One technique that I use a lot is selective focus. I shoot with my lenses at wide apertures (1.4 to 2.8) and often with longer lenses (my 85mm is my favorite!) to achieve a shallow depth of field. What that means is that only a small portion of the photograph is sharply in focus, while the rest is pleasantly out of focus. I use selective focus in a number of ways:

With detail shots, I like to have the detail (flowers, cakes, etc.) in the foreground in focus with the bride and groom somewhere in the background, out of focus.

Sometimes I like to have only one of the couple (the bride OR the groom) in sharp focus, while the other is just an accessory for the photograph! Here, I wanted to draw attention to Cara’s beautiful eyes:

This is one of my favorite shots- flowers and ring in the foreground, groom out of focus in the background, looking at the bride:

And finally, another one of my favorite shots (Eric took this one- he has a way with the groomsmen…)- the groom is in sharp focus while the groomsmen gradually recede out of focus: