One month...

Any words of advice going into this (the wedding event, not the marriage. Well that too I guess)?

How big will the wedding event be?

:rip:

Not very big, probably around 90-100.

Remember to TRY and actually eat/drink something. Enjoy it. People will be lining up to distract you.

Everyone keeps telling me how 'awesome' my wedding was and how good the food was. I barely remember any of it, not because of alcohol, but because everyone kept (frankly) pestering me for hours with congratulations and such. :tomato:

In regards to the marriage, she is always right, and don't have any kids.

Back out now while you can.

This is what I am worried about...:thumbsup:

I don't get no thanks? :cry:

you are not qualified to answer!

He's the only smart one....

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That's a good size ceremony. In my experience

- No matter how much you prepare ahead, you'll still end up running around like a headless chicken the day before the wedding to get things ready and meet with relatives/friends

- Like Ken said, you probably won't be able to eat anything. I remembered not eating until the reception in the evening because we were too busy being congratulated, posing for pictures, and preparing for other events.

- You'll have to trust the work of the event coordinator/photographer/reception handler or anyone helping with the event because you'll have no time to direct things. Also don't run any kind of errands. If you need something picked up just ask one of your relatives. Your job that day is to be the star.

- With that being said, it's sort of a start struck feeling that day since EVERYONE will be looking at the both of you and smiling. Often friends will act like paparazzi pulling out their cell phone to snap a pic of you

- I'm not sure how other weddings are with gifts, but this advice should apply too. My wedding consisted a lot of cash gifts so I designated my cousins to handle the money. I would receive the money, thank the gifter, and hand it over to my cousin to secure and safeguard it. So designate someone to handle the gift and secure them.

- Probably an obvious advice but please don't get wasted on your wedding day and leave your bride alone and have her finds things to keep herself occupied. I've been to two weddings where the groom went all out and the bride just walks around by herself trying to find things to do so she doesn't have to sit at the bridal table by herself.

Good points MD, thanks!

About the "no time to eat" thing-- the groomsmen w/ groom and bridal party should plan to eat before the ceremony and before the evening reception.
During one wedding where I was a groomsman, we had pizza during photos and before the ceremony.
I think the wedding parties ate before my wedding reception and dinner too, but I can't seem to remember that day all that well, although I was cold sober throughout. :nervous:

Dont do it.

That's the plan for us as well, although I would worry about getting pizza sauce on myself! May stick to something that is a bit less messy!

Good idea. I vote for BBQ. When do we get our invitations?

:precious:

:awkward:

Nah, I'm cool. :shrug:

OK, real question:

Any good ideas for getting video of just the ceremony?

We are not having a videographer for the event and the photographer does not "do some video" so we are basically left with:

1. have a guest use a flipcam and get crappy audio and no real view
2. use a go-pro mounted under the ceremony canopy
3. find someone willing to shoot 30 minutes of video

any ideas?

Invite Sarlacc

Well, don't sweat the details...not EVERYTHING will go according to plan. Enjoy the moment; it'll also be a big-time blur... :)


And oh, don't forget a handkerchief if the bride starts sobbing during her thank-you speech or while exchanging vows. :D

^good point!

maybe a finding a college kid or professor in videography at a local college? college kid might do it for cheap and knows a lil bit on that side.

I think you should find a wedding videographer. How important will video be for you? You shouldn't go with either 1 or 2 as down the road you might regret having such a crappy video of your wedding when you and your wife sit down together to rewatch your wedding video. Go with 3 if you believe you can find a wedding videographer that will only shoot the ceremony, which you shouldn't have a problem with since I know a lot of wedding photgrapher/videographer being flexible.

Btw, you sure you don't want to record the whole wedding day?

mdkxtreme, Yeah we thought a long time about it and decided against it. I am a "pictures" kind of person and she honestly thinks she would watch it ONCE after the honeymoon and then never again. Several friends also told us that it was the one thing they would have chosen NOT to do if they could do it again as they never watched it after the first time.

Ok then my advice was a bit skewed towards having a good video because my wife and I value video as much as photo. We've actually shared our video with a lot of our family members as much as we did with our photo so it was important to us. If you both are happy and agree that video is the least important then surely any option you mention would be fine to be honest.

I'd say designate a family member to hold a video camera and tell him he can move around freely during the ceremony that you want recorded. I told one of my friend who is a photo enthusiast that I allowed him to move freely anywhere to take pictures of my ceremony and so he did as a "backup photographer" to an already hired photographer.

Good solution, we may try that. Not sure anyone in either of our families is to be trusted though! Shaky shots of the bride's chest are not appreciated.

Don't be so vain. Your chest is nothing special. :O

GoPro cameras on both you and your lovely bride's heads:thumbsup:

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Is Italiano someone you'd hire...? :teef:

You are just the worst kind of person.... :biggrin:

isnt Teh Sarlacc a part of the idiot brigade? I hear they will be in town around the time of your wedding :whistle:

I don't think he knows how to ISO... :thumbsdown:

He's a professional :shrug:

Shit goes down this weekend...

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requirements. my kids need to be in the pic with horrible composition.