The Secret to a Successful All-Guest Wedding Photo | Monterey Wedding Photography

Ah, the dreaded statement.

“We want a *QUICK* photo with all 200 of our wedding guests!”

Quick?

Hmmm…. organizing 200 people is not quick.

Unless you utilize this super-awesome end-of-ceremony method!

1) Think about if you REALLY want this photo… will you actually get it printed? Revisit it years from now? Want it enough to pause your recessional for 2 minutes?

2) Tell your officiant (or have your clients tell their officiant) that they must make the following announcement after you begin your walk back down the aisle after your first kiss:

“Ladies and gentlement… please rise and turn to face the photographer for a group photo”

3) I then have my assistant grab my tall ladder which was neatly tucked away…. I climb to the top…. and snap a few photos. Its magic- everyone is alwready organizzed into neat rows. We wait until your wedding party + immediate family jpoin you at the front of the photo, and then we are done!!

This takes some planning- I must know in advance that you would like this so that I have my ladder on-hand. The officiant must have this line in their script (but even so, 9/10 times I am the one yelling this out…) BUT, it is so quick, and so easy on everyone!