Best Outdoor Wedding Photography Tips in 2020

While I was working full time as a wedding photographer, I photographed around 30 to 40 weddings a year. I used to spend my weekends filming and during the week I would go upstairs, answer emails, write blog articles and watch cat videos ... er, I mean doing other very important things related to business like making videos for my YouTube channel.

That being said, these tips come from someone who has experience what to expect when diving into the world of professional wedding photography.

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Maybe you've always been filming weddings, some of these tips might be useful to you, so stay.

Tip # 1: Don't rush into it!

I've seen a lot of bad advice circulating lately on Youtube from photographers suggesting that if you haven't shot a wedding yet, you should. Why not? You will learn how to photograph products, photograph people, couples and events in one day and make a lot of money while you are at it.

I think this is terrible advice. First, you experience one of the most important days in someone's life in order to gain some photography experience. If you get it wrong, you could potentially ruin the memories of their day and they won't have images to remember it.

Second, in photography, your name is everything. It's your personal brand, so if you spoiled someone's marriage, you would have dragged your own name across the earth and there is no real way to get over it.


Instead, I suggest contacting the photographers you admire and asking if you can help them with one of their weddings. They will more than likely be happy to have you unless they already have someone else. They get a backup and you gain experience. It is a win-win.

Tip # 2: Have backups of everything

Wedding photography, and photography in general, can get very expensive very quickly, so if you have GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome), be sure to check it out first.

You will need backups of everything from lenses and camera bodies to cards, batteries and flashes. Anything can happen during the day and you don't want to be the guy or the girl who gets paid to be at the wedding with a camera… without a camera.

One way to combat this is to rent equipment that you cannot yet afford. There are some advantages to renting compared to purchasing and that is why I always recommend this to new photographers. You can try the material you've always wanted without breaking the bank and most of the time, you will find that investing $ 2,000 in a new goal will not do your job much better and you have suddenly saved yourself thousands of dollars .


Tip 3: Plan lists
You probably think that having a list of photos is not your style, that you want to be creative during the day, you have a general idea in the background of the photos you want to take and you don't need anyone to tell you what to do.