My love of wedding blogs is no secret. I used them endlessly in the run up to my own wedding, I coveted the community they gave me during my planning and I am grateful to them for helping me publicise my subsequent business.
But the one thing lacking from wedding blogs, in my opinion, is a first person account of weddings; a man on the ground, so to speak…
Love My Dress Wedding Blog – Photography Copyright (c) 2012, Anna Hardy
I am sure Annabel and her blogger colleagues would agree if I said that they work so tirelessly to bring you great scoops, amazing real weddings and details of fantastic suppliers that they don't have as much time to experience weddings in a practical, hands on fashion, as they might like.
This is where I come in. I spend an awful lot of time at weddings. Sometimes I’m there to see the bride getting ready in the morning with her children tearing around her and making her realize that no matter how special the day is, she’s still a Mum. Sometimes I happen upon a quiet moment between a bride and groom that no one else gets to see…
Love My Dress Wedding Blog – Photography Copyright (c) 2012, Alan Law Photography
Unlike photographers, planners, film makers or and of the other members of the wedding community who are attendant at weddings most weekends, my job on the day is to observe. I'm not preoccupied with any other task than seeing what this particular couple have chosen to do to celebrate their marriage.
I’m not there to judge or pass opinion, simply to document the day so that the newlyweds have a written testimony of how glorious their wedding was. However, in doing so I have become the man on the ground. I’m not working on magazine lead times or real wedding hindsight; I’m looking at live weddings, happening right now.
As such, I'll be bringing you – the stylish and savvy Love My Dress Readers – my observations, quite literally from the wedding frontline. Once a month, I'll be discussing what's hot, what's not so much anymore, interesting perspectives, quirky trends and more.
I want to be totally transparent about this: I will not be using my own clients as case studies. I adore every single couple I work with and as such, there’ll be no names or specificities in my observations. However, you can’t spend this amount of time at weddings and not notice a thing or two, and it’s those things I hope to bring you in the context of your own wedding planning.
What's more, feel free to ask me questions. Want to know how other brides are struggling with seating plans for divorced parents? Want to know the coolest way to kick off you evening reception? Drop me a note in the comments and I'll tell you what I've seen from your bridal comrades.
Love My Dress Wedding Blog – Photography Copyright (c) 2012, Anna Hardy
…you ain't seen nothing yet.
Emma
Emma is the talented business womand and wordsmith behind The Wedding Reporter, a unique new concept in the bridal industry that offers a couture service to discerning brides and grooms who would like a literary legacy of their day. You can read more from Emma on her blog and keep up to date with all her wedding related adventures on facebook and twitter.
