We’re Ready for Your Wedding. Are you?

We’re ready for anything!

April showers bring May flowers, and for photographers, May flowers also means the start of the wedding season.  Vivid Visions is gearing up for Rebecca and Ben in a couple of weeks. They are planning a beautiful ceremony and reception at Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard. I really am looking forward to capturing their special day because Rebecca and Ben are animal lovers, in particular horses, and they are incorporating equine elements in many aspects of the wedding.  I don’t want to give away any surprises, so we’ll wait until after the wedding to post some preview shots.

The preparation work for a wedding begins in our studio several weeks prior to the big day. We use the information forms that the couples have completed to provide important details planned for the day so we can incorporate these elements into the shot list.  Then a few days before the wedding, as we polish our lenses and test the gear, we also track down the invitation, and review the planned shots so we can arrive ready to begin shooting.  It is important that we capture the details and the unguarded moments because that is where we capture the true emotions, and record the photos that become the family treasures in years to come.

Sometimes things don’t go as planned-it’s the nature of weddings really. A rainy June day or a sweltering July afternoon are common occurrences. So the Vivid Visions team plans for the worst and hopes for the best.  Usually we get the best.  Mother Nature likes a happy bride too!

But the law of averages being what they are, sometimes the weather does get in the way. And in 2009 Vivid Visions had a chance to experience the extremes of nature.  Bridget and Scott were married in 90 plus degree weather, and although it was an indoor setting, the reception hall’s air conditioner just couldn’t keep up with the heat.  Everyone wilted early,  including the flowers. But we still found a way to capture the moments that mattered.

And, Sherri and Russell planned a beautiful New Year’s Eve celebration for their wedding to ring in 2009.  It was a wonderful ceremony and reception-once everyone battled through the Blizzard! The weather did severely limit the photo opportunities out of doors, but we managed to capture a few snaps to remember how the last snow storm of 2008 and the first of 2009 was an uninvited guest to the wedding.

So, the moral of this story is to be ready to activate a “Plan B” in case forces beyond your control insist on having their way.  Vivid Visions will be ready, and we’ll do our best to make sure you are too!