By Jamie May Photography: I asked my clients this year to fill out a form to help advise future married couples: Wedding Advice from 2023 West Michigan Brides. I have done this in the past, and people have said they actually read it and it was helpful! So I thought it would be great to …
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By Jamie May Photography: Hello, my name is Jamie May and I have been a wedding photographer for 13 years in West Michigan. I have recently been selected as Best of the Knot 2024 and even made the Hall of Fame on the Knot for so many years of positive reviews. I have photographed …
By Jamie May Photography: Since people are often planning weddings, I thought it would be beneficial to ask for wedding advice and tips to planning a wedding in West Michigan. I gathered information from random people by posting on Facebook. I collected nine responses. Each number represents that person throughout the questions. I …
By Jamie May Photography: Planning a wedding in the midst of a pandemic is not easy. It has been stressful, annoying, unknown among other adjectives! I am a photographer in West Michigan, and I am going to share my personal experience with Michigan couples during the 2020 wedding season. We are a few months into …
By Jamie May Photography: Let’s talk about the coronavirus and your wedding I cannot even imagine what brides and families are facing. Their perfect day, that has had so much planning, time ,and thought, has been thrown a major curveball. What are brides doing? Do we reschedule? Change the guest list to accommodate? All the …
By Jamie May Photography: Helpful Tips When Having Children in Your Bridal Party Sometimes we attend weddings that have children in the bridal party. It can be challenging because we all know sometimes these little people will not cooperate! What I can guarantee is that these kids will have ups and downs that day. …
By Jamie May Photography: County Park Weddings I always feel like I am in on a little secret when it comes to County Park weddings. I have been to a small share of them over the years. Here are some tips and tricks to County Park Weddings There is a huge savings that happens going …
By Jamie May Photography: Bridal Party Size. How many people do you have in your wedding party? This is a hard question for me to answer. I photograph a lot of weddings. The average amount of bridesmaids and groomsman is typically five on each side. Cassidy and Joel had less than that to …
By Jamie May Photography: Pros to One Wedding Venue Is it a good to have your wedding and reception at the same venue? My response to this questions is, YES! If you can pull it off, it definitely takes a stressful part out of the equation. I would definitely look for a place that has …
By Jamie May Photography: Every time I pull up a wedding I photograph, I think…what do I want to share about this day or wedding tips to cover. It can be challenging because I am not a writer! I experience writer’s block to the extreme, oh wait, do you have to be a writer to …