When I have my initial consult with brides, many of them wonder if they need "all day coverage" for their wedding.

"Why are the 'getting ready' photos so important?"

I don't tell them they need a photographer to spend the morning with them, but instead, I show them photos of other brides and grooms preparing for their big day.

Your wedding day is a blur. Your cheeks hurt from smiling. Your voice is hoarse from celebrating and graciously accepting all those "congratulations!" You are dead tired by the end of the night, probably hungry too - knowing you most likely only managed to wolf down a cheese cube and that one bite of cake (or maybe that was just me?).

Because it's such a blur, your photos act as the best way to remember the day's events. If you're anything like me (or like almost ALL of the brides I've photographed on their big day) when you're getting ready, you're arguably your most nervous.