Win Wedding Photography

ckane — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0400

The good folks over at Wedlog: A Magical Blog of fun, funky and green wedding planning, had such a great experience with their own wedding photographer from CVI Photography, they've decided to share him. They're offering a free wedding photography package and a handmade wedding album to one lucky winning couple.

From the site: "The Requirements: You must be planning an eco-friendly, diy, handmade wedding that will take place between August 2008 and December 2009." Couples interested in entering should submit a short essay about your wedding plans. In the essay, play up all the green/ethical/DIY innovations you have in the works, as well as why you two are so deserving of this prize.

Wedlog blogger Thryn, her new husband Gabe, and members of their wedding party will determine the winner on or around May 11. More info on how to enter in the Wedlog post.

Even if you don't enter the contest, Wedlog is a good resource to check out for wedding ideas. Thanks to Roopa at the wonderful vegetarian blog Raspberry Eggplant for the heads up about this contest. and about the blog in general.

Image: contest banner via Wedlog (duh)

Disposing With Disposables

ckane — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:31:59 -0500

The recent tradition of bequeathing a disposable camera to each table at a wedding reception and letting the hoi polloi have at it, is universally agreed to be fun. These are the cameras that all the naughty bits will get shot on. (Sometimes a little too graphically.) Nonetheless, this less-stodgy of modern-day wedding tropes is also wasteful, like so many other modern-day wedding tropes. A service called YouShoot has stepped into the arena, with digital cameras for rent and a unified method for all guests to share their own digital photos from their personal cameras. It's a little like Netflix: pre-purchased CD mailers are distributed to the guests so they can burn their photos onto CD and share them with everyone else.

Of course, photos could also be shared on free websites like Flickr without using this paid service, but YouShoot is an easier way to coordinate all photos on one wedsite. So on the one hand, this seems like another service cashing in on the boucoup bucks to be made on big bridal business. On the other hand, at least there won't be more disposable cameras in the world.