Step 1: Meet with Wedding Planners, Step 2: Feel Stress Melting Away…

Confession:

yes, I am in the wedding industry.

yes, I am always the one telling our brides "relax, don't let it stress you out."

...and yes, I have to admit, I was getting just a bit overwhelmed last week.

Ok, fine, so I was totally stressed out. I have to book my venue, I have to figure out my guest list, choose my florist, cake designer, photographer (yikes), answer a million questions: band or DJ, brights or neutrals, bridesmaids or no bridesmaids? Anyone who's planned or is planning a wedding knows it's a big job.

Instantly we knew what we needed to do.

We met with Creative Extraordinaire Candice, a.k.a. The Motivator and the budget-savvy and witty Erin, a.k.a. The Organizer of Yoj Events at their fabulously colorful and inspiring office on Spring Street downtown...

(yes, Kip was there too, behind the camera...of course) We had so much fun laughing, talking, getting to know each other that I didn't even realize we had planned our next steps, figured out a budget, narrowed down the look I wanted, set up meetings with vendors – and I didn't once feel stressed!

Dear Brides,

A) You should get a wedding planner, STAT. I can't tell you how much it will change things for the duration of your wedding-planning life, relationships, and personal sanity.

B) I highly recommend talking to these amazing ladies!:

Yoj Events

(www.yojevents.com)

47A Spring St.

Charleston, SC 29403

P: 843.614.3413

Email: info@yojevents.com

Sincerely,

Liz (and Kip)

Oh the Places We’ll Go (or Have Already Gone): venues, venues, venues…

As you sit prepared to go to tackle your first planning initiatives with your green tea, stack of bridal magazines, and laptop at hand, you are probably thinking the same thing we have been…what type of wedding do we want? Beach?...Church?...Waterfront?… Downtown?...

We thought we’d provide some inspiration and show you a few great ones we’ve shot in the past...

Friends, Family, Flowers and Folly (Beach) – A Beach Wedding:



Gorgeous setting, right? Makes me want to head out to Folly Beach! Next stop, downtown...

- Kip and Liz

Time to “Ring” in the New Year…

Welcome to 2010! Can’t believe the first month has already flown by! This is going to be a great, exciting, and busy year…mostly because the Karson Photography Crew has officially doubled in number…we’re getting married this fall!!

Kip proposed on a freezing and romantic December 28th in Marion Square after family had just arrived for the holidays (huge thanks to our friend and fellow photographer, Lauren Germeroth for braving the cold for these!):

So, yes, your photographers are planning a wedding too! We’re so excited...for all the obvious reasons...but ALSO because it’s giving us a fresh look into the experiences that our brides are going through as well. As professional wedding photographers, you might think we know the wedding planning process backwards and forwards, and some parts we do! But it's fun and different being on this side of things and there is SO much that we’re learning in the planning process as well.

So, we thought we would share our travels to venues, cake tastings, event planner meetings, etc with you all as a resource to help with YOUR planning. Stay tuned later this week for our first step: get us a wedding planner, STAT!

- kip and liz

Merry Christmas to all our fantastic clients, vendors, and friends!

CHARLIE

CHARLIE’s Holiday Gift Guide

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Stage Surfing at the Charleston Visitors Center Bus Shed

We shot an event for "The Stray Dog Society" last month. This is a good group of alumni and non-alumni who share a love for all things Citadel, you should check them out. I was told they wanted a photographer to get out there, explore the space and take shots as crazy and fun as the crowd was and it was a fun crowd. They later dubbed us their official photographers.., apparently the images met their criteria. Here is a shot of me, thanks to Liz, surfing the stage which was moving about 6 inches in all directions. Then a couple of what I was shooting.