Tacky in the extreme. If you’re not comfortable with it, tell the photographer to piss off.
At my cousin’s wedding last year, they did a photo slide, featuring pictures of them growing up, then as a couple, at the prom, on vacation, etc. It was sweet, not vain. (It was especially fun seeing all the pictures of my cousin I remember from when he was a kid!)
Maybe you could have small pictures of yourselves, as a couple around the gift table, or childhood pictures of each of you. Just a wee bit larger than wallet size.
I have seen the big photo of the bride from the shoulders up at a couple of weddings, both of which were traditional Southern Baptist weddings in North Carolina. But it’s not at all common, IME.
Another vote for… well… everything they all said above. It’s a weird idea, possibly tacky, probably inappropriate, perhaps expensive and certainly presumptuous of the photographer to say what he wants to do. I’m sure you’ll find a firm, yet tactful way to slap him into place.
You’re the customer, he’s the contractor - sure, he is an artist, but he’s being commissioned by you, and should take reasonable directions from you.
Tell him you don’t think it will look right when it’s alongside the six-times-lifesize sculpture of bride and groom, carved entirely out of corned beef. If he says that’s a weird idea, say “yeah, so’s yours”.
How much does he want for this abortion? The google ads have finally switched from being gun related to matching the topic and these guys offer custom lifesize jobs for about $150. Be interesting to see a comparison of the prices.
Like everybody else said, tacky, and something that would make me question the photographers good taste.
A charming alternative, IMHO, would be to hire a laptop and beamer and use a wall (off to the side) to have a continuous slideshow of pictures from you and the groom and perhaps your family. Pictures of everybody as kids, teenagers, students, etc.
I did that for my dad’s 75 th birthday, as there were a lot of younger people at his birthdayparty that only know my dad as an old man. They all pointed out to each other the pictures of my dad as a young man.
Consider this, that even TV stars are embarrassed by those things at fan conventions.
Maybe get hubby to settle for the life size Elvira holding a six pack of Bud Light that’s in every 7-11’s back room
Perhaps **Siege ** could keep it and use it when she had some obligation to attend a really boring public meeting or sports event or a terrible concert. Then send the photo instead.
Does the bride-cake remind anyone else of a blow up doll?
I agree with everyone else who thinks the life-size photo is absolutely ridiculous. Unless you have a thousand wedding guests… then you could have a life size bride and groom for everyone to take photos of/with. But that too would be stupid.
When I first read this, I thought you were going in a different direction. If you replace “cut the face out” with “cut the mouth out”, it would be much more entertaining.
In my experience, that’s a Southern thing. Are you getting married in the South? Only here have I ever seen weddings that are covered with portraits of the bride (but none of the groom.) Including, often, front and center, a life size one.
