Wedding Etiquette and Tips
Photo Tips
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Please choose a topic from the list below:
- Let's See Your Faces
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Choose photos that clearly show your faces. Your invitation's main photo should clearly show both of you. Shots that show your feet, half of your face, kissy pictures, etc., should be reserved for smaller, less prominent places, like the back of the invitation. Your guests will appreciate being able to see a clear picture of your special someone. Besides, don't you want to show them off?
If your absolute favorite photo doesn't clearly show your faces, choose an invitation with spots for multiple photos, this will allow you to use your favorite picture and one that shows your faces.
- Smile, Smile, Smile
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Choose photos of you smiling! Everyone loves to see a happy face. This is a happy and exciting time in your life, so show it! Maybe you don't like your smile, or if you're like most people, you think you look better not smiling. It just isn't true. No one will ever open an invite and say "Can you believe they're smiling?".
- Color Coordination
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Our favorite photo invitations almost always have some sort of color coordination. Whether we're matching the invite to the color of the groom's shirt, or to the fall leaves in the background. You'll notice that the samples pictured on our site practice this. Keep color coordination in mind, both in clothing and in setting, so that you're able to have an invitation that matches both your photo and your wedding colors.
- Orientation
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When taking your pictures, take your invitation design into consideration. For example, one of our invitations requires a photo that is in landscape orientation with the couple offset to one side. This allows us to use the photo for the background while still having room for the wording. Photographers aren't mind readers so if you have needs like this, please let your photographer know. They will welcome any suggestions you give them.
- Resolution
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Provide us with the highest resolution photos available. Typically this means your photo file size will be no smaller than 2MB. If you need help finding out the resolution of the image you possess, please contact your photographer.
