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👍🏼❤️📷

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

@TaylorJacksonPhoto

Жыл бұрын

Have fun at the wedding! Happy the videos can help!

@flaashj1393

Жыл бұрын

Same

@JoshuaMcTackett

Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

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!

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

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.

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

Thanks Taylor, goods tip and advice😌

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

GREAT advice !

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 …

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.

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

wow the reference images on the camera

I’ll definitely use tip#1

That’s quite informative ❤

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.

@alexisrose4221

Жыл бұрын

for me that would take longer to scroll through the images to see the shot list instead of just having it in my pocket or on my phone screen saver!

@TaylorJacksonPhoto

Жыл бұрын

If you go forwards one it should go back to the start and show you the first image on the card

Thanks Taylor ☕️🤙

great video!

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? 😅

I forgot a SD card one time but I was going to a comic con for fun. Still a really good tip.

CLASSIFIED

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

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

@TaylorJacksonPhoto

Жыл бұрын

It's a fun little way to make the day easier!

Thanks for the video! Are you driving while filming? I don't see any steering wheel, LOL

@arranboon1

Жыл бұрын

It’s literally right fucking there dude

pro tip from semi-pro photographer: if you are shooting with two bodies, take the very first shot of some watches, where you can see seconds. one body, then second body. it doesn't have to be at the same time, same second. Just take the shots. Later in whatever software you are using, you can adjust the metadata from both cameras to that very second, so you will have precise order of your photos, even if you are switching cameras super fast. You probably don't have to do this, if your camera has gps or connecting to phone and syncing time regularly. But this is very easy way, how to set multiple cameras.

Do you ever use camera settings or always manual? Thanks

@TaylorJacksonPhoto

Жыл бұрын

I’m mostly manual. Nothing wrong with shoot aperture priority for weddings tho. Or auto iso

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@klongcamba9969

Жыл бұрын

Hi Taylor, is it $30 CA or US? Cheers!

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).

@bigsie9641

Ай бұрын

I'm in a very similar situation! (Small wedding, my brother and also a limited budget) How did it go? Their wedding is still about 2 months out so I have some time to prepare

@shanewilson7994

Ай бұрын

@@bigsie9641 I wasn’t a fan of most of my photos. The couple seemed to love them though. Overall it was an interesting situation. Things I’d recommend. Second shooter. I know probably not possible but you miss a ton of great shots. But can be done solo. Timeline. My people didn’t really have one so there ended up being a lot of chaos on what to do next. Or when things were starting. And this will make sure you have a little time to shoot the bride and groom. But was a learning experience. And a fun one. And I’d probably only ever do it for friends and family. But this is because it just isn’t as enjoyable as my main photography (cosplay).

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

@TaylorJacksonPhoto

Жыл бұрын

I don’t even know what that is. But no filter

Question, as for food. Do you expect them to have a plate for you? Or do you ask if they'll provide? Or you just dont assume anything and just bring your own/ go out.

@TaylorJacksonPhoto

Жыл бұрын

I’d say talk to the couple about it. Usually they’ll give you a plate and a seat somewhere to eat dinner. Some of my first few weddings I did end up running out to pick something up because it was overlooked by both of us. You can put it in your contract if you want to make sure the couple reads it, or just make a note to talk about it in the first meeting and reconfirm prior to the wedding

Are you using flash? For the ceremony?

@TaylorJacksonPhoto

7 ай бұрын

Not unless I have to. Some ceremonies require it, but I’m going to say in my experience that’s about 1 out of 59

But I always come with my 600mm f2.8 on my wedding shoots!

Irecemtly beem asked to shoor a friemda wedding currentlt mybag cinsists of a nikion 1 with a k,&f mount adapter for my canon 35, 50,84 mn lenses (i m hsing the canon lenses with convertor to save money. Fmountblrns atr still extorinate prices in alsi if ave a zomeinyripod to he help with stabilt im unanle to hold camera with both hands. Due to a stroke

Trick I learned from watching The Bourne Identity; implant a spare SD card under your skin. That way it's always with you and you can just cut it out in an emergency.

@vernonsmith6176

Жыл бұрын

Lol

Before I start the video, I’m just hoping I’m not making any of these now 🤣

Do you offer workshops?

@TaylorJacksonPhoto

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Usually announce them on Instagram and my mailing list

you took selfies before it was cool. cool

Yup, rule number one when leaving the house: I have a camera with a full battery and can take a picture.

wow 18 years of doing weddings 😲. do you see yourself doing this another 18? or 10? Watching other KZreadrs who do photography that are about 10 years older than you are now doing other genres of photography and when they did a little bio of themselves, a majority of them started out as wedding photographers.

You're really using a Chris chambers BTS for the clickbait thumbnail? Chris chambers is the Don.

@TaylorJacksonPhoto

Жыл бұрын

I had no idea who it was, he's really fantastic

@PaulSwiftPhotography

Жыл бұрын

@@TaylorJacksonPhoto It's a BTS to creating a fantastic OCF image. This one made the papers.

@PaulSwiftPhotography

Жыл бұрын

@pablo casey I thought the same too.

Biggest mistake I ever made was stealing other photographers portfolio. Good thing I know a friend that was in the CIA down in Miami he'll do anything for money because he has a Burn Notice.