my favorite blogs for ottawa weddings

from a wedding photographer’s point of view

Any bride, no matter the budget, gains insight and inspiration from wedding blogs.  I for one consistently read my favorites and try and get a feel for the latest trends in the wedding industry. After all, your photographs are what you walk away with after the day is completed. Why not make them spectacular images with well thought out details.

Start locally: Wendy Leung from Beyond Events has a great do list when starting your wedding organization and planning.  Please read her post when  you get a moment! She has fantastic ideas, is a great girl and has planned some absolutely breathtaking weddings from Toronto to Ottawa and “beyond”.

Over the years, I developed a wedding blog favorite’s list:

1. Hot Pink Brides - Ok it isn’t just because I love pink… I love this blog! Any modern, funky-fresh bride who wants some ideas…check out Tabitha’s blog.

2. Style Me Pretty - for the style obsessed bride

3. The Wedding Chicks - for the sassy bride

4. Gill Taylor – Photographer - even photographers need inspiration! Love Gill’s work and truly find her inspiring. Makes me better at my craft. Check her out and be inspired.

5. Wedluxe – beautiful and luxurious weddings and they are CANADIAN!

Regardless of how you envision your wedding, make it your own. Have fun planning it but don’t stress over it. It is one day…albeit, an important day! Finally, if I can give you one piece of advice…

don’t leave photography as an after thought. You need a trusted professional with a proven track record to capture your vision so that you will have beautiful images to gaze at on your 10th, 20th and even 50th wedding anniversary. Click on a  great read on this topic  from Every Last Detail Blog.

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Today is a day of love…show it by telling your family how much you love and appreciate them. Too often the lives of family members are cut short – so make the call and tell someone how much they mean to you. You won’t regret it.

Cheers!

barb

One of my favorite shots from 2009.  Click on Myriam and Alex (and scroll down to this bottom of this blog post) if you want to see their blogged wedding or go to my Online Galleries for more shots from their amazing day.