The best photojournalistic images from your wedding day won’t happen if you don’t set your photographer up for success! This episode contains THE SECRET to getting those natural, unposed, unscripted, authentic wedding images with the best composition, framing, and creativity. You WANT a trained and practiced photojournalistic photographer to cover your wedding day rather than a photographer who is NOT SKILLED in documentary photography coming in to stage or hi-jack all of YOUR MEMORIES!!  Referenced in this episode: Episodes #43 & #98 Buy my Book: https://amzn.to/3m0fpld YouTube Playl ..read more

Don’t know if you want a bridal portrait session? Don’t even know what a bridal session is? Then this episode is definitely for you. Tune in because we take a bridal session litmus test asking these nine important questions to see if a bridal session is something you need to do! 1.      Is your dress incredibly unique or important to you? 2.      Do you want to take every opportunity you can to wear your dress and feel like a princess? 3.      Are you shy or uncomfortable in front of the camera, especially when there's an audience? 4.    ..read more

This episode reflects on one of my real-life weddings. I recount all of the tiny little landmines wherein the couple (or the planner) set me up for failure and made me take pause, problem-solve, or work around something that caused a delay or remission in my workflow. More specifically, these challenges were: Not having the opportunity to build a rapport with the couple and wedding party; Bride not being familiar with my documentation style; An extremely short ceremony time with no warning; Starting the bouquet toss without me; and My contracted time to shoot was not well aligned with the tim ..read more

I don’t know why more professional photographers don’t take a stand and speak out for photojournalistic wedding photography. It’s sad that more and more couples’ wedding days are being treated like a movie set, a Broadway play, or a styled shoot. Couples are not being permitted to just remember actual, organic memories that happened on their wedding days because THERE ARE NONE. Basically, every image captured during the day was just set up by the photographer to ensure that “they got the shot.”  In this episode, I make crazy, unrealistic comparisons of wedding photography to current event ..read more

What other high-ticket priced item do you buy based only on price and appearance—Car? House? Clothing? Lawnmower? Daycare? None of these. Can you name an expensive product or service you would purchase based only on price and appearance? I can’t, yet that is what millions of couples do each day when they choose their wedding photographer. This episode continues to fill in the gaps on what you should be looking for IN ADDITION to price and portfolio. In my opinion, these 14 key markers indicate someone is running a good photography business: 1.      Carries insurance 365 days a y ..read more

I sifted through wedding photography questions on Reddit.com and provide my answers to you here. The questions I answer are: ·        Is it feasible to ask your photographer to avoid taking pictures of a certain person at your wedding? ·        Wedding photographer payment timing? Is it common to pay in full before the actual wedding even occurs? ·        And finally, one Redditor has narrowed it down to two photographers but can’t make up her mind as there is a tiny detail about each photographer she’d like to change. Is it acceptabl ..read more

A wedding photographer’s job shouldn’t be pinning on your groom’s boutonniere, lining up your wedding party for the procession, cueing the music for your grand entrance, showing you how to cut the cake, or rushing your hair and makeup artist so you get married on time. A wedding photographer’s job is to document these things as they happen either in order or in chaos. However, these are some of the positions we are put in on wedding days. WHAT HAPPENS when you solve these problems ahead of your wedding day and allow your photographer to do their job? You receive better images. Buy my Book: htt ..read more

Have you ever wondered how the fitness level of your potential wedding photographer might either impede or enhance their ability to adequately cover your wedding day? Listen in as I explain in detail how a photographer’s physical fitness has a direct connection to their ability to perform on your wedding day. Buy my Book: https://amzn.to/3m0fpld You can find more info at: Completeweddinged.com, atagirlphoto.com  Join the Complete Wedding Photography Community: Facebook.com/groups/completeweddingphotography Connect with Tammy:  Instagram(book), Instagram (wedding photos), Tiktok, Pin ..read more

Wedding day detail shots. Who are they really for? Do you need them? Do you even want to pay your photographer to take them? I think not, here’s why. Buy my Book: https://amzn.to/3m0fpld You can find more info at: Completeweddinged.com, atagirlphoto.com  Join the Complete Wedding Photography Community: Facebook.com/groups/completeweddingphotography Connect with Tammy:  Instagram(book), Instagram (wedding photos), Tiktok, Pinterest, YouTube, Twitter An online course will be launching soon! This podcast is meant to help couples, like you, have NO REGRETS about their choice of wedding ..read more

If you plan on proposing this Valentine’s Day, or any day for that matter, do it right! Here are my best professional tips for carrying out the best marriage proposal ever! Buy my Book: https://amzn.to/3m0fpld You can find more info at: Completeweddinged.com, atagirlphoto.com  Join the Complete Wedding Photography Community: Facebook.com/groups/completeweddingphotography Connect with Tammy:  Instagram(book), Instagram (wedding photos), Tiktok, Pinterest, YouTube, Twitter An online course will be launching soon! This podcast is meant to help couples, like you, have NO REGRETS about t ..read more