I think I changed my mind back and forth three times whether or not I would write this post. I guess you are catching me in my more spunky moods! Every bride has some “thing” that is often seen in weddings that bothers her. Whether it be an up and coming trend in the wedding industry that you don’t like, or whether its a commonly accepted tradition that you just don’t accept, every bride has (at least) one “thing” that they have strong feelings against. Something that when they see it, their skin crawls just a little. Now, my hope is that after sharing mine, you wont hate me (even if you don’t agree with me), but will know exactly what I’m talking about and make me feel much less horrible by sharing yours. So are you ready for my confession?
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I should start this post by saying even though I treasure the beautiful photos of mis Abuelos’ from their wedding, when we first started discussing our budget, photography was the first thing we cut. Cherry Dude has been in 7 weddings… he’s a social butterfly, what can I say. I have been in 3 weddings myself. The outcome of being in the wedding party at a collective 10 separate weddings, is a loathing for all things “Cheesy Wedding Photography.” There is nothing worse, to us, than doing the awkward posing that these photographers ask you to do.
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After some nerve-wracking waiting around (our string quartet had not shown up, so our awesome DJ had to improvise ceremony music for us!) it was finally time to start our wedding ceremony.
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Before the ceremony started, I headed back to the house with my brother to keep away from the soon-to-arrive guests. It was the calm before the storm.
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Lilac Dude and I booked a photographer yesterday! One more thing to check off of the list and I love checking things off.
When we met to interview with him we took a list of questions that we had put together with our parents. I wanted to share our questions with you all. Our list looked like this:
- Who will actually be photographing the wedding? We wanted to make sure that the main guy would be there instead of sending someone else.
- How long have you been in business/doing photography? Our parents were wondering about this one the most. If you are helping a friend start up a business that’s totally cool, but if you’re hiring a stranger it’s nice to know about experience.
- How long after our wedding will we receive our photos? We had horror stories from friends who waited 6 months to up to a year and a half.
- What are your cancelation and date change policies? We don’t expect anything to change but it’s nice to know what the plans are if the unexpected does happen.
- What’s your back up system? When my parents got married the photographer lost a whole roll of film. With digital photos that’s less of a concern, however memory cards must be changed and the pictures have to be stored somewhere. Our photographer keeps the cards on his person until he downloads the pictures to two separate computers and stores the cards in a safe. Lilac Dude and I were pretty impressed!
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Having a perfectly even wedding party was something that I thought would be vital to a wedding day. It ends up, having our wedding party perfectly uneven worked out better for us. After the ceremony and before dinner was served, we had a little bit of time to take the wedding party portraits. Granted they weren’t the most formal or organized, but we love how they turned out!
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First of all, thanks for coming around! I know it has been nearly a month since my last post, and I am thankful that you are here to follow this bride’s emotional journey 
The last we left off, I was getting over some bridezilla frustration, and we were just getting started with the portraits. It’s strange thinking back on this time, and although it really was just a photo shoot, it amazes me that it was so relaxing. I look at this next picture, and am just so thankful for my girls. They have been with me through the thick and thin of it all (we grew up together, so when I say “it all”, it really does mean “it all”!) and having them looking GORGEOUS, trudging through a WET farmer’s field on a pretty cold September day, all the while having their show-stopping smiles on, it makes perfect sense why it was so relaxing!
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I am sooooooooooooooooooooooo excited that we got our wedding photos back today!!! Here are just a few of my favorites:
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When considering the location for our engagement photos, it was easy for me and Calla Lily Dude to choose UC Davis because we lived in Davis, CA at the time and met going to college there.
But, I found it was not this easy to find the perfect location to take pictures the day of our wedding… While I love our lake-side venue, the immediate exterior isn’t as picturesque as I would like (and right next to a bird estuary!) and the interior won’t be decorated in time to take pictures before the ceremony.
And lo and behold, the gorgeous lake-view promenade I had my heart set on as perfect location to take pictures before the ceremony…
 from http://www.victorvolta.com …is currently under construction and will not be ready in time for our wedding 
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So one of our photographers (Kevan, of Kevan and Duane from 6:8 Photography) emailed me the other day, to ask me about our plans for photography for the wedding day. He wanted to suggest a location that was spectacular, but needed ~ 35 minutes (and a 4×4) to reach. The pros were… amazing photos, totally different from our engagement pictures, oh, and did I mention spectacular shots?? The cons were… took a bit of time to drive to, which would cut back on the number of shots we got in Fernie, and we needed a 4×4 to get there. BUT, to these I would argue, Fernie is cute and all, but let’s face it, we are there for the mountains, not the 1 street downtown. We got our engagement pics done all urban-ed up, so we really aren’t concerned about getting any skyscrapers in our pictures (of course there aren’t any anyways in Fernie). And is a 4×4 trek on your wedding day ever a con?? I say heck-no, let’s crack a road-pop while we’re at it!! (PS… road poppin in Western Canada is totally legit, although never legal!!)
How spectacular would the shots be you ask?? Well, feast your eyes bride-buds…
(picture borrowed from Kevan’s email, props to 6:8 Photography)
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