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September wedding L & J

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In late September I had the pleasure to accompany Norbi from N2Photo to photograph a wedding close to Szeged, Hungary. It´s always nice to see other photographers working and to work with, because it´s challenging, it´s fun and it´s teaching a lot about cooperation. Norbi is a true veteran photographer and videographer, so it was a privilege to second-shooting with him. His willingness to help and his guidance was super-valuable, for which I am very thankful. 🙂

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Lili & Janos had one of those weddings that everyone wishes for. The ceremony was held in one of the oldest and most beautiful churches of the town followed by an elegant dinner ending with a huuuuge party. Friends and family gathered together from abroad and from different parts of the country to share this special event with the happy couple. From early morning on the whole family was preparing together and I could just gush for hours about how lovely it was to capture these moments. The grandmother arranging flowers, the sister fixing the bride´s dress, the father welcoming guests, the neighbours bringing warm cookies and cakes for the pre-wedding gathering, the brothers teasing the groom. And of course I have to mention here the drop-dead gorgeous bride! I loved her elegant dress all covered in delicate lace, yet keeping a simple, eternal style. It was designed by Lucidité and needless to say, I am completely in love with her pretty dresses. 🙂

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As a wedding photographer it is supposed to be your job to document these days. But it is so much more than that. You are part of someone´s happiness for some hours, you catch honest smiles and tears, you hear jokes and you get to see crazy-good parties evolving.  It is an honor that people trust you to capture these important moments of their lives. And I am happily doing so! When I see these images, I am really grateful that I can do what I love doing.:)

So, I´m looking forward to the next season, me and my gear is ready to go! 🙂

To see the full wedding photo-album, click here.

-Petra

 

Winter wedding colors

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Photo source: The Perfect Palette  / Bridalguide

Nowadays I get to know more and more couples who plan to get married during winter time. In Finland it seems to be a popular choice and the are some very good reasons behind it. A winter wedding is different, it is beautiful (especially if it´s snowing), you have a better chance booking your dream venue, plus you don´t really need to stress about the weather. On the other hand you might find it harder to choose the color palette that fits the season as well. As a little help, I gathered here some tips for you to create the perfect wedding hues.

  1. If you have already found the venue, take a look around and imagine what style, patterns, textures and colors would fit it the best.
  2. If the restaurant/ballroom has dominantly dark colors, bring some light in with lighter shades.
  3. No decoration looks good in the dark, so add candles and string lights to set a warm, welcoming feeling. Instead of one big lamp, use several smaller light sources.
  4. If you have an absolute favourite shade, go for it. As colors go well in pair, pick an opposite hue from the color wheel, or pick a neutral one with it. This way the composition will be in balance.
  5. Don´t use way too many colors, 2-4 is the the ideal number. Using less colors creates a cohesive flow to your decorations and stationery without being too flat or too forced.
  6. Metallic hues go with winter season hand in hand. Now it´s a good time to use silver, gold, brass or bronze.
  7. Checking the textures and patterns you´re using is just as important as choosing the right colors. Before you make decisions, try to match them together to see if they look good side by side or not.
  8. Don´t overdo it, keep it simple.
  9. Get inspired by the magazines, Pinterest or wedding bloggers. There are some pretty amazing ideas out there. 😉

I hope that these tips were helpful to you. To the end let me show you some popular color combinations for the winter season. 🙂

Navy blue and gold

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Photography source: Ruffled blog / Etsy.com / Inspired by this  / Lindsey Brunk / Pinterest / Modwedding / Weddingwindow

Dusty blue and white

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Photography source: Pinterest / Burnetts Boards / Jose Villa / Caffun-e / Intimate wedding / Once Wed

Buttercream, red and green

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Photography source: Wedding chicks / Green wedding shoes / Elizabeth Anne / The lovely find / Pinterest / Ruffled blog / Wedding gawker

ABC-book illustration

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When I was 6-years old, my parents bought me an ABC-book to prep me for school. I remember I got really excited, because I thought it was some magic that brought illustrations and letters together. Of course at the beginning I couldn´t figure out for the life of me why I had to read aloud “B” as “bee” instead of “baɪ”, when the illustration next to the letter was a bicycle. 🙂

Anyway, as I got older, I noticed that children in my family were just as curious about matching letters with illustrations as I used to be. So when my niece was at the age to start school, I thought I would make ABC-cards to her. The idea turned into a project which turned into a collection of cards which in the end turned into a whole alphabet book. After some Pinterest-search for good ideas, I took my beloved Derwent watercolor pencils to start the drawing and coloring from A till Z (namely till “Zs”, as the Hungarian alphabet ends with “zs”). I got some animals, fruits, veggies and some easy to recognise objects, like a tie or a drum. I know, these are not the most original ideas to go with, but my aim was to keep the illustrations simple and easy to match with the corresponding letters. Besides drawing, I wrote all the letters and words with the original school-style handwriting. So on the one side of the cards there are the printed letters and on the other side the handwritten ones with illustrations.

As it was a side-project to me, it took about half a year to finish it. And it was so worth it! 🙂 My niece learnt the letters with these cards and hopefully other kids will also have some fun with them. The cards are now organized into a tiny, spiral-bind book, so it´s easy to turn the pages.


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For now here are some pictures I took when I was preparing the cards for print, the shots of the final books will come later. 🙂

-Petra

Orsi & Martin

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At the end of October I had the chance to shoot Orsi´s and Martin´s wedding in Southern Hungary. We met in person during Summer to get to know each other a little bit. As I was also designing their wedding invitation card, we had a lot to go through: colors, motifs, theme, flower options, etc.  It was lovely to chat with them and to hear about the details of their nuptials. 🙂 Orsi´s favourites are the pale-pink roses, so they chose them as main flowers for their wedding. And of course I also added them to the wreath illustration for their invitation card-design (you can find the card design here). 😉

Despite of having cold, rainy and windy weeks before the wedding, the weather just couldn´t be any better on the big day. It was everything that one loves about Autumn: yellow and brown leaves on the ground, beautiful grapes waiting to be harvested and oh, that creamy, soft Fall light. 🙂

wedding_orsiesmartin9Wedding_orsiesmartin_blog-6I remember that on our first meet-up, Orsi and Martin said that they didn´t wish for anything else on their wedding day, but to have a good time with their closest family and friends. Well, I think their wish came true. 🙂 It was a beautiful, emotional and fun day with lots of laughter and love.

Congratulations to Orsi and Martin, thank you for letting me document your happy day. 🙂

You can see the full gallery here.

 

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