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5 Tips for Getting Perfect Wedding Photos
Are you in the process of planning your wedding? Working with your wedding photographer is an important part of your big day. Here are a few important tips to help make sure you get the perfect wedding photos...more
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Top 5 Engagement Photo Session Questions
Engagement photo sessions are usually the fist time a newly engaged couples work with their professional photographer. Often, it is also the first time you and your fiance have photos taken together. Here are the top 5 questions couples ask (or should ask) themselves and their photographer to get the most out of their engagement photo session....more
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How Many Photos should your Photographer Take?
How many photos do I take? How many do you want? I know that I'm not supposed to answer a question with a question but it's a question I get asked all the time. That's probably because it can be measured, like my fee or how many hours I stay at a wedding. Easy questions. Trouble is, it's tough to answer. So before I answer it, let's think about the question...more
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Creative Engagement Photos
Engagement shoots have become widely popular among newly engaged couples, and almost all of them want something different and unique. The best way to achieve that is to make it personal and have fun. That is when the best and most creative photographs are taken. Engagement photo sessions are supposed to be casual and relaxed so in this case, sticking to your comfort zone is perfectly fine......more
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Wedding Portraits can be Candid
There are posed portraits and there candid portraits. The latter description is not an oxymoron, it's a label I have for portraits that are captured in a photojournalistic style. They've been around since Cartier-Bresson invented the photojournalism and, of course, the former has been with us since the invention of the camera....more
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Valentines Day Wedding Ideas
Are you getting married on Valentines Day? You can't get more romantic than that! Even if you don't tie the knot on that actual day, you can use a Valentines day theme which will still have that romantic effect....more
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St Patricks Day Wedding Ideas
St Patricks day is a great time to celebrate Celtic heritage and have a great time with family and friends. What a wonderful time to celebrate a wedding! We put together a few tips and advice to help you with your planning! more
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Ideas for a Perfect Bridal Shoot
You've selected your wedding photographer and now it's time for your bridal shoot. So many questions to answer and it isn't even your wedding day yet! Here is some advice for the perfect bridal shoot....more
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What Photography Style is Right for Your Wedding?
Finding your photographer is like going through a visual/verbal maze. There are more labels than you can shake a stick at, as my dad used to say. One problem is that there is a belief that photographers' styles fall crisply into neat groupings, like traditional, photojournalistic, fashion, etc.....more
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Setting up a list of 'Have-To' Photos
In spite of the popularity of the 'capture the moment' photojournalistic style, group shots will remain important and wanted by brides, families and wedding guests. It's these group shots and 'have to' shots that have given brides plenty of stress, and photographers plenty of lists for the day....more
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Effective Makeup Techniques for Great Photos
Is it really true that you need to pile on foundation so thick you need a chisel to scrape it off, or lipstick so dark it appears you drank a can of brick paint so you don't look "washed out"? Of course not!...more
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Photographers & Videographers; helping them work well together
Have you ever tried to make dinner, and someone keeps coming in and eats your ingredients before you can put the recipe together? I can make great pasta, but if someone keeps eating the sauce before I can pour it on the noodles, you won't be impressed. This is what happens when a photographer and videographer don't work well together....more
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Wedding Reception Format / Timeline
Planning your wedding timeline is easy with this example of a typical wedding reception format, including introductions, cake cutting, toasts, special dances and more...more
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Brides: What is Wedding Photojournalism?
Wedding Photojournalism is an increasingly popular style of wedding photography today. Brides who choose photojournalists to capture their wedding day feel the traditional photography style is stale and old, they are looking for something new and different...more
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Brides: What is Traditional Wedding Photography?
Traditional or Classic wedding photography was the first in the history of wedding photography styles and probably the most common style used today. This is a timeless style that you have seen time and time again in wedding albums....more
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Brides: Learn some Basic Photography Terminology
When searching for the right wedding photographer, you'll need to know some basic photography terminology. First you'll need to consider the style of photography you want. Two of the most popular are traditional and photojournalism.......more
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Your Wedding Photography Budget - Ways to Save
Your wedding photography is arguably one of the most important wedding planning decisions you will make as a bride - after all, once the plates are cleared and the flowers die - all you'll have left of your wedding day is the photographs. Bottom line - scrimp on photography, and you'll regret it forever. ...more
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