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(ARA) - Whether you’ve been married for a couple of weeks, a few years or decades, the pictures shot on your wedding day are probably among your most prized possessions. Every time you flip through the album, or look at the wedding pictures hanging on the wall, you’re reminded of how happy you were the day you said “I do.” Anissa Burrell-Butler of Westchester, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, relives her wedding day every time she walks through her living room. “I consider the day Rodney and I got married (September 30, 2001) the most important day of my life, a day I’ll cherish for a lifetime,” she says.
Because she knew the memories would be so precious, Burrell-Butler went all out on photography. She found a professional photographer through word of mouth and says he really lived up to his reputation. “He was kind of expensive, but prompt, courteous and thorough. He got all the shots I asked for and then some; it was well worth the money,” she says.
Among the most memorable images in her album, multiple shots of the bride and groom partying with their guests, people toasting and lots of kissing. There are very few formal shots. These days, it seems more and more brides and grooms are moving away from traditional pictures, like images of the couple with members of the wedding party, and with family members all lined up in a row, towards more candid images that capture the emotions of the day. “We wanted pictures that would show everyone who was there, and keep the day alive in our minds and hearts forever,” says Burrell-Butler.
Shortly after returning home from their honeymoon, Anissa and Rodney spent hours flipping back and forth through their proof book smiling. “Once we decided which images we wanted for the album came the easy part, picking out the pictures we wanted to get framed,” she says.
Instead of the traditional shot of the bride and groom standing next to each other, Anissa and Rodney chose to frame two kissing pictures they liked a lot. One shot inside the church, the other outside the reception hall in front of a lake. “We framed the images in a shadowbox with two mattes, one rose colored, the other tan,” she says. “We also framed a shadowbox filled with keepsakes - our invitation, reply card, unity candles and favors, along with photos of our parents, Rodney with all the girls in the wedding party and me with all the guys.”
When they took the pieces in to be framed, the shop they went to recommended they take the extra measure of framing them behind Museum Glass. “Because wedding pictures can never be replaced, you need to give them a little extra attention when it comes to the framing process,” says Joe Maxwell, a custom framing expert who works for Tru Vue, a Chicago company that makes preservation quality glass for the framing industry. “Museum Glass is the best way to go. It has UV blocking properties, which over time protects the artwork from sun, dust and moisture in the air, and also offers anti-reflective technology so you won’t have to worry about glare.”
Museum Glass is best for pictures with depth. For flat pieces, Maxwell recommends Tru Vue’s Conservation Reflection Control glass, which has more of a matte finish. And he offers these tips to preserve the images you don’t get framed:
To find the custom framing shop nearest you that uses Tru Vue Museum Glass or Conservation Reflection Control, log on to www.tru-vue.com.
Courtesy of ARA Content
