Wedding — Tartumaa

Book the venue first, then the crew — but leave at least eight weeks between the two. A manor in Tartumaa is rarely on mains power at the capacity a wedding needs, and the generator hire, the fuel run and the cable route across a courtyard all take days to confirm.

Most of what looks spontaneous is decided a month out: the lighting plan once the marquee supplier gives you the frame spec, the audio rig once you know whether speeches happen inside or under canvas, the load-in time once you have measured the track from the road. The earlier the site visit, the fewer surprises on the morning.