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I thought photojournalism was what I was looking for. Probably because it was on the websites of most of the photographers whos images I liked even if they were not doing true photojournalism. I later realized I wasn't looking for photojournalism. I like some staged pictures, but with real interactions. I just didn't want the cheesy, posey stuff. For example I like if the photographers puts you in a nice location & directs some hand placement, but then you interact naturally so the picture is a real, loving moment. What I didn't want was a photographer that would have you do something unnatural that is just kind of silly. I'd give examples, but they might be someone's wedding pictures. So I would say that the style I like is a big mix. Photojournalism for the reception & ceremony. Relaxed & fun style for the family & bridal party shots. Staged with little moments captured in between for the couples shots.

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I love "to have and to hold...your stuff on the beach." Everything is so cute!

Quote: Originally Posted by Kits55 Thank goodness for Morgan! haha, thanks for this. I used to read the planning threads as soon as they came out, but I'm sooooo behind now so I just now saw this. Everything turned out great. I really like your guest book.

Quote: Originally Posted by karenk77 Truthfully..your right, but I also think its personality. Like in all honesty I never resented anything..I was all into whatever it is they wanted knowing it was making them happy. I didn't care, because it's not my place to care..my place is to be there for the person in whatever capacity knowing that I am just there for them...my resentment actually came when it was my turn. And i am not even talking about bridesmaid issues, because i decided when we planned our wedding I didn;t want the whole bridal party thing to avoid any imposition on anyone..because then they really feel obligated to come if they cant and i didnt want that burden on anyone. I am having my sister as a MOH, his bestman..family and thats it. I'm angry at the responses that I am getting from people (the same people i did this for) in regards to having to come out for our wedding. I think I have to stop expecting people to act like me..and stop doing so much for others. not that I do things with the intention of getting anything back..but if its not recipricated then how is it friendship very good point. I'm someone that would have resented it. I'd probably never get over the $900 dress for the sake of the friendship I would have had to say no. You are probably right that you can't expect others to be like you. If I ever feel let down by people around me, I try to think about who in my life is always there for me. My mom & my husband are always top on this list so they get the best of me. Others, who don't always recipricate get my best when I am in the mood or have time. not that I'm not a good friend, I just don't always try so hard. We are at a tie for nine weddings. Sometimes while planning my wedding I felt like I had been there for so many people, but I knew they wouldn't be coming to my wedding. My husband is one of the kindest people who is always going out of his way to help people and none of his friends came. There were moments when it upset me, but I did agree these friends shouldn't have made the trip. They all had really good reasons why it wasn't a good time for the trip. I think it was during this time that I came to the realization that I'd be happier with lower expectations for everyone but my husband. Any time I feel let down by people, I just do something nice for him & it always comes back to me much bigger. By nature, most people are selfish. But, maybe that isn't so bad. We only need a few people in our lives who care more about us than themselves.

Quote: Originally Posted by karenk77 LOL i dont mind at all! A..i love laughing at myself and because that was the truth...she picked $900 dollar dresses that we were having custom made..that were SOOOOO ugly..like so ugly I cant emphasize enough how ugly..and what did i do? got the dress..wore it with pleasure because whatever it took to make her happy I was willing to do. If she asked me to wear a garbage bag i'd have done the same and wore it with the same pride..(and I have been in NINE weddings..so I have a collection of these dresses and never once said a word other then how happy i was to share the day with the respective bride), but now when its reversed and its my turn..everything is an inconvienance i love it. So no i dont think you're asking for the impossible..but our friends and family seem to tthink so lol. they will "see what they can do" You sound like a great friend, but I don't think you should ever have to spend $900 on a BM dress or wear a garbage bag with a smile. Bridesmaids should be able to say no to things. If a friend picked out a dress over $300, I'd say no. I prefer to not go over $100, but one of my friends picked out a $240 dress that I was able to find online a lot cheaper so it was fine. People often say the line about "they agreed to be a BM" but it's not like they were given a breakdown of prices when they agreed & time to think about their reply. I've tried to say no. It's nearly impossible. Sometimes it's OK for bridesmaids to speak up. Sometimes brides are unreasonable. To many people, a $1700 expense to fly to someone's wedding is unreasonable. I think it needs to be made a lot easier for people to say no. I think a lot of the problems come from the bridesmaids saying yes feeling obligated & then growing to resent the stress it's putting them under. Not that it's the brides fault. They should speak up for themselves early instead of passive aggressive statements along the way leading up to a blow up. It's the same story so often on here. Either so many members have bad friends or things need to be approached differently.

