Wedding is the one in a lifetime event. Every moment of this day holds a very dear memory to us. Thus, we all want to capture everything that happens during our big day so we will always have something to look back, to talk and to remember one of the happiest, joyfulness, and most memorable moment of our life.
I, besides asking our photographer to take as many pictures of our day as possible, also made a list of all the scenes I wanted to keep and gave it to him before the event. At the end, he got about 80% of this list. I know it was a long list and I certainly did not expect him to remember all. Also, the weather on my wedding day was rather cold, and there was shower now and then so I did not have a heart to pose outdoor. Otherwise, I think I would would have some carefree, beautiful motion shots outdoor.
Anyway, from my experience, I think it's best that if you also have a photos list like I did, besides going through it with your photographer, (even show a sample picture if necessary) you should ask a family member or friend for help keeping track of this list too. This person is going to keep an eye on this list, kind of following the photographer the whole time to make sure he gets all the important moment in your list.
Here it is, my list: (I wanted color, black & white, portrait, and "motion" shots as well)
1. Behind-the scene shots at home, when the bride, groom & all the wedding party are getting ready with hair, make up, etc… and helping the bride with the dress and gown. (same with the groom and groomsmen)
2. Mom helping bride with one last detail, such as veil
3. Only the bride and: hand with engagement ring, bouquet, half and full body, from behind, checking herself out in the mirror, etc… and the groom is putting on the bow…
4. Formal shots with parents, sisters, family, bridesmaids, groommen, etc…
5. Groom and Bride, and everyone else are ready to go to the church
6. Candid shots of bride and groom, family, friends, guests before the ceremony, while waiting in front of the church
7. Family, wedding party walking down the aisle
8. Shots in-front and from behind the couple as walking down the aisle and during the ceremony
9. Wide shot of audience during ceremony
10. Moms and Dads and guests watching the ceremony.
11. Close-up shots of couple’s hands, esp. when reciting vows and exchange rings
12. Faces of couple when exchanging vows
13. The Kiss
14. Give bouquets to Moms
15. Couple proceeding up the aisle, guests’ smiling faces at their sides
16. Exiting the church with rose petal/bubble in the air…
17. Runaway bride, groom, and wedding party in a carefree attitude, toward and away from the camera
18. Only couple, hand in hand, walks off together, moving away from the camera toward a visually “limiless” background with lots of sky. (include turn around a little bit and then turn back, … )
19. Shots of couple getting to the car, drive away,…
20. Behind the scene shots of family and friends helping decorating the reception
21. The reception details: wide shot of the banquet room and close up shots of guest book, cake, glasses, knife and server, invitation and stationary, centerpiece, napkin and menu cards, etc…
22. Guests signing guest book, finding their escort envelope, …
23. Couple going toward the stage, with their sweetheart table, cake cutting, toasting, etc …
24. Buffet area and food
25. Bride and Groom dancing, wedding party dancing, kids playing, throwing bouquet, garter, …
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
My $3 wedding shoes
I bought this one at Burlington, $6 for two identical pairs, black and white. It was exactly what I was looking to wear on my wedding! :-)
When it came to choose a wedding shoes, I knew what I wanted: a white, flat, soft material, ballet-like shoes. I wore this the whole wedding, from the ceremony at church, to the reception, and the dance floor. I moved so comfortably into this slipper. Love it! Not to mention it was such a great deal, too! :-)
I highly recommend wearing flat on your wedding if you'd wear long dress and do not need to "improve" your height.
Monday, October 27, 2008
"Sexy back" by Justin Timberlake
(http://www.yeuamnhac.com)
So, what do you think about this song? Sexy, huh? :-)
Should I knew it before our event in San Jose in November 2006, this would be the song that I'd love to play at my wedding reception when the bride and groom first entered the room to start the dinner.
Instead, I first heard of this song a few weeks later, in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in December 2006. I loved it and thought of playing it for our wedding reception in Saigon a month after that. However, I soon had to forget that intention since I didn't know if it'd be too much for our guests (most of them were older generation.) Through the internet, I knew in Vietnam, nowadays, there were many couples who had done many fresh, new, non-traditional ideas to make their weddings as unique as possible.
