Category Archives: Bridal portrait

What is a bridal portrait photography and why do one?

A bridal session is a portrait session of a bride or couple in their bridal attire on a day other than their wedding day. These types of sessions take place before the wedding and help you practice hair and makeup (see if these are really the colors you want for your actual wedding day, do you want curls, hair up or down?), relieve the stress of the wedding day to get more shots allowing you more free time on the wedding day (though formal shots and many shots will be taken on your wedding day, it’s still a lot less to worry about for you and for me), get used to wearing the wedding attire, learn how to bustle that fancy train and play dress up!

Tips to remember for your bridal session:

Bridal portrait. Rice University

Don’t wait for your bridal session to try out the makeup artist and hair stylist for the first time. Prior to your bridal session do a full run through with your makeup artist, hair stylist and your dress. Have your mom or friend take pictures of you so that when you go in for your bridal session everyone is clear on how you want to look. If you wait till your bridal session to test out everyone you might not get exactly what you were hoping for. The bridal session is too important. Make sure you are prepared. Treat this photo shoot as if you were preparing for your wedding day. Surround Yourself with People You Love but that will not make you nervous and constantly correct your every move during the session. Many times brides bring relatives or friends that are so worried about the dress getting dirty or how the bride is smiling and quickly it turns into the bride being picked on or laughed at and the bride loses focus and it shows in the pictures. Bridal Essentials: Don’t Leave Home Without Them: Powder, Blush, Lip Stick or Gloss, Bobby Pins and Hairspray, Flip Flops, and please plan accordingly with your stylist so you are not late to your bridal session. So many of my brides arrive 30 minutes to an hour late pushing all of my sessions back, please plan your time and include traffic time to arrive at the location on time. Please!

“It has been over 2 months and I am still amazed with SGI Photography’s Bridal Portraits and wedding photographs. Our photographer handled all of our changes, questions, and requests as if he had anticipated them. The experience was perfect, including quality, responsiveness, professionalism, value, and flexibility. We are certainly going to recommend SGI to our friends & family” by Aly Polazolo January 2011 wedding.

“Slava took all of Shelly’s pictures….engagement, bridal and wedding….He was great to work with. He listened, took my suggestions, and the pictures are outstanding. He was flexible and responded to all my emails immediately. We had 200-205 at our wedding and we requested a second photographer to make sure we had good coverage..He had one there for us and I am glad I requested that …Brides if you haven’t found a photographer yet..call SGI Photography today….MOB…..Jackie Wilson..Galveston wedding June 4, 2011″

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La Tranquila Ranch , Tomball, Tx
Bridal Portrait
As the name suggests, the property of La Tranquila Ranch was a peaceful location for the bridal portraits I took yesterday. The white limestone and rugged dark wood door made this beautiful bride really stand out! Eva’s bouquet was created by Lori Holley from Special Arrangements, and was an elegant touch to her bridal portrait session at La Tranquila Ranch.

Contact your Houston Bridal Photographer about your bridal portrait Today!

SGI Photography is one of the most sought after professional photographers in the Greater Houston Area for exquisite bridal portraits. Fine bridal photography consists of three essential components; the trained and experienced professional photographer; the polished and prepared bride as the subject; as well as the setting – striking backdrops and superb lighting. For brides with a taste for elegance, sprinkled with European flavor, the Chateau Polonez provides some of the most dramatic backdrops for bridal photography. Nestled in 5 acres of natural forest, the Chateau Polonez is reminiscent of fairy-tale days. Towers and balconies, and a grand double staircase greet you. It is impossible not to feel like a princess while walking through the gorgeously decorated rooms. Enormous walls of windows in the Grand Ballroom, vaulted ceilings, romantic chandeliers, and intricate handiwork galore!
The bridal photos that Slava recently took at Chateau Polonez resulted in strikingly stunning portraits of the bride in an ethereal setting! Before saying “I Do” to your prince charming on your wedding day, consider the perfect bridal portrait session with Slava from SGI Photography at the Chateau Polonez!