Wedding I don''t get this

[Courtneylub]

I''m so sorry if someone here had done this, but I don''t understand the significance of it.

My mom just mentioned this to me, as did my cousin who is a photographer''s assistant.

There are people who disappear from their reception for a bit in order to stage the reception exit for pictures? Why would you leave in the middle of your party to stage anything?

I''m having a hard time putting aside time to take pictures in between the ceremony and reception. I''m giving the photographer''s 30 minutes for that since we don''t have a wedding party.

Ha..when my poor mom mentioned the staging thing...I said "NO! Are you serious??"

 

[Asscherhalo_lover]

we did it, we went for 10 minutes after we cut the cake, i don''t think anyone really noticed, lol!

 

[goldenstar]

One reason I can think of to do this is if your photographer or videographer will be leaving before the end of your reception. I have a feeling that we might end up staging an exit because we only have our videogapher for 8 hours and I think that won''t give them time to stay until the very end. I don''t think it will take very long so I don''t mind. The video samples that I have seen show the couple waiving to the camera and walking away (or getting into a car, elevator etc.). Its fake but it still looks cute.

When you have a limited number of hours, I think its better to have the vendors come early to shoot the bride and groom dressing and getting ready. There''s not much to shoot toward the end when everyone is dancing.

 

[Dreamgirl]

Wow, Ive never heard of this........lol

 

[Blair138]

Usually people do this so there is an ''end'' to this night. It is usually the last picture in the photo album or on the video, the bride and groom usually go to the doors of the venue and wave or kiss. Every wedding I have been to has done this, but I have never known until seeing the final photos. It''s just normal to do because some people don''t have the photographer all night and they want to get a picture when the bride and groom are still ''fresh''. You don''t have to do it, but I am SURE no one would know that you were gone.

 

[NewEnglandLady]

Haha, this is hilarious.

I can see D and I looking at the photos and saying "Remember when we pretended to leave, but we didn''t?"

 

[sumbride]

Our photographer left early and asked us if we wanted to do this. I said "No way!" We had a friend (who happened to be a photographer!) shoot the actual exit for us in all our sweaty, exhausted messy glory! I wouldn''t have it any other way.

Oh, but my cousin had to leave early because he had to fly out early the next day, so he snuck me outside for a minute and threw a whole bag full of lavender on me because he didn''t want to miss it! It was funny, but I had it all over me for a good hour after as it worked it''s way into my clothing. Glad it wasn''t rice!

 

[HollyS]

We didn''t bother. Who cares about exit pictures unless you''ve rented some silly expensive car you need to get a shot of to make it seem worthwhile?

 

[Courtneylub]

sumbride - that is so cute of your cousin to do that!

We have our photographer and videographer from 4pm - midnight which is plenty of time for getting ready, ceremony at 7:30, reception ending around 11:30-midnight. So we are doing the traditional exit with sparklers. Not sure about the car yet though. I think that is such a fun part.

 

[doodle]

if you''re planning on changing clothes before making a getaway, that one works itself out anyway, and a lot of people do it that way so you don''t have to worry about wrestling a dress into a vehicle in front of everyone or having something happen to your dress during the getaway process (lipstick smears from hugs, sparkler singes--hey, it actually happened to a friend of mine!). but when you put it that way, like "let''s pretend to leave...then stay! won''t it be great!?" it does sound pretty silly!

 

[Anna0499]

I know some couples that have done this, others have not. It''s cute if you have some sort of special "exit" planned, but since you have your photographer all night I wouldn''t worry about it!

 

[Rhea]

We didn''t do it. I don''t understand it personally. I wouldn''t want anything fake about the night or my photos.

 

[Asscherhalo_lover]

i did it and im glad i did, to each his own!