Wedding photos in/near a church in which we are not marrying...?

Question

My fiance is Roman Catholic. Although I am baptised Catholic, I am not a practicing Catholic. However I will be going through all the procedures in order to fully convert to Catholisism. I think my fiance's mother and my grandmother will be happier if we have a Catholic wedding, and I prefer for it to be recognized by the Catholic church.

However, I fell in love with a cathedral about half a mile away from my reception site. I would love to marry there but it is a

"New Chruch" and not the same faith as Catholism. I know we wouldn't be able to have a Catholic wedding there and that saddens me because the inside is so beautiful, but I really admire the architecture of the church. The stonework and soaring columns are just so beautiful. Would it be wrong or stupid to have some of my wedding photos taken there simply for the surroundings? It's so magical and castle like that I'd be elated to have that in my photos.

Answer 1

Sounds OK

just make sure

it's OK with

NEW CHURCH

Answer 2

ask the church if they mind you doing your pictures outside the day of your wedding- don't even ask for pictures inside the church, you're not getting married there so they're not getting paid to open the doors for you.  if they don't have another wedding going on the same day as yours, hopefully they won't have a problem with you being outside for a few pics, offer to make a donation to their children's ministry or music program or something in return for using their grounds

Answer 3

No can do honey. Its a place of worship, not a glorified photo shoot background. You can call and ask, but I guarantee they will say no. You are not of that faith and you are not getting married there. It isn't going to happen. Sorry!

Answer 4

Actually, ask your priest about marrying there anyway. You might be able to get an exception. I have heard of Catholic ceremonies in churchs that are now in museum parks and are, technically, privately held buildings.

As far as taking pics there, I would say go for it! You should be able to get permission from the church to have a "photo session." Of course, they may require a token donation for use of their time, electricity, etc, but then that is totally acceptable.Those pics stay with you forever, and will probably end up on a wall 4 generations from now (I mean, how many of us have those gorgeous sepia wedding portraits of our great-grandmothers on our walls? Quite a few!).

I know we included an outdoor photo session in our picture package from the photographer. Our wedding is in March, and it will probably pour that day. We have a special "two hours" following our wedding date to get the dress and tux on again and head out to our outdoor location to take some snaps when the weather is clear and the flowers are in bloom. That session is near our house and not on the grounds of our wedding venue. And when we called to get permission from the outdoor location, we were told that over 3/4 of all wedding photography shoots they have there were from couples who married somewhere else!

Answer 5

That should be fine.

Answer 6

Call the minister/pastor of the church and ask for permission to take pictures outside.  Unless there is an event at this church that day, I think the church would say it's okay.

Answer 7

Yes, it would be fine.  It's your day, anything goes.

It would not be wrong or stupid.

Congratulations!!

The Church really sounds beautiful, awesome the way you

describe it.

Answer 8

not at all...in the Catholic religion, u gotta get married INSIDE the curch by a catholic priest...your pre-wedding photo shoot has no bearing on the vaildity of your marriage...beautiful pictures are worth it!!!

Answer 9

I would ask if you could have the Catholic Ceremony there... if not, then take pics there if you like... it's your Wedding.

You want to hear weird?  My friend had to sit in a line of limos while everyone watched the Bride and her videographer walk to a family member's gravesite in her wedding dress... between the ceremony and the reception.

Not once, but several times... till they got just the right amount of glisten in her eyes and on her cheecks.

If you had to do that, why in your dress?  Why inbetween the ceremony and the party?  And most importantly, why with everyone sitting there waiting, watching you, do it in front of a video camera?

That, my darling, is odd... having pictures taken is not diva-fied at all.

Have fun!

Answer 10

i understand where you are coming from but it seems kind of weird to me. i give you props fro converting to Catholicism .I'm catholic and my bf is southern baptist and we ever get married there is no way we would get married in a catholic church. the catholic church is a pain in the neck when it comes to that stuff.im not even going to try.