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Your Wedding Day Timeline: 7 Steps To Smooth Sailing On Your Big Day

So you’re sitting there. It’s Saturday morning and you’re having a cup of coffee with your lovely future significant other, talking away about what life will be like when you’re finally married.

But then it dawns on you… Whoops, we don’t even actually have our wedding planned out yet!

Maybe you’re still a full six months away. Maybe it’s three. Or maybe you’ve procrastinated, and your big day is just a few short weeks from today. 

Regardless, you need to have a wedding day timeline in place, and the sooner the better.

The problem is:

Where to start?

Well I’ve been through my fair share of weddings over the last 8 years, and have picked up a few nuggets of wisdom along that way. 

So to get you started on a wedding itinerary that will have everything rolling along like a well-oiled machine on the day that counts the most, togethe

So to get you started on a wedding itinerary that will have everything rolling along like a well-oiled machine on the day that counts the most, I teamed up with the Seaport Wedding Gurus Alyssa, Kelcee, and Michelle (who run an amazing venue by the way) to put together 3 different wedding day timeline templates for you built around the most common ceremony times, along with 7 straightforward steps for you to follow to be as prepared as possible come wedding day.

They say the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is today.

Let’s jump in.

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PostedFebruary 14, 2018
AuthorYuri Kriventsoff
CategoriesWeddingTips, Weddings
TagsWedding planning, wedding day timeline, boston seaport wedding
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Fall Engagement Photos: The Definitive Guide To The Perfect Autumn Shoot

In this guide, I cover the essentials for your fall engagement photos, including how to plan, coordinate outfits, and get the perfect shots. Read on.

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PostedDecember 11, 2017
AuthorYuri Kriventsoff
CategoriesWeddingTips
Tagsfall engagement photos, engagement in Boston, enagegement photosgrapher, boston wedding photographer, engagement photo tips, tips for engagement photos, tips for engagement photo shoot, engagement tips for couples
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TOP 5 Wedding Trends

Trends come and go…it is their nature. Yet, some trends are so appealing that they last a lot longer than others, and some even transition into outright traditions.

Take diamond engagement rings - they were never a common thing until the 1800s. Even then, they did not go mainstream for many decades.

Today though, that former "trend" is a major tradition and a key part of marriage. This is why it is a good idea to keep up to speed with the latest wedding trends and consider if they fit in with your style, budget and goals.

You might choose to integrate something that seems ahead of its time and discover you were a forerunner in using that activity, item or element on your big day. If not, you can still have a lot of fun being all trendy and up to date with all things wedding.

So, what are those wedding trends to watch and even integrate into your plans? Let's look at the top five:

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PostedNovember 3, 2017
AuthorYuri Kriventsoff
CategoriesWeddingTips
Tagswedding, wedding trends, wedding photogrpaher, photobooth
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Top Tips to Plan for Wedding Day Disasters

Do you have an upcoming wedding?

Are you plagued by restless nights and days full of "what if" scenarios playing out in your head?

Don't worry, if you are like most people in the midst of planning your wedding day, you should know that almost everyone worries about potential problems or downright disasters. It's common enough, but here's the thing - not many people take any steps to ensure those worst case scenarios DON'T play out.

Why not?

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PostedOctober 23, 2017
AuthorYuri Kriventsoff
CategoriesWeddingTips
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Must Know Rules About Wedding Photography

Are you clear about the rules and guidelines associated with wedding photography?

For instance, what are the essential shots?

What does the photographer actually shoot?

Can they also do video?

There is a lot to know about wedding photography. And whether you are someone just beginning to plan a wedding or someone eager to work as a wedding photographer, there are a few "must know" rules that will benefit be of tremendous benefit to you.

These are rules that apply to the before, during and after periods of the wedding, and they are not about getting the best shots. Instead, these rules emphasize such things as disaster avoidance, meeting expectations, troubleshooting ahead of the big day, and ideas about amateur shots, too.

In other words, they are rules that also answer some of the biggest and most important questions.

Like what?

