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Helpful Hints: Sample Family Photo Groupings (free printable)| The Weducation Series

Many of our couples get a little overwhelmed when they’re asked for a list of the photos they’d like for their family photo groupings. We’ve put together a list of some of the usual suspects for you:

Sample Family Photo Groupings for Wedding Formals

Please note, variants may need to be added in for divorced or remarried parents.

We highly suggest you list the names of the people you’d like in photos – it makes not only rounding them up easier, but also makes the organization and execution easier on the day of the wedding. Try to keep it under 35 total groupings. Give a copy to each of your mother’s and also one to the best man and maid of honor (or bridal party member who would know the people on the list) and have them start letting those people know where to gather and when. We’ve listed some variations below, but we do suggest the list be structured like this:

SMITH FAMILY
1. Kate & Josh with Mike and Conny
2. Kate & Josh with Mike and Conny and Seth and Matthew
3. Kate & Josh with Grandpa & Grandma Smith

MACK FAMILY
1. Kate & Josh with Amber & Eliot
2. Kate & Josh with Amber, Eliot, Samantha & Todd
3. Kate and Josh with Grandpa Mack and Mary Johnson

Etc.

Some of the most common groupings are:

Bride & Groom Family Photo Groupings

Bride and Groom with brides parents, grooms parents, brides grandparents, grooms grandparents, brides siblings, and grooms siblings

(optional) – and siblings with spouses (married only) and their children

(optional) – with siblings unmarried partners

Bride and groom with brides parents, brides grandparents, and brides siblings

Bride and groom with brides grandparents

Bride and groom with brides parents and siblings

Bride and groom with brides parents

Bride and groom with brides siblings

(optional) – and siblings with spouses (married only) and their children

(optional) – with siblings unmarried partners

Bride and groom with grooms parents, grooms grandparents, and grooms siblings

Bride and groom with grooms grandparents

Bride and groom with grooms parents and siblings

Bride and groom with grooms parents

Bride and groom with grooms siblings

(optional) – and siblings with spouses (married only) and their children

(optional) – with siblings unmarried partners

Bride Only Family Photo Groupings

Bride with brides grandparents

Bride with brides parents and siblings

Bride with brides parents

Bride with her mother

Bride with her father

Bride with brides siblings

(optional) – and siblings with spouses (married only) and their children

(optional) – with siblings unmarried partners

Bride with each sibling

(optional) – and siblings with spouses or unmarried partners and their children

Bride with her mother and mother-in-law

Bride with her father and father-in-law

Groom Only Family Photo Groupings

Groom with grooms grandparents

Groom with grooms parents and siblings

Groom with grooms parents

Groom with his mother

Groom with his father

Groom with grooms siblings

(optional) – and siblings with spouses (married only) and their children

(optional) – with siblings unmarried partners

Groom with each sibling

(optional) – and siblings with spouses or unmarried partners and their children

Groom with his mother and mother-in-law

Groom with his father and father-in-law

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Kate Gansneder has been photographing weddings since 1997 and has documented over 640 of them across Seattle and Snohomish County. That is not a number for its own sake. It means she has been in the room for enough first dances, enough ceremony tears, enough getting-ready chaos and family dynamics and moments that almost did not happen - that she reads a wedding day the way most people read a room they have been in a thousand times. Automatically. Without thinking about it. Already knowing what comes next. That depth of experience shows up in ways couples do not always expect. She notices you need water before you know you need it. She clocks who in the getting-ready room is spiraling and who is holding it together for everyone else, and she adjusts without announcing it. She handles the thing that almost went wrong before it becomes visible. She walks in and the energy shifts - calmer, warmer, more settled - and most couples cannot tell you exactly why, only that it happened. Couples who were convinced they were camera shy come home with photos of themselves laughing so hard they bent backwards. Couples with complicated family dynamics come home with portraits where everyone looks genuinely happy. Couples who were dreading the formal photo portion of their day come home saying it was actually fun. This is not luck. It is 640 weddings of learning exactly what people need in front of a camera and delivering it before they have to ask. Her 20+ years of experience as a wedding coordinator also helps. The reviews say it better than any bio could. Couples describe Kate as someone who made them feel calm when everything felt overwhelming. Who knew what they needed before they did. Who felt like a trusted friend rather than a vendor they hired. Who shielded them from problems until there was a solution. Who gave them unreasonable hospitality on a day when they deserved exactly that. She is a passionate advocate for Color Integrity editing - your photos should look like your actual wedding day, not a trend that peaks and ages. Her work has been featured in HuffPost, Style Me Pretty, and PNW Weddings. GSquared Weddings has 380+ five-star reviews and 11x WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards. She runs on caramel mochas, arrives 30 minutes early to everything, and will absolutely compliment you during portraits without realizing she is doing it until you giggle. Fair warning.