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When it comes to weddings, the bride should have the final say on how the wedding is supposed to be. There are a lot of mothers or families who run roughshod over the wedding preparations that the bride is left in the wings and not being able to do anything about it.The call for a traditional wedding photography will be the most obvious choice that mothers want as that is how their weddings were in the first place. However, formal theme of a traditional wedding may not be exactly what is looked for by the bride and the photographs could be disappointing in their predictability.

One choice that a bride could choose would be the illustrative style. This makes the wedding pictures more interesting as it involves different settings rather than a church background all the time. It is basically depends on the wedding photography camera and the photographer vision.The wedding party could be placed in different backgrounds using the reception site amenities. The wedding party are not made to pose like mannequins as that in traditional photography, instead interaction is encouraged and they could actually be shot when they are unaware that the shoot was already going on. So for better prints it is very important that the photographer should know the wedding photography tips.

The candidness of the fun and loving is what is achieved and this may be what the bride and the groom are looking for. That they are having fun with their friends and families and were having fun in the wedding ceremony and reception itself. The essence of the wedding celebration would still be there, but it would be less formal and more natural. If you were a bride who wants nothing of the formality involved in the celebration of the big day of your life, then the illustrative style should be a great option. It is not such a drastic change from what the parents want it to look like; it would just come out more ‘you’ rather than ‘them.’

Please be aware, it is highly essential to all poker players to be able to use effective slow playing strategy, whether they are playing Online Poker or live. This strategy traps overly aggressive players into betting or calling you when you are holding a monster hand, allowing you to gain the maximum value from your monster hand. I will tell you in this article exactly how I slow play big hands.

The art of slow play in poker is a essential skill that once learned is a formidable play that can eradicate an opponent’s chip stacks. Simply put, slow playing is displaying weakness with a strong hand pre-flop and then playing passively according to what flops. For example you hold AK suited and the flop comes 7-5-Q in your suit, this is a beautiful slow pay opportunity against a aggressive player because even if he has nothing he is likely to bet the flush on the board.

What I would do, depending on my table image, is check my nut flush and hope the other players have a draw that they can make, if someone bets I’ll call depending on the size of the bet, or go over the top if they bet more than half the pot. Slow playing is most effective against aggressive and super-aggressive players that will bet if no one else does almost every time. If they take the bait, don’t jump the gun and go all-in just discipline yourself and simply call. Your call will be a huge red light for a more experienced player but because poker is a game of “well timed aggression” most less experienced aggressive players will over do it. On the turn there’s not really a card that can come out that will scare you too much so check-call again. On the river when your opponent bets this is when you raise or check-raise if you want to try to extract some more chips.

Keep in mind that slow playing is not the viable option every time a favorable flop comes up or every time you flop a set. You need to analyze the flop carefully to determine if it’s a proper play. Even if it is a favorable flop it should not be done every time especially if you raised pre-flop because checking after a raise can look suspicious to keen players but at weak home games or a weak table you could get away with it most of the time.

As far as analyzing the flop you need to look at what potential draws are possible on the board and how likely your opponent is to hold cards that could be part of the draw. The first thing to look for is flush draws (two or three suited cards on the flop) then screen for straight draws (a flop like J-10-2 or 5-6-7 are bad flops to flop a set with). If one or both draws are present slow playing is not the ideal play however you can try it on the flop then speed up if a scare card comes on the turn to see if your set is still good.

When slow playing straights you need to watch and look for flush draws and that’s the main thing you need to be cautious of unless the board pairs and you’re concerned about a full house. For flushes, you can probably slow play a queen-high and up flush but any lower than that you should semi-slow play by perhaps checking the flop and speeding it up on later streets. Lower flushes are difficult because being beat by the nut (ace-high) flush or other high flushes is hard to read so I do not advise slow play when flopping a flush under queen-high.

Don’t play scared because when you’re slow playing you have a monster hand but just play cautious and be aware of draws and letting opponents chase draws. Slow playing is not optimal play against conservative players because they will likely check behind you to see the free card and giving free cards is the worst thing you can do. Only try slow play if you’re sure there will be betting behind you.