Wedding photography before, during and after the service is a part of setting up the wedding album. While some wedding photographers will only focus on the traditional elements and others want to experiment with them, it’s very important to understand the ‘expectations’ of a typical album. Many can be taken before the ceremony or after. Some couples even schedule a day just for these posed shots on a day separated from the wedding. The scheduling decision will be purely between the couple and the wedding photographer:
Traditional Wedding Shots:
Bridal Shots
Bride alone – close up, three-quarters and full length
Bride with mom
Bride with dad
Bride with both parents
Just the parents
Bride with grandparents
Bride with siblings
Bride with family
Bride with each bridesmaid
Bride with flower girls
Bride with bridesmaids and flower girls
Groom Shots
Groom alone – close up, three-quarters and full length
Groom with mom
Groom with dad
Groom with both parents
Just the parents
Groom with grandparents
Groom with siblings
Groom with family
Bride and Groom
Bride and Groom with each set of parents
Bride and groom with each immediate family and each set of grandparents
Bride and Groom with various aunts/uncles as family chooses
Bride and Groom with the Minister/Rabbi/Service Conductor
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Wedding Photography Tips
Describe Your Wedding Photography for Your Photographer
When you meet with your wedding photographer, you will have a lot to talk about. There will be many different moments happening before, during and after the wedding. Wedding photography is part photojournalism and part portraiture. You want your wedding photographer to be prepared for the unexpected. During your interview with them, you want to ask them about their style; their background and their experience.
You want a wedding photographer who watches the people around them. You want wedding photography that comes from being unobtrusive where they catch not only the key wedding moments, but also the moments of deep connection between the bride, the groom, the family members and other guests.
Imagine, standing in the vestibule of the Church while the Bride is waiting with her father for their cue. They aren’t saying anything with words, but Dad brushes her cheek with his knuckles, ever so lightly and her eyes shimmer with tears. The corners of her mouth turn up just ever so slightly and her father’s face softens as well. That is the shot you want in your wedding photography. Be sure to give your wedding photographer clear details of the wedding location, venue, theme and most of all – what you want to see.
Take the time to talk to your wedding photographer during the interview and during the wedding planning. If it helps, write down what you want your wedding album to look like before you meet with the photographer in order to give them clear directions. Remember, however, that while the wedding photographer is a professional, it’s still your wedding.
When you meet with your wedding photographer, you will have a lot to talk about. There will be many different moments happening before, during and after the wedding. Wedding photography is part photojournalism and part portraiture. You want your wedding photographer to be prepared for the unexpected. During your interview with them, you want to ask them about their style; their background and their experience.
You want a wedding photographer who watches the people around them. You want wedding photography that comes from being unobtrusive where they catch not only the key wedding moments, but also the moments of deep connection between the bride, the groom, the family members and other guests.
Imagine, standing in the vestibule of the Church while the Bride is waiting with her father for their cue. They aren’t saying anything with words, but Dad brushes her cheek with his knuckles, ever so lightly and her eyes shimmer with tears. The corners of her mouth turn up just ever so slightly and her father’s face softens as well. That is the shot you want in your wedding photography. Be sure to give your wedding photographer clear details of the wedding location, venue, theme and most of all – what you want to see.
Take the time to talk to your wedding photographer during the interview and during the wedding planning. If it helps, write down what you want your wedding album to look like before you meet with the photographer in order to give them clear directions. Remember, however, that while the wedding photographer is a professional, it’s still your wedding.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
A Wedding Is a Party
A wedding is a party with,
Of course, a wedding cake.
But sometimes by the time it comes,
It's hard to stay awake.
People need to talk a lot,
And laugh and joke and kiss,
And cry - why do they cry? - and mention
God and love and bliss.
Two people have decided that
They'll share one house for life,
And call themselves, instead of friends,
A husband and a wife.
And so we have to get dressed up,
And eat a lot, and wait
For hours till they finally serve
The great big wedding cake.
Of course, a wedding cake.
But sometimes by the time it comes,
It's hard to stay awake.
People need to talk a lot,
And laugh and joke and kiss,
And cry - why do they cry? - and mention
God and love and bliss.
Two people have decided that
They'll share one house for life,
And call themselves, instead of friends,
A husband and a wife.
And so we have to get dressed up,
And eat a lot, and wait
For hours till they finally serve
The great big wedding cake.
A Wedding Is the Entrance to a Marriage
A wedding is the entrance to a marriage:
One drives through, and suddenly one's there!
Stepping from a fairy tale carriage
Into quite ordinary air.
Life is now a dance, though beautiful,
Requiring intense coordination;
Each self becomes, in ways inscrutable,
More fully what it is in combination.
And we who love you wait, of course, outside
As you become through love that mystery:
One flesh made whole of separate groom and bride;
Two selves, one life; two notes, one harmony.
When you are one, we then may cherish two:
Loving not just one, but both of you.
One drives through, and suddenly one's there!
Stepping from a fairy tale carriage
Into quite ordinary air.
Life is now a dance, though beautiful,
Requiring intense coordination;
Each self becomes, in ways inscrutable,
More fully what it is in combination.
And we who love you wait, of course, outside
As you become through love that mystery:
One flesh made whole of separate groom and bride;
Two selves, one life; two notes, one harmony.
When you are one, we then may cherish two:
Loving not just one, but both of you.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Wedding: Beauty and Skincare
Hi Minssy
Those angry acnes on your chin area indicate hormonal imbalance, you may experience painful or irregualr menses.
You can drink red wine or tonic drink a few days before your menes. It will help to keep the womb warm. Avoid any cold drink or tea if possible.
As they occur at the same spot again, you will need a facial to extract it, it simply means the sebaeceous glands is too active at the spot. Use purifying mask around the chin a few days before menses or when you feel it is reappearing soon.
Take Manuka honey or fruit juices like carrot and beetroot will help too.
Good Luck
Those angry acnes on your chin area indicate hormonal imbalance, you may experience painful or irregualr menses.
You can drink red wine or tonic drink a few days before your menes. It will help to keep the womb warm. Avoid any cold drink or tea if possible.
As they occur at the same spot again, you will need a facial to extract it, it simply means the sebaeceous glands is too active at the spot. Use purifying mask around the chin a few days before menses or when you feel it is reappearing soon.
Take Manuka honey or fruit juices like carrot and beetroot will help too.
Good Luck
Honeymoon And Travel
So, we really want to go to the States in Mid-December 08 for our honeymoon, and would prefer to go with a Tour agency to save the hassle of driving, and getting lost along the way..you see...Yet, we run the risk of meeting seriously noisy children or inconsiderate families with the tour which might spoil the honeymoon...
My fiance and I were thinking of tour pooling couples who have intentions to go to the USA(West Coast) and book with a travel agent together! That way, we'll have the best of both worlds, and might even get to personalise the trip to suit honeymooners better!
My fiance and I were thinking of tour pooling couples who have intentions to go to the USA(West Coast) and book with a travel agent together! That way, we'll have the best of both worlds, and might even get to personalise the trip to suit honeymooners better!
Monday, March 3, 2008
Wedding Banquets: Restaurents vs Hotels
I'm intending to hold my dinner in a restaurent about 30 tables. I've tweaked the menu abit so that better food is served (for eg, hashima for dessert and fresh abalone instead of canned ones). Also planned to do up the place with great flowers to match my theme.
Problem is, I'm worried abt wat ppl may think of the venue. Would they think that my dinner is not 'class' or 'grand' enough? Or that the food doesn't make up for anything?
I'm ok with the venue cuz 1) the price and the new menu is a steal 2) the restaurent is actually my distant cousin's 3) the food is really gd.
I mentioned this to one of my bridesmaids and she said that "wedding is once in a lifetime, why dun do it with a big bang at a gd hotel? make it grand and beautiful." This comment has been bothering me and I'm tempted to split the ROM and dinner into 2 days where I'd invite only relatives and close friends for the later.
What do u guys think? Does it really matter whether a banquet is held at a very 'atas' hotel or at a restaurent?
hi sheep, restaurant or hotel both does not matter... wat matters is that u will enjoy ur wedding, ur guest enjoys the food.
there are pros and cons for both venues:
hotel:
pros: grand, got style, can play until late late, normally got bridal suite and a day room for helpers.
cons: expensive, food so-so for the cheaper range.
restaurant:
pros: food wise good, some restaurants also got style (u can check if u like ur cousin's restaurant), price wise, doesn't cost u an arm or leg. can negotiate for a hotel stay.
cons: most restaurants deco only so-so. no bridal suite --> will take some time to get from the hotel to restaurant.
