20 save the date photo ideas (that leave room for the text)
The photo on a save the date has to share the card with a date and names. These ideas are framed for that, and shootable on iPhone.
A save the date photo shares the card with text: your names, the date and the place. So frame with space. Put the two of you in one third of the frame and keep the rest calm (sky, a wall, a field) so the designer, or you, can put the text there. Then pick an idea that says something about you.
Framing for the card
- Leave a clean third for the text. The One-Point Vertex guide puts the subject on a grid point with empty space opposite.
- Shoot vertical and horizontal to fit any template.
- Keep faces large enough to recognise on a postcard.
- Simple backgrounds: sky, sea, field, plain wall.
Classic
1. Golden hour embrace. In a field, backlit.
2. Walking hand in hand on a beach.
3. Forehead to forehead.
4. Small couple, big view. Mountains, coast or city. The Travel Shot guide frames it.
5. The ring hand on the chest.
Creative
6. The date in the sand. Write the date in big letters, stand behind it.
7. Holding a letterboard or chalkboard.
8. A calendar page with the date circled.
9. The date in sparkler writing. Using a Live Photo set to Long Exposure.
10. Your dog wearing the sign.
11. A vintage bicycle or car.
12. A polaroid of you, held up in front of the place.
Personal
13. Where you met.
14. Your hobby together: climbing, cooking, dancing.
15. Your city. A landmark that says where the wedding is.
16. Your home. Coffee in the kitchen.
Seasonal
17. Autumn leaves for a fall wedding.
18. Snow for a winter wedding.
19. Blossoms for spring.
20. Sunset beach for summer.
Tips
- Golden hour light, coordinated (not matching) outfits.
- 2x zoom for flattering portraits.
- Tripod and 10-second timer if you are shooting yourselves.
- Take some with the couple looking at each other, and some at the camera.
Related: engagement photo ideas.
Frame it with room for the date
slay overlays composition guides on your live iPhone camera, so you can leave space for the text before the timer runs.
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