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Pre Wedding Photos - Good or Bad?

Samantha, on July 31, 2019 at 7:55 AM Posted in Planning 0 9

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Context: Although we don’t have a professional photographer, his sister is taking pictures for us and we have a videographer per FH request. We plan on doing a first look and then going up the ski lifts with her and our videographer then doing photos on top of the mountain.

It’s not cheap but I definitely want the experience and am paying for FH and I plus his sister and our videographer ($100 total) so we can at least get photos. There are places at the base to take additional photos too. We are extending the option to our bridal party and parents if they want to go up it’s $25 but we aren’t making them do it.

FH just chimes in - what if EVERYONE wants to take photos. It’s a destination wedding and minus the wedding party and parents who will be taking pics with us it would be 16 people all of whom are his siblings or our closest friends. It wouldn’t bug me because then we’d get extra time with everyone coming in for the wedding and it wouldn’t make the ceremony or party any less special to me and we wouldn’t have to wrangle people post ceremony for pics, we can go right into the party is my leaning toward this being a great idea.

I attached a photo I am going to email out from our wedding website to everyone. Is this a good idea or bad? Should I change my verbiage?

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Latest activity by Cher Horowitz, on July 31, 2019 at 11:53 AM

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Kayla · on July 31, 2019 at 8:40 AM
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I think it's a good idea! That sounds like a lot of fun. It'll be good to let your guests know that they are invited but also make sure they know they are responsible for their own lift ticket. I also think the verbiage is okay! If you're having a formal event, you may want to consider making the verbiage more formal. Otherwise, it's totally fine!
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Legend June 2019
Melle · on July 31, 2019 at 8:51 AM
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That is an interesting idea !!! I bet that would also make for some good pics
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Master June 2019
Danielle · on July 31, 2019 at 8:56 AM
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Sounds like a good idea. I would just change "all of our family & friends" to "all of our guests", just encase someone not invited sees this and gets crazy ideas, lol. And that last sentence seems a bit repetitive, so I'd try to work the part of "let me know and I can send a waiver and more information" into the main paragraph. I'm thinking:
"We are inviting all of our guests to join us for pre-wedding pictures atop Park City Mountain. We will be taking the Town Ski Lift to the top of the mountain, and if you'd like to join on the fun - or just want to see some breathtaking views of Park City - a lift ticket is $25 per person. If you are interested, please let us know and we can send a waiver and more information."
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MOB So Cal · on July 31, 2019 at 9:24 AM
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If you're sending this out, you might want to add the approximate time that guests would need to be at the lift, so they can figure that into their plans.
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Samantha · on July 31, 2019 at 10:41 AM
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This is great advice, thank you!!! I was still fiddling with the words so this helps a bunch.
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Samantha · on July 31, 2019 at 10:43 AM
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That wouldn’t be a problem because the email is only being sent to guests (aka friends and family) and my website has a passcode on it that only they have. But I get it if it was visible elsewhere.
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Samantha · on July 31, 2019 at 10:43 AM
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Yeah, I wasn’t sure if I should wait for peeps to contact me or just directly add it in, thanks!!
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Mcskipper · on July 31, 2019 at 10:55 AM
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I’d still change the phrasing to “all our guests” just in case there’s any friends or significant others who read it and aren’t immediately certain if it applies to them or not. If you’re extending the invite to everyone, I’d use words that indicate that clearly (I’ve been a friend in a “close friends and family” situation and panicked that it might not have included me!)
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Cher Horowitz · on July 31, 2019 at 11:53 AM
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This would be a lot of fun! I'm sure your guests would enjoy it
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