The Rise of The Vintage Wedding Theme!

Here at Mark Ammon Photography we love unique, creative and personal Weddings. We also love the chic and stylish  look of Vintage wedding themes. We have noticed that the popularity of Vintage Weddings is still growing! A few years ago people were saying that the trend was just a fad and would soon be forgotten, however....it is still as popular as ever! So why?

Vintage Weddings conjure up a more simple, peaceful time where the pace of life was slower which is the complete opposite of modern living. A vintage wedding can be the perfect sort of escapism from the stresses and strains of the modern world. Vintage weddings seem to be more relaxed and don't follow the rigidity of formal weddings and above all lets the happy couple be more relaxed and actually enjoy their day!

From a photographers point of view, vintage weddings can be the most creative and fun types of wedding to shoot. A relaxed atmosphere gives you relaxed, emotional and happy people...A must for beautiful photographs!

What do you need for a Vintage Wedding? Where do we start! You need to ask yourself: Am I looking for a specific period or a general vintage theme? If you are looking for a period then the internet is a great resource for researching vintage weddings. Also talk to people (if possible) that got married in the era that you are interested in to find out about their wedding day. Also ask to see their pics! Look for suppliers who specialise in vintage clothing hire, vintage cars from the period, cake makers vintage flower experts, vintage dress makers and photographers and videographers that can shoot in a vintage style. If you are looking for a more general theme then charity and second hand shops can unearth loads of vintage gems! Also make sure that you research appropriate venues where your theme can come alive!

A couple of popular themes in the UK at the moment are farm/country weddings and beach weddings. These weddings are some of the most chilled and relaxed weddings we have ever come across! A farm./country wedding can involve vintage dresses, tweed suits, wild flowers in milk urns, beautiful decorated barns...the list goes on! Look for venues that have outside weddings and barn out buildings to make this type of wedding come alive!

A beach wedding is my absolute favourite as a photographer! I love the colours, sounds and above all relaxed and happy people to take photos of! What could be better then turning up to your wedding in a vintage VW camper van, wearing a vintage 60's dress! You don't even have to live near the coast! Choose a venue that lets you eat outside and informally, you may think about having a bbq! You could decorate the venue with beach type accessories and ask guests to wear relaxed linen suits and beach type dresses.

So where do you start to plan a vintage wedding? We get asked this a lot! That got us thinking....What if we could try and get together with all the other vintage wedding suppliers that are dotted around the UK? What if there was some central source that Brides could visit to help them plan their vintage wedding? After a good few months of networking, talking to friends and meeting with suppliers all over the country we found some amazing, creative and talented people. Great you might be thinking...that's great for you...what about for my wedding?! The second part of our plan was then devised. We decided to create a central website where all the best vintage wedding experts that we found could come together to show there work so that if you are planning a vintage wedding in the UK you have one site to visit. A one stop vintage wedding shop! We decided to call this venture: The Vintage Theme Wedding Company!

We planned the website along with our founding partner Clare Luke at The Traditional Vintage Flower Company and it has just gone live this week! The site isn't quite finished yet as we are still receiving examples and wording from some of our suppliers but we are pleased to say that we have photography, videography, flowers and cake areas of the site up and running!

If you would like to see what we have done so far then please visit the site:

http://www.vintagethemewedding.co.uk/

We hope you like what we have created so far! Please check back to the new site as it evolves.




Article by Mark Ammon - Leading Photographer for Mark Ammon Photography

If you would like to contact us directly about your vintage wedding photography and video then please contact Mark Ammon Photography at our website: http://www.markammonphotography.co.uk or email markammonphotography@hotmail.co.uk or call 07523 953579