It makes me crazy….

When I see photos from random weddings where brides put TONS of time into the tiniest details and then leave the execution to chance…

Prime Example: The Wedding Cake

Bride do a tasting, sift through a dozen flavors and a dozen more fillings, spend weeks on finding the right combination of dots, swags, bows and fresh flowers only to stick the cake in a random corner, next to the dj or off to the side of the band…. in the dark

Bad form…

Sorry guys, but the wedding cake is the second most photographed thing at a wedding only surpassed by the bride! (I apologize in advance to the grooms).

I always try to give it a place of honor –

One of my favorites is when we have an entrance to a ballroom that is a straight on shot to a dance floor or stage- I position the sweetheart table at the head of the dance floor … the cake directly behind them.

If I can line the escort card table up in the background outside the room all the better…

The ideal is that a) everyone entering the room will pass the cake in display on the way in, and b) when shooting photos of the bride and groom sitting at their sweetheart table (for toasts, or just spending time together) the immediate background shot is their cake and in the far background the Grand Arrangement on the Escort Card Table…

Check this out:

These are tight shots of a cake by Cake Art Studio from Summer and Marc’s recent wedding

 It’s beautiful as cakes go…..Now check it out as a design element-

We positioned the cake directly in between the sweetheart table and the fire place – we raised the cake up on a 30″ round high top table to layer the visual interest…

So shots of the couple included the linens and floral décor on the table, the beautifully detailed cake, the architectural elements of the fireplace mantle and additional flowers and candles (by Offshoots Décor).

Layering of cloths, additional elements of height, flowers, candles all added to the maximum impact of the cake a design element and focal point.