Pack your bags, grab your photographer and stylist and take-off to your favorite city to shoot your bridal portrait session! These days most local photographers are ready for fresh, new locations - especially when that city is reflective of you! Whether it’s a quick day trip to Charleston or hoppin’ a plane to NYC (see a recent Charlotte bride example below), it’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience that you won’t want to pass on!
Keep the logistics simple. You’ll need a protective bag for your dress, one hotel room for hair/make-up (oh, and make sure it’s a cool hotel in the event of inclimate weather) and last but not least…some pizazz for that camera!
What are you waiting for? Call you photographer now and get those tickets booked! 
Kristin Vining is a respected Charlotte Wedding Photographer and Crazy Fancy contributer.
For those who don’t know what an “After Session” is. These are romantic portraits taken of the bride and groom in their wedding attire, and it can occur within the first year of marriage (sometimes even the day after the event). The portraits can be taken anywhere you want- at your honeymoon location, your engagement location, or just a fun place you want to go. Over the last year this has become a popular trend. In an after session, the couple and photographer don’t have the time constraints associated with a typical wedding day, so the couples are more relaxed and look more natural in their photographs. The dress has already been worn and is a little dirty, so there are no worries about getting it even dirtier. The groom does not have to rent a tux, he can wear a suit. The after session only takes one or two hours, but the memories will last forever. Because of the relaxed atmosphere of the photo shoot, these photographs capture the deep love and connection the couple has for each other.
Sophia + Peter’s After Session by Indigo Photography
We photographed Sophia and Peter’s engagement session in Chicago so we wanted the “after session” to be just as cool…we didn’t make it past the airport this time but the photos turned out rocking hot! Thanks Sophia and Peter for being such an amazing couple to photograph!
Critsey Rowe is an accomplished Wedding Photographer based in Charlotte, NC.
Jeremy Igo is a local wedding photojournalist and award winning member of the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA). His work documents not only how you looked on your wedding day, but also how you felt. This is a style that is meant to capture the truth in your wedding day. In addition to the photojournalism, Jeremy also offers creative portrait sessions on the wedding day that present the couple in images that feel less “posed”. Jeremy also teaches at The Light Factory, a great Charlotte photography organization that benefits the community.
Jeremy Igo
