THE WEDDING / BRIDAL PHOTOSHOOT - WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR

1. Negotiate everything before you sign any order forms. 

2. Ensure that whatever the salesperson promises you is written into the order form.

3. Keep a copy for yourself and do not lose that copy.

4. Refrain from adding things that cost money when things start rolling. 

~ Small things add up, things like lashes, clip-on nails, and new cosmetic powder foams, they will charge these things into your account if you ask for new ones. You can go with the dirtier used ones or buy new ones or... bring your own (yes, bring it on the day of your photoshoot), they will gladly use yours.

5. Take very good care of the wedding dress when you are in it. 

~ Once you cause a tear into the dress, you may have to pay for the full cost as they cannot use it for future shoots no more.

6. Insist on perfect make-up or dressing. 

~ If you don't like the make-up, ask for a do-over. For instance, if it is too much or too wild and you are the more demure and soft-spoken/elegant kind, inform the make-up artist. It would be great to decide from the start the theme you want to deliver in your album so that the artist can help make you up into the princess you want yourself to be in your album.

7. Have breakfast on the day of your photoshoot but not too much that you get a bulge on your tummy. 

~ The photoshoot will be amazingly long, with next to no time for food in between. You won't have any appetite to eat anyways - who wants to smudge their lipstick, right? - still, it's good to start up energetically in the morning.

8. Do not fight in the middle of the photoshoot. It will show up in the photos.

9. Be wary of things that might turn up in the photos. 

~ If you are not wearing shoes, ensure that they are covered or out of the camera's range; when you dress in a western setting like a conquistador wedding or a Japanese wedding, guys, take off your Casio watch, girls, no glasses etc

10. Have fun. Loads of it. 

~ It will be the last fun thing you will get to do with your spouse without worrying about any other thing in the world.

With love, Mama Sing