The Davenport Duo

Share this with a bride or groom to be!! 🤵🏽‍♂️👰🏽‍♀️💍 If you are struggling to figure out how to write your timeline, the best tip is to bring your photographer and videographer into the picture. You can use sample timelines to help too but sample timelines only get you so far. You need to lock in with the photo and video team and make sure that everything you want captured can get captured in the timeframe you have set up and they can not only help you do that, but set your day up for a seamless timeline to experience your day stress free!

Share if you agree! Comment to add your thoughts! Full episode link is in our bio. Love and Learn is a podcast where we as the Davenports, an early 20's married couple, with a firstborn, share our journey of love and what we are learning in every new season of life as it pertains to our relationship and life. If you are a young couple or someone single interested in learning more about what true love really looks like and how to prepare for a lifetime of success in a relationship, then this is the podcast for you!

Share this with a bride or groom to be!! 🤵🏽‍♂️👰🏽‍♀️💍 If you get nervous in front of the camera or feel awkward for posing, here's an easy tip to overcome that: don't focus on the camera. The more you stare at that thing, the more awkward the pictures can get. If you are someone who wants more candid captures, focus on your partner. Lock eyes with them, fall into your own world, and make each other laugh. Tickle each other, make silly jokes, get goofy. You need to loosen up a bit if you want the best candid captures. Don't let your hyper awareness of the camera get in the way of your photos! Just relax, practice a soft smile, and focus on your partner more than anything else.

Share this with a bride or groom to be!! 🤵🏽‍♂️👰🏽‍♀️💍\ If you are planning on asking a friend or family member to officiate your wedding, keep these thoughts in mind: 1. Do they actually understand the value of marriage and the importance of their position marrying you two. 2. Do they truly know you two? Don't just ask someone who kinda knows you, make sure they truly understand you two as a couple. The closer they are, the better the overall experience. 3. Are they good at public speaking? Asking someone to go up and speak for your ceremony who isn't a good public speaker can really impact your ceremony experience. 4. Are they willing to invest their time and energy to making this the best experience for you? Or are they going to prep the day before or put little effort into it? Make sure this is someone who takes the position seriously! I'm working on a officiant guide for friends and family who need direction so stay tuned for when that drops! (it'll be free).

Share this with a bride or groom to be!! 🤵🏽‍♂️👰🏽‍♀️💍 Add a polaroid to your guest book and welcome table! Such a fun and easy way to capture so much more emotion and connection with your guests for a lifetime. Words are great, but a picture of each guest with words is so much more cherished.

Share this with a bride or groom to be!! 🤵🏽‍♂️👰🏽‍♀️💍 Make sure when booking your photographer that the images you see are their most recent work and colors. Sometimes photographers change their style or try new colors and if you have a preconceived notion of how they will turn out but those expectations are their old colors, you will be disappointed. Just make sure to ask them in the process to make sure you know what you are getting so you aren't surprised when you receive the full gallery!

Share this with your maid of honor or best man!!👰🏽‍♀️🤵🏽‍♂️ Such a fun way to add so much value to your day and capture more memories from behind the scenes. We didn't have someone do this for us on our wedding day and honestly regret it a lot. We also missed out on our timeline to get raw footage so we have very little from our wedding day to go off of except our main video. It stinks to be honest. Kinda depressing. If you want to be able to look back on so much more from your wedding day, I highly encourage you to take advantage of this tip!

Share this with a bride or groom to be!! 🤵🏽‍♂️👰🏽‍♀️💍 Buy disposable cameras for your guests tables! This isn't a "new" thing. I remember going to a wedding 15 years ago and they did this. Yet I don't always see it today being in the industry and I think it's a missed opportunity. Put little cards with the camera and direct people to take fun pictures with them. I promise you won't regret that decision. Unless you have boring guests... It's just a cool way to capture so much more of the day from different perspectives. Then get them all developed and enjoy photos that not even the photographer grabbed from your wedding day for the rest of your life!

Share this post if you agree!! New episode drops tomorrow! "How to Find The ONE." We tackle the myth of soulmates and the reality of what it takes to find the right partner!

Share this with a bride or groom! This is huge for down the aisle shots and send offs! Make sure that if you are going to do a dip during either the recessional at the ceremony or the exit at the end of the night, to dip the right way. It happens more often than you would think that couples will dip backwards or forwards not realizing that you can't get a good photo or video shot of that. You either see the top of your heads or your legs and nothing else. Try to practice in a mirror or set up your photo to take a video and practice dipping the way you want your photo to look! It's a simple step that will save you a lifetime of a headache looking back on the photos and just wishing you would have dipped normal.

Marriage Advice: OUT SERVE YOUR SPOUSE

Marriage Advice: OUT SERVE YOUR SPOUSE I think you’ll learn that when you start to incorporate this practice into your marriage, you will see such a positive impact. Serving your spouse makes them feel valued, respected, and significant because of the fact that you went out of your way to care for them. When you are serving, check your heart posture and make sure that you are not expecting anything in return or keeping score. Here are some ideas of how you can practically be serving your spouse -pack their lunch -make them their coffee in the morning -if you see things around the house that need to be done, get it done before your spouse does -do their laundry -surprise them with a special treat -wash their car -fill up their gas tank -backrubs -let them sleep in while you take car of other responsibilities -bring them flowers -greet them at the door when they get home -write small love notes for them to find -constantly encourage them to pursue their passions and dreams Think of things your spouse needs that maybe only you can fulfill or that you helping them would fill their cup a little more. Have check ins with one another and learn how your spouse would love to be served. Start incorporating this advice into your marriage and see how much of an impact a heart of servitude can have :)

Share this with your partner or a couple who may be struggling with infertility! Our episode with the Benders really invites in the conversation around infertility and how to work through such a struggling season!