Few traditions to photograph

What's a cake smashing?

The photographer will be photographing you, your husband and your guests enjoying your wedding day. They're the photos that really matter anyway.

I think this is a cake smash?

Remember that the most important part of the day is you and OH. Break away from tradition and have the day documented how you'd like it. The photographer might enjoy doing something different.

Exactly this.

Is cake smash a tradition???

I thought it was a horrible, tacky attempt at being funny from the 80s, ive certainly never really seen it anywhere other than you've been framed

to be honest I wouldn't say we are being nontraditional but we wont have most of that (no smashing, no garter, no bouquet toss, no 'book' although there will be something to sign) im walking down the aisle alone (bridesmaid will already of gone down, no flower girls and no father giving me away)

I think just photograph everything thats happening, you still want the same memories of your day even if they're not the classic shot

I don't understand why anyone would want to do this ☹️

LOVE this statement.

As you ladies, i REALLY don't get the cake smash! Why spend hours getting your make-up lovely only to have this done to you? Each to their own I guess.

It is in my house, every night at dinner while were cooking. either that or jeering each other, having childish 'no u' arguments or poking each other or just being damright annoying to each other til we break in laughter. we like our 'tacky' humor in our house what were we talking about again?

oh yeah, OP, I think you might have some lovely photos without all the tradition guff. candid photos of the day, they're have they're wonderful emotionally attachment. I think them being there as you get ready together is an excellent idea.

This!
I think the nicest pics are the natural ones with people just having a nice time etc, don't worry about it

Thank you everyone for putting my mind at ease. Think the cake thing is more of an American "tradition". But yeah....I don't get gussied up often..so no way would I ruin it with cake!

Do people in the uk actually cake smash? I thought it was an American thing. Cringey. What's the perpose? What's the tradition for it?!

as for the op- your tog will take pictures of the wedding, that's what you will pay them for. They are bit there to take pictures of cliches. Many people in here are being 'non traditional'. Stop worrying about nothing!

I'm sure I read in a magazine that it is tradition for the husband and wife to feed each other a bite to promote fertility or a happy union? Then the Americans will have taken that tradition and americanised it..by smashing it into each other's faces instead of politely (British-ly?) feeding a mouthful lol.

Guestbook shots are boring

I get one cake smash a year if any happen at all

People just don't throw the bouquet anymore

Nobody does the garter thing

Bride and groom getting ready together is cool, walking down the aisle together is new, fresh and exciting to photograph (and rare) and genuinely already you have a non standard, fun to photograph wedding.

It'll be awesome.

Not quite true....I do a lot of weddings around Arsenal and Spurs. You would be surprised how many brides wear a garter with the teams colours on them and wish to show this off......Of course, I do this in a non tacky way.....

I once photographed a bride with an Arsenal garter on one leg and Spurs on the other......the teams of the groom and best man!!!!!!!! I didn't ask any questions!!

Peter

The last time I saw a bouquet throw was in 2010, one issue is they can be so expensive. I think this one was specially made cheaply or at no cost from spare flowers im not sure, just for the purpose of throwing as it is a shot they just wanted.

No I mean the garter thing as it taking it off with their teeth. Almost always there's a garter. It's the fancy removal of the thing that I've never seen.

They'll photograph all the action that's happening in between! I shoot mostly non-traditional weddings so I have never shot a garter, rarely shoot a bouquet throw.

Are there any traditional weddings now a days, I thought every man and his dog where reportage/documentary photographers and just shoot whatever happens.

Bouquet throwing= one, last year

The garter thing= again one last year and these happened at the same wedding.

Seems like all the 'traditional' things are now quite 'unique' lol

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There are many who claim this although many who have most of the work on their websites that would fall under the "traditional" category.