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So Champ has been pretty “whatever” about the whole wedding planning process, but when it came to our first wedding day meeting he was adamant that we wait until the ceremony to see each other. I’ve seen several different opinions on this subject, and I was willing to go either way. On one hand, we could get some wonderful photo opportunities if we met before the wedding, but on the other hand I know Champ really loves the element of surprise and this would be no exception.
Unfortunately most of the inspirational photos I’ve collected along the way have been taken during the daytime and our wedding ceremony doesn’t even start until after 6. Luckily, my cousin who is also a BM has spent some time as a wedding photographer, and she happens to be the one who took our STD photo at my brother’s wedding. So Champ and I have decided that instead of jetting out right away for our honeymoon (location unbeknownst to me until departure!) we’ll stick around for some photos with the best natural backdrop we could ask for… the Rocky Mountains!
Because we’ll have the time to experiment with our surroundings, I’ve collected some of my favorite winter wedding photos for inspiration. Have any to add? Please share!
Brody Dezember photography (how fitting is his last name?!):
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John Zich Photography:
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Toni Axelrod photography:
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Shandro Photography:
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Grazier Photography:
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Dustin Todd Photography:
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Jonathan Canlas Photography:
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Remember this photo? We’ll definitely be making snow angels!
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Did you have a day-after photo session, or did you meet before your wedding?
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holy cow, those photos are GORGEOUS! i’m so jealous of snowy weather brides 
i’m so jealous! what i wouldn’t give to have snow pictures! you will look amazing. incidentally, we are also wanting to wait until the ceremony to see each other. so we have to find a way to take couple pictures during the day as our time is limited.
Beautiful! I’d love to have a TTD in the snow, but I’d probably be waiting years for enough snow to be on the ground here. Plus I despise cold weather, so I’d probably be frozen after one picture, haha.
So Beautiful. Thanks for sharing these lovely photos!
I love the shots where the snow is actually falling!!
ahhhh this makes me so excited about my december wedding!
holy coldness! Lovely photos, but man you could not get me outside in that weather!
I love photos of winter weddings!!!! I can’t wait to see your snowy pictures.
Oooh. That’s almost pretty enough to make me forget how cold snow is! I’m freaking out now, and it’s only dropping into the 40’s.
I don’t know why the image popped into my head, but now I can’t stop imagining you two warming your hands over a single votive in the middle of a field of snow.
Miss Champagne, you make me want to move my May wedding to January! What beautiful photos and a fun day with your sister!
Oh snowy wedding shots are so romantic! We are planning to see each other before the ceremony, even though I was totally against it to start with, I just want SO many shots it was a must. Your day after shoot will be a blast!
I wanted a winter wedding so badly… I’m jealous! My FI and I both, however, have winter birthdays so we opted for a different season. I think we may to our e-pics in the winter, so thanks for some inspiration pics!!
As for your question about seeing each other, my Mom is very serious about us not seeing each other before the ceremony. I think, given our situation (6PM ceremony and reception to follow immediately in the same location), it would make for more time than just the cocktail hour for pictures. But I know our photographer can get all the shots we want. We may consider a day after shoot too though.
Here in Vermont we see quite a few weddings take place in the winter. The scenery is so beautiful and the snow just gives it that much more of a dreamy feel to such a special day, and it just matches with the bride’s dress!
Mayta
The Pontilists
I love the idea because you won’t feel rushed, can spend more time with guests, and you can spend more time get some fabulous pictures of you and Champ!
I really didn’t want to see my fiance before the ceremony, because I wanted “that look” that the groom gets when he sees his bride at the end of the aisle. However, I came to the realization that if we didn’t see each other before, the rest of our day would go like this:
See each other at ceremony.
Take all the family portraits right after the ceremony while other guests go to cocktail hour.
Once portraits are done, run around trying to get some good bride/groom and bridal party shots during the rest of the cocktail hour.
Miss entire cocktail hour.
Then, when all of guests are eating dinner during the reception, go around and talk to all of them.
My recently married friend suggested the following, which I’m doing:
See each other before the ceremony- including a staged “meeting” with lots of pictures, so we still have that “first look” moment.
Get all bride/groom and bridal party shots before ceremony.
Spend about 20 minutes after the ceremony taking family portraits.
Go to most of the cocktail hour, where we will go around and greet all of the guests and thank them for coming.
During dinner, we’ll eat first and then instead of visiting all of the tables while they eat (since we already greeted all the guests at the cocktail hour), we’ll slip out for about 15 minutes and get a few relaxed pictures of the two of us!
I really didn’t want to see him before hand, but I TRULY LOVE pictures and I think this is the best way for us to get some great shots!
LOVE these photos! They look so clean and elegant! And the brides don’t look like they’re freezin’ their tooshies off at all. :o) Makes me kinda wish I was getting married in a snowy area instead of Hawaii. Beautiful!
Totally am enjoying the snow angel pix!
I’m getting married on Jan 2 in Boston and I can’t wait for the winter snow shots! I love all of your posts because you are one of the only bloggers out there blogging about your winter wedding! Keep it coming!
Great collection. Nice to see one of Brody’s shots listed. You have to check out photographer Sean Caytons work. He has this one incredible shot of a couple all dressed up in a tux and dress on skis. But you’ll have to email him as it is no longer on his site. It would complete this collection.
Best wishes for a great wedding, i hope you have a beautiful blizard o your wedding day!
p.s. I just about froze my fingers off shooting that ceremony in the storm:)
I’ve never seen so many mormon brides featured in one post I can tell because of all of the sleeves, LOL. And because all of those photogs you named are my some of my all-time favorite photogs (seriously, Utah has a lot of talent). You guys are going to have such amazing photos!
Hi Ms. Champagne! Thanks for finding our pictures. I love the pictures that my wife took out on the lake. Those pictures with the sunset are actually taken on the top of the frozen lake. The bridesmaids’ shoes had open tops so their feet were just freezing! The bride had really cute snow boots on so her feet did just fine.
Aren’t the snow angel pictures just perfect? Do you think that you could convince your fiance to do that?
Just so you know, one of the links is wrong. One of the Shandro Photo links on your page takes the readers to axel photography and Grazier Photography’s link takes you to our page. It’s a small detail and I really appreciate that you take the time to link to all of your sources.
We are shooting a wedding on Valentine’s day this year. The couple is a lot of fun so we are really looking forward to it. I hope that you have a great time at your winter wedding!
@Michael Shandro: Hi Michael! We’ll fix that for you right away! Thanks so much for the heads up!
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Miss Champagne, DC/Vail/Colorado
Age and Occupation: 26, Eye Doctor
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Attorney
Engagement Date: March 13, 2006
Wedding Date: February 2009
Blogging Since: July 30, 2008
Venue: Small church ceremony with mountain-view log cabin reception
About Me: I'm a small town mountain girl with a city heart. Found my way to the east coast, and Mr. Champagne kept me here so we're planning a wedding from afar in my hometown Vail, Colorado. I'm secretly obsessed with reality TV, Wii games where I can shoot a gun, country music, and Caesar: Dog Whisperer. I also spend time pretending to golf, backseat driving, having one way conversations with our MinPin Maxwell, loving champagne, and wedding perfecting… I mean, planning. I use way too many repeated symbols and letters when I write, and I'll love Mr. Champagne endlessly…
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