What Wedding Confetti looks best in photos?
Choosing what wedding confetti looks best in photos can be a tough decision. There are so many different types of confetti and every venue has different rules regarding it. The first thing to consider when you’re choosing your confetti (if it’s allowed) is does it need to be biodegradable? If it’s going to be thrown outside the chances are it does! The next thing to decide is what type, do you want paper, petals, or dried petals. And then you need to decide on the colour! I bloody love a bit of colourful confetti!
I personally think that larger confetti shows up better in the photos, and I also think that colourful confetti shows better if you’re throwing it in an area with a lot of sky in the background. Here are a couple of different confetti types for you to judge yourself!
I always love confetti. Any shape, any size. The End!
Confetti at Churches and Venues
Churches usually only allow confetti at the end of the path so it doesn’t blow back in to the church (less cleaning for them ;)) But venues usually let you decide whether to have confetti back down the aisle or a separate confetti line after the ceremony. My personal favourite is a separate confetti aisle (as it’s more photo opportunities, especially for those of you that don’t want to spend much time taking couple shots). You walk down the aisle with a cheer WOOHOO, you sneak off for a minute, I gather a line of all your favourite people, and you come back in to a second CHEER and some awesome confetti! If there’s not much space then confetti down the aisle also looks amazing, you might just need a couple of guests that a sitting further away to make a line at the end of the aisle. Obviously if its raining and you can’t go outside for your confetti then it’s probably best to throw it when you’re walking back down the aisle.
One of my weddings at Firle Place decided to use the small colourful confetti and I love this look against the blue door. There are a couple of places that you can source your confetti:
Colourful Large Confetti – Proper Confetti
Colourful Confetti – Confetti Bee
Small Petal Confetti – Flower Confetti
How Much Confetti do I need?
You can never have too much confetti, so get loads. You need at a minimum a handful per person, but two handfuls are probably best as some people’s hands are like shovels and they can scoop most of it in one swipe! With dried petals you need slightly more that the paper confetti. 300grams of paper confetti will probably do 70 guests.
Confetti Canons
I really love the effect of a confetti canon (I actually had some at my wedding!) Just don’t forget to tell your photographer when you plan to use them! The best confetti canons aren’t usually biodegradable so it’s best to save them for the dance floor. I love this photo of Charlie from Bumps and Burpees that I photographed at her wedding. They had Danny from Mcfly singing and the confetti canon suited the mood perfectly.
