Get past grin and bear it: 8 wedding photographer secrets for less sucky family portraits
Sober, and with blood sugar crashing, I can’t think of a better way than a formal photo session to torment family members who just want to get to the reception to party and eat.
How to make your photographer feel like a friend-tographer
I’m Angie Gaul, I am an avid Offbeat Bride reader, and have been since I started planning my own wedding way back in 2007. I keep coming back because I love the community here, along with the other Offbeat Wives who still read after their weddings. I love weddings, obviously, and I love learning about people’s cultures and subcultures, and I really love the respectful tone and intelligent level of commentary and discussion that Ariel, Megan, and the rest of the team work so hard to maintain.
I read the same articles you do, so I know that Offbeat Bride readers are really debating going back and forth between having a friend take their photos and a vendor. I so get this. That’s why I try to offer the best of both worlds…
4 sad-but-true reasons to turn your wedding pics into OMG REAL LIFE ACTUAL photo prints
As a wedding photographer, I hear these two statements all of the time: “we aren’t worried about prints right now” or “we will order prints after the wedding.” Here’s why you should think about going through the pain-in-the-ass process of turning that convenient USB drive into real life wedding prints…
Who cares who leads? Non-gendered first dance ideas for all
My brother-in-law — who has never danced himself — once told me that it is only natural in dancing that the man leads and the woman follows. Having taught many partner dance classes, from Swing to French Folk, I can tell you that that is completely and utterly untrue. Of course there is nothing wrong with the “man leads, woman follows shuffle”-type first dance, but not every wedding involves one man and one woman. And even for those who do, there are many options beyond the traditional first dance…