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03-27-2004, 04:01 PM

That dress is gorgeous,
and congratulations!

My long-time friend is getting married this fall, I'm excited!

Advice- think things through slowly, make sure you're getting exactly what you want. Pay attention to details, don't wait on the last minute for ANYTHING.
My parents are professional photographers. My dad takes the pics while my mother organizes & arranges poses and helps aleviate the bride & grooms' nerves as much as possible. She also sells invitations. I work with her.
Invitations to be sent out 4-6 weeks before the wedding. Get response cards if you are having a buffet-style reception. They will need a head-count. And it's totally ettiquette to designate someone who's good on the phone to call those who did not respond by the requested date and ask if they will be able to attend and how many people.
Make sure you have a wonderful, non-anonymous professional photographer who will hold your negatives for you so that you will be assured a) a place to have them developed, b) quality photo prints made. No offense to the amateurs out there, but they will give you the 35mm negs, not as nice quality and you will have to go somewhere professional anyways to get decent quality pics made. Might as well do professional from the get-go. Trust me, my brother had his wife's friend take the pics and just gave them the negs to develop. They dropped them off at a drug store and the quality was really poor (e.i. shadows on faces), also the lighting and posing were not very well planned out, but decent. I give the friend props.
Don't sweat the small stuff, it will all come together in the end.
It is your day and it will be perfect. ENJOY!

03-27-2004, 04:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
:::OshnSoul::: Guest	That dress is gorgeous, and congratulations! My long-time friend is getting married this fall, I'm excited! Advice- think things through slowly, make sure you're getting exactly what you want. Pay attention to details, don't wait on the last minute for ANYTHING. My parents are professional photographers. My dad takes the pics while my mother organizes & arranges poses and helps aleviate the bride & grooms' nerves as much as possible. She also sells invitations. I work with her. Invitations to be sent out 4-6 weeks before the wedding. Get response cards if you are having a buffet-style reception. They will need a head-count. And it's totally ettiquette to designate someone who's good on the phone to call those who did not respond by the requested date and ask if they will be able to attend and how many people. Make sure you have a wonderful, non-anonymous professional photographer who will hold your negatives for you so that you will be assured a) a place to have them developed, b) quality photo prints made. No offense to the amateurs out there, but they will give you the 35mm negs, not as nice quality and you will have to go somewhere professional anyways to get decent quality pics made. Might as well do professional from the get-go. Trust me, my brother had his wife's friend take the pics and just gave them the negs to develop. They dropped them off at a drug store and the quality was really poor (e.i. shadows on faces), also the lighting and posing were not very well planned out, but decent. I give the friend props. Don't sweat the small stuff, it will all come together in the end. It is your day and it will be perfect. ENJOY! Last edited by :::OshnSoul:::; 03-27-2004 at 04:04 PM..