Still, I do not live there so I'm not sure what was the limit of everything. Thus, I chose to play it safe, by going along with the tradition.
Wish I knew this song before November 2006 ...
Lyrics:
xxxyBack
(feat. Timbaland)
I'm bringin' xxxy back (Yeah)
Them other boys don't know how to act!(Yeah)
I think it's special what's behind your back.(Yeah)
So turn around and I'll pick up the slack!(Yeah)
(Take em' to the bridge!)
Dirty babe...(Uh Huh)
You see these shackles? Baby I'm your slave(Uh Huh)
I'll let you whip me if I misbehave!(Uh Huh)
It's just that no one makes me feel this way(Uh Huh)
(Take em' to the chorus!)
Come here girl!
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Come to the back
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
VIP!
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Drinks on me
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Let me see what ya tworkin' with
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Look at those hips!
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
You make me smile
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Go head child!
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Get your xxxy on
(Go 'head be gone with it!) (8x)
I'm bringin' xxxy back (Yeah)
Them mother****ers dont' know how to act! (Yeah)
Girl let me make up for the things you lack. (Yeah)
'Cause you're burnin' up I gotta get it past! (Yeah)
(Take em' to the bridge!)
Dirty babe...(Uh Huh)
You see these shackles? Baby i'm your slave (Uh Huh)
I'll let you whip me if I misbehave!(Uh Huh)
It's just that no one makes me feel this way(Uh Huh)
(Take em' to the chorus!)
Come here girl!
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Come to the back
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
VIP!
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Drinks on me
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Let me see what ya tworkin' with
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Look at those hips!
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
You make me smile
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Go head child!
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Get your xxxy on
(Go 'head be gone with it!)(x8)
You ready?
You ready?
You ready?
Uh (Yes)
I'm bringin' xxxy back(Yeah)
You motha****ers watch how I attack(Yeah)
If that's your girl, better watch your back(Yeah)
'Cause she'll burn it up for me, and that's a fact(Yeah)
(Take em' to the chorus!)
Come here girl!
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Come to the back
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
VIP!
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Drinks on me
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Let me see what ya tworkin' with
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Look at those hips!
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
You make me smile
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Go head child!
(Go 'head be gone with it!)
Get your xxxy on
(Go 'head be gone with it!) (8x)
You ready? (Yes)
You ready? (Yes)
(Yes)
You ready? (Yes)
You ready?
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Your Honeymoon: Cost-Cutting Advice
Want to live large without the big bills? Your honeymoon should be a blissfully relaxing antidote to all the wedding planning mania, and it shouldn't have to break the budget. Here are some clever ways to save without settling for less.
-Airfare to your destination may be significantly cheaper if you travel to a less congested, smaller airport farther away from the city. For example, flights to Miami International are generally more expensive than those to neighboring Fort Lauderdale.
-Use an online consolidator, such as hoteldiscounts.com or hotels.com, to find reduced room rates. Or, bid on your travel needs at hotwire.com, priceline.com or ebay.com/travel. The site's new "seller verify" system guarantees that only legitimate travel vendors put vacation packages on the auction block.
-Book a guest room in an inexpensive, no-frills hotel, then pay a nominal non-guest fee (usually about $25)at a resort to use the swimming pool, spa and fitness center.
-If you need to call locally to make restaurant or theater reservations, ask the hotel concierge to do it for you. You'll save yourselves those expensive hotel surcharges for outgoing calls, which can add up quickly.
-Consider staying somewhere with a full kitchen. You can save money by preparing some of your own meals-especially breakfast, which can be expensive to eat out. Instead of dropping big bucks on the hotel's $30 breakfaast buffet, pick up some local treats, such as bagels if you're in New York City, baguettes in Paris or sourdough bread in San Francisco, toast them in your room and eat them with some locally gorwn fruit that you can pick up at the neighborhood market.
