Vow renewal photography

The second difference is who is in the pictures. A vow renewal is usually planned around an anniversary trip with children or grandchildren, and the family groups matter as much as the couple portraits. The session puts the groups straight after the ceremony, while small children are still dressed and patient, and keeps the last part of the two hours for the two of you in the evening light. A group list agreed by name in advance turns that part into minutes rather than a long negotiation on the sand.

Renewals in Brazil are often held at a resort on the coast of Bahia or Alagoas, on a pousada deck in Búzios or Fernando de Noronha, or in the gardens of a hotel in Gramado, where the southern winter brings cold evenings. Some resorts sell a renewal package with their own photographer; others accept an outside vow renewal photographer on their own conditions. Ask whether an outside-vendor fee applies, how many days ahead the photographer must be registered, and whether the ceremony spot is yours for the whole two hours or only for the vows. On Fernando de Noronha, every visitor pays the state Taxa de Preservação Ambiental for each day on the island, so a dedicated trip there is costed with that in mind.

If you are not yet married, the wedding or elopement page is the one to read. If the renewal is the two of you only, with no family and no celebrant, a couple session covers it for less. And if what you want is the dress in the sea, a trash the dress session is the one built for water.