5 Ceremony Shots EVERY Wedding Photographer Needs

If you are a wedding photographer you know that photographing the ceremony can sometimes feel difficult to find creativity. In today's episode I'm sharing 5 go to shots every wedding photographer needs to focus on during every ceremony to produce a great album or blog post spread and capture the day as best as possible!
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[@lindabonskowski7165]

Wish you could hold my hand during the ceremony!! LOL

[@deandrajarboe3078]

Thanks for sharing, Katelyn! Love your teaching style. So helpful.

[@capturedbycody]

I LOVE KATELYN JAMES!!!!

[@mattpierceblog]

I use these often. We've been doing weddings for about 5 years now and you'd be shocked at how these look. Good, good, advice.

[@marckydasaint8730]

Yay. I'm the 500th Like to a video: 5 Go To Shots.

[@felicityjohnson8095]

Love this Katelyn! I love how you have formulas of what you want to capture…it works well with how my brain works haha! Thanks for sharing!!

[@arthur_ohumukini]

Thank you KJ! I have an impromptu 2h wedding (usually shoot 8-10h!) to shoot tomorrow and am happy to have these go-to ideas since I do not have time on my side hahaha

[@kbophoto]

My favorite shot is when the groom cries when he his bride walks! I wish I could post some photos Where I've caught that! The bride LOVES it!

[@AlexusMaynard]

LOVE this! So helpful.

[@elisebach7774]

Thank you for this!!

[@lindastarr6569]

Thank you this tge best i have learn. I am thank ful for this this a keepsake video.

[@aA-mw4jb]

You look great!

[@zekromjr9979]

A review of the canon 24-105 2.8 and 10-20?

[@Kiarate]

What f stop do you like to shoot for ceremonies?

[@pedropulido4570]

look at the bokeh. clearly quite wide open. most likely F2 (28-70)

[@heikkisuontausta4898]

No ring shot or kissing shot in top 5?

[@Chrsly]

There are too many must haves for just 5. Kissing is definitely in top 3 for me.

[@jasonklein9161]

Katelyn, I love your videos and I learn a ton from them...but they're very hetero-normative. Everything is centered around straight weddings. I'd love to see your process for approaching a queer wedding. For example, my husband and I walked down the aisle together.

[@stevenmarrero9190]

Wow scream for attention much. You literally cannot please everyone lol. The information shared was generic as it pertains to 99.9% of weddings all around the world. Sorry but no cares that you and your husband walked down the aisle together lol I have seen same sex couple weddings where traditional things take place cause it’s what that groom groom or wife wife wanted. Again the info here is great so a photographer can be more aware of what he or she can do during a wedding. It does not matter at all what sex the wedding may be!!!

[@jasonklein9161]

@@stevenmarrero9190 But different weddings call for different ways of working as a photographer. Different contexts. There's no need for you to be rude. You cannot always pose two men the same way that you pose two women or one man and one woman. It's reductive to think so. I learn a lot from her videos and I just wanted to point something out. That she could do a few videos on working with same-sex couples. I would also prefer to only have a polite discourse as a reply, but I don't expect that considering this is the KZbin comments.

[@stevenmarrero9190]

@@jasonklein9161 bro a wedding is a wedding. very specific things happen at every wedding. when you have different cultures then photogs need to adapt. yes you are correct you cannot pose two men the same. I have made that mistake however the two men I worked with did not mind certain poses and they just went with it. sorry if ui was rude.