Wedding

Which is your wedding photo?

Wedding photos are pictures you take on your wedding day... not at an unfamiliar studio somewhere in town.

Question: Why do couples like to take their 'wedding photos' before their wedding day and that these particular photos are then considered their wedding photos? I have always wondered that, shouldn't the photos taken on the day itself be it at the church, or when the groom arrive at the bride's house be some of the most significant photos of your wedding? If that is so, then why do most couples opt to take these supposedly 'wedding photos' weeks and sometimes months before their actual wedding day by professionals and leave the photography on the actual day itself to amateurs with 'idiot proof' cameras?

Don't get me wrong, I am not against these practices. No, no, not me - I am all for freedom of choice. After all, it's your wedding. I just fail to understand why would couples (and I can be excused since I am not married. Have I mentioned this too many time already?) capture moments which to me is utterly insignificant? Insignificant - for a few reasons that is:

It is not your wedding day.
You do not look like this on your wedding day.
You don't smile, dress, stand or even sit like what you see in those pictures. In short, it doesn't look like you.

I feel photos on the actual wedding day are the most important. Imagine looking back years later at pictures that captures your mother shedding a tear seeing your husband giving you a peck on the cheek? (I have personally seen this before, unfortunately I did not have a camera then!) or your 5 year old nephew insisting that he climbs in your wedding car with both of you? (I have seen that too). These to me are the most memorable moments and are worth capturing. And if you ask me, worth more than the few thousand couples spend taking their 'wedding photos'.