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…
Don’t let these 10 wedding photographer pet peeves mess with your photos
Wedding-day snafus don’t just stress out the couple — they can also affect your photographer’s ability to get those amazing photos you’ve envisioned. So I polled a handful of longtime pros to find out their biggest pet peeves and the stress-relieving fixes. I hope these 10 tips will help you build an awesome working relationship with your photographer.
6 excuses to break out your wedding finery for a post-wedding portrait session
My husband and I got married a little over a month ago now, and I have realized that one of the best decisions that we made was to have a second portrait session after we returned home from our honeymoon. Getting good wedding photos was important to me, and I was stressed that perhaps the short timeframe in which we needed to get all of our “perfect wedding portraits” wasn’t going to be long enough, was going to be too stressful, or was going to be too hot. So I decided that having more photos of us taken when we didn’t have those stresses or constraints sounded like a much better idea, and man were there a lot of benefits to that choice…
Tales from a tuxedo shop: The 5 things you should know about tuxedo rental and fittings
You have decided you want the guys or gals all done up in tuxedos. Yay! That’s awesome. However, you might be not sure where to start. I am the store manager at a family owned tuxedo rental shop in Indiana, and I love my job. I will be the first to say you do not need to rent tuxes if you don’t want to, but today I am going to go over what you should know if you do…