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How to Plan your Wedding Day Group Portraits:
How to Plan your Wedding Day Group Portraits:
Why is Wedding Photography so expensive?
Why is Wedding Photography so expensive?

In this post, I’m not going to discuss how much you should spend on wedding photography or why. I’m instead going to let you in on why skilled and experienced photographers charge as much as they do.

Cutting the Cake: To Smash or not to Smash?
Cutting the Cake: To Smash or not to Smash?

So you’ve said your vows, exchanged rings, and walked back down the aisle to cheers from your friends and family. Now it’s time to party. Time to drink, dance, hug, toast, and, yes, cut the cake. Now comes one of the defining moments of your new marriage, and a momentous decision must be made. Shall I take this piece of delicious pastry and daintily place it into my partner’s mouth, or should I smear it with abandon across their face? 

First look? An Outer Banks Wedding Photographer’s view
First look? An Outer Banks Wedding Photographer’s view

First looks for couples before weddings were all the rage here on the Outer Banks some years back; now they seem to be just another option to consider. While the time-honored tradition of not seeing your significant other until the ceremony continues to be the more common practice, many couples now opt for a scheduled moment, just after they have finished getting ready, for them them to meet in private before the ceremony. 

The first look has its pros and cons, so I’ll try to break them down for you here: