Is it proper for the mother-of-the-bride to be carrying a camera
Being "the" photographer in the family, I understand this dilemma.
If you are part of the bridal party - if, in fact, you are the mother-of-the-bride - is it proper for you to carry a camera and take pictures during the wedding?
Lili
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If you are referring to the actual wedding ceremony I would say that you would be better off letting the photographer do his thing here and focus on your daughter and the wedding. Hey, that's what you're paying the photographer for, right?
If you mean during the reception there's probably no harm in it but again, why spend your time taking picyres when you can be enjouyiing and savoring the day? Top Wedding Questions Forum Moderator - "Write your sorrows in the sand, your blessings in stone".
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Hello,
During most religious ceremonies (indoors) flash is usually not allowed by the clergy once the bride has been given away. At that point unless you have a tripod which will allow you to shoot without a flash, then you should not be taking any photos. I've witnessed some clergy stop everything simply to tell a guest in the crowd to "Please turn off your camera flash". That would be very embarrassing I would imagine.
As another poster said,, , , during the reception is the best place to snap away. During formal family (if applicable) photos, it is also not a good time to interefere with the paid professional's work, and time. We often have little time to work, and flashes going off all around us is not only distracting, but leads to a lot of retakes on our part if our subjects keep turning thier eyes away from our camera to yours, etc. This causes the couple to be distracted and often more nervous than they would otherwise be if it were only the professional's camera to focus on.
Good luck.
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It depends on the situation, in my opinion. To afford our destination wedding we had to cut the photographer out of the budget. I am a photographer myself, but that doesn't help any since it is MY wedding. So what i am doing is allowing trusted individuals (friends not in the wedding, etc) to use my equipment to take the pictures and I am just hoping for the best. I figure with five cameras and a bunch of disposables surely we can get a few really awesome shots. My mother will have a camera in my wedding for sure. It is up to her if she wants to use it or not and if she gets caught up in the wedding and forgets then that's ok too. However, if you are forking over thousands of bucks for a good photographer, just let him/her do all the work!!!
Is it proper for the mother-of-the-bride to be carrying a camera
