The groom dips the bride on a crowded dance floor as guests cheer around them.

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You may have a collection of places, photographs and references that make perfect sense to you, even if they do not yet look like a wedding plan. That is useful material. The next step is finding what connects it.

A few words beside the references can tell us a great deal: what draws you to a place, how a photograph makes you feel, or which part you’d love to share with your guests. You may notice that very different images are expressing the same wish. There’s no need to turn them into a finished plan before we meet.

Give each of you a little space in the brief

It can help to each make a short note about what you’re looking forward to, then compare. One of you may be thinking about the ceremony; the other about bringing friends together for several days. Both belong in the conversation.

Keep the differences in the conversation. They often tell us more than a perfectly coordinated set of references.

In black and white, the bridal party stand in silhouette on a rocky headland under a wide evening sky in Noosa. — Noosa

A beaming guest in navy is lifted high on the dance floor as everyone around her cheers. — Jinya

The couple and their bridal party walk together along Little Cove beach in Noosa in warm evening light. — Noosa

The bride and her bridesmaids lean in together, laughing, bouquets in hand, under palm trees in Cyprus. — Cyprus

In black and white, guests crowd around the couple with their phones up, laughing, at a reception in Houston. — Houston, USA

In black and white, the groom and bride laugh as guests raise their glasses around them in Kyoto. — Kyoto

In black and white, guests dance and cheer around the couple on a crowded dance floor in Houston. — Houston, USA

The bride laughs as the groom lifts her into a dance under strings of lights at Royal Pita Maha in Ubud. — Royal Pita Maha, Ubud

In black and white, the couple feed each other cake in a pool of light in Georgia. — Georgia, USA

In black and white, the groom dances wildly as the bride and guests watch at the Tokyo American Club. — Tokyo American Club, Tokyo

A couple in kimono stand on the stone steps of a vermilion torii in Lake Ashi under a clear blue sky in Hakone. — Hakone

In black and white, two guests raise their glasses to each other across a lit bar at the Tokyo American Club. — Tokyo American Club, Tokyo

In black and white, the bride wipes away a tear as she dances with the groom at the Shangri-La Tokyo. — Shangri-La, Tokyo

In black and white, the groom is hoisted up by his laughing friends at the Roppongi Hills Club in Tokyo. — Roppongi Hills Club, Tokyo

In black and white, the bride and groom stand at the front of their ceremony as guests look on in Yokohama. — Yokohama

In black and white, a friend presses the groom's face into the cake at the Tokyo American Club. — Tokyo American Club, Tokyo

Let a digital tool help you organize

A planning tool can help group your ideas and prepare questions. If you use one, you might ask:

Help us organize the wedding ideas below into shared priorities, different preferences and questions for our planner. Use only what we provide, and label assumptions clearly.

For this exercise, general ideas are enough; leave out private guest information. Suggestions about availability, ceremony permissions or prices still need confirmation with the people responsible for them.

Bring us what you have noticed

Perhaps the garden matters because you want everyone outdoors together. Perhaps the dinner references are really about having time for conversation. Tell us that part, along with the images or places that helped you see it.

For couples hoping to work with us, our personal reply includes our Collections and Wedding Planning guides. If availability and our approach suit your plans, we’ll invite you to a complimentary one-hour Zoom after you’ve reviewed them. Your ideas don’t need to be finished to begin that conversation.

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