I can hardly believe it’s been a year today that Paul + Marc held one of the most memorable adventure weddings I have had the pleasure of planning and photographing!  These two endured one of the windiest and wettest wedding days EVER.  Best Part: They did nothing but SMILE and LAUGH their way through it!  They along with their 50 guests were brilliant adventurers throughout the incredible 18 hour adventure wedding day!

Do you remember their amazing Iceland wedding in a cave or how about their frigidly awesome Iceland Pre-Wedding Session?  You may also recall their wedding was also featured by MyWedding.com, Scottish newspaper: The Sun, and was also voted into the Top 5 Real Weddings for 2015!  See here =)

Gentlemen,  Happy Anniversary!  I know you’re already Iceland addicts, so I look forward to seeing you again soon on your next visit to the Land of Fire + Ice! ?

With a smile, Ann Peters & Team (Iceland Adventure Wedding Planners + Photographers)

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I hope this finds you well and excited for the day!  This week, we are taking a break from our Iceland wedding planning advice to share with you the other side of our fabulous Iceland wedding business: Photos by Miss Ann.

I flew solo at James and Rochelle’s wedding last week and they had such a whimsical day (Chris is so jealous he didn’t get to photograph them)!  The bride, Rochelle is the kind of girl who just lights up the room when she enters.  She is clever, stunning, super sweet and nothing compares to seeing her on her wedding day.  James is witty, extremely thoughtful, and handsome.  Perfect combination between the two!  All of their bridal party members, family, and friends followed suit, as they were all uber welcoming.  Lucky me as their wedding photographer, right?!  Yes!

These two were simply delightful to be around and the kisses they shared were storybook! Clearly they have found their lifetime loves and their affection for each other will warm your heart!  To Rochelle and James, I had a blast being a part of your wedding day and hope that you treasure these images that are bursting of your love for each other… Enjoy!

With a smile, Ann Peters

Expert Destination Wedding Photographers Iceland

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Today I decided to sneak in a little mid-week surprise post on destination engagement sessions. This week Photos by Miss Ann is featured on Borrowed & Blue Destination Weddings Blog please check it out here to view one of our gorgeous destination engagement sessions on the South Shores of Kauai, Hawaii.

Now back to Iceland!

You’ve found us… because you are planning a super awesome Iceland destination wedding, woohoo! Why not have another especially sweet session pre or post wedding with your husband? Iceland offers stunning scenery regardless of the season so please take advantage of it and book an additional session with your Iceland destination wedding photographer. If you decide to do your engagement session in advance to your wedding day, another wonderfully unique item that will add to the customization of your wedding day is having an engagement guest book. Photos by Miss Ann offers a professionally designed and printed Layflat Album unique to you and your soon to be. We believe this is an awesome addition to your destination wedding weekend because it interacts with your guests by engaging them with write in sections like the following:

• Fondest Memories of the Bride
• Fondest Memories of the Groom
• Advice to the Bride
• Advice to the Groom
• Favorite Adventures with the Bride and Groom
• Lifetime Advice for the Newlyweds
• Wedding Wishes

What an awesome memento to have and look back on once your I do’s are said and done, right?! Please check out Iceland inspired winter destination engagement guest book below and get inspired! Also, if you would like some quick tips to take with you as you plan your Iceland destination wedding check out Wedding Photos USA, as they recently published my article entitled “13 Best Destination Wedding Tips for Obscure Locations.” It’s worth a look as you may find at least one item on there you can use!

As a sidebar, if you are just finding us for the first time, welcome! We’re an energetic, technically-savvy, super planning husband and wife photography team who is excited to offer our Iceland wedding planning advice and photography services for your Iceland destination wedding. Photos by Miss Ann is located in Plymouth, Michigan and have traveled the world photographing love in action! We planned our own Iceland Destination Wedding and have quickly become experts in planning weddings in Iceland so feel free to contact us to chat more about how we can make your day flawless and forever pause those moments in Iceland wedding portraits!

Yours in Iceland Wedding Photography and Planning, Miss Ann

Still stay tuned for the next informative blog post topic coming soon: Destination Wedding Etiquette

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From Iceland Wedding Planning to Destination Honeymoon…. We made the decision while planning our Iceland waterfall wedding this time last year that our wedding week (before and after we said I do) would be 100% devoted to our guests who had traveled so far.  That being said, it was very important that Chris and I still planned and went on a honeymoon that was just the two of us.  Well that time is finally upon us… time to take our honeymoon to Bali Indonesia!  Woohoo!

