5 BIG REASONS to attend the Wedding Palace Bridal Show

5 BIG REASONS to attend the Wedding Palace Bridal Show

In a previous blog, we wrote extensively about how to survive a wedding show (10 Tips on How to Survive a Bridal Show), but we did not go into details why you might even want to venture in the first place!  This coming weekend, January 13-14, we kick off the wedding show season with the Wedding Palace Bridal Show, which boasts as Ottawa's only internationally award-winning show. In this blog post, we will be highlighting some of the perks of attending this luxurious wedding show. 

10 Tips on How to Survive a Bridal Show

10 Tips on How to Survive a Bridal Show

This coming weekend (Sept. 30 - Oct. 1), SheenPhotos (Michael and I) will be at the Ottawa Wedding Palace Bridal Show at the Shaw Centre. Not only are we going as exhibitors, but we are also going as a newly-engaged couple looking for fellow wedding vendors to hire for our wedding.  In preparing for the show, we came up with ten quick-tips on how you can make the most out of the bridal show!

What the hell is a wedding hashtag?

What the hell is a wedding hashtag?

Look, weddings can sometimes be a constant struggle between keeping with tradition and making it our own. Having a wedding hashtag provides an avenue to modernize your wedding a bit, to make it a little more you! If you and your spouse-to-be are into technology, into social media, then a wedding hashtag is one of the ways you can personalize your wedding. It is not unlike having a signature wedding cocktail or having a particular wedding theme. Ultimately, a wedding hashtag will be one of the many things that will reflect the type of people both are. 

Don't forget to do this on the eve of your wedding!

Don't forget to do this on the eve of your wedding!

It is important for us photographers to photographs these items because we find that these are things that are easily overlooked by brides and grooms on the day of the wedding. Wedding days can get hectic; there are so many things going on and so many people to talk to that you will inevitably forget to stop and smell the roses, as the saying goes. You will be too busy enjoying yourself that you will forget to admire the impressive bouquet arrangement you ordered or appreciate the custom bracelets you gifted your bridesmaids. 

Where in Ottawa: Andrew Hayden Park | A Blog Series on Ottawa's Best Locations for Wedding and Engagement Session

Where in Ottawa: Andrew Hayden Park | A Blog Series on Ottawa's Best Locations for Wedding and Engagement Session

Andrew Hayden Park is one of those places that everyone in Ottawa has been to at least once! Located on Carling Avenue at Holly Acres Road, the park features typical walking trails, play structures, a bandshell for outdoor concerts, artificial ponds, and a picnic area. It is a stone throw away from the Nepean Sailing Club and a good 20-minute walk from Brittania Beach. Unlike the previous locations featured in this blog series (Pink Lake and Dominion Arboretum), Andrew Haydon Park does not have lush trees and greeneries. Most of the trees are on the edges of the park, and they are not nearly as abundant and thick.