Comments for White Wedding Vows http://www.whiteweddingvows.com Whiteweddingvows.com provides excellent tips and guides for wedding table decorations, butterfly wedding, wedding reception ideas, beach wedding dress, wedding invite, wedding decorating and wedding cost. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:10:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Wedding Photography: Creative Techniques for Lighting and Posing, Second Edition by JOHN ANDREW VALVERDE http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/wedding-photography-creative-techniques-for-lighting-and-posing-second-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1569 JOHN ANDREW VALVERDE Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:10:01 +0000 http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/wedding-photography-creative-techniques-for-lighting-and-posing-second-edition/#comment-1569 Many of the photgraphs in this book are good, with several that are great!! by studying these photos it is easy to devolop a style that is all your own, using the photograps as a guide. The text read well, and the diagrams are really clear. I would recomend this book to anyone who wants to get a start in wedding photograpy. The only mistake I found in the book is on page 36 where the groom looks like a bunny rabbit! I loved the book completly, and thought it was a nice suppliment to my text books from school. Rating: 4 / 5 Many of the photgraphs in this book are good, with several that are great!! by studying these photos it is easy to devolop a style that is all your own, using the photograps as a guide. The text read well, and the diagrams are really clear. I would recomend this book to anyone who wants to get a start in wedding photograpy. The only mistake I found in the book is on page 36 where the groom looks like a bunny rabbit! I loved the book completly, and thought it was a nice suppliment to my text books from school.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on Wedding Photography: Creative Techniques for Lighting and Posing, Second Edition by Anonymous http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/wedding-photography-creative-techniques-for-lighting-and-posing-second-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1568 Anonymous Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:13:34 +0000 http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/wedding-photography-creative-techniques-for-lighting-and-posing-second-edition/#comment-1568 A great book for the beginner to the advanced enthusiast. The diagrams are easy to understand and I'm sure they will help me greatly in my upcoming weddings. Rating: 5 / 5 A great book for the beginner to the advanced enthusiast. The diagrams are easy to understand and I’m sure they will help me greatly in my upcoming weddings.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on How much is your wedding going to cost in US? by EPiC http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/how-much-is-your-wedding-going-to-cost-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1562 EPiC Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:58:58 +0000 http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/how-much-is-your-wedding-going-to-cost-in-us/#comment-1562 There are several cost estimators online including: http://www.costofwedding.com/index.cfm?action=costest.index This one gives you the estimates based on zip code. It then ask you what you want to include (if you're using Save the Date cards, check it and it will include it in the sample budget) Keep in mind that these are just estimates. You may want to choose more for photographs and less for flowers, etc. Hope that helps! There are several cost estimators online including: http://www.costofwedding.com/index.cfm?action=costest.index

This one gives you the estimates based on zip code. It then ask you what you want to include (if you’re using Save the Date cards, check it and it will include it in the sample budget) Keep in mind that these are just estimates. You may want to choose more for photographs and less for flowers, etc.

Hope that helps!

]]> Comment on How much is your wedding going to cost in US? by mink4i http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/how-much-is-your-wedding-going-to-cost-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1561 mink4i Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:10:24 +0000 http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/how-much-is-your-wedding-going-to-cost-in-us/#comment-1561 Well it depends. There are lots of DIY things that you can do. I'm getting married in January and I printed my own invitations, made my own favors (chocolate roses on lollipop sticks with a printed ribbon with our names and dates on them). I didn't want to be cheap with pictures and with videography because those kind of things are absolutely vital to me. Your big thing, the biggest thing that's going to just CRUSH your budget is frankly, how many bodies will be at your wedding. For my wedding, with a four hour open bar it ran me up to 3600 plus a cocktail hour. Unless you feel the need to ride around in a limo all day, you can easily get transportation to and from the ceremony, reception and even a getaway car by simply talking to the limo providers around you. Wherever you go for your reception, ask for a refferal list but don't completely stick with it-- sometimes those people can be overpriced because they give a portion of their sale to wedding cordinator at the facility you choose and may not do the best job. Other then your reception and alcohol, you can do pretty well. My wedding ended up costing us around 15k and we paid for it ourselves (STILL had money to put towards a downpayment on a house and retirement savings unlike number one who seems to have a terribly bleak outlook), and that included an awesome honeymoon as well. Goodluck :-) Well it depends. There are lots of DIY things that you can do. I’m getting married in January and I printed my own invitations, made my own favors (chocolate roses on lollipop sticks with a printed ribbon with our names and dates on them). I didn’t want to be cheap with pictures and with videography because those kind of things are absolutely vital to me. Your big thing, the biggest thing that’s going to just CRUSH your budget is frankly, how many bodies will be at your wedding. For my wedding, with a four hour open bar it ran me up to 3600 plus a cocktail hour. Unless you feel the need to ride around in a limo all day, you can easily get transportation to and from the ceremony, reception and even a getaway car by simply talking to the limo providers around you. Wherever you go for your reception, ask for a refferal list but don’t completely stick with it– sometimes those people can be overpriced because they give a portion of their sale to wedding cordinator at the facility you choose and may not do the best job.

