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Devoted September 2021

Wearing wedding bands in formal portraits?

Jay, on September 18, 2021 at 7:34 AM Posted in Planning 0 10
I’m having a last minute dilemma & would love to hear what others have done! For those who did formal portraits before the ceremony—did you wear your wedding bands in the formal portraits even though you weren’t yet married?


We will be doing ALL formal portraits—family, wedding party, couple—before the ceremony. Post ceremony, we will go to cocktail hour, which means my dress will need to bustled at that point. We hope to have some sunset photos but my dress would be bustled, they will be more casual, & currently rain is forecast so I’m not confident they will be possible.
We have two locations & so won’t have time after the ceremony even for a quick formal portrait, and that wouldn’t help with the family formals anyway. I spoke with a friend who had a similar photo setup & he said he regretted not wearing his band, but his wife didn’t.
We would not wear them for the first look, put them on for portraits, & then take them off for the ceremony. Part of me feels like this is disingenuous as we wouldn’t be married, but the other is thinking about how my parents may like their photo with me to have the wedding bands in them.

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Latest activity by Jay, on September 21, 2021 at 10:51 AM
  • S
    Super September 2022
    Sarah ·
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    Omg I didn’t even think about this! Ugh another detail to worry about 🙄 I think I would also prefer to have pictures with our bands on. Maybe ask your photographer what their previous couples have done.
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  • Addie
    Dedicated April 2022
    Addie ·
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    I didn’t think about this either! I’m so glad I saw this post. I think I want to wear the wedding bands in the portraits.
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  • Michelle
    Rockstar December 2022
    Michelle ·
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    A friend of mine did a first look with all pictures before the ceremony. They didn’t wear rings and she said they were so into the moment it didn’t occur to them to wear them and they didn’t have regrets either.
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  • Yasmine
    Master October 2020
    Yasmine ·
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    I would wear the wedding bands and then take them off for the ceremony. Because if you didn't opt to take the pictures before the ceremony then the wedding band would be in almost every picture anyways
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  • J
    Devoted September 2021
    Jay ·
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    I did! She said she hadn’t seen it before. And don’t worry about it too much, I don’t think it’s a common thing & fine either way!
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  • J
    Devoted September 2021
    Jay ·
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    I’m still torn! I keep going back and forth haha
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  • J
    Devoted September 2021
    Jay ·
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    That’s a good point—I’m sure I would be really caught up in the day & not mind much day of.
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  • J
    Devoted September 2021
    Jay ·
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    Ahh that’s true! And we were just discussing that—not for first look, yes for portraits, then off again.
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  • Samantha
    Super May 2022
    Samantha ·
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    Thank you for this post! I definitely want at least his band on for our pics beforehand

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  • J
    Devoted September 2021
    Jay ·
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    I think that’s really the issue—it will be obvious if he’s not wearing his! Less of an issue for those of us with two rings haha.
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