Wedding Planning Guide 6 | The Final Countdown!

When you hired us to photograph your wedding, you knew that we’d curate the complete narrative of your wedding. Our wedding photography can be segmented into five parts: Getting Ready, The Ceremony, Friends and Family, Couple’s Portraits, and The Reception. Below is one final walk-though as to how your wedding will be photographed. We can’t wait to be a part of this amazing experience!

Getting Ready

Our wedding narrative begins a few hours prior to your ceremony. One of the first sets of photographs we typically take is of your wedding attire. We will use our editorial process to setup detail shots such as of your flowers, the ceremony program, your shoes, and of other personal touches.

We’ll use spaces that are ideally familiar and personal, and we’ll want to use rooms with good window light. We won’t take awkward pictures of you dressing, and our emphasis will be to photograph your connections to the special people with you.

If you’ve decided to have a First Look, we’ll do it immediately after everyone is dressed and ready!

The Ceremony

This is it! The ultimate moment you’ve both been preparing for, and we want to ensure you’ll have lasting memories. We do need to be respectful of the venue’s rules for photography, and our movements will be minimal in order to avoid distraction.

If you have selected one photographer as part of your wedding package, we’ll focus on either the groom or bride’s vantage point. (Two photographers will get both.) After you’re together, we’ll move with subtlety, documenting all the milestones of your ceremony, ending with your vows, kiss, and joy!

Friends and Family

(Note: If you’re having a first look, we’ll strive to complete these before the ceremony.)

Family portraits needn’t cause stress, and typically  we complete these pictures in about ten to fifteen minutes . This is all done using the Pre-Wedding Questionnaire and during our final consult together. We also make time for more casual photographs at the reception, which is great for friends and extended family.

We’ll also spend time photographing your wedding party with you, designing stylized setups, shooting fun candids, and getting a portrait with each attendant. And because we know everyone has a party to get to, these commonly take 20-30 minutes total.

Couple’s Portraits

Finding the right balance between couple portraits and spending time with your guests can be tricky. Fortunately, with our editorial approach, we can beautifully capture you together in a variety of settings.

For planning purposes, we don’t need hours between the ceremony and reception just for photography. Depending on when dinner is served and when the sunset happens, we’ll ideally do several smaller sets of you together throughout the day. This will give you more variety in your final edited set as well as allow you to enjoy your friends and family.

The Reception

Let the celebration begin! While you relax with a tasty beverage, we’ll ensure all the work you put into your reception is well documented. We give priority to details such as your place settings, the desserts, and the name cards, but we also photograph quality candids of you with friends and family.

After toasts, we typically finish your wedding narrative with the selected special dances. However, it’s not uncommon for other fun events to occur, such as lanterns, fireworks, or a limo send-off. It will be up to you to decide how to conclude your evening, and we’ll ensure you remember every moment.