Wedding flat lays are curated visual arrangements of your carefully chosen wedding essentials and details that help tell the story or theme of your wedding day.
This blog outlines how to get the best wedding flat lay detail photos from your wedding photographer, including tips, a complete checklist, and inspiration for items to prepare to help your photographer create stunning editorial images on your wedding day.
Your wedding day is a celebration of your unique love story, and the details you have carefully chosen to highlight on your day are a tangible representation of that narrative.
Thoughtfully curating these details and having your photographer arrange them in an editorial flat lay contributes to the visual storytelling of your wedding.
With careful preparation and attention to detail, your wedding flat lay details will be a stunning reflection of your special day.
Wedding and Elopement flat lay details Tips, Checklist, and Inspiration below!
TIPS
Tips to get the best wedding flat lays:
Tip 1: Curate Meaningful Items
Select items that hold sentimental value or represent important aspects of your relationship. This could include heirloom jewelry, handwritten vows, a piece of lace from your mother's wedding gown, or any other significant items that tell your unique love story.
Tip 2: Prepare in advance
Collect all of your detail items in a box to provide to your wedding photographer right when they arrive. Budget about 30 minutes for your photographer to spend time with your detail items immediately when they arrive. Your photographer will create beautiful flat lay arrangements with your details and will return the items in time for you to finish getting ready before the ceremony. It helps to communicate your preferences about flat lays to your photographer before the wedding day.
Tip 3: Ask your florist to provide loose flower blooms
If you are using a florist to create your bouquets and centerpieces, simply ask them to provide any extra or leftover loose flowers in a small container when you pick up your flowers. They will be happy to not let these go to waste! Loose blooms add excellent variety to flat lays. If you are making your own floral decor with dried or fake flowers, it is super easy to set aside some extra pieces for the flat lays.
Tip 4: Flat lays aren't just for big weddings!
If you are eloping, chances are you still have some important details that will tell the story of your elopement day that deserve to be documented too.
CHECKLIST
Here's a complete checklist of what to include in your wedding detail flat lay:
Ring box
Rings (including your engagement ring that you might be wearing)
Jewelry (earrings, necklace, grandmas special ring)
Hair pieces (tiara, barrettes, decorative bobby pins, etc)Â
Tie and pocket squareÂ
BouquetsÂ
BoutineersÂ
Shoes (and socks if noteworthy)
Cuff linksÂ
Vow booksÂ
Extra ribbon
Wedding stationary set - paper wedding invitations (including envelopes), RSVP card, save the date, etcÂ
Wax sealsÂ
Stamps
VeilÂ
PerfumeÂ
Ring dishÂ
Sunglasses
Instax photos
Hand mirror
Anything else that is meaningful or sentimental
Any other special items or trinkets such as table decorations, photos, or guest favors
Elopement flat lay details checklist:
Maps
Local greenery
Vow books
Jewelry
Accessories
Shoes or hiking boots
Florals
Anything else that is meaningful or sentimental
INSPIRATION
Remember, this is your special day and you can choose to include as many or as few details as you like. Don't over complicate things, but spend some time thinking about what would make a beautiful flat lay.
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