Wedding Blog

Enjoy. Your honeymoon should be planned around activities both of you enjoy. This will allow the both of you to be yourselves so that you can rest and relax better in each other's company.

• Ask if the person you are meeting will be the person there on your wedding day. If not, ask to met the actual photographer and see some examples of their work. If this is resisted, be a little concerned.

• If you meet an alternative photographer from the same company, ask the same questions. Don't assume the same standard experience as their partner or employer.

• Check the photographer's qualifications and ask how long they have been a photographer, and how long they have been taking photographs of weddings.

• Check the photographer has professional indemnity insurance to cover to cover the cost of retaking your photographs if something goes horribly wrong. If the photographer does not have insurance you should take out your own wedding insurance policy to cover such and eventuality.

• Find out how long the photographer spends taking their shots after the ceremony and/or at the reception. There isn't really a standard time for this, you should decide before you visit the photographer how long you think it is acceptable to keep your guests waiting, and see how close the photographer's estimate comes to yours.

• Ask how the photographer copes if the weather is not as beautiful as you hope. Here it will help if the photographer has worked at your wedding and reception venues previously and knows the local area.

Invitations not only inform your guests of the date, time, location and hosts of the wedding, they set the tone for your entire celebration. Your wedding invitation may also include the time and location of the reception. Mail announcement two month before the wedding and be sure to have your invitations weighed at the post office to determine the proper postage.