Wedding Photography

It is the day of your wedding, everything has been perfect, from first thing this morning, when your hairdresser and make up lady turned up on time, you were feeling nervous that something could go wrong, but so far all was well. All is going to plan, you are on time and look out of this world in your wedding dress, and the bridesmaids look so sweet in their outfits. The time to depart to the church draws near, you are nervous again, where is the photographer, but your worries are unfounded, as there is a knock on the door and there he is. The pictures are taken in the house, and when leaving to get into the Open Top Horse Drawn Carriage, the sun is shining, things could not be better. On the way to the church everybody is turning their heads to look, you are so happy but still with butterflies in your stomach. You arrive at the church, the wedding photographer is there ready to take more pictures of your arrival, and of you disembarking the carriage and walking into the church and down the aisle, where again you begin to feel those butterflies in your stomach, until you are standing next to your intended who smiles sweetly at you and you begin to feel more relaxed. The wedding service goes extremely well, and the photographer has taken some meaningful pictures. Now all that there is to do is to sign the register, pose for more pictures and then it is back to the reception with your husband. After more pictures arriving at the reception, and some of everybody sitting down at the tables, the photographer departs to get his photographs developed to enable him to return with proofs for your guests to be able to order their favourite wedding pictures. Everything during the day has been perfect, your worries that something could go wrong seem to be unfounded.
I was recently at a wedding, and when the wedding photographer returned with the proofs, as good as the pictures were, they were extremely expensive for the guests to purchase, which resulted in most of the guests not buying all the pictures they wanted, so the perfect day was scarred by some ill feeling by the guests, (I would say no-one mentioned this to the bride so she was totally unaware of the situation). With digital photography in the forefront nowadays, it is a good idea to employ a wedding photographer that takes digital images for two reasons, no cost on film and the photographer can supply all the wedding pictures on disc, enabling printing to be done at any printing shop, this results in the cost of your wedding photographer being lower, and your guests will pay less for the pictures they want.

For details of a digital wedding photographer based in Essex England follow the link below.

White Satin Photography

Wedding Invitations

Before ordering your wedding stationery, there is a lot to think through, such as what items of stationery you require, how many of each one etc. There are countless items of wedding stationery including, day invitations, evening invitations, reply cards, thank you cards, as well as items for the table which can be matching such as serviettes, serviette rings, place cards and many more. Initially the most important items to think of first are the invitations and reply cards. Once you have decided on your guest list and you know how many invitations you require, it is a good idea to add ten to the quantity you order, this will cover you should any be spoilt when completing them, plus if you get any unable to attend replies, you have some spare should you decide to invite someone else. When deciding on the numbers, remember that only 1 invitation is sent to a couple, and often if the whole family is being invited 1 invitation may be sufficient.

Once the quantity of invitations is known, remember not to leave the ordering until the last minute, you must have time to fill them out and post them, in time for the guest to send an RSVP, as this could affect arrangements you may have for the wedding breakfast. Other items can be ordered closer to the wedding day, but not left too late that you finish up in a panic.

Wedding Invitation Wordings

When ordering wedding invitations, it is necessary to decide what wordings are to be used, apart from whether it will be formal or informal there are many situations that are not the norm, examples of which are listed below:-
• One or both parents deceased.
• Parents separated or divorced.
• Parent remarried.
• Bride estranged from parents.
• Second marriage.
• Invitation to reception of marriage already taken place.
• Bride may wish for really personal wording reflecting her feelings for her intended.
No matter what the situation, there are wordings that will fit the occasion admirably, so there is no need to worry. If you order the stationery from a recognised supplier of wedding stationery, there are normally examples in the stationery sample books, however should you wish to order from an independent printer, or decide that you wish to print your own on your computer from the many templates available on the web, visit my web site to request a FREE sheet with all the sample wordings that you are likely to require.

Invitation Wordings

Traditional Invitation Wording

• Normal Traditional Wording

Mr. & Mrs. John Smith
request the pleasure
of the company of

____________________________
At the marriage of their daughter
Sarah Louise
to
Mr. Anthony John Simmons
at St. Mary’s Church, Knightsbridge
on Saturday 18th September
at 2.30 p.m.
and afterwards at
The Mayfair Hotel

• Alternative without guests names

Alternative without guest’s names
Mr. & Mrs. John Smith
request the pleasure
of your company
At the marriage of their daughter
Sarah Louise
to
Mr. Anthony John Simmons
at St. Mary’s Church, Knightsbridge
on Saturday 18th September
at 2.30 p.m.
and afterwards at
The Mayfair Hotel

• For marriages at licensed venue (England & Wales)

Mr. & Mrs. John Smith

request the pleasure of your company

at the marriage of their daughter

Sarah Loiuse

to

Mr. Anthony John Simmons

at Whitley Priory, Chelmsford, Essex,

on Saturday 18th September

at 2.30 p.m.

followed by a reception.

• Evening Invitation

Mr. & Mrs. John Smith

request the pleasure of your company

at an evening reception

to celebratethe marriage of their daughter

Sarah Louise

to

Mr. Anthony John Simmons

at Whitley Priory, Chelmsford, Essex

on Saturday 18th September

at 8 o'clock.