In the lead up to your wedding, preparation is key. Planning every detail, right down to the colour scheme and favours, is all in an effort to ensure that your guests, but more importantly, you and your partner have the best possible day. After all, your wedding day is a very special moment in your life. It makes sense, therefore, that you want to ensure that you remember every single aspect that you spent hours preparing and then enjoying. When the time comes to look back at your wedding, here are five ways that you can remember it.
- Hire a professional photographer
Memories can stay with us for years, but sometimes we need a little bit of help jogging our minds. One way you can do this by hiring a professional photographer. They will be able to capture every single moment you share with your bride or groom and tell your story through the photos. This way, when you receive the photos, all the emotions that you felt at that moment will come flooding back to you.
- Get your guests to take photos too
As photos will play a huge part in remembering your wedding, this is why you should also encourage your guests to take as many as possible. They might capture a moment that your photographer didn’t, for example. However, they can also take photos of things that you missed. With friends and family at the wedding, you can’t spend every single second with them all, but through photos, you can see them having a great time celebrating, which will feel great to look back on and spark memories of the atmosphere.
- Put together a wedding album
Taking photos is a great way to remember the wedding, but don’t then leave your wonderful pictures sitting in a box for years to come. Doing this runs the risk of them becoming damaged or worn, and without photos, you are losing precious memories from your wedding day. Putting together a wedding album, for example, is the ideal way to look after your photos and keep them in pristine condition, so you will be able to remember your wedding for not just months but years ahead. The collection of wedding albums from Heritage Photo Albums allow you to personalise the front with your names and date if you wanted, which is another small detail that can provide that extra special feeling when you pick up the album and look through it together.
- Start a journal
If you don’t want to forget a single thing about your wedding, then set aside some time the morning after to write it all down in a journal. The day after many memories will still be fresh in your mind, so jot it down. Write about the emotions you were feeling (maybe it was nerves or excitement), then think about all the details that stuck out for you during that time. You could ask your newlywed to do the same. They might remember things you didn’t or felt different emotions at different times.
- Film the wedding
One of the best ways that you can remember your wedding is to film it. Many people regret choosing not to film their special day, as it can capture exact moments, emotions, and it allows you to relive that day again and again. Why not consider asking multiple guests to film it? This will be cheaper, and everyone will feel more relaxed because of it.