Wedding Trends through the Wedding Report

Occasionally I receive an email with a “Wedding Report” talking about trends in the wedding industry and what brides are up to from The Wedding Report, Inc. !  I always think it’s fascinating and look forward to reading it!  I recently received an email from them and I thought I would share some of their insight when it comes to weddings and the statistics.

One of the things they did this time was the Top 10 Wedding Industry Trends, here is what they say:

1. Couples are interested in and are trying to cut costs for their wedding
2. Untrained and inexperienced photographers are doing well
3. Bold colors are trendy and popular
4. Brides use the internet a lot to research  products and services
5. Buffet dinners are common
6. Morning and  afternoon weddings are becoming the thing to do
7. Couples prefer all-inclusive wedding packages;  then they don’t have as much work
8. Winter weddings are popular and weddings in the snow
9. Destination weddings have gotten closer to home
10. Different types of weddings have increased in California

The second section focused on engagement rings.  Here are some of the facts they stated:

1.  The majority are still made up of diamonds

2.  2/3 are made with white gold

3.  December is the most popular month for proposing and Saturday is the most popular day

4.  Americans will have spent over $6.1 billion dollars in 2008 for engagement rings

Bridal Portraits| Fashion, Elegance, Fun

Sarah and her mother came into the studio after getting her makeup and hair done at the oxford hotel spa downtown. These bridal sessions are such a great opportunity to try out your makeup and hair ahead of time. I think she looked fabulous. Angie and I wanted to create something elegant as well as modern. We chose a grey seamless look for this shoot and created some really nice imagery for her. This kind of a look is very popular in the bridal magazines. Sarah’s wedding is coming up in a few weeks at arrowhead golf course one of our favorite places to shoot. Sarah we cant wait to see you soon.

Southern Colorado Wedding Photography Sneak Peak

What an amazing experience Jeremy and Anne allowed us to be a part of.  I just wanted to throw up a few for everyone to see.  There will be many more to share soon.  We got so many beautiful wedding images from this wedding we didn’t know what to do with ourselves.  The weather was all over the place but cooperated for the important parts like the ceremony where it all of a sudden become beautiful and sunny and gave us amazing skies to work with. 

Tae and Thy Wedding Photography at the Magnolia Hotel

Tae and Thy had very fun wedding at the Magnolia Hotel in downtown denver.  The wedding was in the club room and the reception was across the street at the Ballroom which is one of the nicest spaces I have seen in colorado.  They had some incredible flower arrangements.  They had flowers on columns at each row.  Huge arrangements up at the alter area and giant centerpieces on every table at the reception.  It was truly beautiful.  There guests had so much fun and got to take carriage rides in downtown denver curtsy of the bride and groom.