My first wedding

I need a list of what i shoud be shooting like brides family, grooms family, bride and grooms family, just the brides maids etc etc and in what order?

Its at a local rugby club so im thinking of having them either stood in the stands or stood on the try line on the pitch if thats possible

of anyone has any links on common mistakes etc id be incredibly grateful

I have tried to have a lookie at your web site, but it says web page cannot be found.

Dandaman_24 wrote in post #2410968
I have tried to have a lookie at your web site, but it says web page cannot be found.

Forgot to pay for it the 2nd time round

lil help here guys?

Here they have a photography checklist, you have to scroll down and look for photography planner.

http://a444.g.akamai.n​et …/pdf/wedding_wo​rkbook.pdf

BrittanyElise wrote in post #2411169
Here they have a photography checklist, you have to scroll down and look for photography planner.

http://a444.g.akamai.n​et …/pdf/wedding_wo​rkbook.pdf

Thankyou!

meeting with the bride later today to sort out a few things

Check out this post by Tim https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=75678

Common mistakes include setting up cheesy poses in cheesy locations. The trick is to give people permission to be themselves and to express how they feel about each other freely, rather than telling them what to do or where to go. Location isn't overly important, but put them somewhere with a nice background. For photos of couples I suggest we go for a walk somewhere nice, and I suggest one or two poses unless they're really uncomfortable and can't work it out themselves.

the most useful thing would probably be to discuss with them what they want.... visit the location first to get good spots for your portraits - work out a good place to do group shots. ask them for a list of essential group shots, make sure you get nice ones of both sets of parents - nothing like the wrath of a mother in law not photographed enough!
also ask them to nominate usher or best man to point out key family members...

Google is your friend. Do a search on wedding shot lists. This will get you a number of photographer (and other) sites that include a shot list. Take that, change it to meet any expectations you might have or that you think your clients might have. Review and ammend the list after you have visited the location(s). Give your clients that shot list with enough time for them to work it over, but not so much that they loose it or forget about it. Review it with them during the consult that you have a week or three before the event.

Then, make sure your clients understand that you will do everything you can to deliver, but "life does happen" and that you can't control everything.

As for the order of the shots, they need to mirror the progress of the event. Do the setup shots while they are getting ready. Do the posed before or after the ceremony. The ceremony during the ceremony (doh!). Sometimes, you may need to pose some of the ceremony shots, but that should try your best to get the ceremony shots during the ceremony.

For the posed/formals, do it as efficiently as possible. Think about it. For example (and this is only an example, I'm sure there are better ways to do this, but it should work):

• Start with the Bride & MOB (SHOT).
  
• Add FOB. (SHOT).
  
• Add siblings. (SHOT).
  
• Add Bride's extended family (SHOT).
  
• Add Groom (SHOT).
  
• Add all grooms extended family (SHOT).
  
• Peel off Bride's family (SHOT).
  
• Peel off grooms extended family (SHOT).
  
• Add brides close family (you now have B&G, and close family of each in the shot) (SHOT).
  
• Peel off groom's close family, leaving B&G, MOB, FOB, MOG, FOG (SHOT).
  
• Now, peel off the bride (SHOT).
  
• Peel off MOB and FOB, leaving just groom and his folks. (SHOT)
  
• Bring the Bride back in. (SHOT)

If you're worried about categorized lists of photos on the day you won't be concentrating on the task at hand - composing and capturing great shots.

I always ask my clients for their 'must haves' and explain to them that anything outside of that is up to me. I provide a unique interpretation of a wedding day, not a repetitive checklist of catalogue images.