Should I Have Reception Photos?

“Should I have my photographer photograph my reception?”

YES. Yes, a thousand times YES.

I mean obviously, I’m a photographer so I love photos, I love weddings… sooo maybe I’m a tiny bit biased in my thought process here. But I just think there is something so special and fun and important in having the reception part of your wedding documented.

The reception is the time you truly get to BE with your guests. It’s the time that you guests get to celebrate with you and love on you and your new spouse. You will get photos of you and your BFFs from high school. You’ll get photos of your college friends laughing at the skit your brothers put on. You’ll forever have documented your parents heartfelt speech, your grandma wiping away a tear, your maid-of-honour busting a gut beside you at something someone said. You’ll have your first dance captured. You’ll have photos of things happening you didn’t even realize were happening, like your niece hiding under a table eating her cake, or a group of your friends standing around your propane fire pit laughing.

Getting back your reception photos is a treasure. You did the marriage thing, you did the formal photos, and now you are letting loose with all your favourite people in one room and celebrating and the joy and happiness and relaxed atmosphere is worth remembering - trust me.

You don’t have to have your photographer there for the whole time if you don’t want to! A lot of the time, I’m there for just a bit of the party - but it’s enough to capture the essence of what’s going on (and believe me, I don’t stop shooting until the very last second!)

BUT enough about me talking about the greatness of receptions - let me show you.