Cavin!! Dang, this is such a helpful video! And on a topic I can’t seem to find any resources on (and believe me, I’ve looked!!)! I am probably going to end up with a larger bridal party. I have multiple friends I’ve known for years that are so special to me, and I just can’t seem to narrow it down! Thank you for all of these wonderful pro tips for when that day comes! I follow a bride on another KZfaq channel and she had seventeen bridesmaids in her wedding! That’s personally the most I’ve ever heard of a bride having; I really want to hear her talk about her experience because I’m really curious how she managed that! 😅 Have you ever run into any issues getting a bridal party standing at the front? I’m wondering if after a certain point, some of the bridal party needs to stand on risers in order to be seen if there’s a lot of them?

We have 4-5 per side and I am now stressing as the bridegroom and pretty much all the groomsmen are dreadful with timekeeping and heavy drinking and none are early risers 😬 I've sent the two most reliable ones this video and drilled the importance into them 😆 Hopefully our Day Of Coordinator can help a bit too - we may well need it!

I had a wedding this year with the EXACT same groomsmen as you mentioned. It wore out my 2nd shooter so bad because none of them listened. This year I am going to highly highly talk about the importance of waiting to get the party down and dirty for after formals.

So it sounds like my experience with substitute teaching in grades K-12 could come in handy if I decide to change careers and become a wedding photographer? You'd be surprised how many classroom management tricks work with both kindergarteners and high school seniors.

I'm so glad I'm only having 3 people per side. I do not have the skill/patience to deal with more than that lol. Question: with the drinking, half our wedding party smokes 🍃, do you have any tips for hiding the signs of red eyes, dazed expressions, etc? Would coffee and regular eye drops work? DO you have any specific recommendations?