Studio Notes
Notes from the studio
Plain advice from people who photograph and film weddings every week — 8 notes and counting.
Plain advice from people who photograph and film weddings every week — 8 notes and counting.
The honest difference between eight and ten hours of wedding photography and film coverage, which weddings genuinely need the extra two hours, and the cheaper alternatives when yours does not.
How to get the most out of a one-hour engagement session: outfit combinations that photograph well, how to pick a location that means something, the best time of day, and when to schedule it so the photos are useful for your wedding.
An even-handed look at the first look versus seeing each other at the ceremony: how each affects the timeline, the portraits, the light and the feeling of the day, plus a third option most couples have not considered.
Golden hour is the best light of a wedding day and the easiest to miss. When it falls in spring, summer, autumn and winter, how long it lasts, and how to build a ten-minute portrait break into any reception.
A practical guide to photographing and filming a micro wedding or elopement of under thirty guests: the right number of hours, a sample timeline, what to skip, and why small weddings often need better light rather than less coverage.
Mint green and ivory are a photographer's favourite wedding palette: why the combination works on camera, which shades to choose for bridesmaids, florals and stationery, and the one mistake that turns mint into hospital green.
The questions that separate a good wedding videographer from a disappointing one: audio, raw footage, delivery timelines, music licensing, and what happens when the person you booked gets sick.
What six hours of wedding photography covers, hour by hour, with the two decisions (first look and ceremony time) that make or break a shorter coverage day.