Planning Family Portraits

FAMILY PORTRAITS

When it comes to the formal group portraits we highly recommend choosing between 8-12 groups as a maximum. These should be the most important members of your family - Parents, Siblings and Grandparents. There will be plenty of time during the reception to get additional portraits with your friends and extended family so we ask that this time is saved for immediate family members only due to time constraints on the day.

As a general rule, each photo will take about 2 minutes to gather and shoot, 10 groups = 20 minutes which is our standard time allocation for this section of the day. Please ensure it is considered in your timeline if you have additional groupings.

Try to avoid doubling up. A common trap to fall into is to see a list like:

couple + A
couple + A + B
couple + C + D
couple + A + B + C + D

We understand the desire to cover all your bases, but this can become a time drain. As much as possible, condense your groups. Please have a loud helper ready to assist with rounding up the family members. Some of the longest lists have often been done in the shortest time if they're paired with an efficient helper.

Big Group Photo - Taking a well-composed, evenly lit photo where 100+ people are all visible at once takes time. For some venues, it's near impossible because we require elevation. This shot can take around 10 minutes to organise but if this is important to you, let us know and we will do our best to make it work.

We require your list prior to your wedding day, an example of how this should look will be below.

NOTE: your list should have the actual names of your family members instead of titles.

- Couple with Mum & Dad A
- Couple with Mum & Dad A + siblings A
- Couple with Grandparents A
- Couple with Aunts/Uncles/Cousins/Nieces/Nephews A
- Couple with Parents A + B
- Couple with same as above for Family B

We ask that you work with us to make this part of your day run smoothly.