One of the best ways to create a cohesive color story throughout all of your wedding day photos is through your florals.  Your florals will make an appearance in pretty much every photo on your wedding day – from your bridal portrait, to your portraits with your partner, to your wedding party portraits, to your reception detail + decor photos.  Florals are a great way to tie everything together visually because they play such a prominent role in every part of your wedding day.  For this reason, I really love incorporating florals in your styled personal detail shots at the beginning of the day because it allows me to craft a cohesive storyline from start to finish.

If detail photos are important to you and you want florals included in them, I need your personal florals (styling blooms, boutonnieres, and primary bouquet) to be delivered wherever you are getting ready by the time I am scheduled to arrive in the morning.  To be safe, you should tell your florist to deliver them 30 minutes before I’m scheduled to start shooting – just in case delivery is delayed for some reason.  I’m also usually early on the wedding day as well.  When I arrive on your wedding day, I typically get right to work on your styled personal detail shots because they actually do take a while to style + shoot – so having your florals available for me to incorporate from the very beginning is really important.  If they aren’t on-site when I arrive, it’s totally okay – but just know that they simply won’t be incorporated into some of those detail shots because I just can’t waste any precious time in the morning waiting for them to arrive.

Most florists are happy to provide styling blooms for photographers to use in their detail shots, so if this is something your florist offers – PLEASE ASK FOR STYLING BLOOMS!!  Styling blooms are simply extra loose flowers and greenery that I can use to style with.  Florists will usually drop off a vase of extra flowers + greenery along with your bouquet and boutonnieres and it makes SUCH a difference in the types of images I can style + create for you!  Having an abundance of styling blooms allows your photographer to create gorgeous images like the ones you see in this post.  It’s something I LOVE doing because it’s a really easy way to make your detail images stand out, PLUS it will help tie everything together.  And it gets me warmed up creatively for the rest of your wedding day!

If you have any questions or concerns about floral delivery timelines, please reach out to your photographer.  Every photographer works differently, but I personally like to have florals on hand first thing in the morning when I arrive so that I can create these beautiful images that help to tell the style and color story of your wedding day!