Well, let's start with what ends up being a major area of concern for lots of couples - discomfort in front of the camera on their wedding day. Have you ever seen a series of photos of a couple and wondered why one or both looked awkward, odd or unnatural in terms of their body position and facial expression?

It is probably due to the fact that they had never had much experience in front of the camera and were surprised by the discomfort of being the main focus of a day of photography.

What's the answer? Let's find out…

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PostedOctober 20, 2017
AuthorYuri Kriventsoff
CategoriesWeddingTips
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How to Make a Perfect Wedding Timeline

Have you recently become engaged or decided to set a date and "tie the knot"?

If so, you are probably feeling a lot of different emotions, and one of them might be panic.

After all, choosing the date is easy; it is bringing together the millions of little pieces that make up the wedding day that can be such a challenge. Perhaps you have a friend or family member who showed you their perfect wedding timeline, or you've already gone online looking for a template for the perfect wedding timeline instead?

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PostedOctober 16, 2017
AuthorYuri Kriventsoff
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10 Actually Useful and Effective Wedding Tips

Planning a wedding and starting to feel overwhelmed by all of the "helpful tips and tricks for a flawless and unforgettable wedding day that no one will ever forget"?

Sigh…Burnout is a real thing for those planning a wedding, and it can occur at any time - even if as you just get started. While the Internet is ripe with all kinds of advice for the would-be wedding planners, not all of it is realistic or useful.

As an example, spend an hour on Pinterest and you'll initially feel inspired, then a bit overwhelmed, and then you might find yourself thinking about eloping.

There is information overload at every point of planning a wedding and whether it is the location, the favors, the food, the décor, the music, the clothes…well, let's just say that you should have at least ten actually useful and effective tips as you get started.

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PostedOctober 13, 2017
AuthorYuri Kriventsoff
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Wedding Day Disasters to Plan For

If you have been planning your wedding, it is likely that it has taken up a lot of your time.

It is probably also taking up a lot of space in your thoughts. It can be such an all-consuming process that it even intrudes on sleep and dreams; with lots of couples saying they've experienced a few nightmares about wedding day disasters.

While our dreams toss out bizarre variations on "disasters" such as forgetting to wear pants, everyone showing up in diving suits and limousines being replaced by roller skates, there are some actual wedding day disaster scenarios.

Many couples can share tales of unexpected issues that sabotaged their long-planned event, and to help you be a bit more forewarned and with some backup plans, we offer you these wedding day disasters to actually plan for (and work around if they strike).

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PostedOctober 9, 2017
AuthorYuri Kriventsoff
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The Pros and Cons to a DIY Wedding

One of the worst experiences for those doing a DIY wedding is that they end up juggling a lot more vendors than they thought they would. This is often because they are not using any "package" deals.

For example, you rent your space, but that may be all that you get, a clean and appealing space.

Then comes food, drinks, music, décor (with tables, chairs as well as actual decorating), photographer/videographer, transportation, and more.

So, there is an obvious "con" in having to handle so many different vendors, and yet there is a very obvious "pro" to this.

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PostedOctober 6, 2017
AuthorYuri Kriventsoff
CategoriesWeddingTips
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10 Things No One Tells You about Wedding Planning

You've gotten engaged and even set a wedding date - that's a huge achievement, but now the real work of "getting married" begins. 

"Oh," you say with a wry smile, "We're hiring a wedding planner to tackle it all." 

Okay, that's a great idea, but there are a lot of things most of us don't know about the entire wedding planning process, and one of the biggest is that (even with a pro wedding planner) it is never "hands off" or "effortless".

So, whether you are going the professional wedding planner route, planning your wedding with some professional support, or making it an entirely DIY affair, there is one thing you must know before it all begins. And that is the point we just made above:

Wedding planning is a time consuming and challenging task regardless of how it is done.

Of course, as with so many other things in life, if you accept and expect challenges, it makes them much easier to tackle when they appear. That is why I'd like to offer you the following list of "things no one tells you about wedding planning".

Some of them are going to be a surprise and some might seem not all that shocking, but still extremely valuable. Let's start with a sort of reiteration or expansion of our main point:

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PostedOctober 2, 2017
AuthorYuri Kriventsoff
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