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San Joaquin Valley Edition • 2003-2004 • Wedding & Party Magazine • 1www.weddingandparty.net
On Our CoverOur cover photographer for this edition isKeith Burgad, owner of Burgad Imaging, inLodi. Keith is one of those rare photographerswho helps to calm a wedding day’s hurry andstress, and by doing so captures relaxed, natu-ral images throughout the day.
After photographing weddings for six years,Keith has become comfortable with a stylethat mixes traditional with journalistic weddingcoverage. He also mixes film and digital cap-ture, and also color and black-and-white im-ages.
Burgad Imaging is located at 2525 So.Hutchins, #8, in Lodi. (209) 367-9333. (Seead on page 19.)
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San Joaquin Valley Edition • 2003 • Wedding & Party Magazine • 1www.weddingandparty.net
San Joaquin Valley Edition • 2003-2004
2 ...................................................................... It’s Your Day!4 ............................. Choosing Professional Wedding Services6 .................................................................... Modern Trends7 ....................................................................... Bridal Shows8 ........................................ Wedding Day Information Page9 ......................... Choosing Ceremony & Reception Locations10 .................................................. Event Location Directory14 ......................................................................... Invitations15 ................................................... Music For The Ceremony16 ........................ Music & Entertainment For The Reception18 .............. The Visual Record: Photography & Videography19 ............................................................. Still Photography22 ............................................................. Sample Photo List24 ...................................................................... Videography26 ......................................................................Honeymoon!27 ..................................... Floral Design & Other Decoration30 ................................... Wedding Day Apparel: The Ladies32 ............................. Wedding Day Apparel: Groom & Guys33 .................................................... Beauty & Personal Care34 ............................................................................ Catering35 ................................................................. Wedding Cakes36 .................................................. Party Supplies & Rentals37 ........................................................................... Registries38 .................................................................. Transportation40 ................................................................ Advertiser Index
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It’s Your Day
Your Wedding Day
Your wedding day isprobably the largest eventyou’ll ever organize for your-self. It may also be the onlyone you ever get to do thathas an almost carte blancheexpense budget. Not that thesky’s the limit; but weddingsand receptions are the eventsreported by most families asthe largest, most expensivegathering they’ve ever put to-gether.
Aside from the expense,there is a question of whatkind of day it will be — the
style of the day. No matter how you frame it, you’ll still have somestandard expenses: The major ones described in this publicationand a few more that you might decide to add. They’ll all fit intotheir standard slots during the day: Though styles of wedding maychange a bit, the caterer still caters, the photographer still photo-graphs, and the music plays on.
Large, Medium, or Intimate?
The size of your wedding will usually be gauged by the num-
ber of guests: A “large” wedding is one with about 250 or more in-vited guests. A list of from 50 to about 250 is considered “me-dium,” and below 50 guests, it’s an “intimate” (or small) wedding.
This is the first consideration. The classic wedding movie, “Fa-ther of the Bride,” with Steve Martin, comes to mind. Sometimes aguest list takes on a life of its own, and grows beyond everyone’sexpectations: It gives you your first opportunity for give-and-takenegotiations or Katie-bar-the-door arguments!
Ultra-Formal to Casual
Once you’ve decided on the size of the wedding, the budgetyou have available can be used to help decide the level of formality.For “ultra-formal,” pic-ture tails and top hatsfor the men, and along, formal train onthe Bridal gown. Allthe Dads wear similargarb, and the Momsare dressed to thenines. The “formal”wedding means Tux-edos and a gown witha shorter train. “Semi-formal” might meanyour groom and hisguys wear tuxes, your
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