From the simplest of roses, the wonderful smell of Lily of the valley to the delicate orchids. Your flowers will be one of these decisions you make that will really make a difference to your day and the photographs.
After several years of shooting weddings we have seen a lot of flowers from the home picked flowers to the most decedent of arrangements lavishly filling churches, marquees and reception venues.
Here are a few of our top tips to make sure your wedding flowers look fantastic in your photographs.
Choose a good florist who can get the flowers you want when you want them. Not all flowers are available all year round so if you have a favourite flower make sure it’s available for your wedding date.
Many couples give their mums flowers on their wedding day during the speeches, although this is a lovely idea think if where all of the table flowers will go after the wedding? Why not give your mums a lovely picture of the two of you from your pre wedding shoot instead?
When you are holding your bouquet on your wedding day try and not hold it too high as it will often cover the detail on your wedding dress.
Throwing your bouquet? A popular tradition that many brides still do; however throwing a bouquet to some over eager single friends could result in a damaged bouquet. A lot of brides like to keep their flowers and have them dried or freeze dried so the flowers have to remain looking good. If you do intend throwing your prized bouquet why not have a smaller one made up for the purpose of throwing?
If you think you may be tearful on your wedding day and have a white bouquet, why not push a white tissue to handkerchief into your bouquet just incase its needed during the vows by you or your partner?
Often grooms, best men and ushers do not know how to put their button holes in. Why not give them some pointers before the day?
Flower arrangements on tables are a must. However, from experience guests will prefer lower arrangements so they can talk over the flowers and not be hidden behind it from people on the other side of the table. Also, in terms of photography it is far better for photographers to photograph the speeches and peoples expressions with lower arrangements.
Give your flower girls baskets of petals to give out to guests after the ceremony for the guests to throw at you instead of confetti.
Some flowers are much more delicate than others and certain flowers can look limp and tired before all of the photographs have been taken. Lily of the valley, although one of our favourites does tend to go droopy if it’s a warm day. Peonies, another of our favourites look stunning in pictures but can be delicate especially if you intend throwing your bouquet. Roses are pretty robust and withstand the events better than most.
Petals were handed out in these baskets for guests to throw as confetti
