Wedding Day Tips You Need to Hear

Because you want your wedding day to reflect you at your very best

The bits that really matter

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Plan to spend as much time together as you can

I know this sounds simple, but trust me when I say it’s so easy to get pulled in different directions, only coming together for the set pieces – sit down meal, cake cut and first dance. If you’re getting ready separately that first look as you set eyes on each other coming down the aisle, is so emotional. Then bang, ceremony done, reception is full blast and everyone want to congratulate you, grabbing one of you for a photo, catching up with school or uni mates. Suddenly the day is almost over and you’ve hardly spoken to each other

Your wedding isn’t a photoshoot – it’s a party

This is a big one. Your best photos happen when you’re actually living your day, not when you’re constantly being pulled out of it.

To end up with the most natural, joyful images, make sure you stay present, don’t rush everything, and trust that the best bits will be captured, that’s why you chose your photographer. There’s no need to perform for the camera, simply enjoy each other. I’m there to take care of everything else

Take a step back

Build breathing space into your timeline

The little details will take longer than you expect. Buttons, ties, hugs, speech run throughs, nerves, lost shoes, gangling emotions. What might feel like just a few seconds, ends up as minutes and they all add up. Having a few well timed downtime moments means you don’t have to panic if something runs over. It also means that you both have time to actually enjoy and feel the moment. And honestly, better photos because you’re stressed that the clock is ticking.

If you’re ever unsure, ask me for help planning timings; I’ve done quite a lot of it, quietly unobtrusively but professionally.
Your engagement photos will be loosely posed, but they won’t feel posed at all — because you’ll be relaxed, chatting, laughing and just being yourselves. That’s when the magic happens

Choose your suppliers because you like them too

You’ll spend most of the day with your photographer, more than anyone else on your wedding day. Next comes your planner,  videographer, hairdresser and MUA. Before you sign on the dotted line, do your research to ensure their experience is right up there, but importantly their style matches your dream and so does their energy.

Ask yourself

• Do they make us feel calm?

• Do we trust them?

• Can we be yourselves around them?

If the answers are yes, your day will be the best you ever dreamed it could be

Let things happen naturally

Don’t over think the small stuff

Place names go missing. Flowers are the wrong pink. Or god forbid the cake isn’t exactly how you remember it when you first saw it on Pinterest at 2am almost 18 months ago.

I promise you this: none of that will matter as no one will notice. What does matter is:

• how you felt

• who was there

• and the very best memories were made

Let the little things go. They’re rarely the story.

Weather is not the enemy

Rainy weddings? Windy weddings? Grey-sky weddings? Snowy weddings?

Honestly – some of my favourite images come from them.

Bad weather forces people closer together. It creates movement, laughter and atmosphere. Umbrellas appear. Hair gets messy. Everyone leans in a bit more. Your shoes may have seen better days by the end, but they won’t mind and neither should you; embrace the day for what it brings

Perfect weather is lovely.

Unexpected weather is memorable.

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