Professional Wedding Photos online!

Our wedding photos from our lovely wedding photographer, Matt Sumi, are available for you to view and order prints.

Follow the link in the photo to the collages.net website. All you need to do is enter your name and email to view and order prints.

The site hosts a lot of photos and takes a minute to load. The online album site is full of features including zooming, comparing, and adding favorites to a folder.

Post your photos to FLICKR!

I have been using Flickr for several years and love the features of the website. Flickr allows people to upload and download digital photos for easy sharing & printing. We invite you to post your photos from the wedding here!

It is as easy!
#1 Sign up - Visit www.flickr.com and there is a ton of buttons on the page that will give easy to follow directions to create a yahoo/Flickr account. The free option of Flickr works great!

#2 Upload photos - Flickr will give you easy to follow instructions on uploading when you first create your Flickr account. Otherwise, you can always find an upload button on the bottom of every Flickr page.

#3 Join & Comment - Join the O'Donnell Jones Wedding Group and add your wedding pics in your Flickr photostream to the group. Explore the collection of wedding photos and join the conversation & contests by making comments on photos. Don't forget to check back for new comments!

I love the "comment feature" that allows users to talk about their favorite photos and moments. I have added some comments so keep your eyes open and jump into the conversation!

Follow this link to see my photostream on Flickr. I have already posted pictures from Mom on my Hippyhippyred photostream.

I have set up a "group" for us on Flickr. Follow this link to the O'Donnell Jones Wedding group. Guests who post their photos on Flickr can then add their photos to group and everyone can view the photos in one concise photostream. I have also posted to Flickr images that we have received on photo CDs. You can see them now in the O'Donnell Jones Wedding Group on Flickr! For further information about posting to a group see the blog post below.

Follow this link to start posting to Flickr.


We hope you will sign up for Flickr and post images from the wedding for us all to enjoy & share.

FAQ
Do I have to have a Yahoo! account to sign up for Flickr?
Yes. When you sign up for a new Flickr account, you'll need to sign in with your Yahoo! ID. If you don't have a Yahoo! account, you can create a new one by clicking the "Sign Up" link Yahoo! sign in page.

What you get with a Free Account:
* 100 MB monthly photo upload limit (10MB per photo)
* 2 video uploads each month (90 seconds max, 150MB per video)
* Photostream views limited to the 200 most recent images
* Post any of your photos in up to 10 group pools
* Only smaller (resized) images accessible (though the originals are saved in case you upgrade later)

Tips & Tricks
With the free account resize photos to be more "web-friendly." (like 300KB instead of 5MB)

You can't recover any of your monthly allowance by deleting photos. If you have a free account, you'll see your limit on the upload page.

If you have fewer than 200 photos, we display them all. If you have more than 200 photos, only the most recent 200 are displayed.

How do I get started ordering prints?
Step 1 If you have a credit card billing address in the U.S., you can buy prints via the Flickr website. You'll see an "Order Prints" option on any photo you have permission to print, and also an option to print a whole set at a time (if you have permission).

How can I get photos delivered?
We provide two options: Pick up at a Target store or delivery by mail. Part of the ordering process is choosing the method you want to use. Mail delivery is a bit cheaper, if you can stand the wait!

Join the group on FLICKR

Now that you have posted your photos to FLICKR you can share them with everyone and create a "one-stop-shop" of wedding photo goodness called a group. You can see the pictures posted to O'Donnell Jones wedding group by following this link.

How do I join a group?
Follow this link to the O'Donnell Jones wedding link on FLICKR. On the far right you will see a link JOIN THIS GROUP. FLICKR will ask you to verify that you want to join the group.

How do I share a photo with a group?


Easy! If you're a member of the group, add your photo to the group pool. (If not, join the group, because only group members can contribute to the group pool.) Once you have your selected FLICKR photo page open you will see a button above the image second from the left that says SEND TO GROUP. Select the group you want to add and confirm your choice.

I can't wait to see all your photos! Please post post post away!

Vote for your favorite picture of the wedding dress!

Photo contest announcement!

Join the fun and vote for your favorite photos of Sarah's wedding dress on FLICKR. Explore the group and cast your vote. You can see the pictures posted to O'Donnell Jones wedding group by following this link.

Keep checking the group for new posts and announcements on the Wedding909 Blog.

Voting ends Dec 8th. and prizes just in time for Christmas!

Add the text "Voted for best wedding dress picture" in the ADD THE COMMENT section underneath the photo. Make sure it posts by selecting POST COMMENT.

You can vote for as many photos as you want but a single photo only once.

M-Horton one of a kind design

Thanks Jim for this great video! And a huge thanks to Emily for the incredible gown creation! Not only was she my dream dress designer but she was also my style consultant and steadfast friend. My wedding experience was enhanced a million times over sharing the experience with her special creative talent.



You can see more of our design process by following this link to my old blog post. You can see more pics of our fittings by following this link to FLICKR. I love the dress and think it looks great on film! Here are some of my favorite shots so far.

I know! You loved the dress too! You can see more of Emily's designs by following this link to her website. or to her blog.

Emily just finished celebrating her third wedding masterpiece for the year. Check out this incredible bride and her amazing wedding in San Fransisco!

Wedding pics from Mom with a little photoshop from me

These are some of the great photos taken by my Mom at the wedding. I added the "modern romantic filter" in photoshop.

You can see more of photos with this special effect on my flickr page where you can download or print up to size 4x6.

My wedding "romantic modern filter" on flickr

Creating a Sacred Space

"Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again."

"Sacred Spaces evoke a feeling of a sacredness of space and time, where Heaven seems to touch Earth and we find ourselves aware.... A higher energy resides in a sacred space, a power beyond human control which is part of the feeling of "awe". To find ourselves in the midst of great beauty is an awakening into moments of heightened spiritual consciousness..."

I am working with my florist to rent this awesome pergola for the wedding ceremony. It is an idea I have been in love with since the beginning of the planning process. I really wanted to have a special structure for the rituals of the ceremony. I want to create a "sacred space."

The florist is going to decorate the pergola with crystals and green orchid blossoms to create a dramatic and sparkly sacred space.

The philosopher Mircea Eliade said, "A manifestation of the sacred is always a revelation of being." Designing sacred space involves creating opportunities in our environment to pause and reflect on our lives in the context of something greater than ourselves be it family, community, nature or even our connection to the universe.

This particular pergola is round and has large round colomuns. I like the symbolism of the circles and the majesty of the dome top. I had orginally hoped we would purchase the pergola instead of renting it but we just couldn't make it work out this year. Maybe it will still be at the shop on our anniversary and we can keep our sacred space forever....

The shapes of the rooms and other objects that have personal meaning for us brings a sense of the sacred. The circle is a universal symbol of unity and wholeness and has been representative of heaven and the universe. The circle is therefore an important image of the sacred which resonates with us on a very deep level. Most of us spend all our time living and working in square spaces. The square is symbolic of the physical/ material world. Designs that allow some time outside of our traditional square spaces could be good for the soul.