Wedding Rehearsal Coverage: Do I Need It?
You may be back and forth, questioning if you really need to add wedding rehearsal coverage to your wedding gallery.
If you’re planning a whole wedding weekend, going all in on either a welcome party, rehearsal dinner, or maybe even an after party, then my answer as your wedding photographer is, absolutely!
Photographing your wedding rehearsal helps me put together the complete story of your wedding.
Your Wedding Starts The Night Before
Many couples choose to have a wedding rehearsal so they, their wedding party, and close family can mingle before the big day.
The rehearsal allows for longer conversations, meeting your partner’s long-distance family and friends, and reminiscing with out-of-town travelers. Maybe even endless toasts and speeches for those who won’t have an opportunity to speak during your reception.
The wedding documents the ceremony, while the rehearsal dinner captures the important relationships of your love story.
How Much Wedding Rehearsal Coverage Do I Need?
I think of rehearsals not just as adding coverage time and more photos, but as preserving the moment when the two families come together to celebrate. Coverage begins at two hours to ensure all of the special moments of your night are captured. More time can always be added if you’d rather be the life of your party, not the unofficial photographer behind your phone.
Zack and Katie’s Night On The Water
For Zack and Katie’s rehearsal dinner, they booked an intimate dinner cruise for their closest friends and family in Clearwater Beach. Zack’s family was traveling from New York, while Katie’s family’s home state was Florida. So they wanted a night for their two families to connect before the liveliness of their wedding day.
I was there to capture the thoughtful details they put into their wedding rehearsal. From a trolley drive to the dock, a plated dinner on the cruise, with many toasts from loved ones celebrating Zack and Katie. All the love in one room, dancing the night away before the big day.
What Katie’s mom didn’t know was that Katie’s rehearsal dinner dress had once made its way down the aisle decades before. Her mother’s wedding gown was beautifully altered into a dress that carried both history and new beginnings. So, of course, we had to take fun, editorial portraits of the bride and groom running through the halls of their hotel!
