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10 Tips for the Perfect Wedding Day
10 Tips On How to Have the Perfect Wedding Day
The perfect wedding day starts with the bride and groom’s mindset, and who they are as people. It has nothing to do with having the right wedding dress, tuxedo, how many people tune into the live feed of your wedding, or some other “tangible” thing. The best Brides and Grooms who are beautiful on the inside: seek to be their authentic selves, and put people first and above things. This thought process transcends into beautiful energy in the room, and by extension beautiful photographs. If you had to sum up our photography style it can be described as: “real people photographed during real moments.”
With that said, here are 10 tips to have the perfect wedding day:
1. GET TO KNOW YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER’S PERSONALITY, CONNECT, DEVELOP TRUST, & LOVE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER
Trust and connection are the most important ingredients you need to create beautiful wedding photographs. Go ahead read that sentence again! An artist’s personality, the things they believe as well as, the things that affected them yesterday, all influence the type of art they will create for you. Therefore, it is imperative that you get to know Ade and connect with him. When a connection happens trust develops, and trust is the gateway to great images. The way to start this process is to have an extended conversation, meet for coffee, or best is to book an engagement session. Your experience is our number 1 priority, therefore if we love each other the art will be excellent.
2. SHOW US YOUR AUTHENTIC & VULNERABLE SELVES: DROP YOUR CURATED SELF IMAGE
“What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.” – Brene Brown.
- OUR PHILOSOPHY: We believe that real life is f**king beautiful! We believe your vulnerable and authentic self is your most beautiful self. We are non judgmental. We will show you our authentic selves, our imperfections, and our vulnerabilities–we expect to see and photograph yours. We believe that the human body and human relationships are imperfectly perfect. You are beautiful as you are: your double chin, dad-bod, bloodshot finger, breast tape, hairy back, baby fat, “shotgun wedding”/pregnant belly, one small breast and one large breast, man boobs, missing eye, balding hairline, missing tooth, fat arms, breast milk stained robe, drunk disgruntled father, stained teeth, smoking marijuana etc…etc. (all things we have seen and photographed). These are all undeniably beautiful, so we photograph you as you are, we are not hiding it, nor are we photoshopping it. We BELIEVE that you, your partner, your family, friends, and guest are as are beautiful as you are!
3. BE PATIENT, COOPERATIVE, & JOVIAL
A great photograph/art piece takes TIME & PATIENCE to crate; they do not happen in a single snap. Our creativity is a matter of specificity with targeted focus and intention. A jovial attitude in addition to patience and cooperation will yield the kind of art that you see on our website.
4. ATTENTION TO LIGHTS & DETAILS
LIGHT MATTERS: photography means to write with light; good photography is a matter of good light. 1) RECEPTION LIGHTING: You may hire a lighting company or decorate your ceremony and reception with lots of lights: chandeliers, candles, Christmas lights, string lights, and up-lighting: blue, purple, and red photographs well. On the other hand, yellow and green uplighting does not look as pleasing in photographs. As for Laser Lights, they don’t photograph well at all, these should be an absolute no in regards to weddings, they also damage our cameras. 2) AMBIENT LIGHTING: if you select a particular location for your makeup & hair, family, or couple photographs and it does not have good light or a pleasing background, we will let you know and suggest the best area based on our expertise; it is best that you adhere to our advice.
5. LIVE IN THE MOMENT
On your wedding day, we advise you to care more about having a good time, rather than focusing your attention on your decor, clothing, social media, or what your guest thinks about you, etc. Murphy’s Law is very applicable to weddings: what can go wrong, will go wrong. The solution is to “roll with the punches,” and live in the moment.
6. BE COMFORTABLE IN YOUR OWN SKIN
A bride and groom who is comfortable with their bodies and the way they look are the easiest to photograph and make the best photographs. The thing you are insecure about, typically other people aren’t thinking about it, it’s mostly just you. Dismiss whatever it is and live in the moment!
7. GENUINE PEOPLE IN YOUR WEDDING PARTY
You should only have people in your wedding party who you know are genuinely happy for you. They will support you and said happiness will show in your photographs.
8. HIRE A WEDDING PLANNER
A wedding has hundred of moving parts, vendors, and personalities trying to come together to make a smooth event. First, understand the maître d’ at your venue is not a wedding planner, they have completely different roles. A wedding planner will handle all your logistics, and MOST importantly your potential stress, and ensure the wedding day goes smoothly. If you try to handle all those moving parts by yourself it will lead to stress. A stressed-out bride or groom typically cannot relax for their photographs. You can hire a full wedding planner to do everything, or hire them for the month/week of your wedding, or just for the day of your wedding.
9. INVITE CHILDREN AND OLD FOLKS
At the beginning of life (children) and the later stages of life (older folks), we are our most authentic selves. Children make some amazingly-momentous and unscripted photographs if they are allowed to freely roam and be themselves.
10. UNPLUGGED WEDDING
Ask your guests to put away their cell phones and cameras during the ceremony. This allows them to actively observe and be present in the moment for you, rather than passively observe from behind a cell phone or camera.
BONUS TIP: HAVE FUN!
Play music during your hair and makeup prep, dance, play games, sing, toast, joke with your groom’s men, and bridal party. At your ceremony make it uniquely you, don’t let tradition confine you. At your reception dance and sweat with your partner, your siblings, your grandparents, friends, and children in attendance like nobody is watching you. You should genuinely hug your friends and family and kiss your partner like it was the last time. At your reception: champagne splash, limbo, breakdance, have steel pans, Chinese dragons, or whatever is authentically you. Because you only have one day to do this, and 50 years from now, you should say to each other “we had fun.”
