How to collect wedding photos from guests (without a group chat)
Group chats, shared albums, disposable cameras or a private gallery? An honest comparison, with timing, sign wording and tips for getting originals.
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Weddings, photos, and the people in them.
Honest, practical advice on choosing a photographer and videographer, planning the day around the pictures, and gathering every guest’s view of it.
Unplugged ceremony or phones out? How to decide
The case for and against a phone-free wedding ceremony, the middle ground most couples choose, and wording you can copy for invitations, signs and the officiant.
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The photos your photographer won't take
A good photographer covers the big moments, but can only stand in one place. Here is what your guests see instead, and how to ask them to share it.
Do you need a wedding videographer? How to decide and how to choose
What video captures that photos cannot, which films you can get, why audio matters most, and how to choose a videographer or manage without one.
How to choose a wedding photographer
When to book, how to tell the styles apart, what a package should include and the questions to ask before you sign with a wedding photographer.