July 30th, 2018 by OYO Team

Weddings are a once in a lifetime deal, well at least that’s the plan for the most. The special moments must be captured and framed so that when you cannot visualise the beautiful memories anymore, you can relive your wedding day through these pictures. The most important part of any wedding is obviously the bride and the groom. These wedding photographs will help you capture the essence of your wedding day..

Essentials

Before moving on here are some prerequisites:

  • Relaxed and Confident Bride and Groom: The disposition of the subjects is the most crucial thing. You cannot fake happiness. Even if the couple is happy generally, the wedding day adds pressure. The couple should be stress-free.
  • Makeup: Of course the bride and groom will look their best on their wedding day, but a makeup artist should be present for touch-ups before every photograph.
  • Professional Photographer: A professional camera is essential. You can hire a reputed photographer or assign the task to a skilled friend or relative whom you can rely.
  • The List of Poses: You should have the list of the idea of poses ready so that the photographer can catch you at the right time for each pose throughout your wedding day.
  • The Planning: The lights, dress, makeup, position, props, everything should be on point and ready before the moment so that it doesn’t pass before a good picture is taken.
  • Cooperation of people: There will be hundreds of guests so the task could get a little tricky for the bride, groom, and photographer. People must cooperate and give the space, and be present to be in the frame when needed.

 

Once all these prerequisites are arranged, you can get started. If you need help with ideas for the Indian wedding poses, here are some.

 

  1. Haldi

The Haldi ceremony is an ominous and indispensable ceremony. It must be captured on camera. The turmeric smeared smiling bride and the playing Haldi with friends, these types of poses are classic and joyful too. Make sure your wedding album has photographs of both, the bride and the groom smeared with Haldi.

  1. Entry

The innovative entry ideas for brides and the groom are a big deal in every wedding. With the trend of the bridal entry getting more popular, you just cannot afford to miss capturing the bridal entry on camera. Don’t forget the groom either. Plan it out well and pose for the cameras. You never know, maybe a simple smartphone picture can turn out better than the professional ones. The magic of candid poses!

 

  1. Mehendi and Jewellery

It takes hours of patience and backache to get the Mehendi right. Let it last for more than just a few weeks. Let it last forever. Get close-up shots of just the Mehendi of your hands, of your feet and both together.

 

4.Getting Ready

Never miss this classic pose. It takes time to get ready. The bride is already under pressure to be there in time after all the makeup and hairstyling and jewellery. The emotional moments between the bride’s siblings and parents often take place during this time. Don’t miss out on any of it. Let the wedding album be the witness of what was going on backstage, the emotions, the preparations, everything.

 

  1. Sky Lanterns

It has become a trend to have sky lanterns or fireworks or both, during a wedding. This moment is a must capture. Have the bride and groom in focus with the sky lanterns or fireworks in the background. The terrace is a good place to get this frame right. Have a few photos focusing on the fireworks with the bride and groom looking at them, or at each other, unaware of the camera.

  1. Balloons

If it is a daytime wedding, the sky lanterns and fireworks become balloons and colour bombs. Nothing screams joy like balloons and colour bombs. Time them right to capture the dazzling smiles and love-struck eyes of the bride and groom in front of a colourful and playful background.

 

  1. Black and White Portrait

Take a few black and white portraits of the bride getting ready and of the groom candidly having a moment with his best friend. Bride looking at her father, mother, siblings, or cousins are must capture shots. Capture all the meaningful memories and also take time, so that the photographer can take a few clicks in the black and white mode. Edits work if there was no time for it. But the light and exposure come out best if the black and white picture is taken that way. Black and white pictures add a nostalgic feeling to your wedding album. You must have them.

 

  1. Bride meets Groom

 

This moment is always special at a wedding no matter how many times the bride and groom have met each other before. The coy and happy gleam in the eyes of the bride and the groom is too precious to let go in a matter of moments. Capture the smiles, capture the shy blinks, capture their hearts in the photos and put them in the wedding album treasure.

 

  1. Phere

This is a classic Indian wedding scene. With a professional camera and the right timing, you can make it look like something straight out of a Bollywood tale. Take as many pictures as possible and stop shortly for them.

 

  1. Vermilion

This is another classic pose. The photographer must be ready to capture the moment and the groom should smear the first ever touch of vermilion in slow motion so the picture comes out perfect. The bride should proudly flaunt this picture in her wedding album and decide for herself if she wants to wear vermilion every day after marriage or not. But on the wedding day, the vermilion is there to grab all the attention.

 

  1. Romantic Silhouette

Capture some silhouettes in the sunset or in the bright lights of the wedding hall. This picture must have only the bride and the groom in the frame. This one could be the perfect last picture in the wedding album.

 

  1. The Coy Bride/Groom

This picture can be taken at any moment, before the wedding, during, or after. It should look candid. The coy bride is a classic. But the coy groom is more adorable. So capture the shy moments of the bride and the groom to put in the wedding album. If the bride and groom are not the shy types, have people embarrass them till they blush.

 

  1. Twirl

The classic twirl of the lehenga is a happy picture to have. The wide smile of the bride or her oozing confidence, whatever she chooses to portray in her lehenga twirl picture. It is best taken from the balcony of the floor above, as the bride twirls looking up and everybody stares at her in adoration from a distance.

 

  1. Best Friends

 

The groom with his best friends and the bride with hers, together in a single frame. Make funny poses and take lots of pictures. Imagine the nostalgia 10 years from the wedding day. Now imagine looking at these pictures with wrinkly hands. Nothing can be more precious.

 

15.Bye Bye

This one again is a must for the wedding album. This could go with the romantic silhouette on the last page or on the cover of the album. It can be shot with the bride and the groom looking back from their car, or waving back while walking away as the onlookers wave out of focus.

 

These beautiful Indian wedding couple photography ideas must make your wedding album a beautiful treasure. Happy wedding and Happy Memories.

 

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