Avoid sombre or dark photographs. Some people are shy about wearing brighter tartans so opt out by selecting the Black Watch tartan. The overstripes in these tartans provide lift and highlight to photographs, so enhancing the photographic record of a wonderful day. Once they enter family archives they may even outlast you and the different tartans will always attract interest. Back to Top Ceremony Wedding Ceremony with a difference.
Many couples select their own format, be it in church, a garden setting or elsewhere.
There is no doubt at all that the bagpipes add impact and a cultural dimension that gives the specal day very tangible extra emotions. Also weddings that genuinely include God, as understood in by a Christian perspective, have the feel of an extra special spiritual blessing. Here is a variation that adds very significantly to the effect of the day, common to weddings overseas, but now uncommon to most weddings in New Zealand. When the formal part of the Wedding Service ends the couple with their witnesses proceed to sign the register. While the signing takes place the guests leave the church and assemble outside where they wait to greet the couple as they emerge.