Wedding Photography - Behind the Scenes Wedding Day! (Incl Lightroom Editing)

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[@19_OldSChool_70]

For several years I stayed behind a camera to avoid interacting with others at whatever event I was shooting, usually concerts. As an introvert I thought if I pretend to always be adjusting my settings to look busy then nobody would really bother me. Fast forward to a photography job in the Fl Keys that went really sour I found myself in a life altering crash course of learning to be a food server or to be homeless. 4 years later I have no issues at all talking to strangers and a wedding planner recently told me that , based on what she has seen of my work, that she would " hire me in a heartbeat as a wedding photographer". So I strongly agree for young people, especially if your an introvert, to branch out and try a job that will develop social skills. It was really difficult at first but I'm glad I stuck with it. Thanks for all these videos you do!

[@DrJohnWatson8]

51:00 I really loved that slow shutter shot, the smeared background with her in focus was great. Both sparkler shots were great, unique vibes to each

[@AceYYC]

As somebody just trying to take my photography to the next level and eventually become pro, it's cool to watch you change settings on the fly so quickly and accurately for a given situation, while talking to them. So natural.

[@aqqibmaula320]

I always felt intimidated to shoot weddings. I fear that I would ruin the most precious moments for somebody even though I know I can do it. But seeing your videos makes me want to really get into it.

[@graceheath2825]

I thought this was only me omg

[@zerofx4114]

Yes please do the edits as well, I’m learning a lot. Not just about processing but also workflow! Love the awesome commentary along with it.

[@boomerfitzpatrick5730]

LOVE the editing portion.

[@debbietatum4866]

The inside of this venue has to be the Mission Inn-California. Love that place. Great place to shoot a wedding. The staircase inside is amazing!!!!! The entire place is amazing!!! Awesome work!!

[@Lemonpopz]

The first minute of this video is the best first minute of any wedding video on this website.

[@EquationProductions]

Please keep doing these! They're super helpful, I'm learning a ton. They've helped me understand how to approach the photography for my own wedding, let alone becoming a better shooter.

[@jaystaton4526]

I have done wedding videography and photography for years. Your videos are very educational, and I feel your narration is extremely helpful, and a riot.

[@jesskuhx20]

YES to the comment about having server experience. I noticed that I was definitely more comfortable and confident as a photographer AFTER having server and bartender experience, than I was before. People skills, customer service, having the smiling face and friendly demeanor- all of it has helped me tremendously in photography, and I believe also helps with really any other career as well.

[@kalali462]

The commentary during all stages offer intangible insights and enhance a novice's confidence.

[@alwayscreatingio]

As someone trying to get into the wedding stuff this is helpful!

[@gordily]

Your videos are so helpful and I’m learning so much from just observing your workflow during the wedding and then editing! Thank you!

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

Happy they help!

[@chaud8803]

Please keep doing these, as a first time viewer this was crazy informative!

[@robbiemccracken4994]

I feel like I'm watching Ryan Reynolds voiceover a wedding shoot hahaha. Like your humour and the video is great. Some awesome tips in there and interesting to see your work flow. I look forward to watching more.

[@CassiopeiaBQ]

I have my first wedding gigs coming up and have been watching a bunch of KZbin videos for more info. Yours I found very helpful and love your editing! Thank you!

[@av8mm]

Continue posting the edits! This is the best part for me. I'm trying to work smarter and not harder and your editing section helps out with this big time. Can you do one on culling?

[@kavins1464]

Broo, both of pics and your sense of humor were awesome really good content

[@KenyattaDavisPhotography]

I love your videos. You’re very entertaining and informational and thats hard for a lot of people to do.

[@stevebim000]

Actually learning so much from you. Nothing like real experience! Thank you Taylor!

[@hunterwallace2253]

LOVED SEEING YOU EDIT! I am so obsessed with your methods! Just joined to be a patron as well! Super excited.

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

Nice! Thanks for signing up!

[@hunterwallace2253]

@@TaylorJacksonPhoto YES! Hopefully one day I can make a trip up to good ol' Canada and actually meet in person! You are awesome and such an inspiration! sidenote: how do I get to the presets for patrons? I think I figured out how to get to the coursework and such.

