What to Shoot in a Wedding Celebration

1.  Call time is at ____am/pm and dress in formal attire or according to the wedding theme.
2.   The entourage will be getting ready in a house/hotel room in this detailed location…
3.  Church is at _____.  .  Mass will start at 10:00 am
4.  Reception will be in ___  with this detailed instruction.
5.  Call time for entourage and makeup artists is at ____.  The service will start at ___ Am/pm

Getting Ready

1. Wedding dress on a mannequin
2. Wedding invitation
3. Wedding rings (on a newspaper that says 12-13-14)
4. Bride and bridesmaids’ bouquets
5. Bride’s jewelry and something old, new, borrowed, blue
6. Bride applying makeup
7. Bridesmaids and/or mother of the bride helping the bride into her dress
8. Putting on the veil
9. Groom tying his tie
10. Groom pinning boutonniere on his father
11. Father pinning boutonniere on the groom
12. Leaving for the church (everyone should be dressed and ready to go at 9am)

Before the Bride and Groom See Each Other

1. Bride alone
2. Bride with mom and dad
3. Bride with dad
4. Bride with mom
5. Bride with siblings
6. Bride with mom and mother-in-law
7. Bride with mother-in-law
8. Bride with bridesmaids
9. Bride with maid of honor
10. Groom alone
11. Groom with mom and dad
12. Groom with dad
13. Groom with mom
14. Groom with immediate family
15. Groom with siblings
16. Groom with father and father-in-law
17. Groom with father-in-law
18. Groom with groomsmen
19. Groom with best man
20. Groom with groomsmen (we can get shots of them clowning around)

After Ceremony photos

1. Bride and groom
2. Bride and groom, Priest
3.  Bride, groom, bride’s immediate family
4. Bride, groom, bride’s parents
5. Bride, groom, groom’s immediate family
6. Bride, groom, groom’s parents
7. Bride, groom, both sets of parents
8. Bride, groom, both immediate families
9. Bride, groom, bride’s family and relatives
10. Bride, groom, groom’s family and relatives
11. Bride, groom, maid of honor, best man
12. Bride, groom, entourage
13. Bride with groomsmen
14. Groom with bridesmaids
15. Bride, groom, full wedding party
16. Bride and Groom exit with bubbles
17. Bride and Groom will leave the venue using the red top down buggy (weather permitting).  we have cans attached to the end of the buggy and a Just Married sign
18. Getaway shot with veil floating
19. Couple will proceed to venue immediately as we have a 2:30pm end time. We will take pictures after the venue.  Maybe Fort San Pedro?

Important Moments

► The first look (please have one photographer capture the grooms look when he sees the bride for the first time; have another photographer on the bride as she sees her groom)
► Room shots at church
► Wedding party and parents walking down the aisle
► Bride walking down the aisle
► Groom’s face as he waits/sees her
► The mass, readers, offertory, choir, and The vows
► Close-up of the exchange of rings
► The first kiss as husband and wife
► Signing of marriage certificate
► Room shots at reception (I will email you the final program when i have it so you can run through it)
► Close-up of centerpieces (we will have a dessert buffet, lechon, roasted calf, kindly take pictures of the setup and food)
► Reception entrance (stage will have the love seat, bride and groom table and the wedding cake with giveaways (honey in jars))
► The program and the emcees, special numbers. The first dance of couple.
► Father/daughter dance
► Mother/son dance
► The toasts and speeches
► The cake cutting , sipping of the wine (this will happen upon the arrival of the couple in the venue) (there will gold confetti toss and sparklers when they arrive)
► Bouquet and garter toss
► Parents of bride dancing
► Parents of groom dancing
► Couple’s departure

We have to end our event at 2:30 pm at the latest in Beverly View as there is another wedding after us and they need to do set-up.  I want pictures of the couple in Fort San Pedro or in another venue.  I will still need to finalize this.