End of Season Free Engagement Photo Session
End of Season Free Engagement Photo Session
The busy summer wedding season is over, so we at Daniel Photo Pro now have time on our schedule for one of our favorite activities: engagement photos! We offer free sessions because it’s a chance to photograph love in bloom without the stress of the wedding day. We have done engagement sessions in all kinds of environments and our clients are always amazed at them. These sessions give us the opportunity to experiment with perspective and light so we can see what works best in shooting photos of the bride, the groom, and the couple together. Every couple wants to be unique, and they are unique! However, it takes creativity and effort on the part of the photographer to find what makes them so special and beautiful together.
Call or email today for our free engagement session which typically lasts about two hours. Natural light is best so if we can photograph you outdoors, even if it’s chilly, we’ll have even better photos. Let’s have some fun! Text 440-787-3806 to book your free session.
 
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What an Outdoor Venue Adds to the Wedding Experience
What an Outdoor Venue Adds to the Wedding Experience
Let’s face it, the coronavirus pandemic has changed just about everything, including the willingness of people to attend weddings. Older people, in particular, the grand and great-grandparents that are so much a part of the family experience, want to feel safe. One of the best ways to protect your loved ones is to make a commitment to an outdoor wedding. Fortunately, they are very much in vogue now because adding Nature to your wedding ambiance is nurturing to everyone. To many engaged couples, it sounds more expensive to create an outdoor wedding but if you’re willing to spend time checking out possible locations, and you can think beyond the vision of your indoor wedding, it’s possible to do it economically.
An outdoor venue adds so many elements to a wedding. First and foremost is Light! In natural light, people are more relaxed which is reflected in wedding photography. Birds, breezes, and even chattering squirrels can be pleasant. (Be careful that the sound of cars is far enough away from the ceremony site that it doesn’t interfere.) The seating is often more comfortable than in a church pew, and chairs can be more easily moved if needed. Plus, if you pick a beautiful place, Mother Nature herself provides a lot of the décor.
Some event venues have outdoor pavilions or areas that can accommodate a crowd, but these can be more expensive. Northeast Ohio is blessed with many parks, rivers, lakes (including a very large one!) where weddings can be held. Dazzling spring, summer, and fall outdoor weddings are possible here.
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What is Your Wedding Photography Style?
What is Your Wedding Photography Style?
Couples planning a wedding know they’ll need a photographer and usually want to book one and check it off their long list! Before beginning the search, it’s helpful if couples have a chat about what kind of photos they find most appealing. If the bride leans toward drama and the groom toward candid, it’s best to come to a compromise first or find a different style that you both agree upon. At Daniel Photo Pro, we strive to provide a variety of photos that capture the entire event and the emotion. It is helpful, however, to know what style of photography blends with the couples’ personal style. Here are several ideas about types of photography to start a conversation. This list will also increase your awareness of photography styles when you’re looking through magazines or at photos online.
- Artistic
- Candid
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Drone
- Modern
- Photojournalistic
- Traditional
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How to Make a Wedding Special - for the GROOM!
How to Make a Wedding Special - for the GROOM!
Traditionally, it's all about the bride in wedding planning. Marriage, however, is better if it's a 50-50 deal. Start your marriage off right by including the groom in all planning. The groom should think carefully about what kinds of photos he wants of himself and the people and things that he feels strongly about. Everyone has stuff they love, and both bride and groom should be able to include some in the wedding. Most guys love their cars or trucks. Brides may not want them in the wedding, but things special to the groom can be included in the photography. Love grows when both bride and groom plan the wedding and think carefully about what memories they want to preserve.
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How to Create a Wedding Cake That's You
How to Create a Wedding Cake That's You
In wedding planning, choosing the cake is a big deal; much like the dress, it has to be uniquely you! Why is that?
Why do we have wedding cakes at all? Here’s a fun historic rundown beginning in ancient Rome. The ceremony included wheat or barley cake broken over the bride’s head for luck and fertility. The newly married couple would share a few bites as well. The English took on the bread idea and in medieval times started stacking buns and scones, and even cookies as high as possible (that’s where the tiered idea originated). In olden times the couple was supposed to lean over the cake and kiss without toppling it! (What happened when it did topple? Yikes!)
Then those wonderful French took up the idea and cakes became confectionary. Yum! Full of sugar the way we love them today. There’s a lot more to the story but the idea of cakes being a major element in a wedding goes back millennia.
Tiered cakes, the higher the better, work well with wedding photography as you can see in the photos. Cakes that shimmer and shine or are artistic in other ways make memorable photographs. Gold, silver and red are vibrant colors for cakes and are always romantic.
If your budget is tight, have a small tiered cake for the photos, and a big sheet cake for the guests. Just remember, the cake is far more important to you and your beloved than it is to the guests, so choose a design you love. Don’t forget to save a piece in the freezer for that first anniversary!
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