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One timeline detail we wish couples thought about One timeline detail we wish couples thought about earlier is.... what their guests will be doing while they’re away taking photos.⁠
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If you’re planning on disappearing for an hour after the ceremony, look at that hour from your guests’ perspective.⁠
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Have drinks ready rather than making everyone queue at the bar. Start canapés early enough that hungry guests aren’t clock-watching. Give older guests somewhere to sit. Think about shade in summer and warmth when the temperature drops. And allow enough time for people to actually enjoy themselves before moving them into dinner.⁠
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None of these things will be the reason someone books a flight to Queenstown for your wedding.⁠
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They might, however, be the reason everyone talks about what a bloody good wedding it was afterwards. 🤍⁠
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@simplyperfectnz⁠
@katerobergephotography⁠
@queenstownweddings
It’s easy to think every wedding here would feel It’s easy to think every wedding here would feel the same.⁠
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The same lake.⁠
The same mountains.⁠
The same stretch of grass.⁠
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But they never do.⁠
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Every ceremony arrives with a different energy.⁠
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Different people.⁠
Different stories.⁠
Different reasons for standing where they are.⁠
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The landscape stays wonderfully familiar.⁠
But everything else is entirely new. 🤍⁠
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@simplyperfectnz⁠
@qtweddinghire⁠
@ricky.b.good.photography⁠
@queenstownweddings⁠
We had all the fun making Sean + Nia’s Queenstow We had all the fun making Sean + Nia’s Queenstown wedding dreams come true. There were so many fun details crafted for this magical day in the mountains… can you spot them all? 🤍

@simplyperfectnz 
@jinalgovindphotography 
@queenstownweddings
There’s something we hope every couple gives the There’s something we hope every couple gives themselves permission to do.⁠
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Pause before every decision and ask,⁠
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“Are we choosing this because we love it… or because we think we’re supposed to?”⁠
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Sometimes the answers are exactly the same and sometimes they aren’t.⁠
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Either way, it’s a good question.⁠
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@simplyperfectnz⁠
@ricky.b.good.photography
Every bride tribe has one person who seems to know Every bride tribe has one person who seems to know where everything is.⁠
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The safety pins. The tissues. The missing bouquet. The uncle who’s wandered off.⁠
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At weddings, they’re easy to spot. They’re usually halfway through solving one problem before anyone else has realised there was one.⁠
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We love those people.⁠
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Not because they make our jobs easier, but because every wedding runs on the generosity of the people who simply step in when they’re needed.⁠
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Tag the person you just know will be this person on your wedding day.⁠
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And if nobody comes to mind… don’t worry. We’ll happily be that person for you. 🤍⁠
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@simplyperfectnz⁠
⁠@hollywallacephotosfilm
“This might be a silly question…” We hear th “This might be a silly question…” We hear that sentence a lot.⁠
And it’s usually followed by something completely reasonable:⁠
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-Where should guests leave their jackets?⁠
-How long does it actually take eighty people to get onto a bus?⁠
-Will everyone hear the ceremony if it’s windy?⁠
-Will people be cold after sunset?⁠
-Do we need umbrellas if there’s only a small chance of rain?⁠
-Is it rude to ask guests to catch a shuttle?⁠
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Somehow, planning your own wedding has a way of making perfectly ordinary decisions feel much bigger than they are.⁠
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We’ve never minded the questions...They make weddings run beautifully.⁠
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@emmaline_photographer⁠
@queenstownweddings

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