12 Photo Ideas For Capturing Great Silhouettes
A timeless peek and one that’s incredibly popular in the wedding world, capturing silhouettes throughout this special day may become your best, tangible memory of the entire experience. It’s romantic, it’s intimate, and it’s an absolute must to have on your photographer’s lists of moments to shoot. If you’re a sucker for these kinds of …
Why It’s Important to Get a Professional Photographer For Your Wedding
A wedding is a very important even in anyone’s life and it’ s crucial that it is immortalized accordingly. Sure, you can probably dust off the old camera you have in your attic and take a couple of pictures here and there. If that’s really the only option you got it’s certainly better than nothing …
Top 20 Must-Have Wedding Photos
From late night browsing through wedding magazines and on Pinterest in search of inspiration, all the way through to implementing those ideas – organizing a wedding requires a lot of effort. Now that your big day is almost here you may want to ensure that you capture your wonderful Punta Cana wedding by enlisting the …
How to Look Great in Your Wedding Photographs
By Lesley-Ann Graham The dress was beautiful. You got through the ceremony and reception without a hitch. By all appearances, your wedding was perfect — and yet when your pictures come back, you look awful. What can you do to make sure that your photos are as beautiful as your memories? Some things to consider: …
Candidly in Love
We’ve all seen (and have taken!) the staged wedding photos of families, bridesmaids, groomsmen, flower girls and ring bears lined up perfectly. Are these essential? Yes. Are they boring? Yes. While those photos are necessary, no doubt, we guarantee that the pictures you’ll drool over are those fleeting candid moments that only a camera can capture …
How to Get Wedding Photos on a Bare-Bones Budget
By Jessica Bonilla All brides want that one photograph that perfectly captures the wedding day. But to get it, you have to hire a skilled photographer — a cost which unfortunately usually runs into the thousands. Here are some tips to cropping your photography budget down to size: 1. Post an ad in the art …
Lights, Camera, Action: The Art of Ensuring a Great Wedding Video
By Patrick Clemmond Take a moment to reflect on how a wedding video can help keep your marriage vibrant. Once it wraps, you’ve got a constant reminder at your fingertips of the vows you made … one that could very well inspire your marriage to new heights, year after year. And perhaps you can envision …
Ten Flawless “First Look” Reactions
Long gone are the days of the bride and groom locking eyes for the first time when she walks down the aisle. The “first look” prior to the wedding is the new black. Couples are now opting to see each other for the first time on their wedding day before the ceremony starts. Some choose …
Capturing the Blushing Bride Before I Do
Without a doubt, the photos of the first look, first dance, first cake slice and first kiss as husband and wife are the ones we await with baited breath. However, when you’re compiling your shot list for the photographer, don’t forget to include several shots of pre-wedding prep. We know photographers are pricey, and you’re …
Top Questions You NEED to Ask Your Wedding Photographer
No matter how good of a memory you think you have, we can promise you that the big day will be a big blur. Thankfully, you’ve got reinforcements — photography and videography — to help you relive the special moments for the rest of your lives. Hiring a photographer is the first crucial step. And …
Floral Backdrops That Will Take Your Breath Away
Create a lush scene with a floral backdrop that will take your breath away. Your wedding photos will have their own unique spin and personalized touch! Show off your couple style with one of these creative designs that will make your party stand out and seem even more so picturesque. This oversized, floral wreath most …
Short List Guide: Your Must-Have Wedding Photos
After you cover the basics with your photographer, the next step photography-wise is creating a wedding shot list. This is a MUST-DO wedding task, so don’t put it off. The last thing you want is to realize you’re missing a photo of your grandmother, rings, gown, etc. from the big day — and trust us, …
“Wedding Brain”: 10 Things You Might Forget To Do
With so much going on before a wedding, it’s easy to let one, two or six things slip through the proverbial cracks. Rather than succumbing to “wedding brain,” check out 10 things you might forget to do….and remember to do them! Use the following as a checklist to ensure everything goes off without a …
Photo Fun: Ideas for Incorporating Pictures Throughout the Wedding Process
Photos are a huge part of weddings. After all, when you put so much effort into planning the perfect day, isn’t it important to capture those memories and all of the little details that make them shine? As any married person will tell you, the day goes fast. When it’s over, you finally realize …
3 Tips For Amazing Wedding Engagement Photos
Your engagement photos will be used on your wedding invites, as props during your wedding and for years and years to come on the walls of your home. So as you can imagine you want to make sure that they are as perfect as possible. As the old saying goes a picture is worth a …
26 Most Hilarious Wedding Photos EVER. You’ll Want To Use Them All.
On your wedding day, you’re going to be taking pictures all day long. And while you’ll of course want to capture plenty of timeless, classically-beautiful photos, that doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun! Here are 26 funny wedding photos we scoured the internet to find. We want lie, finding these funny wedding photos …
Ultimate Wedding Photography Checklist: Free Print-Out!
Choosing a photographer is one of the first wedding planning checklist items that many couples tackle first. Capturing the moments, details, wedding party, family, and guests is a must-have. But which shots are most important? That’s up to you. Don’t assume that your photographer knows what you want. He or she will likely have a …
Real Wedding: Hannah + Cory’s Gorgeous Country Club Wedding
Hannah and Cory’s wedding was the first of many to come. You see, Hannah was the oldest of 6 sisters, and was going to be that one that set the bar for all her younger sisters to come. Set in the Upstate of South Carolina, Hannah and Cory held their wedding ceremony at the church …
Help Me, Help You! 6 Rocking Tips for Working With Your Wedding Photographer
Want to help your wedding photographer take the best possible pictures of your special day? We spoke to a top wedding photographer to get a list of tips on how to create amazing photos. Remember, although your photographer is probably a professional and has shot many, many weddings, there are still things you can do to ensure he …
How to Select a Wedding Photographer
Capturing your wedding day with perfect timing and professionalism is paramount in remembering every aspect of your big day. You want to look back on the photos with joy and hiring the right photographer is important. Rachel Bobbitt, a photographer and graphic artist gives some insight on selecting a qualified photographer for your wedding. Experience …
Wedding Photography Tips. Tip 1: Learn The Lingo. You Need To Know What You’re Talking About.
