Autumn Weddings Onboard {The season is approaching, here are just some ideas}

I’ve been vacationing for a couple of weeks and have failed to make the daily posts for all you readers out there. As autumn is approaching ideas begin to stream in with the latest concepts for the season. With trends always changing and the new quickly becoming last season, we recommend turning towards the traditional and always couture for seasonal weddings. Traditional is always classic.

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Brian & Claudia’s Wedding {Shot by Becca Coe}

These are the photos I took at a friends wedding last year. I love to photographs at close friends weddings, being able to present them with a personal gift for and from their wedding. I have found that the guests at the weddings I shoot at are always comfortable with a guest photographer, always having their heads up ready to strike a pose!

I used my Nikon D40 with the Nikon SB-600 flash.

Planning for Wedding Etiquette {Something New by Elise Mac Adam}

Something New: Wedding Etiquette for Rule Breakers,
Traditionalists, and Everyone in Between
by Elise Mac Adam

Looking for the perfect voice of wisdom when planning your wedding, this book is smart, down-to-earth, funny (but never flippant) and–while respectful of wedding traditions–by no means beholden to them. At a time when weddings have more potential than ever to become surreal, this book is a great way to keep your footing.

It’s utterly modern, in that it acknowledges frankly all the weirdo issues that come up (a dog as a best man? a bridesmaid who grew too fat for her dress?), but is grounded in an understanding that the rules of etiquette still apply whether you want to go formal or free-form. And, furthermore, that etiquette is not a punishing, restricting set of conventions, but time-tested guidelines that really do make everyone’s wedding experience more comfortable.

Elise MacAdam’s advice will help brides cut through all of the conflicting and outmoded advice about wedding rules and etiquette so they can focus on planning the wedding that’s right for them, not the one that would make Emily Post happy. Elise tells you all about the rules so you can decide which ones you want to ignore or break.

Something New is different from other wedding books in that it sheds light on all kinds of sticky situations that come up, that people don’t normally talk about, and it gives you a road map for how to handle yourself. It will help brides put their dilemmas into perspective and focus on what’s important.

A Beautiful East Coast Wedding {Everywhere is unique}

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Top Fifty Classic Wedding Songs for 2009 {From the Knot}

Originally found at the Knot.

1. “At Last” (Etta James)
2. “As Time Goes By” (from Casablanca)
3. “Come Rain or Come Shine” (Ray Charles)
4. “Because You Loved Me” (Celine Dion)
5. “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” (Elton John)
6. “Can’t Help Falling In Love” (Elvis Presley)
7. “Chances Are” (Johnny Mathis)
8. “Close To You” (The Carpenters)
9. “Could I Have This Dance?” (Anne Murray)
10. “Dream A Little Dream” (Mamas & the Papas)
11. “Embraceable You” (Nat King Cole)
12. “Endless Love” (Diana Ross & Lionel Richie)
13. “Fascination” (Jane Morgan)
14. “Fever” (Peggy Lee)
15. “Forever and Ever, Amen” (Randy Travis)
16. “Forever” (Kenny Loggins)
17. “From This Moment” (Shania Twain & Brian White)
18. “Grow Old With Me” (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
19. “Here And Now” (Luther Vandross)
20. “I Finally Found Someone” (Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams)
21. “I Only Have Eyes For You” (The Flamingos)
22. “I Will” (The Beatles)
23. “If I Loved You” (from Carousel)
24. “In My Life” (The Beatles)
25. “It Had To Be You” (Harry Connick, Jr.)
26. “Lady In Red” (Chris DeBurgh)
27. “Love Theme To Romeo & Juliet” (from Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet)
28. “Marry Me” (Neil Diamond & Buffy Lawson)
29. “One Moment In Time” (Whitney Houston)
30. “Our Love Is Here To Stay” (Billie Holiday)
31. “So This Is Love” (James Ingram)
32. “Some Enchanted Evening” (from South Pacific)
33. “Something” (from Across the Universe)
34. “Somewhere” (from West Side Story)
35. “The Best Is Yet To Come” (Frank Sinatra)
36. “The Rose” (Bette Midler)
37. “Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You” (Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson)
38. “True” (Spandau Ballet)
39. “Unforgettable” (Nat King Cole)
40. “Up Where We Belong” (Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warrens)
41. “Wedding Song (There Is Love)” (Captain & Tennille)
42. “Wedding Song (There is Love)” (Petula Clark)
43. “We’ve Got Tonight” (Bob Seger)
44. “We’ve Only Just Begun” (The Carpenters)
45. “When I Fall In Love” (Nat King Cole)
46. “Will You Marry Me?” (Vonda Shepard)
47. “Woman” (John Lennon)
48. “Wonderful World” (Louis Armstrong)
49. “You Are So Beautiful” (Joe Cocker)
50. “Your Song” (Elton John)

Amanda & Stephen Diaz’s Wedding {Shot by Three Blondes & a Camera}

These are the photos from my friends Amanda & Stephen Diaz’s wedding day celebration, shot by Three Blondes & a Camera.