Author Archives: Becky

Advice about sharing wedding pictures and other preferences

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Becky

Some great advice about sharing pictures of your wedding dress before the wedding and also everyone taking pictures during the ceremony, from Colin Cowie’s blog: http://www.colincowieweddings.com/articles/wedding-basics-etiquette/wedding-social-media-etiquette?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=howto 1. DON’T share pictures of your dress before the wedding. We girls know there … Continue reading →

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10 Signs You’re With The Person You Should Marry

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Becky

  I love it when people find their THIS-IS-IT, special someone! I saw an article about “Ten Signs You’re With Person You Should Marry” by Laura Donovan and decided it was worth posting a link to this very fun,  but … Continue reading →

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The New Wedding Rules

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Becky

I found this article on CNN regarding the fact that there are no hard-and-fast rules for weddings like there used to be for your grandmothers. http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/04/living/matrimony-martha-wedding-rules/index.html This picture is from one of my all time favorite weddings, small but very … Continue reading →

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WPPI Master of Photography acknowledgment

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Becky

I did not go to an international photography convention called WPPI this year. Wish I had gone. I just found out that I was listed during awards night with some really gifted photographers, as a master photographer. I feel enormously … Continue reading →

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It’s not just about the pictures in looking for your wedding photographer

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Becky

We saw this video recently on a photography forum. It’s a video from a professional videographer who worked at a wedding that included, what we felt, were two really unprofessional, really intrusive photographers, who really made the job of the … Continue reading →

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Remember what is most important about your wedding

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Becky

There was a great article in Huffington by photographer Anne Almasy that I thought should be here, too. Most people don’t realize in looking at Real Weddings in a magazine or online, that those weddings are published primarily because of … Continue reading →

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The Importance Of A Wedding Photographer

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Becky

This was said recently by a bride to a photographer regarding the importance of wedding photography: “You’re not just a wedding photographer . . . You’re a historian . . You’re an archivist . . You leave a permanent addition … Continue reading →

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Your wedding day schedule & how to optimize your photographs!

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Becky

There is a time of day that is called ‘the golden hour’, which is technically an hour before sunset. Sunlight is no longer harsh; photographs taken during this time are usually the most flattering. These things are normally not taken … Continue reading →

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Waffle Wedding Wife

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Becky

Although this has been out for 4 years on youtube, I only just saw it for the first time today. It’s a lot of fun and obviously, they thought so, too!

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7 Ways To Ruin Your Wedding With A Smartphone

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Becky

This one is too good not to share! From a blog by a bridal blogger named Stephanie Herbst, on Huffington Post, March 30, 2013: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephanie-herbst/7-ways-to-ruin-a-wedding-_b_2975552.html I think I would add one more: Don’t stand in the aisle to take a … Continue reading →

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