Places, Weddings
Arlington Hall at Lee Park is a historic building located in Dallas, Texas that can accommodate catered events as small as ten and as large as 1000.
Address: 3333 Turtle Creek Blvd, Dallas, TX 75219
Weddings
Pre-Ceremony
- The bride hanging out with her bridal party
- The bride getting her hair and makeup done
- The bride putting on her dress
- Still life of the bride’s dress, shoes, headpiece, jewelry, and bouquet
- The bride pinning a boutonniere on her dad
- The bride putting a corsage on her mom
- The bridal party leaving for the ceremony
Ceremony
- Interior and exterior shots of the venue
- The bride and her dad arriving
- The wedding party arriving
- The guests arriving
- The groom and his best man at the altar
- The altar
- The bridal party walking down the aisle
- The bride and her dad walking down the aisle
- The bride’s mom walking down the aisle
- The groom’s mom and dad walking down the aisle
- The bride’s and groom’s grandparents walking down the aisle
- The groom’s reaction to seeing the bride
- The bride’s dad giving her away
- The person doing the readings
- The bride and groom listening to the officiant
- The unity candle lighting
- The bride and groom during the vow exchange
- The bride’s and groom’s parents watching from their seats
- The officiant performing the ceremony
- The musicians playing
- The newlyweds exchanging a kiss
- The moment right after the kiss
- The bride and groom walking up the aisle as newlyweds
- The bride and groom greeting the crowd
- The crowd performing the exit toss
- The bride and groom leaving for the reception
Reception
- The interior and exterior of the reception space
- A close-up of a place setting
- The escort card table
- The band or DJ
- The cocktail hour (including eating, drinking, and chatting)
- The bride and groom making their entrance
- The bride and groom greeting guests
- The cake table
- The bride and groom’s first dance
- The bride dancing with her dad
- The groom dancing with the bride’s mom
- The bride dancing with the groom’s dad
- The groom dancing with his mom
- The guests dancing
- The best man’s toast
- The other toasts
- The cake cutting and the bride and groom feeding each other
- The bride throwing her bouquet
- The groom removing the bride’s garter
- The garter toss
- The bride and groom leaving the reception
- The bride and groom getting in the getaway car
- A close up of the decorated getaway car
Portraits and Group Shots
- The bride in her dress
- The bride with her maid of honor
- The bride with her bridesmaids and the flower girl
- The groom with the best man
- The groom with the groomsmen, ushers, and ring bearer
- The bride with her family
- The groom with his family
- The bride and groom with the wedding party
- The bride and groom with the bride’s family
- The bride and groom with the groom’s family
- The bride and groom with the bride’s grandparents
- The bride and groom with the groom’s grandparents
- The bride with the child attendants
- The bride with her high school or college friends
- The groom with his high school or college friends
Family, Weddings
I’ll start out by saying that plenty of rest and hydration is the best preparation for any photo shoot. As well I know, it may be tough to fully address all the items on this list before your session, especially if you are also preparing a large group; but accomplishing even some of these will greatly impact the resulting images.
1. All you intend to wear should be laid out, clean and ironed the night before. Wrinkle-free clothing will help make your image much more professional.
2. Eat! Be sure to eat something before you leave for your session so you’re not hungry during the shoot. I can’t stress this enough. You will look better, be more focused, and have the energy throughout the shoot. This is especially important for children. A great idea would be to bring crackers, nutrition bar, etc; but stay away from chocolate or colored items/drinks, etc. You wouldn’t want to color the lips, tongue, and teeth.
3. Make-up: You want to achieve a natural even skin tone, and be sure to cover blemishes.
4. Fingers and toes should be clean and groomed. Nails should be a natural color (nude,french,light-pink, etc) for model/actor headshots and portfolios; and any color for family portraits, etc. Although, for all, you want to be careful your nail color doesn’t detract from you and your face as the primary subject. The focus of a viewer naturally gravitates first to laud vibrant colors, then secondly to the rest of the photo.
5. For men, all facial hair should be groomed. If you wish to have a few ‘rough’ shots and then shave to include a few shots with a smoother look, please bring your shaving kit and mention this to the photographer before the shoot.
6. Facials and haircuts should be done a week or so before the shoot date.
7. For all, be sure eyebrows are groomed, teeth are clean, and lips are not dry. If necessary, please bring a lip balm/moisturizer with you. Moist lips always look better.
8. Come hair-ready and bring a brush, comb, etc for touching up during the shoot. Hair and Make-up professionals are recommended for best results and are available for an additional cost.
9. Wardrobe: A good rule-of-thumb is to try and wear clothing that doesn’t detract from your face: Your clothes should be free of logos. You would also want to stay away from large busy prints and loud vibrant colors, . Similar to nails, loud colors usually command the viewer’s attention, etc. You should discuss wardrobe with your photographer before the shoot.
10. I will put this tip on it’s own bullet point as it is so important. Be sure all clothes are lint and hair free. I cannot stress this enough.
If you see ideas in magazines, etc. that really attract your attention, feel free to bring those clipping or phone pics to your session. How you feel about photography, what moves you and what you gravitate to provides much insight into who you are and your expectations. Never hesitate to share your ideas with the photographer.
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Weddings
Here’s the timeline which can help you manage a chaotic wedding day. Just print and add your time.
Getting Ready
Hair and Makeup/Getting ready
Bride and bridesmaids arrive
Vendors arrive for setup
Groom and groomsmen arrive
Ceremony
People arrive
Ceremony begins
Ceremony concludes
Wedding party goes to take photos
Guests begin to take their seats at the reception
Reception
Guests head from Ceremony area to reception area and find their seats.
Emcee introduces bride and groom
The first dance.
Dinner buffet is ready and guests should be serving themselves food.
Out onto the dance floor.
A dance set begins with more upbeat songs to entice most guests out of their seats.
A couple of slow songs play.
Back to more upbeat songs.
The cake cutting.
Guests are asked to grab some cake.
The bouquet toss
The last dance, followed by your grand exit.
Reception concludes; guests depart; begin breakdown
Break down complete.
Happy endings!!
