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8pnoodles

It's also worth checking the photos of a whole wedding that a photographer has done, not just the "best shots" he wants you to see.

Makes me very suspicious when I only see a few shots from a photographer.

Getting on with the photographer is also essential. You need someone who can make you feel relaxed.

I_love_a_bargain_5

ok so now im intrigued as to who you hitched users are, i am donna b on there.

Viz_2

We have just started arranging our wedding, venue booked, photographer booked at the weekend, the mans work was amazing, a unique way about him, slightly expensive but you get what you pay for, think the website is www.reportagephotography.co.uk the guy is Gavin Wollard but only really does Essex....!

Flowers are hopefully sorted and need to find cake next.. then everything else!

Can anyone suggest anything different we can add to our day?

I have got a brilliant idea for Favours, as come on,,, who really keeps sugar almonds these days?
Lottery ticket for every guest with their placename... !!

Was thinking of having a profiteroles mountain instead of chocolate fountain??

Be glad to hear of any other suggestions! )

cookiemonster25

i konw a lot of people are having profiterole "stacks" instead of wedding cake but personaly dont think they are quite as impressive as a chocolate fountain
the other thing we are having instead of a band is a juke box filled with favourate songs of ours and our guests that way everyone will get some of the music they like

sphrp2

Thanks for the list of questions Deecy.
Why does it matter if the photographer does/doesnt mark your proofs?
Thanks

deecy

Hi

Proof prints are usually kept by the couple and therefore if they are unmarked they can utilised and become a valuable addition to a photographic package, they can be put into albums and passed round the family (instead of getting your lovely white album grubby and dog-eared!) or given as gifts to family members bridesmaids, framed etc

If they are marked (normally with PROOF through the centre) they don't really add anything to the value of the photographic package and rather than it being an advantage to have them they become a neutral item.

Photographers will mark the proofs so their customers cannot copy (literally take a photo of the photo) thereby ensuring customers have to order enlargements at normally exagerated prices compared to high street processing anyway.

Rachie_B

cookiemonster25 wrote:

the chocolate fountain we have hired is 54 inches high so slightly more impressive than the table top ones, defo worth a few quid to hire for the wow factor

if you can afford it then yeah they are a great addition to the event ,a novelty

but i doubt that will be the thing most people will remember the day for

niamhellen

SNAP... I also have booked Gavin Woollard for my wedding! I know he travels out of Essex as he has a wedding he photographed in Las Vegas on his website. Also Viz I think his site is https://www.reportagephotography.com not the .co.uk you mentioned - I hope you didnt mind me correcting that!
You are right he is not the cheapest around but as it is a one off occasion I am prepared to put money I have saved in other ways towards getting the best photographer I can. xxx

deecy

hi, just wondering how expensive Gavin from reportage photography is?

nicola1982_2

MrX wrote:

callansdad - You contradict yourself. You say that you would rather the drink was flowing but can't afford to supply it. Save the money from the act and put it behind the bar. After all 36 Adults at your wedding is not going to cost a fortune especially as you say the venue is cheap. Rough calculation 1000 divided by 3 quid a pint divided by 36 adult equals 9 pints a person. As I say it's just a rough calulation but I bet you'll all have a better time. When it runs out then everyone buys there own and I bet you wont have to buy anymore yourself.

Emms - So I'm new to the site. I was looking for cheap car insurance and stumbled across the forums. This was the only thread that struck me as people being tight rathing than trying to save money day to day.

Rachie B - I don't know what to say to you. Maybe, get out more, get some friends and learn what it's like to give as well as receive.
550+ posts since Mar 2006. Says it all really.

Agutka. Sounds like at least someone is of the same opinion as me.

All of you? Why didn't you answer my hypothetcial questions?

Shirlyn. You are asking the wrong question to these forum members.

And finally, I do not EXPECT free booze all day and all night. When a couple generally cannot afford it then that is fine with me.
I'm not the tight one, I do not make a pig of myself, and I am not trying to sound flash by saying I always lay on an all inclusive do for my family parties (including my wedding) But when I see people booking the flashiest do, £2000 wedding dresses, sending out invites that include a gift list etc and then do not even provide a few drinks for their guests it makes me MAD!!!

To be fair I've always thought the free bar is just a way for the parents of whoever to look really generous without actually having to spend that much. I know a couple whose wedding was funded by the groom (who wasn't well off), wasn't particularly nice, no pretty ceremony, no nice reception, just a dingy pub. The bride's parents paid for the bar and constantly made a big thing out of it and of course everyone assumed they'd spent loads on the wedding. It just came across as being flash. Most people didn't drink much anyway - I myself didn't drink at all - we came to celebrate our friends' marriage, not get drunk. A wedding should be about the bride and groom having a memorable day - not about giving the guests a free drinking binge. If a guest didn't come to my wedding purely on the basis that the bar wasn't free, I wouldn't want them there anyway.

My advice to anybody is to ensure that you as the couple make this the best day of your lives. True friends will enjoy the day because it is a special day for someone they love.

Also - found my dream dress on Ebay. Originally about £100 in Monsoon - I'm hoping to get it at a steal. So glad I didn't buy it in the shop when I tried it on!