February 2021 Update! Corona Restrictions on Weddings Lifted! A warm hello to all our beautiful clients past, present, and future! Save The Date – Weddings Resume from 21st June 2021! By now you will have no doubt seen that the government will be lifting lockdown restrictions no sooner than 21st June 2021. We highlight the ‘no sooner than’ because it is important to note that the date is not set in stone. That being said, if we all stick together and get […]
Family Photo Sessions in Kent & London Family Photo Sessions are a Brilliant idea for so many reasons that we couldn’t possibly list them all here… But the headlines are: precious moments come and go, and you’ll want to remember them all forever! In particular, our clients love the idea of a family photo shoot each year to document the story of their family/lives as they grow. Not to mention, as Christmas gifts go – this is a brilliant one […]
Being a great wedding photographer means that you don’t just take great pictures on beautiful sunny days, but you also make stunning pictures on rainy days. A lot of planning and thought goes into your wedding photography with Mykey Day Photography, but as much as we’d like to we can’t control the weather! Please find below some tips on how to make the best of your wedding day, whatever the weather! Getting Amazing Wedding Photographs on Rainy Days On a wedding day […]
THINGS TO CONSIDER FOR GUESTS AT YOUR DESTINATION WEDDING Destination weddings are fantastic ways to celebrate your love and have a super awesome party abroad; but spare a thought for your wedding guests. We’ve joked in the past that a destination wedding is a great way to keep the guest list down to those who really matter – but that means that those who do put their hands in their pocket to come most likely mean a lot to […]
Getting Married Abroad: The Costs Involved At first glance if you look at the cost of getting married abroad can be a real saving compared on a UK wedding ceremony. Average costs of UK weddings vary between £30,000 and £40,000 whilst most estimates put a destination wedding cost at under £10,000. But is that the whole story? Some of the cheapest places to get married traditionally include Malta, Greece, Santorini, Cyprus, and even as far afield as Sri Lanka, Mauritius […]
6 STEPS FOR SETTING YOUR WEDDING BUDGET Setting your wedding budget will be very personal to you and your circumstances – but ultimately there are a few guidelines you can follow that result in the best way to budget for your dream wedding. Ultimately your wedding budget will most likely be a combination of several sources, and will be heavily influenced the type of wedding you want to have. Please find below our step-by-step guide to budgeting for the […]
How Long Should A Wedding Speech Last? The wedding vows have been spoken, your wedding photographer has taken all your fantastic wedding photos, an your spectacular food has been eaten – and so we approach what is for some the most entertaining part of your wedding day – the wedding speeches! Fun, funny, entertaining… Or they can drone on and on… So how long should your wedding speeches be? Big Tip – If you’re getting married, whether you’re worried […]
Why Your Ceremony Time is Wrong We’ve mentioned here many times before that there is no ‘wedding manual’ for getting married, and often those getting married rely on either ‘tradition’ or their wedding venue and suppliers to let them know what on earth to do! However, there is one important place where you could be losing out because you may not know any better – and that’s the timing of your ceremony and wedding breakfast on your wedding day! Why […]
Kent Wedding Terms & Glossary From ‘bespoke’ Kent Wedding packages to Cathedral Length Veils, from ‘Wedding Breakfast’ to ‘Fish Bowls’, there are some weird terms in the wedding industry to wrap your head around! Here we’ve compiled some of the more popular and more obscure terms for you to revise! Backpiece– This is the decorated comb used to attach the veil. Bespoke– ‘Custom built’ or ‘tailored specifically’, this is (in our opinion) an incredibly overused term in the wedding […]
What To Do When You Receive Your Wedding Images From Your Kent Wedding Photographer So you’ve just received your wedding photos from your wedding day? How exciting! But… Now what?! Don’t worry, we’ve got the most common FAQs people ask after receiving their wedding images covered below. From printing photos from your USB, to dealing with the plethora of requests from other wedding suppliers wanting images – we have it all answered here! 1. Please READ the ‘Please Read Me’ […]