I promise, I will come back to share our gorgeous destination honeymoon images in a few weeks!  But in the meantime, please be patient for the silence you will see for the next few weeks.  If you are planning an Iceland destination wedding and need an Iceland wedding photographer or planning please send me an email and I will answer upon our return the week of November 26th!  So in the meantime… enjoy our fun fall session we did playing in the leaves!  Happy Fall, Winter, and Happy Thanksgiving!  Be safe all as we enter in a new season.

With a smile in Iceland wedding photography and planning!  – Ann

Owner of: Photos by Miss Ann & Iceland Wedding Planner

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It’s hard to believe a year ago I was sitting in this same spot as a Plymouth Michigan Wedding Photographer planning my own Iceland Destination Wedding from hundreds of miles away.  The thought had crossed my mind at that point… How was I going to photograph my own wedding?  Would Photos by Miss Ann need to hire another assistant?  Could I trust a local?  Do I bring in my own destination wedding photographer and trust they are as wedding detailed as I strive to be?  Many sleepless nights were spent contemplating this dilemma.  We contacted many folks from one person shows to married couples who said they would “knock our socks off and offer unlimited time coverage.”  Everyone claims to be an “experienced destination wedding photographer” so please be careful and aware as you search for your Iceland destination wedding photographer.  Here is a list of helpful questions to ask that may help you decide:

1)      How many destination weddings have you photographed by yourself and under your current business name?

2)      What countries and environments have you photographed in?

3)      Do you offer destination wedding weekend coverage or only “continuous” day coverage?  If so for how long and what are your limitations?

4)      What makes you more desirable than hiring a local photographer?

5)      What sort of lighting equipment do you bring?  Are you prepared for all types of conditions and photographing every detail we spent so much time planning?

6)      Do you travel with backup gear?

7)      Do you interact with the guests (IE, grouping couples together or being forward enough to group of friends/family together)?

8)      How detailed do you feel you are?  Can you give examples during a destination wedding? IE, May I see a full wedding gallery you delivered to a couple?

9)      Can you give me an example on how you exceeded a brides expectations?

10)  Can you give me an example when you disappointed a client and what the end result was?

11)  Do you carry travel and liability insurance?

12)  What happens if you miss your flight, a family emergency happens, or you are late to our wedding day?

13)  If it rains during our outside ceremony, how do you handle your gear?

14)  Do you carry an emergency survival kit?

15)  Do you photograph in RAW?

16)  Will I receive the high-resolution files in RAW or JPEG files?

17)  What is your processing workflow timeline once you have photographed our images?

18)  What is your turn around time from my wedding day?

19)  Do you offer a pre or post Iceland wedding session?

20)  What places would you suggest we photograph nearby our ceremony and reception location? IE, Have you photographed in our region of Iceland before?

21)  Do you offer nighttime photography and/or Northern Lights Wedding Photography to be done after our reception?

22)  Will you check in with us before you leave for the night and the weekend?

23.) Will you be following up with us once your service is complete?

24.) Will you be posting our images or using them in any way without our permission?

25.) Do you use off camera lighting?

26.) Is drone photography at our Iceland wedding locations an option?

Asking those types of questions will allow you understand and gauge their experience level in photography, customer service, travel, and how they could be an asset to your wedding day before, during, and after.

Deciding on a wedding photographer is on the same level of picking your wedding date.  After all, those are the two things is all you’re going to have once the day is over outside of the actual memories!   We chose Saturday, April 14th 2012, Seljalandsfoss Waterfall for our ceremony location and Hotel Ranga for our beautiful 5-course reception dinner.

For our destination wedding in Iceland, we unfortunately did not have a positive overall experience with our hired wedding photography team from Toronto Ontario.  Their technical quality was disappointing and their lack of attention to details was an even bigger problem.  They basically left with having to edit our own wedding portraits and recreate just about all of our wedding day details to ensure they were properly documented.  So please, please be careful out there as you choose your Iceland destination wedding photographers!

At Photos by Miss Ann, we thrive on adventure (details!) and love… We also strive to be your premiere Iceland wedding photographer by always exceeding your expectations and creating portraits you will love for a lifetime.  So whether you are getting married at the stunning Seljalandsfoss waterfall like Chris and I did or at the hundreds of other gorgeous Iceland wedding photography spots we would love to be your destination wedding photographer and destination engagement session expert!

Yours in Iceland wedding planning and Iceland destination wedding photography,  Ann

Please visit: Photos by Miss Ann for more information!

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