An amazing wedding dress is a fantasy for every little girl—even after she enters into the adult world and remains unmarried. In the U.S., we usually don’t don our our wedding dress except in our wedding ceremonies, but it is sort of a tradition for Chinese to-be-brides to style in several outfits of wedding costumes with her fiance for a wedding gown shoot before their weddings.

Lots of to-be-couples in China would shoot the album simply as a fashion to create a touching memory. Certainly, not every to-be-couple like the tradition—it is popular, but not compulsory. Today, a lot of expat visitors to China are also attracted to have a special wedding dress shoot there as a way to memorize their wedding. When you go to the major scenic places like by the lakes, for example, of Dalian, you may run into a shooting for wedding dresses for either foreign or Chinese couples.

Usually, wedding dress shooting shops provide wedding dress shooting packages consisting of doing fittings, make-up, hair fixing, choosing outfits and of course, photo shooting. Western wedding dresses are necessary for almost every wedding gown album shooting. Varied from different budgets and the shooting packages you choose, there are various sets of wedding gowns to opt from. Most are Western-styled, but costumes in other styles like traditional Chinese Cheongsam and minority costumes are also popular in wedding dress album shootings. Also, to meet with different sceneries and wedding dresses, service staff from wedding gown album shooting shops can do various hair styles and make-ups for the couples-to-be. Usually, there are several service staff working around you to help you make up, select wholesale wedding dresses, fix hair styles, and fit your poses and the shooting backgrounds. Also, a wedding dress shoot is normally composed of indoor shooting and outdoor shooting, requiring at least an entire day to complete the album shooting. Though it may be a little too tiresome, it is very interesting!

Wedding dress shooting is commonly in China for several reasons. In my opinion, three major reasons may explain the prevalence of the tradition. First, a lot of young people in China regard Western wedding outfits as more fashionable and more romantic outfits for the beautiful moment. And couples hope to create the precious memory with a fashion and interesting wedding gown album. It is fun to turn over the album to reflect on the lovely days of their love! Second, taking a wedding dress shoot is one way to extend the happiness of the to-be-couples among their families and friends. Newlyweds, especially to-be-brides, enjoy to show their wedding gown albums to those whom they hope to share with their gaiety. Third, as the globe's biggest apparel production base, wedding dresses in various standards of styles and fabrics enjoy a rather reasonable pricing. They are affordable even for those who are low-paid people in China. Likewise, prices on wedding gown album shooting services have various options based on the different standards of packages you opt for. In general, a wedding gown shoot costs you from 1,000 RMB to 10,000 RMB.