8 Tips For Planning a Wedding Timeline - A Wedding Photographers Perspective
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
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In this video Sara and I discuss our tips for effectively planning a wedding timeline focused around maximizing your photography. We think that these tips are not only important for brides and grooms in their planning process but also new photographers starting out in the wedding business and helping new clients. If you can add value by really providing useful information to people trying to plan their wedding you will stand out as a real professional.
Thanks for the tips guys!
Here is another issue related to your talk here that came up when planning our son's Bar Mitzvah. During planning, the caterer told us, "If we mess up any of your other vendors like photo or video, we don't care!" To that, my response was, "All the other services that day are very important to us, especially our photographs and video. We expect you to be 100% cooperative. If you are not, we will sue you." They were amazingly cooperative. (As videographer, I was sure to have camera rolling if anyone at the event intentionally or otherwise did something to compromise the event). I offered other vendors a few images or video clips in exchange for their cooperation.
Appreciate the videos my fellow veteran hope all this crazy shit in the world finds you and you family doing well
Welcome Sara. It's good to see and hear from the whole team.
Here's a tip from way back when I was shooting weddings. For group/family/portrait sessions that are going to be outside, always have a back-up 'rainy day location' that everyone is aware of. And include travel time to and from locations in the timeline.
3200 subscribers now, Congratulations. I was one of the first.
Cheers Hamish
You’re so right Hamish! That’s a real professional tip right there that most people don’t think about. I remember that me of our first weddings we didn’t have a backup plan and guess what RAIN! We were scrambling looking for a spot and the pictures definitely suffered because we weren’t prepared. Good to hear from you!
I know that this video is different than what I normally do but I think this stuff can be really helpful to new photographers, make sure you're providing value to your clients! Please let me know what you guys think - Sara & Will
Team work makes the dream work. Welcome Sara.
You the man Eric!
What an awsome team, fantastic to see Sara join you on this channel.
I have shot my sons wedding and have a couple of people asking for me to shoot theirs early next year. Your information you are sharing is invaluable for starters like me , thankyou so much for sharing and keeping ti real.
Look forward to hearing your progress! I can promise you that brides will start asking you these questions when you start to book. Having solid information that can help them with the timeline is invaluable and makes you look like a real professional
Great tips! Nice to see your whole team! You guys sound like a well-oiled machine! Welcome Sara! Looking forward to more videos with Sara's input.
Coming very soon! Thanks for watching
Great topic! Appreciate all this content you're putting out.
PS love the black and white video, I even rewatch some color films in black and white, really helps you notice the lighting design.
Thanks Cole!
I always go back to Citizen Kane when I need some lighting inspiration
@@TheMonochromeMemoirs That one has been on my list forerver to see. The Departed, Blade Runner, Star Wars Episodes 4-8 etc look so classic in black and white. Worth even just watching the trailers that way.
Welcome Sara, you’re a great team together, great video! I have helped photograph a few wedding, but I never got into it professionally. It sounds like it is complex when working with so many people, I am sure that there moments of stress. I am sure that you have a great relationship together, I am sure you create some great photos during these important events in so many peoples lives. The key is always learning and improving and finding and experimenting with new ways to create a moment of wonderful great memories for all that are involved. The best to both of you !
Awesome vid and tips! Show more of the team!! Welcome to Sara!!
This is such a good, informative video. Thank you very much for doing this..
Thanks so much for watching my friend
@@TheMonochromeMemoirs absolutely love your videos. I am from the Springfield Ma. area let's plan a meet up in the Winter when wedding season is done?
Good advice guys. When I do a wedding I always appoint someone (from the wedding party since you know they're nearby) to manage the formal family pics. A photographer doesn't know who the relatives are and can't start yelling the names around. Also, in my last wedding just a couple of weeks ago, the couple never thought to have a venue for pictures in case it rained which is a must for every wedding.
So true! Can’t tell you how many times I was stuck shooting in the rain with the wedding party under some type of awning 😂. If it rains we always opt for formals at the alter if it’s a church wedding
Great tips and great to "meet" you Sarah!
Hi Sarah,
Welcome
Welcome Sara!!!
Couple of things....as a photographer and videographer (not both at once!) I have always been an advocate of advance planning, which includes site visits, meeting site official, preparation of a working data sheet, AND a planning meeting with the wedding clients 60 days in advance. It is in my contract terms. Next, in my experience, the post-ceremony portrait and formals session, if too long, is the biggest source of irritation for all involved. So I am a strong advocate of what you call the First Look. If they refuse to do that, the post-ceremony session for me was limited to 30 minutes, or LESS if the wedding party got upset or impatient with the photography. Another practice which became popular with my clients was to have coverage at the rehearsal dinner the night before, which got the large extended family groups taken care of. I thought table shots were obtrusive and hokey, but after a while I came to believe they were a way of assuring that everyone was in at least one picture. A very popular shot was all attendees in one large group.
You need to bring the commander in chief on your videos more often. You guys make a great team. Great advice!
Commander in chief is right 😂. You should see her directing famIly formals, absolute boss!
@@TheMonochromeMemoirs Lol, Yep! I have one that does that as well.
Is there a podcast version? :)
We were actually talking about this the other day! We may start one soon
@@TheMonochromeMemoirs great! Will be a perfect pod for my daily bikerides :)
You know it's against the law
of professional wedding photography
that photographers are cuter
than the bride & groom!
I guess you like to live dangerously
Lmao!!
It’s a lot easier to watch now. More Sara less Will 👍😁. Just kidding. Welcome aboard.
😂😂😂 I know you guys are probably tired of seeing my ugly mug.
The Monochrome Memoirs dude you get intense when you speak solo. Your eyebrows do this😠 a lot. But it’s good content. Keep it up. (And get some strobes)
Michael Wright Photo you’re so right. No lie I was scowling when I came out of the womb, was a running joke in my family. We’re definitely on the lighting situation! Trying to figure out the right spots in the house to record and set up lights. Thanks for being patient brother!
Tip number one. Don't book summer weddings.