Use the following wedding photography checklist as a guide to different wedding photo shots. Professional photographers often have a checklist they work with, so if there's anything from the list below you really want taken, be sure to mention it to the photographer. He or she probably already has it on his or her photo sheet, but it doesn't hurt to mention it. If there's anything missing that you want taken (who knows, maybe you and your fiance have a pet you want in the photo. Or, perhaps you're into a certain sport and want that element included)

40 POINT- PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO SHOT SHEET

Before the Wedding Photos

• Morning sunrise
• Bride gets ready the morning of wedding with bridesmaids
• Nervous groom waits

During the Ceremony Photos

• Bride with bouquet
• Bride and father walking up the aisle
• Kneeling in prayer
• The lighting of the unity candle
• The exchange of vows
• The first kiss
• The couple walking down the aisle

After the Ceremony Photos

• Bride and groom with parents
• Bride with her mother
• Groom with his mother
• Bride with her father
• Groom with his father
• Bride with her grandparents
• Groom with his grandparents
• Bride with the children in wedding
• Groom with the children in wedding
• Bride with bridesmaids
• Groom with groomsmen
• Bride with groomsmen
• Groom with bridesmaids
• Bride with maid or matron of honor
• Groom with best man
• The entire wedding party

The Reception Photos

• Food
• Special decorations
• Couple arrives at reception
• The couples first dance
• The bride dancing with her father
• The groom dancing with his mother
• The best man’s toast
• The cake cutting
• The couple feeds each other cake
• Rings
• Brides bouquet toss
• Bride and whoever caught the bouquet
• Groom takes off the brides garter
• Groom’s garter toss
• Groom and whoever caught the bouquet
• Bride and groom leaving reception Bride and grooms drive away

Synonyms:   Weddind, weeding, weding, weddin, wdding, edding, weddding, and weddign are typos for "wedding."  Photgraphers, photgraphy, photograhers, photograhy, photograpy, and photogrpahy are typos for "photography" and "photographers"