I've found taking pictures to get more difficult as I get older and those tiny little viewers regular cameras have are just impossible anymore. Using a digital camera helps especially if you look for one with a large viewer. With some planning, we should be able to take the pictures of our wedding, or in my case the wedding of one of my children. I've only one left to get married, but I was thinking about doing the pictures myself when he gets married.
To get the wedding camera shots we want we need to do a little advance planning. We need to consult with someone who is knowledgable about cameras and what would be best for our situation and special concerns. We also need to practice with the equipment, so when the day comes no matter how nervous we are it'll be second nature to use our equipment.
Getting children to sit still long enough to take their pictures can be a problem, especially if they are bored and hungry. Bored because a wedding really isn't that exciting to a child and hungry because there is nothing they want to eat. A way to overcome the boredom problem would be to cover child size tables with brown butcher paper and have enough small boxes of crayons for each child to do their artwork on the butcher paper. A little forethought about entertainment for the children will make the event go much smoother. Children are picky eaters and things will go much more smoothly if you take their menu preferences into consideration. Have kid friendly food like hot dogs and chips for them. It'll be worth the little extra work you have to go to make sure they have something they will like to eat.
Be prepared for any type of weather. It would be sad if the bride's dress was ruined because of inclement weather. When making arrangements be sure to prepare for bad weather and hope it's a beautiful sunny day. Golf umbrellas are a good precaution because they are big enough for two, and would make an appealing picture of the newlyweds. Think about mud if you're planning a reception outside and prepare accordingly.
Your pictures will last a lifetime and if the flowers look droopy in your wedding pictures, your pictures won't give you as much pleasure as they would if you weren't reminded of droopy flowers every time you look at the pictures. Might even keep you from wanting to look at them as often as you would if the flowers looked better. Keep the flowers in a cool place away from sunny windows and radiators. Soft flowers like gardenias, lilies of the valley, and tulips are more likely to wilt than sunflowers, gerbera daisies, dahlias, lilies, and hydrangeas which have woody stems. Take good care of your flowers and they'll stand tall. Last, but not least, be sure to wash the vases with bacterial soap so nothing in the container will promote decay.
Be sure to write all details down, even those changes decided over the phone. I don't know about you, but I can't remember all the details. It's easy to get confused about what was agreed on if you don't have it written down. You want all the details in front of you when you go to write out the checks for the bills. Have the vendors e-mail a short note outlining what was agreed on to make sure you and the vendor are on the same page.
If your guests have to travel any distance from the place of the wedding to the location of the reception, be sure each guest understands where they are going and how to get there. Especially those who are from out of town. You don't want to lose any guests, you want them all to be there to celebrate the wonderful occasion.
Be prepared for problems and hope there are none.
Dale L. Edwards
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