-if you're going to be traveling around a city by bus or subway, look into special all-day ore weekend transit passes. In New York City, for example, a one-day Fun Pass offers unlimited bus and train trips for $7, while a signle ride costs $2.
-Before you go, request a packet of travel information from your destination's tourism board. You'll receive suggestions for walking tours, coupons, calendars and, best of all, free maps.
-When you arrive at your destination, pick up a free newspaper and check the listings for free events. For example, many museums waive admission once a week. Or, perhaps there's a night when the galleries are open late; often, a museum serves cocktails and hosts live music, and it's a wonderful, inexpensive evening.
-Set up a registry for your honeymoon at honeyluna.com, globalphilosophytravel.com or the thehoneymoon.com. Once you've planned your vacation, friends and family can purchase meals and activities, such as spa treatments, hiking excursions and Jet Ski rentals, as wedding gifts. The sites provide registry cards that can be tucked into shower invitations and, best of all, you can enjoy your adventures without guilt.
(From Bridal Guide magazine:
http://www.bridalguide.com/honeymoon-travel/article.cfm?aID=1022)
-Airfare to your destination may be significantly cheaper if you travel to a less congested, smaller airport farther away from the city. For example, flights to Miami International are generally more expensive than those to neighboring Fort Lauderdale.
-Use an online consolidator, such as hoteldiscounts.com or hotels.com, to find reduced room rates. Or, bid on your travel needs at hotwire.com, priceline.com or ebay.com/travel. The site's new "seller verify" system guarantees that only legitimate travel vendors put vacation packages on the auction block.
-Book a guest room in an inexpensive, no-frills hotel, then pay a nominal non-guest fee (usually about $25)at a resort to use the swimming pool, spa and fitness center.
-If you need to call locally to make restaurant or theater reservations, ask the hotel concierge to do it for you. You'll save yourselves those expensive hotel surcharges for outgoing calls, which can add up quickly.
-Consider staying somewhere with a full kitchen. You can save money by preparing some of your own meals-especially breakfast, which can be expensive to eat out. Instead of dropping big bucks on the hotel's $30 breakfaast buffet, pick up some local treats, such as bagels if you're in New York City, baguettes in Paris or sourdough bread in San Francisco, toast them in your room and eat them with some locally gorwn fruit that you can pick up at the neighborhood market.
-if you're going to be traveling around a city by bus or subway, look into special all-day ore weekend transit passes. In New York City, for example, a one-day Fun Pass offers unlimited bus and train trips for $7, while a signle ride costs $2.
-Before you go, request a packet of travel information from your destination's tourism board. You'll receive suggestions for walking tours, coupons, calendars and, best of all, free maps.
-When you arrive at your destination, pick up a free newspaper and check the listings for free events. For example, many museums waive admission once a week. Or, perhaps there's a night when the galleries are open late; often, a museum serves cocktails and hosts live music, and it's a wonderful, inexpensive evening.
-Set up a registry for your honeymoon at honeyluna.com, globalphilosophytravel.com or the thehoneymoon.com. Once you've planned your vacation, friends and family can purchase meals and activities, such as spa treatments, hiking excursions and Jet Ski rentals, as wedding gifts. The sites provide registry cards that can be tucked into shower invitations and, best of all, you can enjoy your adventures without guilt.
(From Bridal Guide magazine:
http://www.bridalguide.com/honeymoon-travel/article.cfm?aID=1022)
Thursday, October 9, 2008
How did I personalized my wedding reception?
When planning my own wedding in 2006, there were lots of ideas I wanted to do for my wedding. But I only had 2 wedding receptions and most of these ideas I couldn't do for the one in Vietnam, one reason was because I didn't have much time in Vietnam to plan and do it. Therefore, I tried to stuff so many things into our reception in the US, but everything had its limit. Hence, I still have many ideas I do want to do so I hope I may be able to do them for my sisters' weddings later.
Here are list of what I did in a hope to make our wedding has lots of fun and memorable to our family and guests as much as possible.
-I chose a Fall theme for our November wedding in the US. I used only white and orange color for all our decorations, from the invitation, flowers, to cake, backdrop, etc. The logo for this reception was a Maple Leaf.