I voted. It's the best of the 5.

If you read my planning thread, you know I loved DIY wedding projects & sharing my templates. My projects became more elaborate along the way so my templates became harder to share. I have wanted to go back and redo some of my more popular templates, to make them easier for others to work with. I have learned a lot about photoshop in the last year, so I have been able to make a much better version of my original brochure template. The new version looks better & is a lot easier to customize. I had so much fun updating my brochure template, that I decided to make more templates. A few people who have never used photoshop tested out my new templates & they were able to easily work with them. I have also made instructional videos to go along with each template, so it is even easier. Here are some of the projects on my site now: My new & improved brochure A save the date postcard that looks like a retro vacation postcard A vintage map inspired invitation With coordinating RSVP cards Monogram And address labels Something else I added is a shop on Zazzle to sell items that do not require photoshop to customize. Items in my Zazzle shop so far includes two “will you be my bridesmaid†cards & some T-shirt designs. Using Zazzle, you can write a personal message to each bridesmaid inside the card. My other "will you be my bridesmaid" card matches the retro save the date postcards. I also made a template for photoshopping your name & wedding date into the sand. Visit my site for more info DIY Wedding Kits

Quote: Originally Posted by courtney_b00 It's even creepier the things he did to her-I mean he seriously mutilated her! Even if he did those things after she died and didn't feel them, it's still disgusting and sad. He removed all of her teeth & fingers...how could someone be so cold hearted? Wouldn't removing teeth & fingers be to keep her being IDed with dental records or finger prints?

i love the mini-postcard luggage tag idea. So cute!

Quote: Originally Posted by jean-marcus i dont have a meg ryan and tom hanks affliction.. im more of a meg ryan and billy crystal when harry met sally kind of guy. you've got mail just looked terrible and predictable and that director shouldnt have tried to make a pseudo-sequel to sleepless in seattle and not try and trick people into buying into the same rehashed movie . sleepless was pretty good. but didnt deserve a sequel. and dont try and compare this real better then life love story movie type romance to that pile of poooo hehehehhe I agree YGM sucked & when harry met sally is one of the best movies.

Quote: Originally Posted by Dmitri_Markine This is the first time I hear about using IR converted camera for weddings! It's mostly used for landscapes. I doubt he really did this as that would be a bit insane. He probably just used photoshop to do it. A few Photoshop plug-ins can achieve similar effect. On the other hand, you should have looked at his portfolio if he has similar images in there, then that's his style and he was under impression this is what you hired him for. All of us have different styles and are known for it. If he doesn't anything similar on his website, you can approach him and tell them that what he gave you is different from the examples on his website. The more experience the photographer, the more consistent are the images. When photographers first start out, they tend to try many things to see what works for them. Sometimes this can be dangerous because weddings are not the best time to try new things. Good luck! a few posts above she posted his reply that he did use an IR converted camera. I think using them in weddings is a recent trend. He does have some other IR on his wesite.

Quote: Originally Posted by jean-marcus crap i don't know how to edit that. anyways ya. SHE ISNT PREGNANT haha you can only edit within the first hour or so.

awww, be sure to post lots of pictures once she goes back. I also got confused on the pregnant part. Is she pregnant? who is pregnant?

Quote: Originally Posted by jean-marcus Hello to all of you AND TO YOU MORGAN (ive missed you) haha, i was just thinking "what's J to the M doing in our thread." so you found me. This is where I hang out helping future catalonia brides plan their weddings.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kits55 I'm thankful he gave me a response but so incredibly disappointed to find out it was his camera. Here is what he wrote: "To answer your question, one of my cameras was modified to be sensitive only to the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is blind to light as we know it. I brought it with me to Cancun because the bright sun is very IR rich and produced a nice alternative to the look of the other photos. Between that, my "normal" camera and the underwater camera, I covered a lot of ground! It was the reason I nearly got in trouble with Customs in Cancun. You can learn a bit more about IR photography here, if you're interested: Infrared photography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia That article isn't entirely accurate, but it give a good general background. " I think the B&W infrared images he tooked look cool. Do you not like those? I haven't seen them large to really judge, but the little versions look nice.

