Immediate family pictures without new spouse?

We did every combination you can think of with our families - the whole family with both of us, just me and my sisters , me my sisters and mom , his brother and him, just parents, etc..

You just want to make sure you get a lot of options but of course the best ones are the ones with both bride and groom with the family.

I too think its a bit odd. I have not made a list of family shots yet for the photographer, but I do not plan on taking any without my new spouse, or without my brother in law. I guess I will take a few with just my sister (also MOH) and my fiance will take some with just his brother (also best man) - and maybe we take some with our parents individually? idk. Now you have me thinking about all of this haha.

I think it's just because people want "their" family photo from the big day.

I have no family, so I took pictures with just his parents, he took them with just the parents, then we took a big family picture.

I think people just like having options for pictures and combinations for choices!

Usually weddings and funerals are the only occasions where it seems that most families are together. That then leaves the opportunity to get all of the various combos of pictures since everyone is there. When my youngest got married almost 10 years ago our family did a pic with all the cousins only, then all of our side of the family, and the same was done for the other side. I think it just makes it easier to get those pics of everyone. I don't think it is done to slight the spouse I think it is done because the wedding provides an opportunity for everyone to come together. At my youngest daughters wedding in about 6 weeks, this will be the first time in a couple of years that all of my adult children and grandchildren will be in the same location. You can bet that there will be pics taken to document just that along with numerous wedding pics. We will also do one large family pic which of course will have both sides.

Agree, it is odd. We are doing individuals like that... Like me and my sister and him and his siblings, those types but we aren't doing any where it is his parents and siblings with him and not me. All of those types of photos are doing to be both of us. I think it is probably some outdated tradition that sticks around somehow. It should be you and your partner, who are now family, taking family photos.

I agree that it's odd. We're doing a first look but when we were toying around with the idea of not doing it, someone suggested taking family pictures separately before the ceremony. I was confused because I feel like we should both be there for some family pictures. It doesn't hurt to take some with and some without I guess but I still would want to have some with both of us. We're becoming a family.

I'm planning on doing that with my family because it will be the first time in over a decade that all 5 "kids" will be together. (I have 4 sisters - poor dad being the only guy in a house of 6 women). When we were growing up we had one family portrait taken every year so this will be done before the wedding as a "before"/final pic in that series and then we can have my FS and my sister's kids come in and join us for a full family picture (and sis's husband if he ends up being able to come - he has yet to be able to visit - they live in Iceland. She usually brings another adult to help with the kids). I also want some just the 5 of us girls pics - probably something goofy cause that is who we are.

I just checked my wedding pictures to see if I had done this!! We did immediate family pictures but with both of us! So my husband is in the pictures with my family, and I'm in the ones with his!

I bet that the photo schedule can sometimes play into this! If you are not doing a first look but still trying to get some pictures out of the way, then I could easily see you doing some family pictures separately before the ceremony!