OP, wedding photos are meaningless to me.... I did have them, they came out great, and I've barely looked at them in the 15 years we've been married since.

Even so.... I think you should go ahead and have your wedding portrait taken. I think you should wear whatever dress, have your hair done in whatever style you want. Don't drag back your bridesmaids and family to replicate the full event, of course... but you should have ONE photo that everyone can look at and see "Oh, that's their wedding portrait!"

Do it now, before you and DH gain any (more) weight! And before you run out of money and other priorities take over.

Anonymous wrote:I vote no. It would be like getting school pictures retouched. I mean, the pictures are meant to capture how you looked during a certain event, at a certain moment in time. If a person were to get photos for an event re-done, then the pics would not be a genuine reflection of how they looked at that time in their lives.

Who cares? We're not talking about photos of a crime scene, here. Do you think photographers shouldn't use photoshop either? Or shoot in black and white? Because that doesn't represent how you looked either. The OP wants some beautiful photos in a dress she probably paid and arm and a leg for. Who cares if it isn't on her wedding day?

Actually it was a longtime tradition that bridal photos were done in a studio and NOT on the wedding day. Regardless, do what you want, OP! You don't need to ask anyone's permission. Just go for it.

Anonymous wrote:I vote no. It would be like getting school pictures retouched. I mean, the pictures are meant to capture how you looked during a certain event, at a certain moment in time. If a person were to get photos for an event re-done, then the pics would not be a genuine reflection of how they looked at that time in their lives.

Says the clueless person who had perfect pictures of her perfect day

I vote no. It would be like getting school pictures retouched. I mean, the pictures are meant to capture how you looked during a certain event, at a certain moment in time. If a person were to get photos for an event re-done, then the pics would not be a genuine reflection of how they looked at that time in their lives.

Do it! Nothing to lose. You won't regret having the beautiful pictures, but you may regret not doing it. You're only a year out, it would be weird to retake them in your wedding dress for your 15th anniversary, but not now. And if anyone gives you crap about it, tell them about your allergic reaction on your wedding day.

If the actual photos of your special day really do bother you OP, then by all means, for your first wedding anniversary I say, "Go Ahead" and do another photo shoot.

Just make sure you stay away from whatever it was that you ate last yr.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see the point. What if you don't likes the new pics either? Are you going to keep taking them? Doesn't that sound like an awful lot?

Then she's in the same boat she's in now. Nothing to lose, really.

Please go back and reread the original post. She was sick on her wedding day and did not have any photos taken.

Anonymous wrote:I don't see the point. What if you don't likes the new pics either? Are you going to keep taking them? Doesn't that sound like an awful lot?

Then she's in the same boat she's in now. Nothing to lose, really.

Do most people actually get their "formal" pics taken on their wedding day?

We had a photographer, but they were mostly action shots, us kissing, dancing, cutting the cake and of course the ones with family.

However, after the honeymoon we did a shoot that was more of our portraits of our wedding day.

Go for it OP.

I don't see the point. What if you don't likes the new pics either? Are you going to keep taking them? Doesn't that sound like an awful lot?

Go for it OP. If you are both wearing the same attire form your wedding day it will still be reminiscent of that day. Can you revisit any of the locations where you wedding was held to bring even more authentic memories to the pictures?

I wouldn't go overboard - you don't need an extensive photoshoot but if you could get a dozen pictures that you are happy with that remind you of the good aspects of your wedding day (and not the sickness or allergic reactions) then I say go for it!

You could just take a few portrait photos, you don't have to go to a garden somewhere and "pretend" it's the wedding day or something. If you don't like them, you can get rid of the pics and pretend like the whole thing never happened. Not much to lose!

Do it. I eloped and did photos months later in the dress.

Anonymous wrote: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.

+1 to this. Our photographer was terrible, with similar issues PP lists above. I wish we had the photos redone. The day was really wonderful but the photos are so hideous that I didn't make an album. Not do I have a special photo of that day.