Everyone has their own idea of a perfect wedding. For some it is the big wedding, with all the frills and fuss. For others this would be their idea of a nightmare. I am seeing more and more elopements popping into my inbox these days, which shows that more and more people are choosing to elope and spare themselves the drama of planning a big wedding. Back in 2012 Penny and Martin from Tino & Pip Photography took themselves off to Scotland for their own elopement and the results were spectacular. Today they are here on the blog talking about their experience, giving you some very useful advice to help put together your own elopement.
Define ?tiny wedding?? so your average conventional wedding caters for around 100 guests and at least roughly follows the ceremony, drinks reception, group photos, couple shots, wedding breakfast, speeches, cake cutting, first dance route. A small wedding is likely to follow a similar pattern, but hosting around 50 guests. A tiny wedding includes just parents, siblings and closest friends perhaps ? maybe 10 guests at most, and is unlikely to accommodate your typical wedding traditions, as the ceremony is the main focus. A tiny wedding celebrates what a wedding is at its core ? a union of two people (or three or four? if they?re polyamorous), surrounded by their closest family and friends. Intimacy is at the heart of an elopement. A wedding ceremony with hordes of guests can feel like a theatrical production, where there is a sense of us...