Freyday Giveaway
Another Freyday Giveaway!
Here’s a special treat for my fabulous female photographers out there (or guys, if your woman likes photography!) I am so excited to give away this awesome one-size fits all , bling-ed out camera ring! I got mine about 6 months ago and people can’t stop talking about it…so I thought I would spread the love and give one to a special someone today. A random drawing will be held and the winner will be announced on Monday. I’ll mail the ring to you if you’re outside of the Bakersfield area, and if you’re local we can meet for coffee and I’ll give you the ring!
TO WIN: Comment below your answer to this question…..
If you’ve been a bride/groom, planned a wedding, attended a wedding, are a wedding vendor or photographed one as a professional, what is the number one mistake you want other brides to avoid when planning their wedding.
Have a wonderful weekend! I’ll be shooting Wendy and Eric’s wedding at the Noriega house this Sunday…fingers crossed for us that the rain stays away!! Thanks so much for your comments, I look forward to hearing your advice! – Jessica
P.S. I have 3 of these amazing rings to give away in the up coming months, so keep an eye out for another Freyday giveaway soon!
Enjoy the moment – and take LOTS of pictures. After the day is over all you will have left are the memories of your friends and family together and the images captured on ‘film’.
If you don’t have an event coordinator that’s fine, but make SURE you appoint someone as the day of coordinator. You don’t want to be enjoying your dinner, talking to guests AND having to remind someone to pass out the champagne for a toast you’ll have to remind them to start – no fun.
Making a MILITARY rigid timeline! I dread these because when they are too rigid you loose focus of what the day is REALLY about!
ENJOY YOURSELF! Delegate your time before hand, don’t be afraid to ask for help. Do not try and please other people on your day. Relax and enjoy your spouse, family and friends. It’s your agenda for the day, no one else’s… don’t let a timeline stress you out. Be yourself, smile, and let the photographer capture your day exactly how it happens, even if it wasn’t exactly how you thought it was going to pan out!
Definitely be organized and prepped – a wedding coordinator is worth it! 😉 And have fun – and breathe ~ it’ll go by in the blink of an eye.
Don’t skimp on wedding photos & video! I’ve learned from many friends this is something that you should not try to save money on. Your wedding only happens once and you want someone who is going to capture everything because you won’t remember it! The pictures and video are the way for you to “relive” it because it goes by so fast!!
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I have attended a wedding recently and photographed several last year, and the number one mistake I would want brides to avoid as they are planning their wedding would be to make sure they put themselves and their grooms first and don’t feel bad about it! It is the couple’s first day together as husband and wife, so they should make it the best it can be. People shouldn’t worry about what others say is “proper” for a wedding because it isn’t their wedding to plan.
Am I probably excluded from this contest again, but I’ll still participate. 🙂 Every time I wear mine I get compliments!!
The number one mistake I see is couples letting too many people influence their wedding day plans, and giving up their own ideas. Your wedding day is the time for no regrets and make it special.
I just was recently remarried 3 years ago, and had a real wedding this time. My advice to someone getting married would be “Don’t Stress” everything will come together! Have some of your closest friends and family that you trust (not everyone just a few) help you. I am a perfectionist and I was at the hall trying to help set up the day of my wedding when a few friends stepped up and said, “Go and get ready” When I arrived later the Hall was Beautiful.
Make sure you have a fabulous maid of honor. For a recent wedding, the maid of honor put a bag together with “we might need items” and they ended up using everything in that bag. I must say, the bag saved the day!! The maid of honor was definitely a hero!!
Do not forget to Shave… LOL!!!! But seriously, I do not remember a lot because I was too busy trying to entertain my wedding guests, instead of having fun! I agree with Meredith….ENJOY THE DAY!!!!
Put others in charge of the details of the day. They all want to love on and lavish you with help. Let friends go the extra mile for you so you can enjoy your day!
I would have to agree with every post here! I’m not sure I could add too much. From personal experience, don’t skimp on the pictures! You might feel that is a place to cut the budget down, but you will regret it! Keep your eye on the prize – your groom. Remember that this is your day!
Make sure you eat and drink during the day (especially your own wedding cake!)
When the big day comes, DON’T WORRY about the tiny things that didn’t happen according to planned…kinda sticking with Meredith here:: ENJOY your wedding day. It’s the only (first…lol) one you’ll have. <3
So in love with this!! It’s truely beautiful! what a awesome idea! your an artist!! thankyou for sharing all the time, I enjoy looking at all your work!! Jamie Riley
Sorry Jessica I accidently submitted and wasn’t done 🙂 I would like to let the bride to be know that she needs to make sure she does exactly what makes her the happiest when making her choices in her wedding but to also ask her if there was one thing she would like to focus and spend more on what would that be? I would let her know with her wedding will be all kinds of precious memories but the one thing you can take with you forever are her photos! she can go back and look at them for yrs to come and always remember that special day! The special day will be captured through a lense and that you can bet on!! Thankyou Jamie Riley
Please let a pro do your photography!
Don’t be afraid to ask the photographer for certain poses. i really wish i had gotten more whimsical pictures! 🙁
I know it’s hard as a bride when planning such an important event to think of everything..but organization is really a must with me! I think it’s great when people have lists…it helps everyone know whats going on…I had a bride print out a list of everyone she wanted photos with following the ceremony and it took literally maybe ten minutes to take her entire families photos because she was that organized…I am not saying everyone has to be a photo nazi (lol) as far as being super organized- but that really helped my job and in the end helped the bride/groom get amazing shots because they opted to wait to see eachother until after the wedding so it gave us more time to photograph them as a couple and really focus on not rushing 🙂
I’ve attended and photographed a wedding. I Would say brides, you are going to cherish this day for the rest of you life and you are going to want the best of picture. Photography shouldn’t be a thing that you use to safe money if that makes sense. I personally think that the photography is almost as important as the venue. You will be happy in 10 years that you spent a little more then you should have and got amazing pictures.
Brides-have a list ready of all groups that need to be photographed together (generations, siblings, great grandparents, etc.) on your special day. This will make everything so much easier, less hectic, and save time for both you and your photographer! 🙂
Don’t let yourself become overwhelmed! There’s so much going on on your wedding day it’s easy to focus just on the details. Take the time to slow down, pause, look around you. Consciously enjoy the moment. I remember on my wedding day, my dad said to me right before we walked down the aisle, “Kara, let’s just go slow and enjoy the moment, ok?” Because he said that I was really able to ingest the moment and remembered to slow down and enjoy the rest of the day!
I would say on the day of the event. Don’t worry about the little things that didn’t go they way you expected. Enjoy the day and remember what the day is about. Marrying the person you will love unconditionally. Some of the best things is to embrace the unexpected. 🙂
Don’t let yourself get overwhelmed! It’s easy to focus just on the details and lose sight of the big picture. Take the time to pause and consciously enjoy the moment. I remember on my wedding day my dad said to me as we began to walk down the aisle, “Kara, let’s just go slow. Let’s enjoy this moment.” I will never forget that, and it reminded me to slow down and enjoy the rest of the day!
I would tell them to make sure to not rush the photographers. After the day is over, their pictures are the only real tangible memories from that day.
People will wait and they expect to wait…
Say Cheese : )
I have two things, 1) Make sure to not skimp out on the photographer or a videographer, if you are going to have one! These photos will be what brings back all of the memories for years to come. Ask to see their portfolio.
2) Make the wedding YOUR own! Do what you want with the wedding, it is the brides special day!
I absolutely loved my wedding, but the one thing I would say…and do say…is don’t forget to get pics of you and your hub! Seems obvious but we only ended up with our first look shots that were his back and my face or vice versa.