Weddings by Warren Williams
Getting Married is a big step. Planning a wedding is equally daunting affair. So many things to remember, so much that can go wrong… And every bride deserves the perfect wedding day she has dreamt of since she was a little girl.
Articles & Photograhy by Warren Williams
In this wedding feature, we offer a few hints and tips from the professionals to help you make the most of your wedding experience.
It’s raining on my wedding parade! What now?
Okay, so you’ve been at it for months, preparing the absolute perfect wedding day. The venue is perfect, his mother has stayed away from the dodgy hat she was going to wear, the flowers are done and you even hit goal weight a week ago (to the surprise of some, but they’ll never admit it). So all that’s really left is for you to wake-up to a beautiful day, slip into your gorgeous dress and arrive to the beam of a slightly startled groom whose heartbeat is somewhere in the upper 100’s. But at that very moment, when everything seems perfect, the weather guy decides not to play along (and it doesn’t look like it clearing – not for the next 3 days). And at precisely 2:00pm on your wedding day it starts to bucket down.
Act like a child on your wedding day
Now I know you’re probably not married yet, but today I’m going to speak to you about children. (Hang in there with me, there’s a reason for it). You see, I’ve always marvelled at the capacities that children have. Take their capacity for innovation for instance. It’s amazing. Kids are supremely talented. They’re willing to take chances, to take risks, to live on the edge, to truly try and fly. If they don’t know how to do something, they’ll at least have a go at it. By way of example, let’s take a nursery rhyme. If they don’t know the words, they’ll take a hack at them. ‘Hickory-dickory dock, the mouse ran up the cock.’ Oh really? Oh, okay then. You see, kids aren’t afraid to fail – they’ll have a shot at it no matter what. And herein lies a lesson for all of us: if you’re afraid to take a chance, you’ll never come up with anything original or creative. And that’s a fact, Jack. Now let’s fast-forward to your wedding day…



It’s 5:30pm, your vows are over, signing of the register is done, confetti lies strewn everywhere, family and friends are hugging, kissing, drinking bubbly, looking smooth (and the Best Man has already started hitting on your good-looking friend from work). Right! Time to go to work, so your photographer whisks you off for the formals. Click, click, click, stand, pose, this angle, that angle, this barn door, that pond, click, click, sunset shot, kissy-kissy, huggy-huggy, job done.
You go on honeymoon, your photographer develops your beloved photographs and then you wonder why they look fairly to moderately okay. Be honest, they actually look quite crap. So you blame your photographer. Ja, you’re right blame the photographer. But only 50% right. You need to take the other 50% of the blame. Unless of course you made a conscious effort to take the first paragraph above to heart. So read it again, I’ll wait for you.
We have a motto in our family that works for Helen, myself and the kids: LIVE. LOVE. LAUGH. Try using it on your wedding day, then try using it throughout your married life. It’s worked wonders for us. I hope it does for you too.