By Cathy Franklin


One thing that people from different cultures have in common is the celebration of weddings. However the similarity ends there knowing that each culture and race has its own ways of celebrating a wedding. This is why it's understandable when bridal couples may not be familiar of all the practices they should observe before, during, and after the wedding. But of course they can always find time to know the basic and most important wedding etiquettes.

One of the wedding etiquettes that bridal couples shouldn't forget doing is the formal announcement of their engagement. The announcement is traditionally done by publishing a brief announcement on newspaper. Its purpose is to let everyone know about this upcoming event. Remember though that both parents of the bridal couple should have already been informed before letting everyone know about this news. Other ways of announcing this important event is by sending it electronically or by organizing an engagement party.

If the bridal couple opts for the traditional method, they should immediately call the newspaper's feature or society editor to ask about its policies on when they should publish the announcement. Newspapers usually accept notifications three to six months before the wedding date.

Traditionally, it is the bride's parents who do the formal announcement. Thus, the information that a formal announcement carries includes the names of the bride and groom and of their parents', as well as their resident addresses, and the date of the wedding.

Including an engagement portrait in the announcement is optional. In the past, it was only the bride who was permitted to be photographed for this purpose. But trends do change and today both the bride and the groom are allowed to pose together for their engagement portrait.

Since the announcement will be published on newspaper, it only follows that the bridal couple should seek the service of a professional photographer who deals with Wedding photography or more specifically, bridal photography. These types of wedding photographers know how to meet the requirements for capturing engagement portraits, such as how the bride and groom should pose for this kind of photograph or what kind of photography style they should go for.




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