Mistakes 90% of Wedding Photographers Make on Their First Wedding

Mistakes wedding photographers make on their first weddings, and how to avoid them.
I've been into wedding photography for about 15 years, and these are a lot of things I've learned along the way watching others.
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0:00 First Wedding Mistakes
0:57 Put References Images in Your Camera
1:43 Take A Single Photo Before You Leave
2:14 Wrong Lenses
2:42 Bring a Friend
3:02 Contracts
3:37 Shoot Raw
4:18 Pre Consult
4:40 Studio Management Software
4:59 Details
5:56 Batteries
6:34 Shot lists
7:03 FINAL TIP!

[johncoupe]

Great tips!!! I like to add one, bring a small medicine kit (headache, stomach and allergy) also a few bandaids too. I remember getting a migraine headache during a wedding but had my kit. Thanks again for all your info Taylor👍🏼❤️📷

[Crob]

Perfect timing, I have my first wedding next week... I've been re-watching all of your content to get ready lol

[Keenonhang]

By far the best tips I’ve come across and in a non condescending way.

[ghrvgrf]

It is quite easy have a Checklist !!!! and check it two days before the wedding : batteries charged, cards formatted, lenses,backup camera, flashes … then check this checklist before packing …

[kendalls]

Wow, yer taking a photo of the daily schedule as the first shot is a great idea. I will be doing that from now on.

[shanewilson]

Doing my first wedding tomorrow, unfortunately it will be a solo shoot (small wedding, friend, and extremely limited budget on their end), but I appreciate these videos because I'm super nervous because I want it all to be perfect (and I know it won't be, but my job is to make the couple think it was).

[flaashj]

Needed this. I shoot st my first wedding. July 15th. I love your videos. Keep up the great content/work

[lisalouisekeen]

Did my first wedding in a few years last week. Went super well, but that first tip of taking a shot of the schedule and ref shots great idea. Will use that for my next one in 2 weeks time.

[officialnellphoto]

These are also great tips for regular portrait photographers. I DO pre scout locations before I bring the model there. It helps me to build my shot list in advance. Valuable info Taylor thanks!

[chuchonmc]

Many good tips. Simple ideas, well explained, no clickbaiting, everything in order... I like your content!

[AnthonyGugliotta]

Just shot a wedding at Elora Mill last weekend. All I could think of was your videos! 😅

[onthemoverealestatephotogr]

Omg I do the phone photo reference thing all the time…lol

[darrylpatterson]

wow the reference images on the camera

[markjamesturrell]

Great video, so helpful, but man have you got a hollywood filter on ???

[ninnieanddave]

Hey, great Idea loading Inspiration on the SD Card. Tried on my Canon R6, loaded few JPEG, but it doesn‘t Show them. And advise? 😅

[dev]

Samyang 85 f 1.4 is good Enough .. Dose it working properly in video?

[nickcucchiara]

Great video, wish I had the opportunity to shoot a wedding. I will probably have to do fee ones just to build a portfolio to get my foot in the door.

[markshirley]

I'm a graphic design who will shoot a friends wedding in a couple of weeks. What percentage of images should be vertical.
My commercial work is now almost all vertical

[GeorgiaAlexis]

Do you ever use camera settings or always manual? Thanks

[TaylorJacksonPhoto]

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