Marguerite
Active Member
Just a thought, on the reception - we saved on money for a photographer by asking a friend to do it. We also didn't want posed shots (apart from one outside the church) because we wanted the day to be recorded as it was, not for the day to be organised to suit what the photographer wanted it to be. So the only posed photos were the very few we asked for. As a result, the photos are more natural, not 'posed'.
But something I've seen done several times now - a disposable camera on each table at the reception, with a note to use the camera to take whatever photos we thought would be good - photos from the point of view of our table. So we took photos of each other, photos of the next table while they took photos of us, plus our photos of the bride and groom from our vantage point and when they mingled in our direction.
The bridal couple then got all the cameras developed, and the photos they got were a true and accurate records of the wedding reception. Again, cheaper than a photographer, and more fun (because they were in the wedding with us, not off somewhere getting hours of photos taken).
The bloke who was our photographer - he was the husband of the maid of honour, so he would have been on his own anyway as he wasn't in the bridal party (not his scene). And at their wedding, the reception carried on mostly in their absence because the photographer had them in the next room with a string of wedding guests all lining up to have their photos taken with the bride and groom. It was interminable, they missed a good two thirds of their own wedding reception because it seemed EVERYBODY felt they should have their photo taken with the bride and groom. They were tired, they were on their feet, their cheeks were cramping from constant smiling, AND THEY WERE MISSING THEIR OWN WEDDING RECEPTION! AND paying for the privilege.
I remembered a cousin going through the same thing, and I also remembered wedding parties I'd been in, where I'd been fed up with all the folderol over getting the photos done. A tweak of a dress here; a curl pinned back in place there; flowers needing to be turned a little more to the left; oh dear, someone blinked let's do it again; and so on. Ghastly.
So put the money saved on not having a photographer, into the cash reserves the couple needs.
Marg
But something I've seen done several times now - a disposable camera on each table at the reception, with a note to use the camera to take whatever photos we thought would be good - photos from the point of view of our table. So we took photos of each other, photos of the next table while they took photos of us, plus our photos of the bride and groom from our vantage point and when they mingled in our direction.
The bridal couple then got all the cameras developed, and the photos they got were a true and accurate records of the wedding reception. Again, cheaper than a photographer, and more fun (because they were in the wedding with us, not off somewhere getting hours of photos taken).
The bloke who was our photographer - he was the husband of the maid of honour, so he would have been on his own anyway as he wasn't in the bridal party (not his scene). And at their wedding, the reception carried on mostly in their absence because the photographer had them in the next room with a string of wedding guests all lining up to have their photos taken with the bride and groom. It was interminable, they missed a good two thirds of their own wedding reception because it seemed EVERYBODY felt they should have their photo taken with the bride and groom. They were tired, they were on their feet, their cheeks were cramping from constant smiling, AND THEY WERE MISSING THEIR OWN WEDDING RECEPTION! AND paying for the privilege.
I remembered a cousin going through the same thing, and I also remembered wedding parties I'd been in, where I'd been fed up with all the folderol over getting the photos done. A tweak of a dress here; a curl pinned back in place there; flowers needing to be turned a little more to the left; oh dear, someone blinked let's do it again; and so on. Ghastly.
So put the money saved on not having a photographer, into the cash reserves the couple needs.
Marg