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. Give a copy to each of your mother’s and 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:

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