Planning ahead…

Your Guide To Being An Outdoor Bride~Part 1

Guide For The Bride

The information shared is from experience gained from performing numerous outdoor wedding ceremonies and location wedding photography throughout the years on and around the San Francisco Bay.  Here is the inside scoop on how to be comfortable from head to toe on your wedding day.

From first hand experience, I have gained insight and knowledge that you may find useful. Assisting you to avoid the pitfalls and to have memories to treasure.

Here is a whole menu of tips for a bride having an outdoor wedding. Each tip is designed to aid the bride to feel at ease and to be able to move in grace on her wedding day.

Most brides have images in their head filled with brides inside the church, away from the elements of nature.

So as a bride walks out the doors into the environment of the landmark wedding locations there is a whole list of things to consider and think about. This advice has been designed for you to have the information before your wedding.

Outdoor Wedding

Here Comes the Sun & Wind

Number one plan for wind, not just wind but gusts of wind. Many outdoor wedding locations provide windy conditions, beach side being the strongest winds and gusts.

Select Your Time of Day

The best way to avoid the winds is to have an early day wedding. The most ideal time for an outdoor wedding is early in the day. 10 to 11 am. After that the winds picks up ever hour.

In the foggy months the best time of day in near 1 pm. This allows time for the fog to roll back.

Evening wedding offer the strongest winds and sunset weddings only give you about 15 minutes of light to shoot wedding photography in sweet light and then the full flash is used. If you have selected the outdoors for the beauty you may want to see it.

Decorations at an Outdoor Wedding

One of the bonuses of an outdoor wedding is the natural beauty around you, lessening your need to decorate. Hopefully you have selected a site that provides all the beauty you need. The decorations are of course the bride and groom.

Sound at Outdoor Wedding

When your wedding is at a public park. Consider the roar of the waves on the beach, the rushing wind bay side, the local kids running and screaming around you and the tourist taking photos of you. This is all a part of an outdoor wedding.

Avoid pitfalls by planning for them. Planning can make all the difference. Plan for sweet memories. Plan your attire to provide you comfort and ease but start your wedding planning by selecting your time of day.

Your Guide To Being An Outdoor Bride~Part 2