A big part of this series is about helping couples throw a great party for their guests, so I'd like to take a little diversion and talk about how guests can make the wedding a little easier on the couple. So without much preamble, here are a few ways that you can be a better guest at the next wedding from your humble Boston wedding photographer...
Read MoreThe way some people describe it, creating your seating chart is like all the worst parts of logic puzzles and working out the Lament Configuration. For many couples figuring out where everyone is supposed to sit during the wedding is like trying to disarm a bomb, a tense game where it feels like your whole wedding will collapse around you with one wrong move. But it doesn't have to be that way, especially if you keep these four tips from your favorite Boston Wedding Photographer in mind.
Read MoreBridezillas often get a bad reputation, but wedding planning is a time when a lot of people stop being polite and start getting real. It's not long after you first announce your engagement that suddenly everyone has a few thoughts on what your wedding must have or things that you absolutely must do - often falling back on some nebulous idea of "etiquette" to justify when you need to invite everyone within six degrees of separation, stock only top-shelf liquor at the open bar, and then give everyone a pony to remember your special day fondly. But in the past few years, weddings have started to change a lot and what was a mainstay for previous generations may not necessarily be true for Boston brides in the present.
So what does etiquette dictate for your New England wedding if not free ponies?
Read MoreConfused about who to tip for your wedding? Boston Wedding Photographer Ryan Richardson, self-proclaimed wedding expert is here to help in this installment of the Wedding Planning Survival Guide.
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