Bridal Portrait

• A bride that is healthy and glowing will look good in her wedding photos. You can do this by looking after yourself in lead up to your wedding. Make sure you drink loads of water in the months before your big day and eat sensibly.

• You may have very definite ideas about the wedding photos you want taken on your day, but listen to your wedding photographer and take advantage of their creative flair and photographic skill and experience. They are the professionals, and don’t forget you are paying them to get great shots, so use them.

• If you are not having a wedding toastmaster, have someone help your wedding photographers, may be a confident groomsman or bridesmaid, who can help identify family members and friends and can gather people for the group photos.

• Apart from the formal wedding photos, try to ignore the camera and your wedding photographer. Any good wedding photographer should be able to blend into the background and almost become a guest, so you are unaware of their presence. You then become much more relaxed and can enjoy your wedding . The most important thing is that you have fun and enjoy your wedding – have a great day.

• Even though candid and reportage style wedding photography looks beautiful, don’t forget to have the traditional formal group photos as well. One way to look at it, is like this, the informal, candid reportage style of wedding photography tells the story, in pictures, of your wedding day, while the formal group shots are a record of who was at your wedding. Also, older family members will very much appreciate the group pictures, as your wedding is one of those very rare occasions when whole families get together and is a  great opportunity to get those family group photos.

About the Author: Paul Birkett of Blue Square Images is a kent based wedding photographer who specialises in modern and contemporary wedding photography. You can follow him on Twitter or contact Paul.

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Here are some of my favourite images from Shidah & Chris’s wedding, with the ceremony taking place at Bromley Register Office and the reception at Chapter One Restaurant, Farnborough Common, Locksbottom, in Kent.

Shidah getting ready

Details photographs of the wedding rings and Shidah's shoes

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Chris with his daughter

A small and intimate wedding ceremony at Bromley Registry Office

The Wedding Ceremony: Exchanging of vows and wedding rings

A happy bride holding her daughter

Then of to Chapter One Restaurant at Farnborough Common, Locksbottom, Kent for the reception.

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