The OurWeddingDay Blog

How Did You Announce Your Engagement??

alamster — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:14:44 -0500

Phone calls? E-mails? Newspaper?

Well check out this adorable idea Heather and James had: They went to a photo booth and reenacted getting engaged and then put the photos up on Facebook. It seems perfect to us! Utilize your enormous (and free!) social network via Facebook and then post the photos to spread the joy!

The Ups & Downs of Brides' Hairstyles

alamster — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:58:28 -0400

How much thought have you given to what you're going to do with your lovely tresses on your big day? Do you go for the chic updo with intricate pinning or do you let it go relaxed and wavy?

Well, what about a happy medium? Take a look at this gorgeous photograph of Tess, who recently got married to her fiance Adam in California. She chose to go with a stunning side twist with a vintage flair, only to be matched by her gorgeous vintage wedding dress.

Love, Casually

OWD — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:20:37 -0500

This morning check out some really interesting, non-traditional engagement and wedding photographs by Max Wanger, a photographer based out of Los Angeles who takes photographs you could read books about.

He was featured back in November by Glamour Magazine for his wedding photographs of Shoko and Julian. These are exactly what caught Joanna and Alex's eyes, and led them seek out Wanger to shoot their engagement photos.

These pictures have beautiful composition, adorable ideas, and showcase Wanger's ability to bring out the best in the subjects he works with.

Framed!

OWD — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:35:08 -0500

The classic wedding guest book just got a makeover! Introducing the GuestBook Picture Frame.

GuestBook Frames are a great way to showcase the lovely notes you receive on your big day. Hang it where everyone can see when they visit your home. It keeps the romance and beauty of your wedding day present in your day-to-days lives and future together.

Old School Inspiration

OWD — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:07:56 -0500

Life Magazine has always incredibly well-known for their photographs. One of the premier publications that documented American living, they highlighted everything from girls dancing in poodle skirts, to the highest of high-fashion celebrations taking place across the country.

Now they'll fascinate and inspire you all over again.

Google announced today that they are now going to host all of the images from Life on their website, and that's where we've been all morning, looking at the most romantic and opulent weddings over the years.

Check out the elegance of Grace Kelly, who married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956. It's hard to beat the fairytale wedding of a movie star becoming a real life Princess!

Check out the Google for more photos of classic and elegant weddings. Jackie O anyone???

Picture Keeper

OWD — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:57 -0500

Check out the Picture Keeper, an easy way to safely backup of all your digital photos.

It is essentially a large flashdrive with software pre-installed to automatically search your computer and save all of your image files. It's fast and easy and a great way to give you piece of mind, knowing your memories are safe!

Check it out at PictureKeeper.com

IM-ing The Vows

OWD — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:27:31 -0400

This new wedding cake topper proves it that cell phones have become a permanent fixture in just about every imaginable situation!

For the busy executive couple with a sense of humor about their work?

Flashy Reception Idea!

OWD — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:59:29 -0400

Retro photo booths are becoming a popular attraction at wedding receptions.

This could be a great addition to your traditional wedding photographer, and a great alternative to leaving disposable cameras in the hands of your guests.

Prices vary depending on your location, season and other factors. Most photo booth providers will set-up and break-down the booth, and even offer attendants to help during the reception.

Say cheese!

Moving Images

OWD — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:36:11 -0400

Wondering who to hire? A member of the OurWeddingDay.com Team got married recently, so we thought we’d share with you his unique perspective of a groom, who happens to work in the wedding industry, on videographers.

My only regret from my wedding day is that we decided against hiring a videographer. When we were planning our wedding and deciding on what we could cut to keep within our budget, the videographer seemed like an obvious choice. Have you ever watched someone else’s wedding video? It’s boring (especially if you weren't even there)! And worse still, the happy couple will inflict the boredom on you every time you visit them for the next year. We never thought we would be the "kind of people" who would watch a video of our wedding. We hired a great photographer and were convinced that stills were going to be better memories than a long movie.

(more after the jump...)

But your wedding day will go by quickly and before you know it, the happiest day of your life is behind you. The only thing you will talk about for the next few days is your wedding day. You will both have different perspectives on the day and the ONLY thing you want to do is replay the memories. If only you could see what your guests saw! You would pay anything to see yourself walking down the aisle. Your groom will be falling over himself to watch his speech (the chances are, he won’t remember any of it).

It’s then that you will realize the extra cost of hiring a videographer is worth every penny. Just make sure you do your homework and don’t book someone who will have a camera in your faces all day. Just remember, while you will want to watch it again and again, that doesn't mean your friends will...

For more groom's perspectives click HERE and HERE.

For advice on hiring your videographer click HERE.

Photo of the Month

OWD — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:44:14 -0400

Every month OurWeddingDay.com has a photo contest for our vendors. Last month, we recieved over 500 submissions and we chose this shot from Pedro Diaz of P Diaz Photography. We loved the colors and play on perspective.

Congratulations to Pedro, and we will continue to bring you the best images from our talented vendors every month.