Wedding photography guides
Written for couples, with a bias toward what actually happens on the day rather than what looks good on a checklist. No email wall, no upsell in the middle.
Wedding shot list
How to write a wedding shot list your photographer can use: how long it should be, what to include, what to cut, and the mistakes that cost photos.
Guide · 8 min readFamily formals
How to order your wedding family photos so they take 25 minutes instead of an hour. The peel-away method, a copyable list, and how to handle step-families.
Guide · 7 min readMust-have photos
Surveys and hindsight agree on which wedding photos people wish they had. It isn't the ring shot. Here's what's actually worth protecting on your list.
Guide · 8 min readPhotography timeline
A realistic wedding photography timeline with honest time estimates for getting ready, first look, formals, and portraits — and where timelines break.
Guide · 7 min readWorking with your photographer
What wedding photographers actually want from couples, what to send and when, and the requests that quietly make their job harder.
Guide · 6 min readDivorced parents
How to plan wedding family photos when parents are divorced, remarried, or estranged — what to decide in advance and how to tell your photographer.
Guide · 6 min readFor photographers
How to get specific, ranked, usable shot lists from wedding couples — what to ask for, when to ask, and how to make family formals faster.
Guide · 5 min readDo I need a shot list?
Yes, and your photographer will probably ask for one. Theirs covers the standard moments. Yours covers the things they have no way of knowing.
Guide · 6 min readFamily formals (photographers)
How to run wedding family formals in twenty minutes instead of forty: the list, the wrangler, the shooting order, and the four failures that cost the time.
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