Our wedding photos are so similar to those of our friends
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382844)
Rockingham, Australia
January 26, 2022 1:20am CST
We went to our friends’ golden wedding celebration last weekend. The flower girl from the wedding was there but, of course, all grown up. She had brought the dress that she wore at the wedding and it was displayed along with an album of wedding photos.
What I found interesting was how similar the photos were to ours. We celebrated our golden wedding just a few months ago. I have one of me adjusting my father’s buttonhole; one of friends adjusting my veil, the family group outside the church. You can see those of our friends’ in the photo.
On other pages were photos of the bride reflected in a mirror, the couple getting into the car, on the dance floor, etc. These are all duplicated in our album too. It’s like there is a set of ‘photos that must be taken’.
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@xFiacre (14821)
• Ireland
26 Jan 22
@judyev Poses seem to be a generational thing. The photos of my parents’ wedding are identical to those of all their friends and relatives who got married in the mid 1950s. Nowadays I note that the trend is to display as much flesh as possible.
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@LadyDuck (502979)
• Italy
26 Jan 22
I think that all the photos of marriages of the 70s are very similar. I also have one reflected in a mirror, we did not dance in the north of Italy, so I do not have that one, but I have the one in Church in front of the Priest and the one while signing after we were declared "husband and wife".
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@wolfgirl569 (136167)
• Marion, Ohio
26 Jan 22
Those are similar to what is taken here also. They all use the same basic pattern
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@wolfgirl569 (136167)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Jan 22
@JudyEv It depends on when and where the wedding is here. If they have an outdoor one you see some of those
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
26 Jan 22
All the same, lovely Judy, just gorgeous.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
26 Jan 22
@JudyEv I love your life like I always tell you
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@JudyEv (382844)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jan 22
@RebeccasFarm Thanks. I've been exceedingly fortunate. 
@Juliaacv (56382)
• Canada
27 Jan 22
@JudyEv I think that the wedding pictures that I have seen over the past decade really reflect the venue where the couple has their photos done. Our son and his wife had their wedding at an old inn, in a very historic part of the city, the decor on the inside was very historic, so their photos are that way also. It suited them, not everyone is the same.
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@LindaOHio (223055)
• United States
26 Jan 22
Yes, photographers always take a set group of photos as you said.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
26 Jan 22
Wow, that is an achievement ! Congratulations to them. I think you're right - there are certain of photos that "have" to be taken. We took wedding photos once - Bride and dad was one that requested
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@JudyEv (382844)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jan 22
@FayeHazel He did it as a sideline many years ago. He was the only photographer in a remote town and he loved taking photos so he thought 'why not'? There is no way he'd take it up now. We'll stick to the horse photos. lol
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
27 Jan 22
@JudyEv Oh.... uhoh! Wedding photography, what a stressful gig. Has he done many weddings? We only did the one for a family friend. a lot of stress to make sure everything just right.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
27 Jan 22
When I was young girl, those polka dots were so much in fashion. And I loved it. Till now I absolutely love it..
When it comes to wedding photography, I totally agree that there is a set of photos that have to be taken.
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@JudyEv (382844)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jan 22
@arunima25 Many of these styles cycle round and turn up a few years down the track.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
27 Jan 22
@JudyEv They were in trend. And I think they never got out of fashion.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
26 Jan 22
I bet the photographers back then posed people in similar ways. I wondered why that little dress was by the photos I thought it so odd until I read what you wrote. So amazing that she kept it all those years and then she was able to display it for them like this.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
27 Jan 22
Maybe required, but always special!
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@Fleura (35178)
• United Kingdom
26 Jan 22
You are right, photographers tend to follow a certain list of 'expected shots' which changes with the times. Nowadays it often features bride getting ready (not so often the groom, for some reason, maybe a half-dressed man is not so photogenic?!), guests and groom waiting, bride arriving at venue, the service/ceremony (obviously), signing the register, then couple with his family, couple with her family, different groups of friends, cutting the cake etc etc. All very samey.
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