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CAPTURING A COUPLE’S “FIRST LOOK”

One of the hottest trends in wedding photography today is capturing a couple’s “first look,” a visual record of the private moment a couple first lay eyes on each other on their wedding day.

Traditionally reserved for the ceremony, when the bride and groom initially lock eyes from down the aisle, that old-fashioned ritual has become something that more and more couples do away with today and instead carve out time before the ceremony to exhale and really absorb their love for one another without the presence of family and guests.

Creating Ease In A Jam-Packed Schedule—For You And Them

It’s a development wedding photographers, including Brooklyn-based Dacia Pierson, owner of Eager Hearts Photography, have embraced for many reasons. From a logistical perspective alone, “it’s very complicated to fit in the bridal party photos and the family photos all during cocktail hour,” Pierson notes. “Rounding people up, finding a location that isn’t used by the cocktail hour or reception and

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