Notes From The Work

The Journal

Planning advice we would give a friend — timelines, venues, modest coverage, and what to do with your photographs once the day is over.

Twelve Questions to Ask a Wedding Photographer Before You Book

The questions that actually tell you how a day will run — and the ones that only sound important.

What a realistic running order looks like when the ceremony, the photographs and the meal all have to fit in one afternoon.

Female photographers, separated halls, and guests who would rather not be photographed — handled quietly, as a matter of course.

Work backwards from the last thing you want photographed, not forwards from the first.

What to look at when you walk a hall — from a photographer who has worked in most of them.

What happens once the photographs are taken — and why the ones you hang matter more than the ones you scroll.

Tell us the date and the shape of the day. We will tell you honestly what it needs.