Me also having it in a rest. But the deco is nice, not so-so. I am sure the venue I have is going to make a diff from those hotel ballroom. Beside saving $$ is more impt. The venue I have doesnt make me burn a hole in my pocket, plus they come with live band which is save my cost also. And best of all, the price is great. But of cos there is cons, they dont have projector so we have to source ourself. The march-in is not like those hotel ballroom, straight and comes with dry ice... mine dont have it.
All in all, it just a one day event, dont becos of wa others might feel and make a big hole in ur pocket... I see some ppl in debt becos they wa a grand wedding. I also see some 5 star hotel, the food also so-so and guests comment ab it. Imagine u pay so much and end up ppl comments. In hotel or rest, there will be comments given de. Wedding is both parties, u cant make all ppl happy. As long as both the couple feel comfortable with the price, food and the venue.... I am sure all ur guests will feel happy.
Enjoy every moment.
Problem is, I'm worried abt wat ppl may think of the venue. Would they think that my dinner is not 'class' or 'grand' enough? Or that the food doesn't make up for anything?
I'm ok with the venue cuz 1) the price and the new menu is a steal 2) the restaurent is actually my distant cousin's 3) the food is really gd.
I mentioned this to one of my bridesmaids and she said that "wedding is once in a lifetime, why dun do it with a big bang at a gd hotel? make it grand and beautiful." This comment has been bothering me and I'm tempted to split the ROM and dinner into 2 days where I'd invite only relatives and close friends for the later.
What do u guys think? Does it really matter whether a banquet is held at a very 'atas' hotel or at a restaurent?
hi sheep, restaurant or hotel both does not matter... wat matters is that u will enjoy ur wedding, ur guest enjoys the food.
there are pros and cons for both venues:
hotel:
pros: grand, got style, can play until late late, normally got bridal suite and a day room for helpers.
cons: expensive, food so-so for the cheaper range.
restaurant:
pros: food wise good, some restaurants also got style (u can check if u like ur cousin's restaurant), price wise, doesn't cost u an arm or leg. can negotiate for a hotel stay.
cons: most restaurants deco only so-so. no bridal suite --> will take some time to get from the hotel to restaurant.
Me also having it in a rest. But the deco is nice, not so-so. I am sure the venue I have is going to make a diff from those hotel ballroom. Beside saving $$ is more impt. The venue I have doesnt make me burn a hole in my pocket, plus they come with live band which is save my cost also. And best of all, the price is great. But of cos there is cons, they dont have projector so we have to source ourself. The march-in is not like those hotel ballroom, straight and comes with dry ice... mine dont have it.
All in all, it just a one day event, dont becos of wa others might feel and make a big hole in ur pocket... I see some ppl in debt becos they wa a grand wedding. I also see some 5 star hotel, the food also so-so and guests comment ab it. Imagine u pay so much and end up ppl comments. In hotel or rest, there will be comments given de. Wedding is both parties, u cant make all ppl happy. As long as both the couple feel comfortable with the price, food and the venue.... I am sure all ur guests will feel happy.
Enjoy every moment.
Wedding Songs: "At The Beginning" - Donna Lewis & Richard Marx
We were strangers, starting out on a journey
Never dreaming, what we'd have to go through
Now here we are, I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you
No one told me, I was going to find you
Unexpected, what you did to my heart
When I lost hope
You were there to remind me
This is the start
Chorus:
And life is a road and I wanna keep goin'
Love is a river I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road now and forever wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I want to be standing
At the beginning with you
We were strangers on a crazy adventure
Never dreaming how our dreams would come true
Now here we stand, unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you
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(Repeat Chorus)
Knew there was somebody somewhere
I need love in the dark
Now I know my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing is going to tear us apart
(Repeat Chorus)
Life is a road and I wanna keep goin
Love is a river I wanna keep flowin
(Belldadny alone) Starting out on a journey
(Both continue it)
In the end I want to be standing at the beginning
With you...
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