If you didn’t know, Valentine’s Day in 2009 falls on a Saturday. This makes it a prime wedding date, just like last year with July 7 (7/7/07).

I’ve emailed back and forth with many brides about the date and several told me they’d make a decision in mid-summer. Sorry ladies, I warned you. With ten months to go, Cynthia has become my Valentine’s date.

From a wedding planning site, added emphasis is mine …

I just want to warn everyone else so that you don’t have the experience we had with our wedding pictures. We hired a guy who seemed really nice and even had some nice pictures to show us ahead of time. We were spending so much we decided we needed to cut some corners. If I had one thing over to do for my wedding I would spend more on a photographer. We basically have no wedding pictures. The ones we got are overexposed or under (not sure) but they are very sandy looking and light, some are not in focus . It’s really a big mess. I can’t believe that after I spent so much on our trip my dress and everything that we don’t have that beautiful picture I was expecting that would be now hanging on our wall. Luckily lots of guests took pictures so we have plenty of pictures but nothing that is truly beautiful to show what our wedding was really like. At least we have our guests photos.

I just thought I better say something after reading that some of you are planning on hiring students and all. I am now hiring a local photo professional to take some pictures of me in my wedding dress but can’t convince hubby to get dressed up again. Funny with my being tight on our budget I am actually ending up paying more since I’m getting these portraits taken.

We did an engagement session with Tina & Scott last weekend down at the Riverwalk. Bad weather ruined our original intentions of a sunset shot, but we still got a couple of good ones. First, a classic shot amongst the greenery …

Then something a little more edgy and artsy …

“When you put the clowns in charge, don’t be surprised when a circus breaks out.”