Looking for wedding photo studios...
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11-28-2007, 06:07 PM
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are engagement photos a must?? hahaha geeze the list just keeps growing! what else do i have to do? i just found out that theres supposed to be engagement & wedding shower? i havent had either!
11-28-2007, 06:09 PM
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communtiy shower with only the hot young couples in the neighborhood would be a fun addition. Especially for photographers!
11-28-2007, 07:47 PM
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Yeah you're suppose to do an engagement party. We didn't do one either...it's really just a ploy for gifts.
I would highly recommend doing a wedding shower. I believe the brides' parents are suppose to put it on. Mine did it with the bride's parents. Shoot I scored a stainless grill. Nuf' said.
Engagement photos are not a must but they are nice to have. They can be used in the invitations. On a website. An excuse to get some professional photos of you and the groom. We didn't have many.
My photographer was the wife of an i-club hero.....totally chance. And she did a hell of a job. Chris Lock's wife. If you want to see some of the engagement and wedding photos go to.... www.soontobemrandmrst.com
that's our wedding. Not that many up there. I need to update it.
if you've been engaged more than a couple months i wouldn't do the party. It'd almost come off tacky. It's really suppose to be celebration shortly after it happens...not mandatory. If you want to just do a little BBQ at your house and don't tell people to bring any gifts. Or put a price limit on it..make it fun. Say like $20. And DON'T invite anyone you 100% are inviting to the wedding....
11-28-2007, 07:57 PM
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well i am Chinese and my fiancee is Vietnamese so it's bit different on the party thing. We weren't going to do the engagement photos at first. We were only looking for a good photographer for the day of. But after we shopped around a bit finally saw my photographer's work, we decided to go for it. 
Since we are Asian, we didn't do the party thing and not planning on it. However, I had to formally go to her house to see her parents with my family along with gifts and 'red envelop' (money). Then a very nice dinner with everybody after that. Next big 'party' would be the day of, where we'll have the ceremony (duh) then follow by a Chinese banquet.
Damn it's $$$$$$$$$$
Since we are Asian, we didn't do the party thing and not planning on it. However, I had to formally go to her house to see her parents with my family along with gifts and 'red envelop' (money). Then a very nice dinner with everybody after that. Next big 'party' would be the day of, where we'll have the ceremony (duh) then follow by a Chinese banquet.
Damn it's $$$$$$$$$$
11-29-2007, 07:19 PM
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tell me about it!! $$$$ grrr. im thinking the parites might be a good idea...my friends have been doing them and theyre actually coming up on costs and gifts! hahaa.
11-29-2007, 08:30 PM
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Yeah, and in Chinese tradition the guy covers EVERYTHING! 
And I feel like my mom has done enough for the first 18 years of my life so I am covering whole damn thing myself. I am just glad that my fiancee and her family are not too picky.
And I feel like my mom has done enough for the first 18 years of my life so I am covering whole damn thing myself. I am just glad that my fiancee and her family are not too picky.
11-29-2007, 11:01 PM
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i hope you put your business card on everyones plate haha, then maybe youll get your money back over the next few years
11-29-2007, 11:19 PM
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lol
yeah give out some joke cigars that will really stink up their carpet once they light up on the drive home
yeah give out some joke cigars that will really stink up their carpet once they light up on the drive home
11-30-2007, 12:34 PM
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chinese tradition that the guy pays for everyting? WTF? how come no one told me...i could be saving HELLA money hahaha!
no registry FTW! id rather get money than people buy me stuff i already have!
no registry FTW! id rather get money than people buy me stuff i already have!