We have booked our photographer! After much research, meetings and discussions, we have chosen the photographer who will cover our day - Paul Pope. If you would like to take a look at his work, please visit: www.paulpopephotography.co.uk.
We really like Paul's fresh approach and the way he seems to capture special moments as they happen - and unbeknownst to the guests!
We will be having a mixture of the formal family / group shots after the ceremony and reportage shots throughout the day, from when we are finishing getting ready and the guests start to arrive, through to the end of the wedding breakfast. The photography is a key element for us as it is how we will remember the day, and rather than having an album put together by the photographer, we will be doing our own and getting creative with tissue paper, glue and confetti! We want to create more of a storybook/scrapbook of the wedding, and will include our invitations, place settings, photos, cards etc. to make something really special.
There's lots of places where you can create your own printed photobook too, which we will be doing as a gift to our families, but will also have a CD with over 400 images from the day which we can copy for anyone else who wants them. We will post the best bits on this site, and encourage you to do the same with your own snaps as we know we have a few aspiring David Bailey's out there!
And remember, when the day comes, don't forget to say cheese!
Weddings, weddings, weddings! It really has been the season to say 'I do' recently and it's turned me into a bit of a wedding snoop...
We've been to two weddings over the past few weeks and had a lovely time, plus it has given us a real life insight to things we might have overlooked; i.e. having music in the background whilst guests are waiting for the ceremony to begin, how guests need to be entertained between the photos and the meal and getting the balance right when watching the pennies. It's only when you go to a wedding that these little elements come to your attention - we have already made a lot of choices when it comes to processional and recessional music, readings, table pieces, unique favours and other special touches, but there are some practical things you don't realise until you are a guest yourself.
It's almost a year to go now and we have a really good idea of how the day will go, how it will look, how much fun you will all have with us etc. so as soon as the new year comes round, we'll be able to get on with a lot more of the ideas.
We'll be off to the wedding show at the NEC again in October - can't hurt to get together even more ideas! - and have started looking at possible honeymoon locations now too, with Austria being a particular favourite at the moment... As long as there is lots to do, beautiful scenery to see and we can jet away a day or two after the wedding, we'll be a very happy Mr and Mrs!
