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Facebook Live Catch Up: Wedding Photography with Blake Ezra

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On Wednesday, I went ‘Facebook Live’ alongside my much-loved Smashing Supplier, Blake Ezra, for the second episode of our exciting new monthly show especially for the STG worldwide community.

This month it was a ‘Wedding Photography’ special and you all LOVED it!  We answered so many great questions including why photographers vary so much in price, how to go about choosing a wedding photographer, the most stand-out moment of Blake’s photography career (and no it wasn’t Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding that he also photographed), and of course his EPIC beard.

If you missed it, you can still catch up by watching the replay below. Blake was second to none and handed out so much useful advice and photography nuggets you’d be mad not to watch it (again and again!) and catch every last word. We also revealed a BIG exclusive towards the end.

We planned to be live for around 30 minutes but we max-ed out to just over an hour, and even then we couldn’t get through all your brilliant questions. Thank you for being such a fabulous audience — Blake has promised to answer any unanswered questions in the comments section of the video, plus we have a second instalment up our sleeve! Watch this space…

This was the second in a monthly episode of STG shows that will be aired live on the last Wednesday of every month on Facebook at 8pm GMT(that’s 3pm EST, 12pm PST, and 10pm in Israel) to coincide with #WeddingWednesday.

Next month’s show is going out on Wednesday 29th March 2017, and I’ll be joined by one of the best make up artists in the industry, the gorgeous Philippa Louise, for a ‘Wedding Beauty Q&A’ live show. More details nearer the time… Happy Weekend everyone!

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Get all your Wedding Photography Questions answered tomorrow in February’s STG Facebook Live Show

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Did you join us for January’s STG Facebook Live show? It was as much fun as you can have with an iPhone and STG readers joining in from all over the world, so to say that I’m super excited for tomorrow’s February episode is a bit of an understatement!

The show will air live from my home to the Smashing The Glass Facebook page tomorrow, Wednesday 22nd February at 8pm GMT (that’s 3pm EST, 12pm PST, and 10pm in Israel).

This month it’s a Wedding Photography Special and I’m lucky enough be joined by Blake Ezra, one of the UK’s most sought after wedding photographers (he covered the Royal Wedding of Kate and William no less) and his work is very regularly featured on the pages of STG.

Blake and I want to answer ALL your burning wedding questions, big or small:

  • Perhaps you’re wondering what you should be asking your potential wedding photographer?
  • Or whether you should be having an unplugged wedding?
  • Or why wedding photographers vary so much in price?
  • Or perhaps you’re not particularly confident in front of the camera and would like some tips?

Blake and I are ready to help! Just pop over to the STG Facebook page and submit your question(s) as a comment on this thread and we’ll answer as many of them as we can on the show. If you prefer to submit a question by email in advance you can do that too — just shoot me a message to karen@smashingtheglass.com.

In addition, as I do with all the monthly shows, I’ll be giving you the lowdown on what’s been going on behind the scenes at Smashing The Glass this month and let you in on the latest news and gossip from the world of Jewish weddings!

I’ll also be announcing the winner of our Laura Mercier STG Survey competition. Thank you so much to all of you that filled out the survey and gave me the most valuable insights that have already began to shape the future of Smashing The Glass.

This is the second episode of our exciting monthly Facebook Live show especially for the STG worldwide community. The show airs on the last Wednesday of each month on the Smashing The Glass Facebook page at 8pm GMT to coincide with #WeddingWednesday.

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Facebook Live Catch Up: Jewish Wedding Q&A

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Last night we went LIVE for the very first episode of our exciting new monthly show especially for the STG worldwide community, and it was so much fun!

We talked about everything from the best high street bridal designers to my new pink shoes (?) to our exciting upcoming collaboration with The Savoy to how to make your friends and family feel included at your wedding to why we smash the glass to… you get the idea — we talked about everything under the ‘wedding’ sun!

