How to choose between wearing hair up or down for a wedding
Hair looks best up in close-up portraits, but wearing it down works better in full-length photos with a veil. This conflict leaves people torn between styling options when trying to balance how the hair photographs from different distances.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Doing dress rehearsals
- 2Choosing a half up and half down look
- 3Testing two different styles at a hair stylist trial while wearing a top with a similar neckline
- 4Choosing a familiar hairstyle worn for past special events rather than trying to reinvent the wheel
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“How were you able to choose your wedding hair?”source ↗
“My dress is a strapless ballgown. My hair is medium length and fine. I always wear it down, but part of me wants to do an updo.”source ↗
“I think I’ve got everything sorted except I can’t decide if I should wear my hair up or down… open to all opinions and suggestions!”source ↗
“I'm so torn. I like it up in the close-ups but down in the further away pics with the veil on.”source ↗
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