If you have the opportunity to talk with the bride before she chooses her dressing room location, you could mention some of the following points to her so that she’ll know what to look for in a good dressing room. I have shared this information with many brides over the past years and I’m always surprised at how many of them follow every little detail. Brides are extremely interested in getting good pictures, and they appreciate every little tip you share with them to make their wedding day better or more photogenic.

The primary benefit to you in sharing this information is that a good dressing room makes your pictures look better, so you should have as much interest as she does in the location. The following is a selection of tips I give the bride. Decorate the girl’s dressing room just as carefully as you would any other part of the wedding location, because a large portion of your pictures will be taken here. When you choose a location, pick a room with some r-o-o-m and lots of natural light. On the wedding day, have your girls clean up all the non-wedding messes such as piles of blue jeans and tennis shoes or other clothing that are not wedding related, but don’t make the room look too neat; messes are okay if they’re wedding messes.

Empty boxes and bags should be placed somewhere outside the dressing room. It looks wonderful to have all the dresses hanging and shoes lying around on the floor, but they look awful if they’re still in the box, or if they have piles of plastic wrappers and cardboard boxes lying next to them. Flowers also look much better in some sort of vases instead of the cardboard boxes the florist packed them in. Cover up any ugly furniture with plain white drape cloth. Lighting is extremely important for the girl’s dressing room.

The windows absolutely must be open to bring in the natural light. If you have anything distracting or unsightly that would be visible through the open windows, place some light gauzy curtains over them to cut back on the view while still allowing the light to come in. If you have no window light, think romance, and get creative. Use lots of candles or little Christmas lights placed wedding advise for bridesaround the room. Shafts of sunlight streaming in the windows may look great to human eyes, but that extreme level of brightness in an otherwise dark room is a photographer’s nightmare. If you must use a room with direct sun on the windows, put up some curtains to diffuse it. You can also put light cotton cloth over the outside of the window in order to cut down the direct sun. If you want the absolute best lighting for your dressing room, pick something with large, north facing windows-this is a photographer’s dream come true.

 

Glen Johnson. Digital Wedding Photography: Capturing Beautiful Memories . Kindle Edition.

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