Wedding Planning Tips
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Wedding Planning Gets Stressful
It’s ok to be overwhelmed.
Let me start with the most important thing, congratulations! Getting married is a wonderful experience, although there is no denying that at times, planning for it can get stressful. Right now, you probably feel completely overwhelmed and have a million and one questions rolling around in your head.
Below you will find information about some of the most common wedding planning questions. I’m sure you will find them useful. If once you’ve looked through the information below you still have questions, then get in touch via the site or head over to Facebook and let me know if you found the tips helpful, or if there are others you feel I should add.
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Wedding Photography Styles. Your Ultimate Guide.
Before reading this blog post, you’ve probably seen so many wedding photography styles on socials, blogs, etc. that you just can’t decide which is the one for you. All wedding photography styles can create the most amazing images and every style has its pros and cons. As a documentary wedding photographer, my style is very much…
Self Care for Brides-to-Be: How to Keep Your Mental Health in Check During Wedding Planning
Mental health during wedding planning is a subject that is hugely important. However, it feels like in the world of weddings, it never seemingly gets the attention it deserves. Planning a wedding can be incredibly stressful. In a recent survey, over 70% of engaged couples or newlyweds described the process of planning a wedding as…
Writing Personal and Meaningful Wedding Vows
In a previous blog post, I looked at how to write a great wedding speech. But what if you also want to write your own wedding vows? How do you go about beginning this process? Whether it’s because you feel traditional wedding vows are outdated for you as a couple, or because you want to…
Writing the Perfect Groom’s Speech: A Guide
If you’re the groom and reading this, chances are you’ve been tasked with giving a speech at the reception and don’t know where to start. Don’t panic – I’ve got you covered. Here’s my ultimate guide to writing the perfect groom’s speech. What is the traditional structure of a groom’s speech? The traditional structure of…
Black & White Wedding photography
Black and white wedding photography can add a timeless and elegant touch to your special day. While colour photography has become the norm, black and white photos have a classic and artistic quality that can elevate your wedding photography. In this blog post, we’ll explore the history of black and white wedding photography, the benefits…
How to feel confident in your wedding photos
How to feel confident in your wedding photos is a question that couples always feel should be asked in hushed tones; almost as if you are the only couple who will have ever thought this way. Whilst it may look like every newlywed other than you naturally feels confident in having their photographs taken, in…
Wedding Group photos. Are They Important & Do We Need Them?
Group shots. Formal wedding photos. Group wedding photographs. Whatever you call them, these posed, traditional wedding photos are something that all of my couples ask about. The idea of smiling for endless formal photos as groups of relatives and friends are whisked in and out for hours is the opposite of why couples book me…
5 Reasons why a 15 guest Micro Wedding is Amazing!
Man, this is really shit, isn’t it? Once again the government has added restrictions to weddings. We know why, but when planning a wedding it doesn’t make it feel any less, well….shit. But, what if there was actually a silver lining to all of this? What if a small intimate wedding might actually be the…
Coronavirus, Weddings & UK Government Guidelines.
Writing about the Coronavirus guidelines for weddings is surreal. Even now, it feels like I am working on a script for a budget disaster movie. However, this is real life in 2020 It’s right in the middle of the wedding season. Normally, I would be buzzing with weddings, spending the weeks editing photos and getting…
Is A Minimony & Sequel Wedding Right For You?
2020 is the year of the minimony. The Micro Wedding (choosing to get married with only your nearest and dearest) has been an ongoing trend within the wedding industry. A small, intimate wedding appeals to many couples. A minimony takes this to a new level. With the outbreak of coronavirus, the small wedding has taken…
What Is Documentary Wedding Photography?
As you start your quest for finding the perfect wedding photographer, you’ve probably been looking through wedding blogs and Pinterest, etc. Your head is probably spinning at the amount of different options when it comes to wedding photography (don’t worry, everyone feels the same). There are so many styles of photography, but one I am sure…
The Best Wedding Dress Shops in Lincolnshire 2023. The Ivory Room, Woodhall Spa.
