GIGILAMODE: Wedding Tips: Photography and Inspiration: Cassie

Since the year had started, the planning for your December wedding went into full gear. The dress, the reception shopping for family and friends (holiday gifts) and so much more...oh be sure to start shopping for Christmas gifts...by the first of the month if your wedding is late December and the ending of November if your wedding is the first of December. Holidays and especially Weddings combine the two you are guaranteed times of high stress, high sugar (all those goodies!).

This is the time where you will be coming in contact with lots of other people....in other words, a December wedding is a recipe for sickness. Keep your immune systems strong by getting enough rest, drinking enough water, going easy on the sugar, eating a well-balanced diet, getting regular exercise, and exercising cheerfulness. Do everything you can to prevent the spread of illness.
Be prepared to make sickness as painless as possible also be ready with home remedies, have lots of tissues, etc. ;)

In August of this year I had seen in the sphere, that Idol magazine had announced that Model and Singer Cassie will be featured on their fall/winter cover. Well the pics are out and their is one particular image that I find could be used as inspiration for a wedding album.

Cassie for Idol Magazine: Fall/Winter 2011

Loves this....

There are different styles of photography which is dependent on personal style and how one would like to be documented, for future years of rocking chair bliss....is all up to the individual ;).

Below I'm listing just 2 styles of many, that could be used for your photographic needs.

Contemporary wedding photography: involves having the cutting edge in photographic techniques and styles. Currently this involves informal photojournalism (whether posed or not) that gives more genuine emotions and reactions. From here artistic styles may or may not be applied to the original image to enhance the effect of the photograph. Most of contemporary wedding photography aims for candid shots from a distance, usually catching original moments.

Posed photography, such as in formals, are usually only for family portraits. Even bride and groom pictures are done using posed photojournalism, where the photographer instructs the couple initially and then captures the couple being natural in that position.

Artistic wedding photography: involves artistic angles and lighting that pull more out of the picture than usual. This also involves more post production to stylize the photos, such as with black and white, sepia, glows, selective colors, and vignetting and props. The crystallized veil Cassie is wearing lends to this style.

Black and white is not necessarily artistic photography (since it is the original medium of photography) but can be used in varying ways using digital techniques to create something more artistic than the original image.

Well I have also added the full spread of the magazine pics below, peep them: