We had the above photo snapped on the grand staircase at the Four Seasons, in-between our cocktail hour post ceremony and before dinner started. We asked everyone to join us at a set time (6:45 pm) in the itinerary of our wedding program. Our wedding day planners helped usher everyone from the bar, to the stairs. We got about three pictures of everyone taken, the above being the best of the three.
Lesson Learned: We made sure our photographer knew we wanted a group photo on the grand staircase and that it was going to be swapped out for the 5x5 request on the wedding mat. However, the way our guests assembled on the stairs, the final photos were difficult to crop down to fit the 5x5 layout necessary to finish off our wedding mat. Quite a bit of manipulation of the photo and paper border had to happen to make the final wedding mat look balanced and proportional. If you know you have a specific size you need a shot to work within, make sure you communicate this clearly to your photographer in advance.
Below, our wedding mat as it looked during our wedding...
Our request of our guests on our wedding day.
After we returned from our honeymoon, we replaced the picture of Eddie and I goofing around with the group photo on the stairs. We replaced our request for wishes, quotes and doodles with a copy of our wedding invitation.
I love having everything framed and displayed on our wall in our house. It makes a wonderful keepsake!
