Category archives: Wedding Planning Tips

  • Moody Boone Wedding Photography

  • Moody Boone Wedding Photography As mountain lovers and nature enthusiasts, we just adore being Boone wedding photographers. The region is so lush in texture, scenery, and weather. The rich atmosphere adds so much life to wedding photographs. We love working with all of those things to create Moody Boone wedding p [...]
  • Moody Asheville Wedding Photography

  • Moody Asheville Wedding Photography As mountain lovers and nature lovers, we absolutely love being Asheville wedding photographers. The area is so rich in texture and scenery, and weather. The vibrance adds so much life to wedding photographs. We also love to work with all of these things to create Moody Ashevill [...]
  • Timeline + Important Wedding Day Tips

  •   Here are some wedding day tips to help your day go smoothly and to make the most of your cherished photographs. Since Hartman Outdoor Photography began in 2010, we have photographed over 200 weddings, so I figured sharing this information might make your life a little bit easier. Whether your wedding i [...]
  • Junebug Weddings Best Of Award!

  •   So this happened..... Junebug Weddings is our favorite source of wedding inspiration. They focus not only on beautiful and elegant, outdoorsy wedding ideas, but they also focus heavily on quality photography. Wedding photographers with depth and emotion. Not just the light and airy stuff- but the dark, [...]
  • Some Tips Regarding Wedding Day Weather

  • 1.  Forecasts aren’t accurate until the day before. Sometimes not until the day of. We all know that the forecasts change as the week goes on. When you look at your wedding forecast a week or two out, it will probably say its going to rain (seriously, the extended forecasts always seem to call for rain on weeke [...]
  • Shelley's Top Wedding Day Tips

  •     Having spent some years photographing weddings, I've learned a thing or two about what works well when planning for your wedding day. I feel it would be a disservice not to share some of this advice. Here are a few of my most helpful tips in making sure your wedding photos turn out great: &nb [...]
  • Sample Timeline for an Outdoor Wedding

  •   Here is a sample timeline from one of my real weddings at Magnolia Manor in Warrenton, North Carolina. This bride and groom planned their day to have the best possible light for their portraits and outdoor ceremony. Rachel and Chris had most of their wedding party photos done prior to the wedding. However [...]
  • Getting Your Wedding Published

  •     Having your wedding or engagement photos featured in a blog or magazine is exciting. Brides put so much thought into the decor of the day that we feel those details deserve to be showcased and shared with the world. Blog and Magazine submissions are often done by the bride and groom or photograp [...]
  • Helpful Tips for Your Engagement Session

  •   For most people, an engagement session is the first time that a person will experience a full on professional portrait session. Sometimes, people get a little bit nervous beforehand, and that is totally normal. My engagement sessions are fun, and exciting, and I like to make people laugh. You will probabl [...]