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Ohhhhh the sparkler exit. It’s been glorified on every social media platform and by every wedding publication. Crazy effects, passionate kisses lit by just the light of a hundred sparklers… It all sounds so wonderful! And it can be… If you do a few simple things… 1.) Buy the long sparklers! The longer the better […]

A Guide to the Sparkler Exit

January 27, 2023

“Guys! Great news… We’re going to get ready in a dark church basement! It has these gorgeous low ceilings with flickering fluorescent lights and absolutely no windows which we LOVE. Enjoy sitting on folding chairs and oh yeah– we can’t drink.” Where you get ready matters for SO many reasons. From a photographer’s point of […]

Why Where You Get Ready Matters

July 2, 2021