I wanted to share my 5 wedding confetti tips for amazing photographs because if you're going to do it, I want you to do it right! I get asked so much about which part of the day I love the most. Obviously all of it, I flipping love weddings. The excitement in the morning, the emotional parts of a ceremony and the laughter during the speeches, the list goes on. But my favourite shot to capture, hands down is a confetti shot. It’s the one photograph guests DO NOT avoid. They all seem to love throwing stuff in a couples face, haha!

bride and groom walking through confetti just married

bride and groom walking during confetti run

newly weds walking in st pierre through a confetti tunnel made by wedding guests

5 Wedding Confetti Tips for Amazing Wedding Photographs

1. check with the venue

First and foremost, check that you're allowed wedding confetti at your venue. It’s always best to check if it’s a certain place they’d prefer it to be thrown. Some venues have a specific place which works perfectly. However a lot of churches prefer confetti to be thrown closer to gates to the entrance of the grounds for instance.

2. check colours

If you have a colour scheme. What about adding this to your wedding confetti colours too? I've seen bride and grooms choose mutli-coloured confetti, or gold. There are so many different options for confetti. You could opt for dried flowers with all sorts of colour. My suggestion is to use colourful paper confetti, it floats in the air, making it last longer.

colourful wedding confetti surrounded newly weds during confetti wedding photographs

bride and groom laughing during confetti photographs at fairyhill

3. go big

As the saying goes… go big or go home. Seriously don’t have a little bit of wedding confetti. I want your guest to get involved and grab confetti by the handful, so fill a basket! I want you to have amazing confetti photographs. Going big with this is definitely the way to go!

4. round up some helpers

I co-ordinate usually with members of your wedding party to help. But if you can organise this before hand this would be fantastic. Choose a couple of your wedding party to be in charge of handing out confetti. They can also help tell guests where we'll be doing the wedding confetti shot. This is such a great way to make the day run smoother.

couple in wedding attire walking through cardiff garden with confetti thrown over them by guests

newly weds leaving cardiff city hall with confetti thrown

couple in wedding attire walking during confetti run at oldwalls

5. enjoy it!

Like I've said previously, this is my favourite shot of a wedding day, it feels like such a celebration of the whole day. A moment everyone is involved in, full of colour and fun. For me it's capturing those in-between moments I love too. So enjoy the confetti run, walk slow, hold hands, smile.

6. close your mouth!

I feel this speaks for itself, but yep, smile, but close your mouth otherwise you’ll be eating confetti!

groom in wedding attire mouth open with confetti being poured on his head

South Wales Wedding Confetti Tips

I hope my 5 wedding confetti tips has been helpful. I’d love to hear if you have any of your own tips. I love paying it forward and telling my couples any helpful tips. So let me know if you have any of your own. And check out my other wedding tips.