115+ Wedding Photography Tips
By Brian Auer • April 20th, 2010After reviewing David Ziser’s wedding photography book, Captured by the Light, I decided to dig into my collection of bookmarked articles in search of even more wedding tips. I came up with quite a few, and supplemented the list with a quick search around the web.
I’m sure this isn’t a comprehensive list of all wedding photography tips out there, but it’s not a bad start. In these 13 articles, there are over 115 tips covering many aspects of wedding photography from lighting to composition to planning to the business end, and many more. So if you’re getting into wedding photography, check out these resources and take some notes!
(21 TIPS) FOR AMATEUR WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS
(11 TIPS) BUILDING YOUR WEDDING BUSINESS
(2 TIPS) ESSENTIAL LIGHTING TIPS FOR WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY
(10 TIPS) PHOTOGRAPHING YOUR BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING
(32+ TIPS?) CHRISTOPHER MAXWELL: WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS
(1 VIDEO) HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH A BRIDE
(8 TIPS) WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY SURVIVAL TIPS: THE PREPARATION
(A BUNCH OF TIPS) WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY – LESSONS LEARNED
(6 TIPS) WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY 101
(5 TIPS) WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY COMPOSITION
(9 TIPS) WEDDING PHOTO TIPS FOR AMATEURS
(10 TIPS) PHOTOGRAPHING MY FIRST WEDDING
(HUMOR) HOW WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE LIKE GANG MEMBERS
YOUR TURN
If you know of any other good wedding photography tips, tutorials, and/or resources, feel free to leave the links in the comments below. And if you have any good wedding shots of your own, show them off!























Wonderful set of tips to help everyone learn something new! thanks for sharing!
what a great resource for bride and grooms! I recently developed a video like non other on the market for DIY or amateur wedding photographers – check out the site at: http://www.weddingphotographytechniques.com I know it would be a great resource for couples who are having a friend or amateur photographer shoot their wedding!
Best of luck!
allyson magda
Thanks for the links to these tips very appreciated thank you
Hi Brian,
I was wondering if you can include this post on engagement photography in your section:
engagement photography. It focuses on engagement photography from the point of amateur photographers.
Let me know your opinion.
Cheers,
Nick
Fantastic collection indeed. Also a great pitstop on your daily visits to sites should be http://www.digitalweddingchat.com
It’s a great all around place to be and has a great forum with 6yrs of threads.
Excellent compilation Brian!
Wow! Some really good links in this post
We’ve recently written a similarly themed post on wedding photography tips which you can see here:
Truprint’s Top Wedding Photography Tips | The Truprint Online Photo Printing & Photography Blog
Would be great if you had any feedback or comments!
Great collection of tips! Definitely bookmarked for future reference.
I’m entering my 2nd year in the photography industry & I’m learning new things constantly, such as this article – thank you so much for this blog. Jennifer
Awesome collection of guides! Bookmarked.
A great collection of links with some nice photos too especially “How wedding photograohers are like gang members”!
After just a few seconds of reading some of the fabulous tips you’ve provided I felt compelled to share this page on my Facebook fan page. A really amazing series of wedding photography tips. Thanks for sharing with us all.
Wow, thanks for putting all these together.
Thanks to post all. I have found all kind of information…
Great guides here for any starting up wedding photographer, thank you!