Other then your reception and alcohol, you can do pretty well. My wedding ended up costing us around 15k and we paid for it ourselves (STILL had money to put towards a downpayment on a house and retirement savings unlike number one who seems to have a terribly bleak outlook), and that included an awesome honeymoon as well.

Goodluck :-)

]]> Comment on How much is your wedding going to cost in US? by jillmarie_04 http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/how-much-is-your-wedding-going-to-cost-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1560 jillmarie_04 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:50:48 +0000 http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/how-much-is-your-wedding-going-to-cost-in-us/#comment-1560 We have a budget of 11,000 and that's just from my parents and my husband to be and my bank account, so "IF" his parents decide to chip in then we will have a bit more.We are doing an out door ceremony and reception the venue was free the tent is going to be more than 3,000 dollars because its a huge one and its not tacky yellow lol. Top Things You Should Spend Your Money On (my opinion) 1. Venue 2. Food & Alcohol 3. Cake 4. Invitations 5. Favors You can skimp on a Dj, and make your own play lists and actually burn cds and have them on, or have friends make a play lists you could actually skip the whole DJ Live band thing. We have a budget of 11,000 and that’s just from my parents and my husband to be and my bank account, so “IF” his parents decide to chip in then we will have a bit more.We are doing an out door ceremony and reception the venue was free the tent is going to be more than 3,000 dollars because its a huge one and its not tacky yellow lol.

Top Things You Should Spend Your Money On (my opinion)
1. Venue
2. Food & Alcohol
3. Cake
4. Invitations
5. Favors

You can skimp on a Dj, and make your own play lists and actually burn cds and have them on, or have friends make a play lists you could actually skip the whole DJ Live band thing.

]]> Comment on Wedding Photography: Creative Techniques for Lighting and Posing, Second Edition by tommy leong http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/wedding-photography-creative-techniques-for-lighting-and-posing-second-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1567 tommy leong Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:31:25 +0000 http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/wedding-photography-creative-techniques-for-lighting-and-posing-second-edition/#comment-1567 This book is GREAT START for those who are beginning to learn lighting and only lighting....several good pictures and mostly great diagrams on lighting setup are in the book.<p>HOWEVER if you are seeking to be inspired by the book for great ideas and poses then you are better off looking for something else.....such glaring mistake with pose like page36 with very odd looking groom position / disjointed look and shadows cast by the groom on the bridal gown would simply be considered as NG for most photographers( but it made it to the book )<p>also the very odd hand poses of the bride , making her look contoured<p>OVERALL, still a very good start for lighting but dont stop here,<br>get other books to complement this Rating: 3 / 5 This book is GREAT START for those who are beginning to learn lighting and only lighting….several good pictures and mostly great diagrams on lighting setup are in the book.

HOWEVER if you are seeking to be inspired by the book for great ideas and poses then you are better off looking for something else…..such glaring mistake with pose like page36 with very odd looking groom position / disjointed look and shadows cast by the groom on the bridal gown would simply be considered as NG for most photographers( but it made it to the book )

also the very odd hand poses of the bride , making her look contoured

OVERALL, still a very good start for lighting but dont stop here,
get other books to complement this
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> Comment on How much is your wedding going to cost in US? by Meli http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/how-much-is-your-wedding-going-to-cost-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1559 Meli Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:16:02 +0000 http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/how-much-is-your-wedding-going-to-cost-in-us/#comment-1559 I think it depends on how many guests you are having and what you can afford. Less guests means you won't have as much cost on booze and food. (Some weddings I've been to do not have an open bar, but everyone gets one drink ticket) I went to a wedding recentely where the groom was paying for everything and budgeted $5000 (canadian) I know they were both happy but I thought it was tacky - cold food at the buffet, everything started late and reception hall was decorated poorly. If you can do it on budget then all the power to you but make sure it still appears nice. I think it depends on how many guests you are having and what you can afford.
Less guests means you won’t have as much cost on booze and food. (Some weddings I’ve been to do not have an open bar, but everyone gets one drink ticket)
I went to a wedding recentely where the groom was paying for everything and budgeted $5000 (canadian) I know they were both happy but I thought it was tacky – cold food at the buffet, everything started late and reception hall was decorated poorly.
If you can do it on budget then all the power to you but make sure it still appears nice.

