My Pre-Wedding Photos - Preview
Last week when I went to look at the layout again at HN Wedding, I had requested to get a copy of the photographs so I can show family and close friends.
This one is taken at the back of Hycroft Mansion. The indoors one turned out really well also with the natural lighting coming in from the windows.
This is taken at Gastown. We were standing in the middle of the road.
What do you think? Do you think I look the same? Maybe slightly more mature looking with the make up? Here’s a photo for comparison again:
HN Wedding VIP Dresses?
A few weeks ago, Brenda had made a comment on an earlier post about the VIP dresses from HN Wedding. I was curious about this but was on vacation at the time so I didn’t get a chance to find out until recently when I went back to HN Wedding to view the photos.
Vivian explained that the dresses upstairs are available for the photoshoot as well as wedding day rental. The VIP dresses are actually located off site. The VIP dresses are mostly new and are consigned with the designers. They don’t own the dresses (unlike the ones at the studio), Which is why there is a $600 fee for rental and dry cleaning. Since the dresses are not at the studio, I was not able to see how they look like.
I know some people would like to wear a new dress for the wedding day, especially one that their fiance had never seen before. In my case Al had see me in at least 1/3 of the gowns at the studio but I’m sure I’ll still be able to surprise him with something!
Thinking back, when I went to tour the studio, I remember thinking whether I’d like the gowns they have. I’ve actually never worn a gown before (I went to my high school grad with a Chinese style top and dress) so I don’t even know how I’d look in one. During the dress picking session, I remember thinking some of the dresses don’t look good on me at all, especially the red dress. But it turned out really good in the photos. I guess it’s very different when the dress is by itself and when combined with the setting of the photoshoot.
Wedding Album Layout Preview
The first draft of the wedding album layout is finished so Al and I went in to HN Wedding to take a look. Overall, we were pretty happy with it, but since both of us came from design background and are kinda picky about certain elements, we made a few changes to the first draft.
They were able to meet many of our requirements in the first draft. For example, Al and I don’t like using circles or bubbles for our photos because we find that it crops off too much of the background. So they used square frames around the photos instead. We also didn’t like flowers or butterflies motifs because they are “too cute” for the mood of our photos, which is more vintage (at Hycroft) and modern (at Gastown).
We found a couple of pages which need a completely new layout because they were either too busy or too bare. We shoveled a few pictures around to make them look more even as well as having larger photos per page. Vivian also gave us a lot of really good suggestions on how we could improve the layout and what we could add to make the page more interesting (ie. the type of motif or decorations that would help balance ou the photo).
I’ll be going back in a week to view the 2nd layout design as well as get the negatives for the photos. Can’t wait to get my hands on those photos.
