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Parker | Eastern NC Senior Portraits

May 5, 2015 Cynthia Cano

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Yesterday @sallyyymae & @masongomola tied the knot at the Coral Bay Club of Atlantic Beach, NC in a sweet ceremony overlooking the ocean. They danced the night away thanks to the always-fun @sparechangemusic and closed out the night with the bride - an @eastcarolinauniv cheerleader - leading the ECU fight song, the groom getting “Iced” by the bride during the garter toss, a last dance to “Friends In Low Places” by Garth Brooks, and a grand exit with sparklers. We had so much fun being part of this wedding and hope these two have an amazing time on their honeymoon! #ReadySetGOmola

There’s a really big wedding happening today! Sally & Mason’s! 💕

Happy wedding day to Mary & Patrick! 💕

[REQUIRED READING] Did that get your attention? I hope so. :) Happy Monday everyone! With another busy wedding season comes a lot of pre-wedding meetings with brides, emails exchanged with wedding planners, everyone is trying to tie up last minute loose ends and get everything in place. So I wanted to share a really important wedding day tip: KEEP THE GROOM INVOLVED. Hear me out.
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Overwhelmingly, we communicate with brides, and to a lesser extent their mothers and wedding planners, but we very rarely find grooms writing correspondence and scheduling meetings for wedding planning. We know weddings are looked at as “the bride’s thing” and grooms tend to want to stay out of it. Often, the boys are told all they have to do is “show up.”
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We’ve now been doing this for 9 years and have seen what works and what doesn’t, and irrefutably, an involved groom makes for a **MUCH SMOOTHER** wedding day.
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Here’s why: we photograph a lot of gorgeous, LARGE southern weddings with upwards of 20 wedding party attendants (we had more than 30 in one wedding party, y’all!) and 200+ guests with multiple events - welcome parties, bridal luncheons, rehearsal dinners. All this to say, weddings are BIG events with a lot of moving parts and a lot of people to maneuver. This is why we really like to have a solid plan in place with the couple (not just the bride!) about how to navigate the day/weekend with you to maximize photo time without sacrificing your enjoyment of the celebration.
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It is so important to include your husband-to-be in pre-wedding meetings and discussions. When he knows when you expect him to be dressed and ready, and when group photos are going to be taken, the groom is so much more effective at keeping himself and his groomsmen on schedule. And when you stay on schedule, you get to the party faster. In other words, we never want to hear a groom say, “no one told me that!”
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I’ll be blogging about this and maybe even making a video about this very subject (among others), so stay tuned!

Those matching red bottoms 😍🔥👠

The happiness radiating from Allison in this photo is just amazing! Yesterday she married Brandon and became Mrs. DeLong at @allsaints1875 with a fun reception that followed at @melrose_knitting_mill CONGRATS you two! Enjoy your honeymoon! #CincoDeLong

Happy wedding day to @arhayes90 & Brandon! It's a beautiful day to get married in Raleigh, NC!

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