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“What amazing photos!”
by Mark Hillis, Unveiled Wedding Photography

What amazing photos. Words that every bride wants to hear after sharing pictures of her wedding day. However, navigating the photography market to find a photographer that will deliver a product that will garner such a response can be a tricky and sometimes confusing journey. By following a few tips, being aware of some things to look for and some key questions to ask, you can make your search more focused on finding a photographer that will give you the results that you desire.

1. Ask their experience level. Being the main photographer is much different than being an assistant or a second shooter, and unless they have done a lot of weddings as the main/primary photographer it will show in your images and how well they keep your timeline on track. Inexperience can lead not only to poor quality photos, but can result in missed moments and a delayed time line causing overtime to your other vendors if the photographer holds everything up. Look for someone with at least 100 weddings under their belt where they were the lead photographer. Like any profession, more experience equals a higher probability of success.

2. Look at a lot of work from the photographers you are considering, not just the “best of” on their website. Think of on line web galleries like you do a movie trailer. It shows a few best snippets from the event, but doesn't’t always give an accurate account of the “full length feature”. Ask the photographer you are considering if you can see two or three full weddings. Most photographers can provide you a link to view these images, and shouldn't’t hesitate to do so as this will allow you to see the consistency of their work and their ability to capture the whole day, not just a couple “web worthy” shots.

2. Look at a lot of work from the photographers you are considering, not just the “best of” on their website. Think of on line web galleries like you do a movie trailer. It shows a few best snippets from the event, but doesn't’t always give an accurate account of the “full length feature”. Ask the photographer you are considering if you can see two or three full weddings. Most photographers can provide you a link to view these images, and shouldn't’t hesitate to do so as this will allow you to see the consistency of their work and their ability to capture the whole day, not just a couple “web worthy” shots.

Ceremonies by Nancy Turner, Wedding Officiant




The wedding season in California extends beyond October and continues in full swing. Destination Weddings in Napa County account for more than half of all marriage licenses issued by the county and in the busy season that number is closer to two-thirds. Couples coming from out of state often bring wedding parties and numerous guests with them for a full week of activities in the wine country, in San Francisco, at the coast or up in the mountains. Couples also elope to Napa from other California Counties with the advantage of having a much more pleasant experience purchasing their marriage license from a small county with amiable clerks to assist them.

I meet many couples that want to step outside the proverbial box and choose a ceremony that will complement their vision and lifestyle instead of following tradition. In response to this trend, and because I believe that words are free and are meant to be shared, I include many ceremony samples on my website. Couples choose ceremony styles and then decide on segments or pieces, poems and blessings to create their envisioned experience.

Within my website, on the page named “Alternative Elements” you will come across segments including a Sand Ceremony, a Wine Ceremony, a traditional Unity Candle segment, an example of a vow to an existing child, the Four Directions Ceremony or a piece called Centering.

When we begin creating a ceremony I ask the couple to peruse the samples and choose the styles that demonstrate their preference for:
• How their guests are greeted; this frequently includes references to loved ones who have passed on

• If they want to describe their histories, their dreams, why they were drawn to each other and maybe the symbolism of their chosen ceremony location

• Including a statement of intention that might also incorporate a reading that demonstrates how the bride and groom relate to the importance of sharing their intention in the presence of their guests
• Their preferred vow type – to repeat, speak or read pre-written vows
• The manner in which they will exchange their rings and the words used to describe the rings as reminders of their committed union
• Deciding if they want a poem; possibly read by a member of the wedding party, a family member or the officiant
• How the pronouncement will be made

Next, the selections are ‘word-smithed’ into a draft for editing and for the assurance that a gentle flow has been attained. With a final version that speaks to their heart, I fashion a comb-bound, keepsake memento booklet from which the ceremony is read and which the couple saves, maybe to read again on each anniversary!

I invite you to view my website, and all of its pages, at www.aceremonyoflove.com and offer you blessings as you make perfect choices for the creation of your public vows
as they will set the atmosphere for you to follow your dreams and proceed down your new path of commitment!

A Ceremony of Love
Nancy Turner, Wedding Officiant
celebrant@aceremonyoflove.com
www.aceremonyoflove.com

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