I’m am always being asked “what can I do to get the best pictures on my wedding day?”  As a documentary style photographer, I typically shoot what I find in place without reorganizing things.  I love to get pictures of the wedding dress if possible but so many times it is still “locked up” in its bag with plastic hangers.  I would suggest two things to brides.

1) take your dress out of the plastic bag.  If it has a train, go ahead and let the train down to reduce or eliminate the wrinkles from where the train was hung up along the back.

2) invest a little bit of money or time to acquire a pretty SOLID hanger for the dress.  I know of at least one of my brides that actually took extra fabric from the the bridesmaids dresses and had a hanger made. 🙂

If you’re not especially handy or kin to a talented seamstress well the INTERNET is your friend!

I’m a hug fan of Etsy for wonderful custom made exquisite things and this is just one of my Etsy Favorite Sellers. She creates things like this:

and this

or how about this one?

Maybe simpler is more your style?

It does make for less “industrial” pictures!

Stay tuned for more tips and tricks as the wedding season approaches!  First wedding is this weekend!