Reply #14 - November 17, 2009, 02:35:17 PM
Susie,
Again, sorry for taking so long to reply to your comments!
I have what I think is a pretty simple method for doing groups like this:
After finishing with the B&G in the same location, I ask the bridal party to pair off in a line the way that they walked down the aisle. Then I look down the line and check for anyone particularly tall or short. The talls are going to the back inside while the shorts are going on the outside.
I usually pose the B&G facing each other and then put the MOH&BM next to the bride. Then one side to the other I bring couples up and either pose them back to front or facing each other. Each of the couples gets posed as you would for a picture of them by themselves. Last the kids are added in the front.
The size of the bridal party and the amount of space you have to work and the number of levels that you have to work on determine how you spread them out. I also now try to leave a gap to "cut" the image through as a two page spread as I did here.
I also tell the adults in the group to just look at the camera and not to worry about what the kids are doing. This way, while at the camera, I only have to worry about the kids.
Do this at wedding after wedding after wedding . . . eventually it works!
Ed
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