Sudbury Ontario Wedding Officiant
This is not a new idea for smaller, more intimate weddings. In your living room, or like with Mike and Ashley, in the house and backyard.
An at home wedding is perfectly suited for a pop up wedding too. Especially in these times where we’re limited in attendance and larger big venue affairs.
Back in 1996 when I married Tina, we decided that our wedding was going to be small, early in the day and in February.
We married in mid winter because my schedule that year and summer was jammed with weddings, and her being at that time a full time accountant, her spring schedule was also jammed. Tax season for her, wedding season for me.
We had two options, either wait a year or get married in three months. We opted with sooner than later.
Being a full time wedding photographer myself I had little desire for a large wedding. She agreed. Hence, a family only wedding at 10:00AM.
Those are our reasons for our ‘pop up wedding’. Many others have their reasons. The popularity in pop up weddings attest to the fact that many of the reason overlap. Mainly, no desire for a large affair, budget and a strong desire for keeping is simple, small and elegant.
Was our wedding the first “pop up wedding”? It was at that time not the norm, so to speak. Most weddings were large affairs with many guests.
I always felt that a smaller wedding like ours was more about ‘utility’ over pageantry. And was very similar to the way our parents and grand parents got married back in the day. They had smaller family only affairs.
And it was more about simply getting married.
Yours….
Rob
Last August 2019 when we hosted a one day pop up event at Fielding Park in Lively, our first pop up wedding of the day was at 10:00AM with Emilie and Ken.
The plan was to meet up in the parking lot, walk into the trails deep into the forest, exchange vows and then walk the trails.
Afterwards everyone headed out to a resort at French River and continue the celebration.
Thankfully the weather was perfect!
A few memories….
What is candid photography? Typically it means images that are unscripted, unposed and take on a photo journalistic style. I love shooting candids and push hard to get as many as I can, even at pop up weddings.
Candids create images that resonate with everyone. They have more emotion, mood and memory.
Even though pop up weddings are smaller affairs, there’s is still many opportunities for candid images.
Last fall when we ran our Thanksgiving weekend Pop Up wedding event, Danielle and Peter grabbed the 8:00PM time slot.
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Why not? We’ve had pop up weddings with about 16 guests and half that as bridal party. There are not rules really. If having all your closest friends and family as part of your bridal party, make it happen.
[Read more…] about Can I have a big wedding party at my pop up wedding?We don’t really know how long social distancing will be in effect.
Right now gatherings are still limited to 5 people, but that will not be in effect indefinitely.
City hall is currently not issuing wedding licenses, but once they begin reissuing licenses (even if group sizes are limited to 5), you can still do an elopement with officiant, the couple and 2 witnesses.
This size of wedding ceremony is far from a popular idea. But, there are some instances where it might make sense. For example, let’s say you had a wedding planned, guests invitations sent, hall booked, vendors and catering all set.
And now this. You could still get legally married with a super small pop up wedding. And have the party, the reception, in six months, twelve months. Most if not all vendors I’m sure will be willing to work with you.
A small pop up wedding – even the pop up wedding chapels we can still use social distancing if that becomes necessary since the venues (northern water sports and Fielding Park) have plenty of space for social distancing since the pop up weddings are for small groups.
We can also come to your home and do a small pop up wedding, or packages for a small pop up wedding in our studio.
There are options. Ways around this without breaking too many rules or putting anyone in harms way.
And still honoring the marriage vows with a legal wedding ceremony.
Rob
We see children at most weddings we’ve photographed. They’re cute, fun, adorable and run around like a bunch of crazy people.
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I’ve said this many times about pop up weddings. Imagine a regular full sized wedding, hundreds of guests, all the frills, fanfare and pageantry….
And simply compress it down to a mini-version of the same.
[Read more…] about Should I wear a wedding gown at my pop up wedding?There was a time when just about everyone got married at the local church. And then new trends started where different locations became trendy and cool.
This includes resorts, both locally and far away destinations, at home, the cottage, reception halls, local parks, on and on.
We’ve even officiated a wedding on a trail in the bush. Anything can work.
Here’s just a few samples from weddings we’ve participated in. Click on the image to access the website for more information.