]]> Comment on Wedding Photography: Creative Techniques for Lighting and Posing, Second Edition by Israel http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/wedding-photography-creative-techniques-for-lighting-and-posing-second-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1566 Israel Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:51:54 +0000 http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/wedding-photography-creative-techniques-for-lighting-and-posing-second-edition/#comment-1566 Good book. However, it can be a lot better. <br /> <br /> <br />Pros: Good recommendation on posing and lighting. He also talks about things you have to look for when shooting a wedding. He provides you a list of all the important shoots you must take for a wedding. <br /> <br />Cons: Today you may find this book out of date. He talks about film photography and shooting Polaroid's to make sure the image is in correct exposure. <br /> <br />There are some pictures that are great samples and other ones that are terrible and embarrassing to show it on a photo book. there are some recommendations that I don't I agree with. For example he recommends using 1000 ISO. if so, pictures will look grainy in film and high color noise in digital. He recommends no to shoot with flash at churches even if they let you use a flash. NO WAY!!. His sample pictures looks grainy and terrible because he didn't use a flash. <br /> <br />The bottom line is: <br />Intermediate and professionals may want to avoid this one. <br />Beginners good to have it for posing recommendations, lighting, and a shooting list. Rating: 2 / 5 Good book. However, it can be a lot better.

Pros: Good recommendation on posing and lighting. He also talks about things you have to look for when shooting a wedding. He provides you a list of all the important shoots you must take for a wedding.

Cons: Today you may find this book out of date. He talks about film photography and shooting Polaroid’s to make sure the image is in correct exposure.

There are some pictures that are great samples and other ones that are terrible and embarrassing to show it on a photo book. there are some recommendations that I don’t I agree with. For example he recommends using 1000 ISO. if so, pictures will look grainy in film and high color noise in digital. He recommends no to shoot with flash at churches even if they let you use a flash. NO WAY!!. His sample pictures looks grainy and terrible because he didn’t use a flash.

The bottom line is:

Intermediate and professionals may want to avoid this one.

Beginners good to have it for posing recommendations, lighting, and a shooting list.
Rating: 2 / 5

]]> Comment on Wedding Photography: Creative Techniques for Lighting and Posing, Second Edition by Anonymous http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/wedding-photography-creative-techniques-for-lighting-and-posing-second-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1565 Anonymous Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:46:47 +0000 http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/wedding-photography-creative-techniques-for-lighting-and-posing-second-edition/#comment-1565 This has it all , great diagrams, and great reading, I would like more please. Rating: 5 / 5 This has it all , great diagrams, and great reading, I would like more please.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on How much is your wedding going to cost in US? by nova_queen_28 http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/how-much-is-your-wedding-going-to-cost-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1558 nova_queen_28 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:25:19 +0000 http://www.whiteweddingvows.com/how-much-is-your-wedding-going-to-cost-in-us/#comment-1558 There are two things that really drive the cost: location has ALOT to do with the going prices of things and the # of guests you are having will multiply by the cost of food per plate - - and it is the food that is the most expensive. I live in Central PA and a reasonable reception is $35 - $50 per plate. In New York City, you might get hors d'ourves for $50 per person, but dinners are going to be at least $100 per plate. Catch my drift on the cost differences? So you really need to put some effort into figuring out a possible guestlist and finding out what things cost in your area. Also, if your Aunt is a caterer and is going to provide the food at cost, you won't pay as much as someone else would. My 150 guest wedding is coming in at $18,000. That includes the rehearsal dinner, church ceremony, catering hall for reception, we are buying the 4 bridesmaids dresses, 3 flowergirl dresses, and renting the tuxedos for the entire wedding party, centerpieces, dj, photographer, flowers, favors, wedding gown, cake, etc. There are two things that really drive the cost: location has ALOT to do with the going prices of things and the # of guests you are having will multiply by the cost of food per plate – - and it is the food that is the most expensive.

I live in Central PA and a reasonable reception is $35 – $50 per plate. In New York City, you might get hors d’ourves for $50 per person, but dinners are going to be at least $100 per plate. Catch my drift on the cost differences?
So you really need to put some effort into figuring out a possible guestlist and finding out what things cost in your area.

Also, if your Aunt is a caterer and is going to provide the food at cost, you won’t pay as much as someone else would.

My 150 guest wedding is coming in at $18,000. That includes the rehearsal dinner, church ceremony, catering hall for reception, we are buying the 4 bridesmaids dresses, 3 flowergirl dresses, and renting the tuxedos for the entire wedding party, centerpieces, dj, photographer, flowers, favors, wedding gown, cake, etc.

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