Sudbury Ontario Wedding Officiant
Of course the weather needs to play a role here. Any pop up wedding can have the exact same elements as a larger event with hundreds of guests. But with way less expense and hassle.
I’ve said it before, worth mentioning again, pop up weddings are getting more and more popular for these reasons. Less hassle, less expense, and far more fun and intimate. Here’s a short clip from Ashley and Mikes backyard wedding.
One of the best things about a pop up wedding at home if the level of closeness and intimacy between you and your guests.
Watch this short video to get a sense of what I’m talking about. Erika is delivering her maid of honour speech. No loud ambient noise, glasses, wait staff running around banging dishes.
[Read more…] about When you’re so close to your guests they feel your speech…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.
[Read more…] about When your pop up wedding is after sunset, light some “candles” for a special ceremony…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.
One of the couples who we had the honour of officiating and photographing on our Pop Up Wedding day last October was Amelie and Kevin.
Here’s but a few samples from that day, both indoor and outside with the fall colours and lake Ramsay…
“We loved out pop up wedding experience! Would recommend it to anyone!!”
~Renee & James~
