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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. These next two episodes are going to fill you in on what you should be looking for IN ADDITION to price and portfolio. I’m going to give you a short rundown...

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...

Straight out of my book, I give you MY definition of a wedding planner and explain why you should never get married without one. 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 This podcast is meant to help couples, like you, have NO...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It is MY opinion, that all correspondence to a wedding vendor should be returned within 24 hours—even when they’re a one-person show, even when they work on weekends, even when they’re working out-of-town, even when they’re on vacation, even when they’re sick, even even even!!! Listen in to hear why and what you should do when you’re being ghosted BEFORE or AFTER you’ve hired a wedding vendor! Buy my Book: https://amzn.to/3m0fpld You can find more info at: Completeweddinged.com,...

The short answer is no! But listen in to hear WHY! You might have one expectation of how deep and meaningful it will be to ask your mom to accompany you on your bridal portrait session. However, if there is ANY SORT OF tension, resentment, bad parenting skills that show up from time to time, or if your mom is living her wedding dream through YOU, it spells disaster. DO NOT BRING YOUR MOM. Listen in and I’ll tell you what to do instead. Buy my Book: https://amzn.to/3m0fpld You can find more...

Kissing for the camera is not the same as kissing in real life. There are tips and tricks to making it look soft, sensual, and romantic in an image. If you kiss for the camera just like you kiss in real life, you’re going to end up with duck lips, smashed noses, and images that look like you might be getting strangled. Your photographer is not going to know if they should be taking photos or calling 911. Listen in for all the tips on getting great kissing photos!  ·        Must Have Fresh...

I’ve photographed so many first looks that were not planned properly, not taken full advantage of, or were infringed upon on by others. If you want ALL the tips to have the BEST first look, listen in. I’ve got the low down to having the best first look with your partner on your wedding day! ·        What is a first look? ·        Who else can participate? ·        What do you do during the first look? ·        What do you do after the first look? ·        How to get those mushy,...

Your wedding day is not a movie set; it isn’t a styled shoot and should never be treated as such by your photographer. Why is this important? Because you want to be able to reflect back fondly on your wedding day and remember authentic memories. NOT fabricated moments the photographer created for you. You don’t want to be directed through each tender moment of your day. You want them to happen organically and flow freely and then captured by your photographer, NOT controlled by your...

Stephen Lo runs Light & Lo out of Columbus, OH, and is my guest on today’s episode. He was kind enough to share his professional insight and expertise in order that you might have the best experience with your wedding photographer. Listen in as he answers my five interview questions that will help you choose the perfect wedding photographer for your special day and sidestep commonly committed wedding day mistakes.  Light & Lo on the WWW: www.lightandlo.com Light & Lo on...

The time you set aside for your wedding day family formal portraits—the grouped posed shots—matters!! A little critical, pre-planning can make all the difference in the world for a much more efficient, enjoyable, and, dare we say, FUN family formal portrait time. This episode has all my best tips for mastering your family formal portrait time AND a free download interactive PDF to share with your photographer.  Interactive PDF Worksheet: Buy my Book: https://amzn.to/3m0fpld You can find...

I’m sharing ten practical tips on how to overcome and all but eliminate the fear of hiring a bad wedding photographer! You DON’T want a photographer who’s going to back out on you at the last minute, one who’s just going to decide to not show up at all, one who’s going to take a year-and-half to deliver your image gallery, one whose camera will break two weeks before your wedding and then advise you they’re not going to be replacing it. You DON’T want to hire a wedding photographer who will...

This episode is all about how an inexperienced DJ can have a negative impact on your wedding day images! I’m sure you’ve never thought about this but please believe me! There are many nuances that need to be understood by your entire wedding day vendor team, and your DJ doesn’t get a pass. Listen as I lay more wedding day truth in this episode!  Buy my Book: https://amzn.to/3m0fpld You can find more info at: Completeweddinged.com, atagirlphoto.com  Join the Complete Wedding Photography...

You’ve probably never considered how asking your old best friend to be in your wedding party can screw up your wedding images when you have a new best friend. Or how asking your brother’s girlfriend to be in the wedding party might not be a good idea when they are constantly fighting and how this might negatively affect your wedding album. Listen as I lay out all the truth in this episode!  Buy my Book: https://amzn.to/3m0fpld You can find more info at: Completeweddinged.com,...

I’ll share my guided fishing trip experience with you and what I learned about customer service! I’ll describe how these correlations can relate to you when you don’t do your due diligence in wedding photographer shopping.  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),...

In this episode, I talk about the 11th easiest way you can ruin your wedding day photos. I covered the ten easiest ways in the last episode. Check out this episode to increase the chance of loving your wedding photos! Episode #75: 10 Easy Ways to Ruin Your Wedding Day Photos 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...