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Wedding Photography Tips
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Wedding photography, start to finish: checklists, lighting, and contracts.

A free reference for photographers shooting their first wedding season. Weddings walks the day in the order it happens. Lighting moves from window light to the dark ballroom, with exact settings. Business covers pricing, deposits, and the contract, clause by clause. Nothing is gated, and the checklists print cleanly.

PILLAR 01 · 23 CHAPTERS
Shooting the wedding
Chaptered along the day: prep, first look, ceremony, portraits, reception, exit. Plus backup workflow and what to do when it rains.
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PILLAR 02 · 32 CHAPTERS
Lighting
Natural light, then flash on the camera, then flash off it, then receptions, then the hard venues. Every chapter carries a settings table, and every setup is specified in exact positions and distances.
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PILLAR 03 · 25 CHAPTERS
Business & contracts
Booking, the contract clause by clause, deposits and retainers, late galleries, clients who won’t pay. Written for the US, with state differences flagged.
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Work through the three pillars and you will be able to walk into the venue knowing where to stand and when, set reception flash without guessing, hand the couple a contract that says who owns the photos and when they are delivered, and quote a price built from your real costs instead of a guess.

THE FIRST WEDDING PATH

Twelve steps, in order, from “I said yes” to “invoice closed.”

The chapters you need pulled from all three pillars and put in the order you will actually need them. Tick them off as you go. It saves in your browser, no account.

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The contract template, the reception settings card, the packing list, the backup workflow card, and the timeline worksheet. Direct links to the files, no interstitial, and the checklists print cleanly.

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