The weather can have a big impact on your day, especially your photos. If it's sunny and bright you can have beautiful clear blue skies and gorgeous bright colours. Clouds on the other hand give you moody, intense and stormy shots. Add a little (or a lot) of wind in your hair or veil for a touch of flair and unpredictability. Rain brings out the cuddles under umbrellas, running for cover, splashing in puddles and dancing in the rain. Yes, the weather is unpredictable but a good photographer can make the best planned day hit by rain and clouds into spectacular photographic art for you to remember forever.
You can't plan the weather especially a year in advance! But you can plan the TIME of your wedding. Timing is everything! In Adelaide we experience daylight savings times so we get to experience a vast range of lighting in the dame time slot at different times of the year. So that's when you need to think about the kind of photographs you like. Do you want to have a brightly lit sky for a morning/midday wedding (or afternoon daylight savings) or do you want the colours and magesty of a sunrise or sunset? Do you want both? Are you a fan of silhouette photos, high key images or do you like a bit of lens flare? One thing for certain is that you don't want to be standing around in the dark because the sunset earlier than you thought or getting married in the carpark next to the beach because the tide is high.
Planning your wedding is planning the biggest party of your life, and your party is going to be great no matter what time you have it. But your photos are the memories you will have of your day to keep for the rest of your life, so think about the elements, the lighting, the colours and plan your day around the images you want to capture and the mood and memories you want to create on that day. You'll still enjoy the biggest party of your life, but the setting, memories and images will be forever breathtaking.
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