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9.26.14

Outfit ideas for meeting your wedding vendors

Happy Friday Guys

When you’re out and about meeting wedding vendors give some thought to the outfit you put together that morning. Your choice of outfit will make a statement as to your personality and could leave clues to the wedding vendor as to the type of output they will provide for you. You want to be as helpful as you can in articulating your personality, your likes and dislikes, but sometimes we don’t always score highly in this area, so let’s leave some non-verbal clues where possible!

Any wedding service you receive, for example wedding photography, make up, hair styling should be in line with your style and personality – Clearly turned up as it’s your big day but the last thing you want is to not look or feel like yourself, which will ultimately lead to you looking uncomfortable or awkward in your wedding pictures which clearly from our perspective we want to avoid!

In any given situation you should be mindful that first impressions count and in the context of meeting wedding vendors you want to come across as a bride who is a serious potential customer and genuinely interested in learning more about their service. For you to feel 100% comfortable in this uncharted territory; assuming this is your first go! I suggest you put together an outfit which will give you confidence and reflect the best version of you.

Check out some outfit choices I’ve put together to get you thinking about how you want to present yourself when meeting wedding vendors.

Meet the Suplier: Look 1
Meet the Supplier: Look 1 by chelena-peart The look that says you mean business!
Meet the Suplier: Look 2
Meet the Supplier: Look 2 by chelena-peart For the bride who is not run of the mill
Meet the Suplier: Look 3
Meet the Supplier: Look 3 by chelena-peart a perfect look for the carefree bride

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9.24.14

Wedding Tip Wednesday: Practice Makes Perfect

You have been planing your wedding day for so long now and in your mind it plays out perfectly every time. But have you shared your plans with your bridal party? Do they know what is expected of them? Have you given them an opportunity to rehearse? To meet the person they will be strutting down the aisle with?

Luckily most churches/ceremony venues offer you the chance to have a rehearsal a couple of days before the wedding. Take advantage of this as having a wedding rehearsal will increase the chances that things will go smoothly and your bridal party will gain a clear understanding of what it is you want for your day.

The following individuals generally attend the wedding rehearsal: the couple, their parents, the officiant, bridesmaids, ushers, wedding planner, wedding photographer/videographer. This is the perfect opportunity to put into action all of the ideas which have be whizzing around your head for the last few months.

It’s important for the ushers to be familiar with the church/ceremony room as they will be responsible for directing guests and ensuring a smooth transition from one location to another.

Before the wedding rehearsal plan out your ideas, so you don’t get overwhelmed or end up agreeing something you don’t actually want just because you are not able to articulate your vision in a meaningful manner. Decide how you want to pair your bridal party, what song you want them to walk to? What order will they exit?  Bring along  a copy of any music you will play on the day, so that everyone gets to hear your selection; the more exposure your bridal party have to the things you want and the order the more likely they are going to be able to deliver with out disappointment.

Do you have little people involved in the ceremony? It is especially important that they are given an opportunity to practice what they are required to do. You can’t be upset that little Jayden runs off in the wrong direction with the wedding rings in floods of tears screaming for his mummy if the wedding day is the first time he has stepped foot in the church.

The wedding rehearsal is the perfect intro to a rehearsal meal.  The rehearsal meal kicks off the festivities after all the hard work and planning that has gone into organising the wedding. It’s a great time to give thank you gifts and to personally thank your friends and relatives for their efforts & support.

In your private time before the wedding, you should definitely practice walking & kneeling in your wedding dress. There is an art to getting up and down gracefully and you wouldn’t want to stumble or worse even fall over in front of your guests!

As we all know practice makes perfect and you want your day to be perfect so lets get on with the practicing!

 

 


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9.21.14

It’s Family Portrait Time

Family Portrait

I mentioned a few weeks back that we would be expanding our service offering to include family portraits. Well we are excited to announce that we are armed with our cameras, light guns and are ready to shoot!

You have the choice of either an outdoor or an in studio session so decide what type of pictures your after and also what will work best for your family.

Session package details are as follows:

Outdoor Session

Outdoor locations include Hyde Park, The South Bank, The 02, Greenwich Park, Bromley, The Rookery in Streatham or the Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park – Feel free to suggest any other locations and we will see what we can do!

Basic – £120

  • An hour session
  • A minimum of 50 edited images provided on disk

Black Label – £220

  • An hour session
  • A 20 x 16″ print mounted on a 20mm block (This print can be framed for any additional fee – Please ask for details) or A 9 x 6″  freestanding 20mm Acrylic photographic print
  • Custom mobile app on your iOS and Android devices of your images; your digital album can be easily shared via social media, email, & even a text
  • A minimum of 50 edited images provided on disk

In-studio Session

The studio for the indoor portrait sessions is based in Brixton and is easy to get to and offers ample space for a family to have a fun family session.

Basic – £170

  • An hour session
  • A minimum of 50 edited images provided on disk

Black Label – £270

  • An hour session
  • A 20 x 16″ print mounted on a 20mm block (This print can be framed for any additional fee – Please ask for details) or A 9 x 6″  freestanding 20mm Acrylic photographic print
  • Custom mobile app on your iOS and Android devices of your images; your digital album can be easily shared via social media, email, & even by a text message.
  • A minimum of 50 edited images provided on disk

How to book

Get in touch via the contact form and select the portrait option. Outline the date you are interested in and the package.  You will be contacted shortly afterwards to discuss the session and to get you book in


Filed in:Portraits
8.27.14

Wedding Tip Wednesday: Get your wedding planning game organised

Planning a wedding can become a full time job! You really do need to keep on top of things. This will reduce your stress levels, stop any unnecessary chaos and avoid the likelihood of you becoming a bridezilla!

We suggest you make a list of all the jobs to be done and tick them off as you go. It’s a good idea to make a wedding calendar – You can pick a cheap diary from the pound shop – use it to record the dates of meetings with your wedding vendors, when deposits & final payments are due etc. You don’t want to find out a month before your big day that your Wedding Photographer has been booked by some one else because you forgot to pay your balance!

To be fair any good vendor would contact you once your payment was late and advise you that as your contract had been broken they are at liberty to accept alternative booking – Hopefully at this point you can come to an arrangement – But lets try not to get into this situation in the first place #JustSaying

If you prefer to utilise a bit of tech there are a plethora of apps which can help you in your quest to stay on top of your wedding planning game, there are many free apps on the market which allow you to manage the tasks, vendors and lengthy to-do lists associated with planning your wedding.

When I was planning my wedding I had white board, calendars, post its – The lot! It really made all the difference as nothing was forgotten or overlooked – I hope that this post give you a bit of a nudge to get organised with planning the biggest celebration of your life, let’s not leave anything to chance.

 

 


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8.22.14

3 Shoe Styles to Rock on Your Engagement Shoot!

Hi Guys Chelena here – It’s Fashion Friday and in this week’s post I share shoe options for you to consider for your engagement shoot – Read on for some food for thought:

Your engagement shoot is a fun time for you and your fiancé to get away from the perils of wedding planning. You get to smooch & hug and have a romantic few hours together with the benefit of getting amazing pictures for you to enjoy and reminisce over – In fact check out my earlier blog post on Engagement Shoots here if you have no idea what I am talking about!

It’s really important that you feel comfortable on the shoot, you want to dress in a manner which you feel comfortable, but that also looks fabulous.

I will be doing a few blog posts in the “Fashion Friday” series looking specifically at the engagement shoot,  looking at outfits & accessories which you could wear to ensure that your pictures reflect the ‘best version of you!’

This blog post starts with footwear as it is important from two perspectives:

1)   Yours shoes should pop in your pictures and make a statement.

2)   You want to be comfortable on the shoot.

The session can last a few hours so the last thing you want is to be teetering around in agony.

I suggest you consider the following shoe options: heels, wedges and or flats to ensure both angles are covered off.

Heels

 

Heels give a lady a swish in her step, elongates her legs, accentuates curves & most importantly increases confidence. Now I suggest that you go for a heel height which you are comfortable with; yes heels give you the benefits of the above but it’s pointless if you are going to look awkward and uncoordinated in the pictures.

I suggest going for an option with a concealed platform as that gives you the added height as well as the comfort needed.

Consider going for a bright pair which will pop in the pictures, you could coordinate your shoe colour with a clutch bag or a hair accessory or even match it with the colour of your fiancé’s bow tie for added aesthetics.

Wedges

Wedges give you the best of both worlds
Wedges are a happy medium between heels and flat shoes, they give you the height you desire with the stability needed for moving around.

 

Wedges are a great shoe option for the spring/summer and are often available in a peep toe style so be sure to get a pedi before your session to really have a look that’s pulled together.

Flats

Fabulous in Flats

Flats are a really cute shoe choice & work with most outfits. They are perfect with a pair of skinny jeans or even with a sexy dress to dress it down a bit.

Flat shoes come in a variety of styles; round toe, pointed toe, peep toe, accessorized with bows or flowers.

Consider going for a pair with a cool pattern or some stud detailing to give some interest to your feet.

Hopefully this post gave you some ideas as to what to wear on your feet for your engagement session, shoes can make or break an outfit so it’s really important that you get it right!


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