I'm going to resurrect the "Decisions, decisions" series while I wait for the dvd with the hi-res photos to arrive in my mailbox from our photographers. I had originally wanted to wrap this up before the wedding, but ah, time how it gets away from me. So I'll pick up where I left off.
As far as seeing each other before, Nick and I decided against it. He was opposed to it, and since he didn't ask for much regarding the wedding, I agreed. We really appreciated all of your comments; they really helped us weigh our options. Someone commented that it is a really personal decision, and I definitely agree. Our early ceremony time made it not as ideal for us to see each other before and it actually give us more time in the end. Not seeing each other before, I already had to be showered and ready to get my hair and make-up done at 7:30 a.m. If we'd seen each other before, my wake-up call would have been much earlier or it wouldn't have made a difference at all. So that option proved not to be a good one for us. We had always planned to have some photos before, so we did photos of Nick and I with our respective friends and family.
We planned two hours for it on the actual day, but getting dressed once we arrived at the church took a lot longer than I had expected for various reasons {a face-eating veil, a wedding gown that needed to be steamed, oooh and ahhing over the flowers, etc.}. In in the end, we took about one hour to take the formal portraits and an hour and a half after the mass to take a handful of family portraits, bride and groom shots, and wedding party photos before heading to the reception around 5:45 p.m. {Dinner was served around 6:30 p.m.} Honestly, if I had the day to do over, I would have rushed everyone a bit more to get dressed so I could take a few more fun photos with my bridesmaids not in the church. All around though, not seeing each other before worked out great for us. Did you feel like you had enough time for portraits? Were you pleased with the final outcome?
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...not to mention the gorgeous photos you have of you walking down the aisle...the emotion is so real :)
Posted by: Stephanie | January 12, 2009 at 11:15 AM
just lovely!
so lovely in fact..i want to know more...
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mwah!
Posted by: amy | January 13, 2009 at 11:44 AM
What beautiful pictures! Congrats on the wedding!
Thanks for delurking. I like to know who is checking me out, so I can check them out too! Always good to "meet" another AF spouse!
Posted by: Casey | January 14, 2009 at 06:19 AM
Your portraits are gorgeous!
Posted by: Heather | January 19, 2009 at 04:12 PM
So I saw that your hairdresser is in indy, I'm in indy, could you give me her name? I need someone who could work with my hair.
Posted by: jamie | January 20, 2009 at 08:19 PM