Celebrating your wedding with you!

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Celebrating your wedding with you!

The ManicaPost

Ann Ruthenburg
Hello Mutare, its 2018 and we want to celebrate your wedding with you. Makorokoto! Amphlope! Congratulations!

If you would like us to showcase your wedding in the Manica Post, please contact us. We will come and take pictures of key parts of your wedding which we will then showcase in this column. You will also automatically be entered into the Bride and Groom of the Year competition.

Yes it’s true! We want Manicaland and the rest of the nation to celebrate with you through your wedding photo’s. Message or Call Ann 0772933845 or the Editor 0778175925 to make your booking or for more information

Can we use cell phones to take wedding photographs?

This is the question I was asked by a couple who did not have a big budget? Here is my answer kkkkk.

In my opinion, the most important part of a wedding is the couple, and that is what it is all about and what matters at the end of the day. However, when it comes to planning the big day you shall speak to a lot of suppliers — florists, bridal boutiques, caterers, stationery designers, the list goes on. All these people will tell you how important it is to get it right. Getting the right flowers, having the best food, it is all about the dress that is good, you want to work with passionate people. However, are all these a priority when planning your wedding? Of course they should be included and I am not saying you should leave out any of these, but are they more important than the wedding photography?

I come across couples who only have a small budget left for their photographs; couples who are struggling to find a photographer for their wedding or couples who are not having a photographer as they just cannot afford one. These couples haven’t put very much importance on photography.

Wedding photography/videography is important, because it is the only thing that you can look back decades later and can share with your kids and grandkids about that special day. The photos and videos capture your day, they capture your memories, they tell a story, and not just any story, but a beautiful story of your special day, a day you will never forget. A story that you can show friends and family, your kids, and grandchildren, something you will have and can treasure forever.

You see your flowers will wilt, your cake will quickly be eaten, your invites will be binned after the day, your dress shall be worn once, those shoes shall go back into their box, your weave will be removed after a few weeks, the band will go home and never chat with you again, the decor will be removed that day and the food enjoyed or not. And then what? What do you have when you are 60 years old to share about that amazing day? I am trying refocus your perspective so that you budget for and put importance on such as wedding photography.

When it comes to wedding photos, it is more than just one day, but about a lifetime of memories. It is about capturing moments, emotion, being able to relive the day through beautiful pictures, about smiling at moments that you never knew happened, seeing the emotion on your family and friends faces, and most importantly of all, having a story you can treasure forever. You see there are many things on your wedding day that as a couple you will miss while sitting on the high table. But when everything is over after the honeymoon, you will be able to sit together and see everything that happened on your special day.

If you are just thinking about your wedding and looking at your budget, make sure you maximise your budget for wedding photography. It’s not just a few photos of you and your partner on your wedding day looking beautiful and happy, it is about a beautiful story of your wedding day, but from getting ready and smiling with your bridesmaids, to the emotion on your dads face as he sheds a tear and looks on with pride.

Capturing the beautiful details on your day after hours and days of planning, from the beautiful flowers, your dress and venue, capturing the day as it unfolds, capturing the emotion of your guests, the nervousness of the groom, all the way through to that first dance, this is not just any story, this is your story.

My suggestion to every bride and groom is, please hire a professional photographer and not a relative who loves taking selfies. Make sure you capture your day, and your story, do not regret not hiring a professional photographer.

All this planning is for one day only, one day you marry the partner you wish to spend the rest of your life with, one day you share this beautiful moment with all your family and friends that you love. Make sure you hold onto those memories and don’t look back and wish you had hired a photographer.

Wedding photography is about unique moments, it’s about being able to relive the day through beautiful photos, this is smiling at moments you didn’t even know happened, seeing the excitement and emotion on the faces of the your family and friends, and, above all, having a story that you shall take with you forever…

Until next week, God bless!

 Ann can be messaged only on 0772933845, or emailed on [email protected] or found in Meikles Department Store Hair and Beauty Salon Mutare.

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