Thursday, August 5, 2010

Wed Recap: You may now claim your bride with a kiss!

This ceremony recap speaks for itself.  There's not much I need to write to go along with these photos and video other than to tell you that like with everything else surrounding our wedding, I did not want the traditional verbage used to end our ceremony. 


As our pastor made everyone aware in this post, I wrote out our ceremony script for him with key bible verses, vows, and ideas to share during his message.  Near the end of the wedding planning process, I told him that he didn't need to stick to the script verbatim...except for where I highlighted certain words and portions of the script that were absolutely imperative to have Pastor Lyle say exactly as I wrote them out.  One of those few things that I insisted be performed exactly as I wanted was the final comment of the ceremony where the officiant typically says "You may now kiss your bride!" 


I wanted this to be a bit untraditional, so as you'll see in the video, I came up with a bit of a unique way for Pastor L to direct Mr Fix It for the kiss:



And ladies, let me tell you yet again why I absolutely implore you to have some type of video at your wedding....the day after the wedding, I could not remember one thing about our first kiss!!!  Nothing!  I didn't even really remember kissing my groom at all at the end of the ceremony.  But thankfully there was video to prove we did in fact kiss.   And though the photos are great, they just can't seem to convey the length, type and memory of the kiss the way the video can.  :)


Here's a few more pics I love of our first kiss as husband and wife:





Share time:  Was there anything that may have seemed insignificant or normal during your ceremony or reception that you wanted to slightly tweak to make it different from a traditional wedding event?

TODAY'S WEDDING TIP:  Be sure to practice the recessional during your rehearsal as well as the processional.  We didn't really practice this at our rehearsal like we should have and so the wedding party didn't realize that they were supposed to wait until me and my groom got to the very end of the aisle before they started walking down.  Then each of the couples immediately started following each other back down the aisle rather quickly which didn't allow the photographer a chance to get a good shot of each couple walking down.  It's better to have a mark (the middle of the aisle, end of the aisle, etc) that you direct each couple to start their walk at once the couple in front of them hits that mark.

Unless otherwise noted, all photos by Robert Mullins Photography
Raw video footage courtesy of Video Keepsakes of Beverly Hills

10 comments:

Shannon said...

Cute kiss! I'm always disappointed when couples give each other quick pecks on the lips. Your kiss looks like you actually like each other! hahaha

Our first kiss is the one part of the ceremony I do vividly remember. I thought it was perfect :)

I also changed up the original script my pastor gave us. Initially he had the kiss and then followed by like 3 more prayers. I told him I wanted the kiss to be the last thing done before announcing us as Mr. and Mrs.

Kim said...

Beautiful kiss! I am going to have to practice with my fiance, since he is definitely more of a "peck on the lips guy" when we are in public. And I don't think we've ever kissed in front of his parents, period. Great tip about the recessional . . . I need to start making notes of all of these things :)

Alicia said...

Aaawwwww! Great kiss!! I loved how you had your officiant state it too!

Katie said...

Ah, the first kiss...love it! :) And always one of my fave pics from a wedding

Morgan said...

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! This set of photos might just be my favorite from your whole ceremony (although it would be hard to pick!), I just love first kiss photos!

Miss C said...

Ohhh that kiss made me a little teary! Love!

Chocolate Lover said...

Beautiful pics of your first kiss!!

very married said...

SO jealous. my videographer has flown the coop. April was the last time he said, "just a couple more weeks." i send him an email about once a month now...

Mrs T said...

Love your kiss photos.

Gaynor {Our Day by Design} said...

Love your kiss pics & video!

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