Upcoming wedding and Covid

Covid has made a huge impact on most couples due to the plans made and reconsider the reschedule option multiple times. It seems the wedding day is the most memorable time to remember though the guest list cut down has been eased with just family and close friends. You can feel safe knowing you can have the wedding as scheduled if your photographer is going to make it on the day and just hand over the photos after its completed.

The reception celebration of the full guest list is a consideration to hold for a later time as you can find another photographer for that event. I would disagree with the photographers choice not rescheduling. She should understand the circumstances of the situation and make your date change work.

Our wedding was during our mask mandate (ours has not gone away and won't for a long time to come), with social distancing, and dancing restrictions... All the restrictions. We took all the photos we wanted, no problems, and honestly didn't even notice people wearing masks throughout the evening as that's just life now. Ask your wedding party how they feel about photos - do them outside if you can for more comfort? Honestly, there's a lot more risk rating around others than there is taking some quick photos... but everyone is different with comfort. We also accepted that guests may have masks on in the background of photos but that's part of the memory of our wedding. We pulled off this amazing night DURING a pandemic and SAFELY. That's a feat in itself and something to celebrate and remember. Also goes with everyone saying to us, "you'll have a great story to tell your grandchildren" 🙄🙄. It's about the love between you and your fiance and celebrating that. Even with ALL of Ontario's rules and restrictions we had the absolute BEST night. Honestly, it was better than we imagined. Like said before, easier said than done (believe me, we were in your shoes too), try not to stress about the things out of your control and just go with it - it'll still be a wonderful day with your friends and family celebrating you!

So many people have been creative over the past 18 months and I'm sure you'll similarly be able to work something out for your wedding. Unfortunately some things like gathering restrictions, mask mandates, etc. are just going to be out of your control so there isn't any use in stressing too much about them - I know easier said than done, but try your best!

Instead focus on what you can control. For your photos try looking up how others have dealt with group photos during the pandemic. We had a very small wedding of 10 people last November but we still managed to do group photos with social distancing. You can also start planning for different scenarios for your reception depending on whether things change. It's certainly more work than making one plan and sticking to it, but if you do need to pivot at the last minute it makes it a lot easier having something in place already.