you should get one, and how to prepare for a bridal session with me! Here in South Carolina, bridals are common among the locals, but it's come to my attention that many people traveling here to get married from out of state don't know what a bridal is. This month's blog entry is for all you brides-to-be.