We just had music playing from the cd player set up they had there. I think a band right after would have been a great addition.

Quote: Originally Posted by Meyer2010 Hi Morgan, No, one of my friends at work did our monogram. She is doing our Save-the-dates, invitations, brochures, seating chart and thank you's! She has really saved us a lot of time & stress! We thought about going to the courthouse before we go to Mexico too! We are still kind of undecided. What day do you celebrate as your wedding day? Did your guests know that you were already legally married when you arrived in Mexico? My FI is worried that some of our guests will feel left out if they find out we got legally married in the states before Mexico. We are going to do our best to not let them know either way. I just figured if they ask we can tell them that we had to do some paperwork in the U.S. as well and leave it at that. Maybe we are worrying too much!?! What are your thoughts? ~ Erica i worried about telling people so I didn't at first. but, then I didn't like keeping it a secret. so i finally started saying we were "taking care of the paperwork" before we left. One of our guests brought it up in the van ride to coba. I was a little uncomfortable that the van full of guests would be like, "then why are we here" but no one seemed to care. We had two witnesses come with us to the courthouse. My family is in a different state so it was easy to have it just be friends. I wore a short white dress. We went out for mexican food afterwards. I posted pictures on here something with "legal day" in the title.

Quote: Originally Posted by Meyer2010 Hello cda023! Yes, if you email Elena she will give you the packages list. Are you doing a civil or renewal of vows ceremony? We are doing the renewal of vows ceremony and it is $399 and you don't need any paperwork for it. Since our "Mexican" marriage wouldn't be recognized in the U.S. we will be getting married at the Justice of the Peace when we get back to Michigan. Good Luck! ~ Erica Erica I love your logo. Did Sarah make that? We did the symbolic ceremony, but went to the courthouse before we left. We made a really fun day of "legal day."

Quote: Originally Posted by Kits55 Thanks for the TRA clarification! haha I've known those letters to stand for "The Right Approach" but knew that wasn't what it was. Do you think maybe because it would take a lot of time to UN-do IR in Photoshop that he's just telling me I only have two choices? The more informed I am before I contact him the more I'll probably be able to find out. *fingers crossed* If he did the IR in photoshop I'm not sure if it can be undone unless he saved the layered photoshop document The best would be starting over with the original & doing clean processing to it if he saved the original. Going to all B&W would be the best option. He may not like the fact that it doesn't contrast as much with the other B&W's, but it's your album. I think it will look a whole lot better without the brown image on the page. I think once the brown/ mint green images are removed your album will look great. The underwater pictures are really cool.

Just to clarify what eric just posted. TRA= totally rad actions. It's a set of popular photoshop actions. You press play & you modify your image. You can get a vintage look, infrared look, etc. They can be nice used tastefully, but tacky in the wrong hands He very likely used the action to make IR. But, just from what he is saying about you only having two choices, it makes me think he possibly had an IR camera.

from this post on his site, I would have expected images like this. "Even today, a lot of the work I will present to you will be in B&W, because that's the way I sometimes prefer to see my subjects. You will rarely see a straightforward, ordinary, color photograph from me. When you do see color, it will be muted. Or saturated. Or tweaked and twisted around... " There is some of that funky mint green stuff on the site too. Nothing as off the wall as what he did with your stuff.

The other thing I don't understand is if he did actually have an IR camera, why didn't he have his assistant shooting regular images at the time he was using it? These are the only IR images in your book, right? Or did he do this your entire wedding?

From what he is saying, I think he had a camera converted to IR. It has been a pretty common thing to do lately. I'll find out if there is a way to check him Exif data to see if that is the case or if he is just saying that. I think the B&W infrared looks fine. Are you OK with those? I hate the false color IR he has done. I'd tell him to make all the false colors B&W. Also, it shouldn't matter which image is stonger. You should have the pictures in your book you are comfortable with. I also didn't want the sexy images in my album. It's the book I'm sharing with my grandparents & future kids. I'm sure if my photographer made the album I would have had to fight her on putting the sexy images in my book. She sounded pissed that I didn't put them in the albums I made originally (which we intended for our parents.)

Also, I'm wondering if anyone has had success with my current template. I've only seen a few finished ones.