It was fantastic to feel the warmth of the STG community around the world — a BIG thank you to all of you who joined! The replay is above in case you couldn’t join us live.

This was the first in a monthly episode of STG shows that will be aired live on the last Wednesday of every month on Facebook at 8pm GMT(that’s 3pm EST, 12pm PST, and 10pm in Israel) to coincide with #WeddingWednesday.

Next month’s show is going out on Wednesday 22nd February 2017, and I’ll be joined by one of my favourite wedding photographers, the magnificent Blake Ezra, for a ‘Get All Your Wedding Photography Questions Answered’ live show. More details nearer the time… but you can be sure that the ‘halo effect’ in  yesterday’s show will not be making a reappearance when a photography expert is involved!

I’ll leave you with some useful links relating to some of the topics I talked about in yesterday’s show:

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Ask Karen anything on Facebook Live, Wednesday 25th January at 8pm

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Smashing the Glass is going live tomorrow… and you’re invited!

Join me for the very first episode of an exciting new monthly show especially for the STG worldwide community! The show will air live from my home, on the last Wednesday of each month on Facebook at 8pm GMT to coincide with #WeddingWednesday.

I’ll be hosting the first episode, a Facebook Live Wedding Q&A tomorrow, Wednesday 25th January, at 8pm GMT (that’s 3pm EST, 12pm PST, and 10pm in Israel).

As well as answering all of your burning wedding planning questions, I’ll also give you the lowdown on what’s been going on behind the scenes at STG this month and let you in on the latest news and gossip from the world of Jewish weddings! 

I’ll also share exclusive details about an incredibly exciting new competition coming soon to STG! It’s a big one so make sure you tune in so you don’t miss out.

We’ll be chatting in real time, so you can ask me anything live during the broadcast, or you can make sure you don’t miss out and submit a question in advance by emailing karen@smashingtheglass.com

Future shows will feature expert guests from the wedding industry, so make sure you put the monthly date in your diary.

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The Big Smashing The Glass Survey + win $700 worth of Laura Mercier beauty booty!

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I’m taking a moment’s pause from my Jewish wedding obsession to ask you a favor — I’m wondering if you can give me a few minutes of your time to take our first ever super exciting STG reader survey?

I know what you’re thinking.. the words ‘survey’ and exciting’ don’t really go together so why on earth am I excited? Well, two reasons: 1) Your answers will help me get to know you even better so that I can make Smashing The Glass everything you want it to be, and 2) I’ve got a KILLER giveaway. One of you is going to win an enormous stash of Laura Mercier beauty products worth over $700 ( £570). I’m talking 24 (yes TWENTY FOUR!) full size Laura Mercier products (all detailed below) ranging from Look Book Palettes to brushes to lipsticks to bronzers to eye pencils to hand creams and eye liners. Epic prize, right?!

Absolutely anyone can enter and I would love to hear from as many as you as possible. You can be engaged, married, or just dreaming of the future, and I also warmly welcome responses from those in the wedding industry too. Plus, the beauty booty can be shipped anywhere in the world, so I would love to hear from you, wherever you are on the planet. You can fill in the survey anonymously if you choose to, but just bear in mind that you won’t be eligible for the prize as I won’t have a way of contacting you. 

It’s so important to me to find out how we are doing, and absolutely nail it when it comes to bringing you the very best Jewish wedding inspiration in 2017. I would love to hear your feedback on what works for you and what doesn’t so please be as honest as you can — constructive criticism is as necessary as praise!

I know how precious your time is and I appreciate it’s a big ask, so I hope that the Laura Mercier $700 prize, and the chance to make STG everything you want it to be is enough of an incentive for you. Thank you so much – it shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes of your time.

Click here to take the survey!

Entry deadline is 23:59 on Sunday 29th January 2017. The winner will be selected at random by Smashing The Glass, and will be notified by email. Please note: the winner can reside anywhere in the world.

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