Basic Wedding Planning

I have been wanting to share some basic ideas and logic about the sequence of events on a wedding day and what I have observed to be some good ideas. Granted, everyone will and should plan their wedding the way they want it to be, these are just some thoughts...

Plan for the bride and groom to get ready somewhere near each other. It makes it a lot easier for us to get the groom getting ready that way. The groom usually only takes about 15 minutes to get ready, so if we are trying to drive to their location, we might miss it altogether (don't worry, we can fake a few pics for the album), just something to think about...Also! The bride should give herself more time that she thinks she needs to get ready! It takes about 20 min just to get the dress on and looking right, but not only that; we want to get some pics of just the bride in the dressing room. When we get a brilliant idea, we will want to execute it, but if there is a huge time crunch we might keep it to ourselves because we don't want to make you even later than you may already be running.



Plan for at least two hours with the bride and groom and the photographers. That is how we get such awesomely creative stuff for you, it's because of you! When the bride and groom want awesome pics enough to dedicate part of their big day to get them, we go wild getting the best stuff. For me it's my favorite part of the day! This should also happen before the ceremony if possible for reasons explained below...

Family Pictures should be done before the ceremony. After the ceremony, the bride and groom are surrounded by people who love them and want to say hi. Not only do they want to talk to the bride and groom, however, they also want to talk to the extended family. Your mom might see an old friend and get to chatting and so does everyone else in both families. It's chaos! Happy, friendly, loving, and fabulous chaos. When we try to round up the family for pictures while this is happening, our best efforts are undermined by good wishers and it feels like the family disperses before we even get started. This isn't the case every time, but most of the time, so that is something to think about...

The reception is just a fun time to talk with people and enjoy your time. Most the work is done, take time to eat and soak it all in. If there is a sunset taking place during your reception we will probably ask to steal you from the reception for 15 min to get some pics with awesome light, so, we hope you plan for that. Just a thought...

We are more than happy to look at your plan for the day and offer suggestions and we will never be offended if you don't follow them. It's YOUR day!