Start with what you want to remember

Before choosing flowers, menus or a photographer, imagine looking back on your wedding years from now. What do you hope will stay with you? The people gathered together, the music, the photographs, the feeling in the room? Choose the three things that matter most to the two of you.

Those priorities give you somewhere to return when the choices become overwhelming. Put your attention and resources there first. You don’t need every detail to compete for importance; you need a day that feels like yours.

Adapted from The Secrets to Spectacular Wedding Photography by Robert Evans.