Top 5 Wedding Photo Arrangements to Hide your Horrible Family Member
If you have a wedding coming up in 2022, you only have a few weeks left before it’s time to start nailing down the nitty gritty details – like hiring a wedding photographer (wink wink, nudge nudge). As we inch our way back into wedding season, I’ll be beefing up my blog content to offer you guidance and resources for planning your perfect PNW wedding. Let’s not rush into things though…no need to go into sheer panic mode while you’re still nursing your New Year’s hangover. We’ll start things off on the lighter side with a little Mother-in-Law humor to get you in the mood before we buckle down and get serious.
Best Wedding Photo Arrangements to Hide your Horrible Mother-In-Law
Go for the Bouquet Blocker
Unless you’re completely colorblind, there’s really no way you can screw up finding a bouquet that’s more photogenic than your mother-in-law. So is anyone really going to complain if that gorgeous bundle of fresh-cut flowers you’re holding accidently obscures most of her face? If you’re looking for the perfect bouquet to get your MIL to bury her face in (and OUT of your photo), consider these options:
Roses – you’re guaranteed to have a least a dozen thorny blooms, so she can’t get her hands or face anywhere near your personal bubble.
Peonies – these blooms are MASSIVE, so just one alone can do some damage. Add it to a bouquet, and you’re guaranteed facial coverage that’s even more complete than her overly caked-on foundation.
Flower Crown – a great option if your MIL is taller than you. Add as much foliage as you need to block her out even if she’s towering over your head.
Get Everyone too Close for Comfort
Make a big show of wanting the whole extended family to get a heart-warming reunion photo. She’ll think you’re just trying to be good about including all the weird 3rd cousins nobody knows…until sweaty uncle Richard makes himself a little too comfortable and she runs off in a huff telling everyone “there’s a reason we don’t invite him to family events.” If there’s no creepy uncle on-hand, you can always revert to the “squeeze-and-pop” method from your high-school acne days. Sandwich her between two much larger family members and instruct them to keep moving closer together until she pops right into the background just as the camera flashes. Another score for a blemish-free wedding day!
Arrange a Battle with The Bridesmaid
Almost every bride has a bridesmaid that has made it her ultimate mission to upstage the rest of the wedding party. What better way for her to take center stage than to duke it out with your MIL for screen time? In the best-case scenario, they’ll make such a show of trying to outdo one another that they’ll unanimously be voted out of the photo shoot. And it comes to blows, we’ve got our money on the bridesmaid – an unhinged bridesmaid can stoop to lows even the meanest of MIL’s dare not go.
Photoshop out the Evidence
It’s the 21st century, people! Why go through the struggle of forcing your MIL out of the wedding photos when you can remove any sign of her existence with a few clicks of a mouse? Don’t worry, you don’t even have to be a pro to find easy instructions for cropping her out. In fact, there’s probably an app specifically for MIL elimination. This is a great option for next-level difficult MILs who aren’t worth the effort of getting into a screaming match with over who gets to hold the grandkids. Comfort yourself on the big day by remembering that no matter how much of a scene she makes, there will be no evidence that she was even there.
All in good fun
But all in all, some family members are beautiful humans and and some are not! You can include whomever you’d like in your special day. The moral of the story is, you get to do what you want in the end. This is you and your partners SPECIAL FREAKIN DAY!! So chose the method of setting boundaries that fits and suits you.
Also, get a photo with your photog! they like that…. (See below)
