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Wedding Photographer – Monterey

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The final day has come for Steve and Janet’s wedding in Monterey. As you remember, I photographed their engagement session last June.

It was an hour drive from San Jose to get to Monterey. This was my last wedding for the season. What else can I ask for when the party is taking place in one of the most beautiful area in California. Not only that, the ceremony was located in a historically church – Mission San Carlos (if you want to long offical name: San Car

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Seating Tips For Engagement Party and Wedding Reception Planning For Brides and Grooms

The Terrace Room at the Lake Merritt Hotel wedding

Planning wedding reception seating tips. Assigned sitting at your wedding is not mandatory. However, most brides and grooms prefer it, but are clueless about all the details they need to consider. If you are looking for the details you will need to know for preparing your Reception such as deciding who will sit where, arranging your Seating chart and informing your guests, this article is for you. Keep reading!

Most brides and grooms prefer assigned seating because:

Guests prefer to be told where to sit rather than search for seats to occupy because it is less stressful,
Having assigned seats is more efficient and will eliminate possible confusion at the reception.
Seating tables with people who know each other will make them comfortable. However, it will not do much to encourage mingling.
Be sure to assign at least a few people who are familiar per table because a table where no one knows anyone else might be a bit intimidating for most people!
Unless guests seated at a table are related, assign guests by approximate ages and interests as common denominators, so that they will be likely to get along and have fun!

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What to Ask Your Wedding Photographer

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Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Questions are GOOD! The more questions you ask, the more involved you become, the more informed both you and your photographer are, the smoother the process will be.

I love it when I get ‘fussy’ brides. It means that I know exactly what they want, they feel assured I know what they want – the more demanding the bride before the day, the better I like it!

So here’s my top ten questions to ask:

1 – Will you adjust your style to suit what I want?

Answer – within reason. Any professional photographer would rather pass a non-fitting client on to a more-suited colleague than try and be something they are not, just to keep a job. But flexibility is of course essential, too! Be sure before you meet that the photographer’s style is what you are looking for – and if you change your mind whilst viewing more of their work, do not be afraid to say so. It saves everyone time!

2 – What is your method of working on the day?

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Fall Wedding Tips and Ideas for Your Wedding

Round Hill Country Club wedding

Autumn, what a romantic, wonderful time to get married! Whether you want your autumn wedding to be very formal, most casual or somewhere in between, you have an enormous variety of possibilities. It is harvest time. The summer heat is gone. Yet the days are still warm and sunny. The leaves are turning into an incredible array of colors and as they fall off the trees, create a soft, lush colorful carpet. Hall………………………………

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Traditional Filipino Wedding

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A traditional wedding held in the Philippines is a venue that we all take advantage of to pay the most influential people in our lives utmost respect and value. This custom, usually staged by beautiful flower arrangements, decadent food, and elegant clothing, makes it absurdly difficult for to-be-wed couples to limit their number of guests as they tend to give every single person they look up to a role in their weddings – the beginning of another chapter in their lives.

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