Submit a Wedding

 Looking for All Mountain Weddings

I am a mountain girl. I love mountain weddings. Plain and simple.

I welcome real mountain wedding submissions from photographers, vendors, and real brides. I’m not super picky about which mountain range, or how high the mountain has to be. I welcome them all: Sierra Nevada, California Coastal, The Cascades, The Rockies, The Appalachians, The Whites, The Catskills, you name it! If it’s a mountain wedding, we’ll consider it. I’ve even published mountain weddings From Texas and Maryland.

NOTE: If you are a real bride or vendor, be sure to secure permission to use the images from the photographer. It’s your photographer who owns copyright.

What if I shot a beautiful wedding but the bride and groom didn’t have many details?

I’ve been know to say, if you have gorgeous mountains, you don’t need a lot of extra wedding detail. Time and again, I’ve shown I am not one stuck on  details, I do enjoy them. However, I also believe that if you have mountains, you don’t need too many details. An all-time favorite of mine is this Yosemite National Park Wedding shot by Emily Heizer. You won’t find DIY lacy doily wrapped mason jar vases, or quirky chalkboard signs. No Ceremony programs or escort cards. Just a beautiful ceremony in a beautiful place.

But pay attention, Emily still beautifully captures what detail there is: The boutonniere, the bridesmaids bouquets, the ring exchange, and those amazing mountains that surround Yosemite Valley. More importantly, tells the story of the couple’s love for each other and for Yosemite. Look closely, all of the most important emotional details are there.

What to Submit

  • At least 50 images that show the highlights of the day and tell a story. Be sure it include lots of great detail shots (even if they are mostly emotional details.)
  • A list of vendors. Now if your DJ got drunk and make an ass of himself at your wedding, feel free to omit him. Brides look for vendors on blogs and we don;t want to link back to unprofessional jackasses.
  • The Hindsight Advice interview (see below)

The Hindsight Advice:

One of the things that makes this blog different is the “real hindsight advice” featured brides give. In fact, I started my career as The Hindsight Bride because I learned so much during the planning process and I came out of it with a better perspective about what worked, what didn’t and what I shouldn’t have worried about.

The “interview” format is pretty simple and doesn’t require amazing writing skills. You can even bullet point most of your responses if you’d like.

While some of the questions may seem difficult to answer in the afterglow of an amazing event, keep in mind that brides in the middle of planning will appreciate honest advice. If you need examples, check out my own hindsight advice on A Mountain Bride: Glad We Did, Wish We Hadn’t Done, Wish I had Done.

If some of these questions really don’t fit your experience, don’t worry about it. Just focus on offering engaged brides the very best hindsight advice you can offer, now that you’ve been through the entire planning process. I’m flexible, just try to give the best information and advice you can to women in the think of the planning process.

  1. Why a mountain wedding?
  2. Where did you find your inspiration?
  • We prefer hearing hindsight advice from the bride/couple. In particular the following questions:
  1. Why a Mountain Wedding?
  2. Where did you find your inspiration?
  3. What were some personal details you incorporated?
  4. Your favorite moment of the day.
  5. Three things you’re glad you did.
  6. Anything you wish you hadn’t done?
  7. What was the best piece of wedding advice you got?
  8. What piece of wedding planing advice do you wish you followed?
  9. Anything you wish you hadn’t worried about?
  10. Anything You wish you had known about sooner rather than later?
  11. How did you choose your vendors?
  12. What is your very best advice to other mountain brides?

What If The Bride and Groom are Private and Don’t Want to Give Their Hindsight Advice?

No problem. I publish weddings without Hindsight Advice on a case-by-case basis. Keep in mind the wedding must be inspiring to Mountainside Bride Readers. That may mean lot’s of pretty details, and it may mean lots of poignant emotional details. The photography MUST be high quality and compelling .

How To Submit

There are two ways to submit a wedding. The new, modern way: Two Bright Lights, and the old-fashioned email way. I recommend Two Bright Lights for two reasons:

  1. It makes it easy for the both of us. You batch upload, I batch download. Bada-bing, bada-boom.
  2. You can find other blogs and easily submit as well. Remember, to raise awareness about you fantastic work and give your SEO a boost, you want inbound links from a variety of high-quality websites and blogs. Submitting your work to numerous places can help, and Two Bright Lights streamlines the research process.

Two Bright Lights (Preferred Method)

The easiest way to submit a wedding is through Two Bright Lights

two bright lights submissions

Note, with Two Bride Lights I will put your submission on hold while I contact the Bride for an Interview. I will let you know if I will publish the wedding without the interview. Typically, I publish more detail-rich weddings without interviews. However, take a look at that Yosemite Wedding again. No details; no Hindsight Advice. You can do it! too!!

Email (Still Acceptable)

Please make sure you do the following:

  • Attach 50 or more images in a zipped file
  • Each image should be 600 px across and 72 dpi
  • Name each image with your own name, and a keyword. For example: “Rad-Photog-Bouquet.jpg”
  • Include a list of vendors who worked on the wedding (see above about omissions)
  • If you can, include the brides/couple’s hindsight advice (see above for a list of questions)
  • Send email to christie {at} mountainsidebride {dot} com