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This has got to be hands down my most requested post!! I’ve gotten at least 15 emails from readers asking me to write about / show what I wear on a wedding day, so here it is!!
I have chosen to always wear a dress when photographing a wedding! I think it’s super classy, and I honestly do not want to look like a vendor! I want to fit in with all the guests. Some photographers chose to wear all black + pants, but that look is just not for me! I’m a colorful person anyway, so why wouldn’t I wear clothes that match that while I’m working??
I also ALWAYS wear shorts under my dresses! There shouldn’t be any reason for my dress to fly up, but if it does I want to make sure I’m covered ;) I try to make sure my dresses are plenty long enough, so I’m not pulling and tugging all day long! Photographing weddings is hard work, and there’s no reason to make it more stressful by constantly worrying about what you’re wearing!!
SHOES SHOES SHOES!! It is incredibly important to wear the right kind of shoes. And always make sure you wear them for a full day BEFORE a wedding day!! You definitely need to make sure they’re comfortable, because you’ll be standing for 12 hours in them! One time I wore a pair of flats that had a little piece sticking up along the back, and I thought they’d be fine because they were flats. But by the end of the wedding, both of my heels were covered in blood, and needless to say the shoes were ruined! Not a very pretty picture, but please wear comfortable shoes!! Never wear heels!! I did that for part of the day when photographing my sister’s wedding, and after 2 hours my feet were killing me. I thought I might fall over during the ceremony!! Not good ;)
I have several different ‘wedding day’ shoes. Typically I’ll wear flats, but in the spring/summer sometimes I’ll wear boots! Boots are especially awesome if you know you’ll be somewhere muddy! I have these flats in both nude & black, and between those two colors, I pretty much am covered!! Nude goes with everything :) The thing I love about these shoes is #1 they are CRAZY comfortable!! Not even joking. They have this amazing padding on the bottom, and for the first 8 or so hours you’ll feel like you’re walking on air!! After hour 8, NO SHOES would ever feel comfortable ;) Aaaaaand #2 they wipe off super easy. Sometimes I’ll step in mud, or whatever else, and I just take a paper towel to these babies and they’re good to go for the next wedding! Plus they have that awesome elastic around the edge, which means no rubbing!
There are a few different things that I look for when buying a new ‘wedding dress’… Haha!
I get a lot of my dresses from Target {I kind of expect to have to replenish them every wedding season :)}, because they usually have a pretty good selection that meet my qualifications! I have some dresses from ModCloth, LOFT, and a few Old Navy. I try not to spend TOO much money on them, just because I enjoy buying lots of dresses ;) Sometimes I’ll splurge and get them from New York & CO {my favorite!!}, and LOFT when I just know I can’t live without it ;)
This dress is from New York & CO, and it’s one of my favorites! It’s got some awesome leather details, and it’s so flowy {but not TOO flowy ;)}!
This dress is from LOFT, and it’s awesome! AND it has pockets!! It’s sleeveless, super comfy!
This dress is from ModCloth, and it’s actually my bridesmaids dress from Jenny’s wedding! This one I can be a little on the fence about, because it is beige. But it has a bit of a pink skirt underneath, so I’m definitely not completely against it! It’s a little fancier than what I would typically wear, so it just depends on the wedding!!
This dress is from Target, and it’s a short sleeve scoop neck!
So there you go my friends!! I hope that answered a lot of your questions :) Let me know if I missed something! And I’d love to know from you photographers what you favorite dress to wear to weddings is!! <3
1 Comment on What I Wear on Wedding Days
June 4th, 2015 at 10:11 am
Thanks for sharing, Emily!