Bride and Grooms Portraits Before Ceremony

This is definitely a new concept for some couples. I love the idea of having the bride and groom portraits taken before the ceremony. If you think of all the benefits, you'll see why it's a great idea and your photographers will love you. Trust me!
First, when your groom first sees you, you want him to be able to tell you how he feels about you, the love you have for one another and share the sheer excitement of the day. You will be able to share all of the emotions together with doing the portraits before, which can make great photographs. It gives you time to spend together alone before all the chaos starts.
Second (this is not the case in all ceremonies) the lighting can play a big factor. If you're having a 5pm ceremony in September or October (now are high demand months) you loose light earlier. By having your portraits taken before it helps your photographer with timing and lighting for the bridal party formals. Sometimes the bridal party formals can hold up the process as far as making sure all parities involved are there, making sure that they all listen and changing locations can take some time.
Third, your best photographs will be taken during this intimate time together. The first look when the groom sees his bride, the look in the brides eyes and just the perfect captures of the couple together. Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life and expressing that love into great photographs can truly be priceless.
Fourth, it relieves some of the nerves. Half of the reason for the nerves between the bride and groom is seeing each other for the first time. Spending that time together before will help calm down any nerves you may have.
Finally, it gives you a chance to spend time together as well as a chance to start the party early!

My fiance and I will be having our portraits before the ceremony. I want him to tell me everything he feels when he first sees me and I don't want 150 people standing in the way of him doing that.