I am sure there is a new crop of newly engaged brides and grooms out there since I last wrote in. You are probably just starting to get your feet wet in wedding planning. Have you started looking to hire a wedding photographer and/or videographer? Let me write to you about our experience and …
New wedding trend – taking funny pictures with your bridesmaids
Believe it or not, there is another wedding trend, concerning your wedding pictures that we have just become aware of. Lately, there is a popular thing for the bride to take funny pictures with her bridesmaids. And, since people like to have memories that they could laugh at, it is understandable why this is something …
Don’t Be Cheap. Here’s Why You Need To Splurge On A Professional Wedding Photographer
Although you may need to save money on your wedding, there are some elements that you should spend more on. One of these is your wedding photographs. Don’t be cheap when it comes to wedding photos, hire a professional wedding photographer. Here’s why. Wedding photos are your lasting keepsake of the day and along with …
Free Ideas To Use For an Awesome Engagement Photography Session
An engagement photo session celebrates a couple’s relationship. But many couples fall back on the ho-hum generic shots for their shoot: the cheesy smiles, stiff poses, and generic blue backdrop. Boring, right? Engagement photo sessions should showcase what makes a couple beautiful. Take advantage of this opportunity and come up with a creative way to …
Trash the Dress Photo Sessions. Is the Dress Destroyed?
Trash the dress used to be considered Taboo (“for the love of all that is holy” don’t get your wedding dress dirty) but more and more brides are subscribing to this awesome new trend. Trash the dress sessions do not always mean your dress is actually trashed, they can simply be a bride in an …
Traditional and original wedding photos
Nowadays the wedding photo album isn’t just a bunch of pictures that are brought together in a cardboard book covered with plastic. We’re speaking about elaborate and artistic pictures, which are placed on a CD/DVD and are printed as well, but in a gorgeous manner. Of course, between these bunches of pictures you will observe …
Tips for Choosing Mr. or Mrs. Right Wedding Photographer
I know choosing a wedding photographer can seem like a daunting task, but I promise if you follow these few tips you will find your perfect match! 1) Choose someone you like! Sounds easy right?t But honestly take into account that you like their work but mostly that you like them as a person. Ask …
Top 4 Tips for Amazing Getting Ready Wedding Pictures
Some of my favorite photos of the wedding day come early in the getting ready pictures. It is when we get pretty pictures of the dress hanging up and all the little details from wedding jewelry to the bouquets while they are still fresh. Here are some tips for helping your photographer get amazing pre …
Wedding Album Designs. What You Need to Know.
Starting to think about your wedding albums? Before ordering, consider this… Wedding photo album design has a lot of variables besides color, style and price. There are many other factors that will ultimately affect the finished wedding album that aren’t immediately apparent when clients and photographers discuss options. Most wedding albums have a range of print sizes …
Photo wedding thank you cards
The wedding photo thank-you cards are a must when it comes to giving the thanks to the persons attending your wedding. As the entire wedding reflects your personality and style it would be only fair if you did not neglect these cards and have them adorned in an elegant way. We have thought about putting …
Wedding photography
Wedding photography is an essential thing whenever we’re speaking about a wedding ceremony. All the brides want their wedding immortalized in gorgeous pictures and in their wedding album. For this matter they can apply for a professional wedding photographer or for one that isn’t that professional and the couple pay less for this “chapter”. Depending …
“If You’re Paying A Photographer, They Spend Time With You”. A Wedding Photographers View.
Meeting the client should be one of the most important parts of the wedding preparation process for a professional. It should be on the bride’s wedding checklist. And, for the bridal couple, if you’re paying someone to capture your precious memories then it’s essential that you’ve met the person you’re hiring if they’re going to …
Why I Photograph Weddings; The Importance of Wedding Photography
Yesterday someone asked me to describe my most interesting or strangest wedding photography experiences. I thought of a few, but nothing came close to the poignancy of photographing my own sister’s wedding and, whilst pondering its significance to my life and career, I stumbled across my own ideas of why I photograph weddings. I’ll start …
Wedding Photography Tips & Understand Photojournalistic Wedding Photography.
Reportage, fly-on-the-wall & photojournalistic wedding photography are all ‘styles’ of photography that seem to pop up all the time from all types of wedding photographers. Journalistic wedding photography is definitely a style that is popular at the moment, but one thing I particularly notice is that the style is about as popular with clients as it is …
Why Wedding Photography Really Is For Everyone
At weddings and family events, you will surely see a number of guests with cameras all trying to capture some special wedding memories. Indeed, some of these guest photographers may also be budding professionals trying to get in some practice. And actually, it’s not only at weddings… there are so many people with cameras. In …
Great Wedding Photography on a Budget
In these tough economic times you or your family might find it difficult to spend thousands of dollars on a wedding photographer. If that is the case, have no fear, there are methods and ideas to help you trim the fat and get the cost of wedding photography down to a more manageable price range. …
How to Hire an Affordable Wedding Photographer
Specific Saving Strategies for Wedding Photography: As a girl dreaming about the big day to come later in life I bet you never dreamt about the economic hardships you’d have to deal with as well. Unfortunately you only have three options; delay marriage until you are a rich enough that money isn’t an issue, …
