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Choosing your wedding party

Tips on deciding how to choose your wedding party. ...Read more

Fitness - the Zone

You've set your wedding day, it's several months to go and you've made a resolution to be slim and gorgeous. You also need the energy to handle the stress, and you don't want to feel drained and tired by cutting down on your food. Julianne Taylor outlines the Zone Nutirtion Programme which can help achieve this. ...Read more

Keeping the Romance

While a wedding is all about the love and commitment between two people very much in love, it is surprising how often the romance gets forgotten in the hurly burly of the planning of the event. We have eight great tips for ensuring that the wedding remains about romance rather than family obligations! ...Read more

Wedding Dresses Galore

What's hot overseas? These international sites are full of gorgeous wedding dresses for all sizes and shapes. ...Read more

Post-Wedding Brunch

See how easy it is to organise a post-wedding brunch so you can properly catch up with all your guests. ...Read more

When you'd rather have cash

Asking for cash as a wedding gift can be a bit tricky. ...Read more

A Guide to Choosing Your Wedding Dress

To ensure a perfect fit on your wedding day, it's a good idea to determine the most flattering shape for your figure before you go shopping for a wedding dress or see a dressmaker. Not only will you feel more comfortable on your wedding day, but you'll look more beautiful than you ever expected. ...Read more

Makeup Tips - Eye Shadow for your Wedding

We have some fantastic tips for creating your own wedding makeup. In this article, we focus on eye shadow. ...Read more

Beach Weddings

Advantages and disadvantages of a beach wedding. ...Read more

Striking the Right Note - Wedding Entertainment

Dance bands and djs ... and what else? Choose your wedding entertainment carefully and make a lasting impression. ...Read more

Wedding Photos - Hot Shots

Fabulous wedding photos don't just happen! In this collection the selection of photographer, film type and process, location, time of day and even computer enhancement, come together to create unique and exciting images.

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	Working with the dappled light of a forest, Cathy used medium speed (400 asa) Fuji film to accentuate the intense greens of the vegetation, and provide the strong colour contrasts.
Photo by Cathy Dee, New Plymouth

	This photo was taken at the same time, but Cathy has de-saturated the background colour using a computer to give the soft subdued effect.
Photo by Cathy Dee, New Plymouth

	Here Cathy has used the same film in 'grey' overcast lighting conditions. This combination has increased the contrast and muted the colours to provide an almost monotone image.
Photo by Cathy Dee, New Plymouth

	Using 'slow' (100 asa) Fuji film in bright sunlight enhanced the rich colours in this photograph. Careful choice of film, light and lens has put the bride in sharp focus and softened the bridesmaids in the background.
Photo by Cathy Dee, New Plymouth

	Kodak film, chosen for it's softer colours, and a stormy day combine to subdue the intensity of colour in this shot.
Photo by Cathy Dee, New Plymouth

	Late afternoon light gives this picture its warm glow.
Photo by Cathy Dee, New Plymouth

	Liz chose a strong urban background for this fun picture.
Photo by Liz Cadogan, Otago

	Cross process is transparency or slide film processed as print film. It exaggerates colours and contrasts. Depending on the film selected and technique used the effect can be subtle - as in this example ...
Photo by Cathy Dee, New Plymouth

	or stronger, as seen in this shot.
Photo by Cathy Dee, New Plymouth

	Cross processed slide film used on a bright sunny beach produced this dramatic shot where the overall blue tone of the highlights almost gives the feeling that the bridal couple are underwater. The same film used in close-up boosts the tonal contrast to make an arty print that emphasises the bride's exotic beauty.
Photos by David Elliot, Whitianga

	Black and white (B&W) - the classical choice for wedding photos. It gives clear, crisp photographs with lovely smooth skin tones and is excellent for highlighting detail, for example this building's architectural features.
Photo by Michael Smith, Auckland

	Sepia is similar to B&W, but uses a rich dark brown instead of black. Sepia generally makes the image look 'warmer' and softer. Any B&W photo can be printed in sepia, which involves printing B&W on colour photographic paper. Alternately the sepia tones can be added by computer (as in this example).
Photo by Michael Smith, Auckland

	This image was shot in B&W, and then the dramatic blue tone was overlaid by computer.
Photo by Cathy Dee, New Plymouth

	The toned print process (B&W with a colour overlaid) enhances this fresh, clean image.
Photo by Cathy Dee, New Plymouth

	Shot in B&W and tinted using a computer. Tinting can also be done by hand, but it takes much longer.
Photo by Cathy Dee, New Plymouth

	To achieve an otherworldly, romantic image David used Kodak B&W infrared film on a warm sunny day. The film captures heat rather than visible light and gives a different view of the world. Foliage becomes ghostly white and water and sky become black so that a park or the beach are transformed to places of fantasy.
Photos by David Elliot, Whitianga