Everything to Know About Wedding Details from Hudson Valley Wedding Photographers

As Hudson Valley wedding photographers, we love taking detail shots the morning of your wedding! We’ve put together this list of all the good stuff we like taking photos of, and how you can get some super sweet photos the morning of your wedding day. After all, you’ve put literally hours, if not days into all these little things. Let’s document them permanently.

Details to Set Aside for Your Hudson Valley wedding photographers

It’s great to set these aside in one place. That way, your Catskills wedding photographers knows exactly where everything is. Plus, if something goes missing the morning of your wedding, you’ll know ahead of time and not be scrambling when it’s go time. 

For Dress-Wearing Partners

• Perfume
• Letter from partner
• Stationery
• Shoes
• All 3 rings
• Bouquet
• Dress
• Dress hanger
• Veil
• Jewelry/accessories
• Keepsakes/heirlooms
• Wedding party gifts

For Suit-Wearing Partners

• Cologne
• Letter from partner
• Shoes
• Boutonniere
• Tie/bow tie
• Socks
• Suit/jacket
• Watch
• Tie pin
• Cuff links
• Keepsakes/heirlooms
• Wedding party gifts
  

Where to Put the Details in Your Getting Ready Space

You or a wedding party/family member can take this list of details and ensure they are all in one place. That way, we know exactly where everything is when we arrive to the suite. Plus, that ensures that nothing can get lost. We’d hate to have you shuffling around for something important on an already very busy day! You can place the details in a box or in a corner.

Do You Need to Set Anything Up for Your Hudson Valley Wedding Photographers?

If you’re feeling particularly inclined to design, you’re welcome to set up a shot before we get there or have a friend do it. Otherwise, don’t even worry about it! We can take care of the detail shot setup. It’s all up to you on how you feel about your styling chops. In the images above, for example, the bride styled the left image and we styled the right. No wrong answers!

Hanging Dress Photos

We love capturing the dress hanging before you put it on. If you’re so inclined, you can find a spot you like in your getting ready space to hang the dress! Otherwise, we’ll hang it up ourselves. If for some reason you don’t want photos of your dress hanging, just let us know, and we can skip over it.

How Long Do Detail Photos Take on a Wedding Day?

We usually budget about 15 minutes to do detail photos as Hudson Valley wedding photographers. That being said, if your details aren’t all set aside in one place, it will take much longer to get details done. Make sure to have everything in one place so we can start on these shots as soon as we enter the hotel room.

Why Do Detail Photos for a Wedding?

Detail shots are super great to capture the vibe of your wedding and set the scene. Additionally, you spent a ton of time picking out each and every detail of your wedding. You’ll want to make sure those hours were not in vain. Let’s capture the important little things.

Tell Your Hudson Valley Wedding Photographers if There’s Something Special

Keep your photographers informed on any sentimental items. We’ll want to make sure we don’t miss out on things that are important to you! Whether it’s something small like a tie pin or something clipped to your bouquet, we really want to know the story.