redo wedding photos?

[Anonymous]

I was sick on my wedding day and decided I didn't want any photos taken. I looked horrible because my neck and chin were VERY bloated due to food allergies. It has now been one year since my wedding and I am thinking of doing a mini photo shoot with my husband and in our wedding attire. It feels a little bit weird though because I feel like when I look back at them, I would be thinking they were sort of fake. I am also very camera shy though so probably my real wedding photos would have not turned out well. I do feel comfortable with the photographer who could do the redo. I've worked with him before so I know I would not feel shy. I guess I shouldn't care because at least I would have some lovely images I can show people and hang in my home.... anyone redoing their wedding photos?

[Anonymous]

You don't have ANY photos? Even candid shots? Do you have any photo of you wearing your wedding dress?

I think the only thing I'd want (IF there really isn't a single picture of you) is a pic of me in my wedding dress, to show the kids/grand kids (because I think it's cool seeing pics of my relatives in their decades-old attire). Anything else would seem phony. Honestly, if I were to do this, I'd just have a friend snap a few pics and be done with it.

Do you have any professional "couples" photos of you and your husband? If not, you could do pro couples photos, without wedding attire.

[Anonymous]

I'd LOVE to redo my wedding photos - with a better dress (I made a poor, snap decision on the one I chose), better hair (I wore it down and it was humid outside so I looked sweaty and sloppy), and better makeup (see above re: humidity).

But DH thinks it's a waste of money, and I don't have a great counterargument. We do, after all, have pictures of the day.

Your situation is different. I think having a photo shoot in your wedding dress sounds great.

[Anonymous]

My grandmother did her wedding photos months after the wedding- it had something to do with the hokey town they lived in and they had to travel to see a good photographer (this was a very long time ago in another country). She was already pregnant with my uncle! But the photo (there's only one I've seen) is beautiful and it's our only picture of her when she was young. We treasure it. Go for it OP! You're still close enough to the wedding day.

[Anonymous]

Do it! It'll be much cheaper than wedding day photography. The best advice I received re: wedding photos is that you really only need a couple of killer shots.

[Anonymous]

It seems to me that your wedding day is your wedding day. Also, why not have a story to tell about your allergic reaction. A lot more fun, it seems to me, then looking at generic wedding photos.

I was eight months pregnant on my wedding day. Can't really do a redo to be slim and lovely.

[Anonymous]

I would say go for it! You would have great photos in your wedding dress with a photographer with whom you are comfortable. I don't think there's anything phony about it. I think of it as being like like some people who have multiple wedding celebrations. (I did, we could celebrate with family overseas and here.) Sometimes there are good reasons to do things more than once.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My grandmother did her wedding photos months after the wedding- it had something to do with the hokey town they lived in and they had to travel to see a good photographer (this was a very long time ago in another country). She was already pregnant with my uncle! But the photo (there's only one I've seen) is beautiful and it's our only picture of her when she was young. We treasure it. Go for it OP! You're still close enough to the wedding day.

+1 If you are happy with the pictures, they will probably be the ones you show people as you get older.

[Anonymous]

To redo would be inauthentic and "weird" (imo.) Your wedding day happens once. Just l"let it go" and move on. The marriage and your memories are far more important. FWIW, most people are not thrilled with their pictures.

[Anonymous]

OP, if you have a photographer who will make you feel at ease, you should definitely do this. You don't have to call it a wedding redo. Just call it "wedding attire photoshoot". You should have these pictures! And you can get some nice ones of you and your husband kissing without the JP's head in the shot :-p

[Anonymous]

Great idea? Can I have a different groom?

[Anonymous]

Why not? Go ahead if it pleases you.

[Anonymous]

I personally wouldn't, but it would never occur to me. But if it makes you happy, go for it. Or do a tasteful trash the dress kind of session. Or just some great family pics of you and dh... Buy a new outfit, get your hair done, and go to your favorite scenic spot. It's odd to me because its a year later I think.

[Anonymous]

I say go for it! We had an outdoor wedding and our photographer failed miserably with the light. Also I didn't go do a pre-wedding shoot in the studio, which I should have. I didn't like any of the outdoor shots he took of me (bad angles, terrible use of light) and afterwards I thought about going into a studio and getting a formal shot of me in my gown. I never did and now I regret not having that one beautiful photo, like my grandparents and parents have, of DH and me. Yeah, it would have been "fake" - but so what. A beautiful photo is a beautiful photo.

[Anonymous]

Do it! Plenty of people do this (trash the dress photos). You could do the same, but you don't have to literally trash your dress. Find a cool venue and have fun with it.