Unconventional Bridal Portraits

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March 15th, 2024 | Emma Arnold

Hello Ladies! Welcome back to the Tesori Journal. Today, I want to talk to you about unconventional bridal portraits. There are so many times when we have brides during their dress shopping appointment say something along the lines of “This dress would be perfect if I was getting married at x” or “If I was getting married in the fall/winter/spring this dress would be amazing” and I absolutely hear ya. I can totally envision what you’re saying. Dare I suggest… Let’s find the best of both worlds.

Stay with me here. I know you already have your venue and your photographer and your vision board. But more often than not, you can be so totally excited about what your wedding day is going to look like, but also have a little nagging in the back of your head saying, “What if it looked like this”

Light & Airy — Moody & Romantic — Direct Flash & Grainy Film — Documentarian Style

All of these styles of photography create amazing wedding photos. We see it every day. I have also seen every one of those styles of photography transform the way the same wedding venue, the same dress, the same flowers are captured.

Let’s go outside of the box and look at your wedding gown as a blank canvas. That small nagging voice wondering if you should change your entire vision board? Let’s give it a creative outlet.

Enter: Unconventional Bridal Portraits. Northwest Arkansas has some of the nation’s best wedding photographers, and I can personally attest to the fact that almost all of them have room in their schedule for a 90 minute bridal portrait session. Find a funky airbnb, go to the public library, reach out to that wedding venue that you are secretly crushing on, grab a coffee at any of the Onyx coffee shops… There are so many great spots to capture you in a fun, artsy, authentic way.

Worried your dress is going to get dirty? Well you have our official stamp of approval to take your dress to Fashion Cleaners on College Avenue and have it returned to you in brand new condition. We take our dresses there ALL the time with a 100% success rate. And besides having it cleaned, don’t forget that we can steam your wedding dress the week of your wedding at Tesori!

We are so excited that you found your perfect wedding dress! Here’s to giving it more than one chance to shine! If you are looking for some inspiration for an outside of the box bridal portrait session, I would recommend looking at first, our instagram. We do our very best to tag the photographers responsible for capturing our dresses and our brides in such a beautiful way. We also have a selection of full galleries on our website under inspiration > real weddings or inspiration > stylebook.

As always, what we want for you the most is an engagement season that is as intentional as you are. Cheers to whatever you decide!

With Love from Arkansas,

Emma