Oh, my gosh, this one is going to get me in trouble….
But I’m just so over the burlap the Mason jars the whole, like, rustic eucalyptus vibes from a wedding planner’s perspective.
Can we please get rid of all of the wedding dresses that no one can walk in?
There is one wedding tradition I would love to see. Get the ax it’s the old school wedding corsage.
The one that needs to get eliminated is QR codes on your wedding stationery.
Can I get a big C ya never On the bride being handed over to the groom by her dad.
This little trend is annoying.
The wedding tradition that I wish would go away forever is sparkler exits.
Now give it up for your maid of honor and best man… can we not?
The new ish trend for weddings that I want to go away forever is bridesmaid first looks.
Hey, hey, hey a goodbye. That’s what I wish would happened to the Garter toss.
It makes sense with the groom or even with the bride’s dad, but the bridesmaids are there to help you get ready. What ends up happening is you totally get some faces of your bridesmaids, like, Oh, my God. But like, most of them are faking it because they know what you look like. They’ve already seen your hair. They may have helped you pick up the dress just let them be in the moment and let it happen.
Most of the amazing sparkler exit photos that you see are completely staged. They’re not actually an exit because let’s be honest, if you wait until the end of the night after you and all of your guests have been enjoying your signature cocktails, do you really want to make people responsible for flammable objects? No, no, we do not. No we should not. Sparkler exits need to go away.
Let the couples, kiss whenever they want. Don’t be forcing them to be kissing every few minutes. And that’s my little annoying trend that I would like to see you go away. It’s just. It just annoying.
Get rid of all of the wedding dresses that no one can walk in. The brides don’t like them. The bridesmaids don’t like them. Photographers hate them because they have to edit all the dirt and all the things off of them. But all these brides keep buying these dresses that are gorgeous and they spend all this money on and then they have to take 30 minutes out of their wedding day and bustle them, fix them up, stain remove them. All this stuff they can’t see their cute shoes they bought. If I had to pick something to get rid of the long dresses that no one can walk in.
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Do you feel like the industry charges more “because it’s a wedding” and they know it’s an emotional purchase?
Do companies think that they can charge more for weddings since the bride and groom may be willing to spend more on their dream wedding?
Hey wedding pros – is this higher price tag justified? Why? Do you charge more for your service if it is a wedding?
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I have been asked this so many times... does the wedding industry inflate prices when they hear it's a wedding?
Here is my honest answer (as a former wedding photographer)... NO. Did I charge more for a wedding than a 50th birthday party or a family portrait session? Yes, absolutely. I charged A LOT more for a wedding.
Was I taking advantage of the emotional sell? Absolutely not.
The main reasons I charged more for a wedding were: the unseen amount of work involved in the 12+ months leading up to the wedding, the skill level needed on the day, the INTENSE pressure to create perfect "portfolio level work" no matter what the reality of the situation- but mostly it is to compensate for the time AFTER the wedding in post production.
Little known fact about wedding photography - the real job is sitting at a computer editing photos. Photographers spend many hours behind the computer carefully selecting and editing photos. They make adjustments, crop, and adjust colors to ensure each image it's best. Don't forget the time it takes for batching, renaming, importing, exporting and uploading the photos and preparing them for delivery.
Do you think this justifies why photographers charge more for weddings than for other types of shoots?
Couldn’t agree more! And on the videography side its an absolute ton of data + editing discipline.
Its a double sided coin- weddings are extremely high pressure but also high reward when we nail it.
Our products (photo video) in particular are the only thing that genuinely will last forever . Having fun and ALSO nailing the product is worth the price of entry and frankly more.