-As for the one in Vietnam, which was taken place in January 2007, I had white and red as the color scheme and the Dendrobrium orchids as our logo for it.
-Every guest arrived at our wedding reception here in the US would receive a wedding newsletter. Guests could spend some time before the dinner to learn about our love stories, quick introduction about our families, our wedding party, our things (like movie, music, ...) and explanation of why I used this and that for our wedding.
-Our tables were named after the places we have been and traveled together in Vietnam, United States, and Canada. Under each name, I had included a love quote (for the US reception) and the words "I love you" in different language (for the one in Vietnam).
-I had my sister's fishes and Hershey's Kisses chocolate for our centerpieces.
-Over a hundred of persimmons from our garden were used as the table cards for our guests. Its bright orange color was also our color scheme. After the party, I didn't find any one was left behind.
-I chose all the songs for our Catholic wedding ceremony. I typed, chose the layout style, images, and printed our wedding program. It included the names, readings, lyrics, and our thankful message to our parents. I also inserted quotes and lovely images now and then through out this booklet. I love what I did! :D
-I did the same for our menu cards. I typed and designed it to my like, then I printed it on the autumn designed card stock paper that I purchased at a Kinko/FedEx copy center. It cost me less than $20 to have about 120 menu cards for our reception in the US, can't find any deal better than this.
-Our thank you message was printed on a Maple Leave shape card, which I personally think it's fresh and nice. I also had the reading/poem "What is Love" on this card.
-At each dinner setting, besides the menu card that was wrapped into a white towel, our guests were also greeted by a white dedrobrium (our flower).
-I typed and printed all the table cards on a regular A4 paper and displayed them into a mini silver metal frames.
-Silk maple leaves were scattered here and there around our reception area.
-Our guests wrote their congratulations on the "Share a Wish" card, which we collected after the party for our keepsakes.
Here are list of what I did in a hope to make our wedding has lots of fun and memorable to our family and guests as much as possible.
-I chose a Fall theme for our November wedding in the US. I used only white and orange color for all our decorations, from the invitation, flowers, to cake, backdrop, etc. The logo for this reception was a Maple Leaf.
-As for the one in Vietnam, which was taken place in January 2007, I had white and red as the color scheme and the Dendrobrium orchids as our logo for it.
-Every guest arrived at our wedding reception here in the US would receive a wedding newsletter. Guests could spend some time before the dinner to learn about our love stories, quick introduction about our families, our wedding party, our things (like movie, music, ...) and explanation of why I used this and that for our wedding.
-Our tables were named after the places we have been and traveled together in Vietnam, United States, and Canada. Under each name, I had included a love quote (for the US reception) and the words "I love you" in different language (for the one in Vietnam).
-I had my sister's fishes and Hershey's Kisses chocolate for our centerpieces.
-Over a hundred of persimmons from our garden were used as the table cards for our guests. Its bright orange color was also our color scheme. After the party, I didn't find any one was left behind.
-I chose all the songs for our Catholic wedding ceremony. I typed, chose the layout style, images, and printed our wedding program. It included the names, readings, lyrics, and our thankful message to our parents. I also inserted quotes and lovely images now and then through out this booklet. I love what I did! :D
-I did the same for our menu cards. I typed and designed it to my like, then I printed it on the autumn designed card stock paper that I purchased at a Kinko/FedEx copy center. It cost me less than $20 to have about 120 menu cards for our reception in the US, can't find any deal better than this.
-Our thank you message was printed on a Maple Leave shape card, which I personally think it's fresh and nice. I also had the reading/poem "What is Love" on this card.
-At each dinner setting, besides the menu card that was wrapped into a white towel, our guests were also greeted by a white dedrobrium (our flower).
-I typed and printed all the table cards on a regular A4 paper and displayed them into a mini silver metal frames.
-Silk maple leaves were scattered here and there around our reception area.
-Our guests wrote their congratulations on the "Share a Wish" card, which we collected after the party for our keepsakes.
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