Refined Elegance – 2019 Wedding Trend
Creating the New Refined Elegance on a Budget
This year, wedding décor is moving away from overly busy, cluttered looks to refined elegance. The trick for brides-on-a-budget is to create it with limited funds. Below are ways to create the look of elegance without the expense. Remember “elegance” can mean cultured, but it also means “purified” as in taking out the unnecessary elements.
This trend is a great thing for wedding photography as well. With a simpler, elegant style, the photos capture the emotions of the people and the feeling of the experience on a beautiful background, but not so cluttered that the viewer gets overwhelmed. Remember, the wedding event is one day, but the photos last forever. When you look at them on your anniversaries, you want to see the people, the smiles, and the happiness. The table design and decorations lose significance over the years. The faces grow in significance.
- You don’t have to choose a “theme”. The concept of themes was developed by the wedding industry to sell more stuff.
- Choose to have minimum décor with softness and light as your color palette. Blush colors and pastels are easier to work with than strong colors. There is also a trend of mixing black accents with soft colors, but it has to be done very carefully. Less is more!
- Don’t get stuck in concepts like traditional, modern, contemporary, etc. You can blend them. Just don’t overdo it.
- Do one thing that is universally thought of as elegant such as monogrammed napkins. Buy enough to last for years in your home. However, one thing is enough!
- Candles always add romance, but both candles and holders can be mixed in height and color. This is another place where you have to be careful. It’s a fine line between romantic looking and cluttered.
- Clear glass is inexpensive and can be found everywhere from flea markets to Wal-mart. It adds light and depth and the reflections from candles can be rich.
Location Spotlight: Cultural Gardens, Cleveland
Hold Your Dream Wedding Outdoors in Cleveland's Cultural Gardens
Begun in the late 1890's, the Cleveland Cultural Gardens are unique in the world. Over 30 gardens are completed with eight more in development, representing many of the city's 120 distinct ethnic groups. Several of the gardens are beautiful locations for weddings or special event photos. You do need to get a permit from the city to hold a wedding in one of the gardens so do that right away. In addition to providing unique backgrounds for weddings, the rich history and tradition of the gardens adds another dimension to the wedding. The gardens with fountains, like the Italian Garden, are particularly good for weddings, but also in high demand. If northeast Ohio is to be your home after you're wed, beginning your future at such a meaningful location is a great idea.
Take a drive or a walk through the gardens when you are considering your wedding plans. They can be very lovely in spring, summer and autumn because of all the foliage and flowers. They are part of Rockefeller Park, right off of the East Shoreway. The upper half of the Gardens is on East Boulevard, starting at Superior Avenue and going north past St. Clair Avenue. The lower half is on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, from the Shoreway on the north going south toward Superior Avenue.
Wedding photos and senior photos by Daniel Photo Pro at the Cleveland Cultural Gardens
Laid Back Family? Go Rustic for your Wedding Style!
Laid Back Family? Go Rustic for your Wedding Style!
Most couples like to choose a wedding theme that works with their extended family style. Rustic is one of the most fun to do and to photograph. There's something about barns and hay, denim and boots, dogs and laughing kids that make a wedding authentic and fun. The rustic style also takes a bit of the stress out of planning and holding the reception because nature leans toward a certain disorder. Guests like it because they don't have to dress up in fancy clothes that they can't wait to get out of. With rustic style, the bride in a beautiful gown stands out like an angel when all of the guests are wearing jeans. Consider rustic style if you and your beloved are nature people.
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Let Your Love Show in that First Dance!
Let Your Love Show in that First Dance!
After the seriousness of the wedding ceremony, and getting the reception off to a good start, newlyweds can be stressed by the time the First Dance rolls around. That can be unfortunate because this is the moment photographers wait for – when love and romance should be written all over their faces and in their body language as they draw close together. Try to remember to let go of all of the wedding hoopla and get lost in each other when it comes time for your First Dance. You want your love and joy to be reflected in your pictures so be loving and joyful! The wedding crowd may be watching you, some with teary eyes, but forget about them and just be with your beloved in that few moments, remembering how lucky you are to have found each other and to be at the beginning of a long life together. Your photos will capture that spirit and you’ll be glad you did when you see them.
Location Spotlight: Willoughby Ohio
Feature Series - Spotlight on Locations
Willoughby, Ohio
In real estate, the big thing is location, location, location! It can be the same with engagement photography. A location that is meaningful to you and your fiancé will make the photos more special in the years to come. Whether it’s a city center, a park or a place that both of you value, the background of your loving poses adds elements of time, season and depth to your photos. Daniel’s photos are meant to last a lifetime…choose locations that will make you smile as the anniversaries add up.
Willoughby, Ohio is one of those towns built in the 1850’s that still holds some of its original charm and flavor. The historic district which covers nine blocks includes a variety of shops and residences and a public park. Thankfully, historians have preserved much of it, so it’s a great place for photography that blends the old with the new (the new being you and your fiancé!).
A bonus is that there is a castle nearby called Squires Castle. How many towns in America have an authentic castle?
Here’s the legend of Squires Castle.
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