Guides
Wedding Photo and Film Guides
Simple, practical answers from the photographer's side of the camera. Every photo comes from one real wedding you can walk.
By Vitor Lindo, wedding photographer and filmmaker (vitor-lindo.com)
Published October 31, 2026
How to Build Your Wedding Day Timeline Around Golden Hour
Plan your wedding day timeline backward from sunset. Golden hour and sunset times by month for the Lowcountry, a sample schedule and a photo checklist.
First Look vs Aisle Reveal: Which One Is Right for You
First look or wait for the aisle? What each one does to your timeline, your photos and your nerves, plus a simple way to decide and how to plan either one.
Rain on Your Wedding Day: a Calm Plan for Photos and Film
What to do if it rains on your wedding day: a rain plan checklist, when to make the call, where to shoot under cover and how to get rain photos you love.
The Wedding Shot List to Send Your Photographer
A short wedding shot list your photographer will actually use: the must have moments, the people list, the details and what to leave off. Copy and send it.
How to Choose a Wedding Photographer and Videographer: Questions to Ask
The questions to ask a wedding photographer and videographer before you sign, what good answers sound like and the contract lines that protect you.
Family Formals Without the Chaos: a Wedding Family Photo List
How to plan wedding family photos that take 20 minutes, not an hour. A family photo list template, the best order, where to stand and who should help.
Sunset and Send-Off Photos: How to Plan the Last Light and the Exit
Plan sunset portraits and a wedding send-off that photograph well: sunset times for the coast, exit ideas that work on camera and a ten minute plan.
How Long Wedding Photos and Video Take to Deliver
When to expect your wedding photos and film, what happens in the weeks between, how to get a sneak peek sooner and what to put in the contract.
Getting Ready Room Tips for Better Wedding Photos
How to set up the getting ready room for great wedding photos: pick the right room, clear the clutter, use window light and time hair, makeup and dressing.
Drones at Weddings: FAA Rules, Venue Rules and What to Ask
Can you fly a drone at your wedding? The FAA Part 107 rules, why most national parks ban drones, venue rules and the questions to ask your drone operator.
Unplugged Ceremony: How to Ask Guests to Put Phones Away
What an unplugged ceremony is, why photographers love it, polite ways to ask guests to put phones away, sign wording and how to give guests photos after.
How to Get Your Wedding Featured
How to get your wedding featured on a blog, in a magazine or on Wedwalk: what editors want, the credits list to gather and how to enter Wedding of the Year.
Where These Photos Were Made
Oldfield, 130 Oldfield Way, Okatie, SC. Every photo in these guides comes from one real wedding there.
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