Wedding Picture Locations

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It occurred to me today that you could go to Union Station in LA. You can get a mix of "traditional" architecture and modern (in the subway part of the station) as background.



As for the slide show, will the pics be the main focal point, or will pics be background for something else? If it's its own show, I would not recommend including only your e-pics. After about the 10th pick of Rick and Jane/John posing here and there, your guests will be in a coma. (Your guests may be different, however.) Some of the best I have seen are mini photo biographies of each person in the couple and toward the end include various pics of the couple together at various vacations and outings. That way your guests can see how each of you developed separately and then as a couple. Please keep in mind, though, that this opinion comes from a person who is not a fan of the slide show.
 
the slideshow is a staple in asian weddings. even those photo biographies get boring. people oooh and aaah at the first few baby pics. sometimes because the people actually were cute kids. mostly because of how humorous the parents look in old pictures though. then the guests begin to yawn after watching the next hundred pics of the happy couple at disneyland.



we are opting not to do the slideshow for these reasons, and also because we'd prefer not to lose 15 minutes of the time our band could be playing. if you are doing the slideshow, a fun idea i've seen a few times is when the couple lets family or friends put the slideshow together. the couple is not allowed to have any input and see what their friends put together on the day of. as you can imagine, usually results in a much less narcissistic, BUT much more amusing slideshow!
 
Fascinating. I have never seen a wedding slide show! Now that I think about it though I've only been to weddings where the bride is asian but the groom isn't.
 
[quote author="acpme" date=1213762900]a fun idea i've seen a few times is when the couple lets family or friends put the slideshow together. the couple is not allowed to have any input and see what their friends put together on the day of. as you can imagine, usually results in a much less narcissistic, BUT much more amusing slideshow!</blockquote>


I have see something like this done and it was amusing indeed. Pictures of the groom during "The Mullet Years" was particularly funny.
 
Slightly O/T, but if anyone is getting married, having a party, etc. and needs ~100 pint sized white Chinese take out boxes for favors or otherwise, send me a PM. We ended up not using these and I discovered them (still wrapped) in the back of a closet. Free to any takers.
 
[quote author="bkshopr" date=1213676954]The courtyard at Bower museum, San Juan Capistrano Mission and other places where the architecture is timeless, classic and romantic. Arches and Loggia are some of the architcetural elements that would add layers of background interest without losing focus. The campus of Scripps College is beautiful with trees, shade and classic architecture soft enough as background and do not distract from the subject. Distant view and far away water are sometime lost in the photos due to the depth of field from the lense.</blockquote>


I second San Juan Capistrano, it's one of the places where I had selected for the photo shoot with my ex-fiance last year. Needless to say, it didn't happen. LoL.



I'm going to suggest a couple of obscure locations. I think Villa Del Sol in Downtown Fullerton has some potential:

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Not far from there is Cafe Veronese at 419 W. Commonwealth:

http://www.419cv.com/



(A little hard to find, it's at corner of Commonwealth and Richmond)



The cafe's garden seating area is very interesting to look at. Might be able to negotiate with owner for a photo shoot.
 
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