Buying a wedding Dress is one of those key moments in the journey to your wedding day. Wedding dress shopping in Lincolnshire can be magical, but it can also be stressful. Remember, weddings are never quite like those in movies and TV shows. Real life is a lot more complicated than that. I recently got…
How To Propose (and not screw it up)
It always looks so easy in the movies, but how do you actually nail your marriage proposal? Figuring out how to propose is usually full of questions. How do I get her ring size? Who do I need to ask? What words do I really want to say (and how do I remember them)? I…
What To Wear For Your Engagement Photoshoot
After the question should we have an engagement photoshoot? the most common thing I get asked is what do I wear for my engagement photoshoot? I get asked this a lot. The answer is really quite simple. Something that makes you feel good. If you are in clothes you like and that fit well then…
The Top 11 Questions to Ask Your Wedding Photographer
What are the questions you need to ask your wedding photographer? I mean it sounds so easy and you probably already have a couple in your head. But perhaps a better title for this blog is what questions should you ask your wedding photographer. And why are these important? By this point, you’ve managed to…
The Dangers of Pinterest When Planning Your Wedding
Pinterest is awesome! As a bride, groom or couple, I am sure you’ve probably already spent way more time than you’d care to admit to browsing through Pinterest. In fact, you probably have several wedding planning boards set up already. Personally, I get lost going down rabbit holes of discovery, looking for new wedding trends…
Should We Have an Engagement Photoshoot?
Engagement photoshoots are one of those things that many couples feel unsure of. It could be that you are camera shy (it is the number one reason people are nervous) or you just think they are a waste of time. The truth is however, an engagement photoshoot with a professional wedding photographer is a really…
Wedding Albums. Do We Need One?
Should we buy a Wedding album? Yes, we think you should. There, you’ve just heard our wedding album sales pitch. The obvious follow-up question is why? Well, the simple truth is we don’t have one and we regret it. We did our wedding on a micro budget. Favours were called in and we spent hours…
Lincolnshire Wedding Planners. Do I need one?
Are you freshly engaged? Or, you already well underway with you planning? Whichever sounds like you, you’ll have noticed that you can’t spend a lot of time looking at wedding websites without hearing about wedding planners. For a long time, weddings were small and simple affairs that the bride’s mother would organise for them. However,…
The Worst Wedding Advice Ever!
There is a lot of wedding photography advice on the internet. It is guaranteed traffic as couples will always be looking for as much wedding advice as possible. The problem is, as with all advice, some of it is good, some is bad and some is just down right ugly. I recently came across an article…
Lincolnshire Wedding Fairs. Our Top Seven Tips
Well, we did it! We ventured into the world of wedding fairs (or fayres, we’re never sure either). After visiting loads different wedding fairs when we were looking to get married and a few more to decide on where to do our first one as wedding photographers. We finally plumped for the Bailgate Wedding Fayre…
Congratulations, You’re Engaged. Now What?
After months of nerves, excitement and planning the when and how he proposed. You said yes of course and the rest is future history. Congratulations! You are engaged. But now what? What’s next and how do you begin the task of organising your wedding? We have created a list of 12 (because 13 would be…
Photography Restrictions on Your Wedding Day
Today we look at something that you might not want to hear on your wedding day, the word “NO!” When it comes to your wedding, you want everything to go perfectly, but you need to be aware of restrictions, especially where photography is concerned. There are some things that you may not be able to…
The Top Five Tips For Planning Your Wedding
Like many of you reading this, we got engaged over the Christmas holidays. We went to Florida on holiday (Lisa is a total Disney nut) and I, complete with a Mickey Mouse ring, that she still have and cherishes, popped the question in the rose gardens of Cinderella’s Castle. We always joke about how Lisa…
Backing up Your Wedding Photos. AKA Why we Are Nerds About Backups (and why you should care)
Backing up your wedding photos is not cool. It is not anywhere near as cool as a blog post about a styled shoot or some glamorous destination wedding, but it is way more important. This whole post is one that came about due to an email from a previous client who had the worst thing…
