When you're planning for a wedding, you don't want to forget a single thing. You have the flowers, and the cake, the guest list and of course, the dresses and tuxedos. What about the photography? Everyone knows that you are supposed to take pictures of the bride and groom, but what else? Group photos and goof off pictures are good ideas, and so are guest photos and pictures of the decorations or basic set ups are also a good one for the scrapbooks. When you are choosing your Philadelphia wedding photographer, it's a good idea to know what you want, and try to make sure that you've got all of your photo idea bases covered.

Of course, you are going to want your Philadelphia wedding photographer to take care of taking shots of people. You should at least get one good shot of the bride and groom alone, if not several. You might consider taking some group photos, as well, such as the bride and groom together with the bridesmaids and the groomsmen as well as the bridesmaids and men without the bride and groom. Separate pictures of the ring bearer and the flower girl (if you have one, of course) are good, as well as the parents of the lucky couple all together and then some with the bride and groom as well.

If you are looking to have some fun, take a couple of pictures of the guests goofing off. There is plenty to see at a wedding if you just look around, and your local Philadelphia wedding photographer can capture it all. If you can convince Skinny Ed to dance with Granny, you have a treat and a great photo opportunity. Make sure that your photographer snaps a good picture of your bride and groom smashing cake into each other's faces and at least one photo of the best man making a jerk of himself at the head table while making his speech. All of these memories are priceless and photos should be taken by the best.

A good Philadelphia wedding photographer should also take good pictures of the wedding set up. Besides the altar and the ballroom, people might want to see the flower arrangements and the dinner tables before there are a ton of dirty dishes on them. All the decorations and all of the empty seats can show the enormity of the event - a good assessment of how many people were actually there, what you had for dinner, and how pretty everything was before it was torn down and put away. Not only will taking pictures of your decorations make the event more than a memory, who knows what kind of stories it will bring back to you while you look through the wedding scrapbook and see all of these good times and pretty baubles of days gone by.

A good wedding deserves lots of good photos. Remember that to a couple a wedding is the first day of the rest of their lives together, and checking out the photos taken by your local Philadelphia wedding photographer can be a good idea when you are choosing what parts of your wedding you want pictures of. Seeing his or her past material will give you good ideas and let him or her know where they need to position themselves as well as what equipment to bring as well. A good set of pictures will lead to many memories and bring people back to the album repeatedly.