[@FearlesslyObservant]

Lol dude your videos came at the right time tbh. I am a wedding videographer, but my cousin asked me to shoot photos. I have only done photos maybe twice for weddings, and I vowed never again. But I needed the money and she begged me to do it. The entire walkthrough of how you do weddings just came me a ton of confidence. I do photography on my own all the time, I just don't like doing them for weddings cuz the pressure is wayyy more than video in my opinion. Thanks for this, honestly.

[@r14557]

Man, both your pictures and sense of humour are amazing. Really great content!

[@vitaliypopov5554]

You need to do more of these!!!!!

[@getthefunkoutofhere]

These videos are amazing and help massively. Thank you for sharing your work. Alex

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

All of my presets, and a lot of other content - www.patreon.com/taylorjackson

[@ronaldolpenda]

how do you send photos to your clients?thank you...

[@courtneyteitzel3376]

Pleease continue the editing!! It's very helpful. I love waking up to these videos and watching them while I get ready! Also your presets are the best, I just bought them and used them for an engagement shoot and I'm in love

[@jonnyk-uk662]

Outstanding content, really enjoyable to watch. 30:40 "future me won't like that" 😂 a cheeky little throw away comment but to have the presence of mind to apply your experience whilst making these edits just shows everyone the level you're at. A Sub without hesitation!👍

[@geebes2112]

The editing portion was really interesting to see. Thanks for being a rad dude and great photographer.

[@zapphotography7024]

you just made me purchase your presets.. going to try and apply on my recent wedding which i shot last week. thank you for this

[@lisasimpson9343]

I am so enjoying your videos and learning a lot, feel a bit like a sponge. You also make me laugh. I just did my first, foot in the door, photo session at a local business with their xmas display. Just good practise as no cafe here is open after xmas as its too hot, so no tourists. It might be something that will work at the end of summer as everyone starts to ramp up again.

[@lynerosenkrantz4714]

Love this! Thank you. Yes please - keep including edits and commentary. You are hilarious, I'm loving all your videos. How many photos do you deliver to your clients? Also would love to know how you shoot darker dance portion of a wedding.

[@jamesmcpherson297]

That 24mm is great. I love the 35mm ART. Same things I noticed when shooting on it

[@svetmravencu6546]

Please, make more of those whole wedding day videos, they are really helpful.

[@ofrierson]

I really enjoy the editing process. I like hearing your thought process and as an indecisive person myself, it really helps to see how you decide which ones are good. Anyway. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@antoinestephensonphotograp6191]

Great Points Taylor, Im glad to see that even after your familiarity and all that theres still things that just happen on a wedding day to you too. Secondly i too am in lens love with my new 16-35 i did my last wedding with that and my 70-200 mainly. That falling in love with a new lens is real. (Side note i support the patreon also)

[@TheAaronalden]

I really like the editing at the end. It is what drove me to sign up for patreon... even though I shoot video... and it is my wife who is the wedding photographer... I have to know what your presets are like and how you edit so fast! I'm all in.

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

Nice to have you! I think a lot of content is totally applicable to both a photo or video business, so there will good value there for both of you!

[@laurashawphotography37]

You crack me up! Thanks so much! Your my wedding pregame routine now

[@nogueirapatricia]

"Forced candid photo journalism at its finest" hahahaha perfect.

[@paigeefeetephotoandfilm]

LOVED WATCHING! THANKS FOR YOUR AWKWARD, BUT HARD WORK, TAYLOR!!

[@ivan0bebe]

I think is great that I kind of know what is your thinking process when you are going throughout your video. Thanks and great job

[@FlxshProd]

Thanks you for ur new video on Wedding BTS ! Love from FRANCE !

[@susanhughes290]

Wait wait wait....is that what you call this? Levelled out emotions. Man, when you said that everything made sense as to why Im grade A on customer service. My first job was serving at shoneys....it was terrible. However, I learned a lot and the next serving job I had, I excelled quickly. Good ole chillis! My emotions are so levelled out from that one. Ooooooof! 🤦‍♀️🙌 grateful for all experiences.

[@MarcosSerna]

Omg literally live for these videos. Tay Tay you killin it my dood. Keep it up.

[@Imlukengu]

Thank you for delivering this amazing content. Greeting from SouthAfrica.

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

Thanks for watching!

[@Ceciliamarie16]

Hi Taylor. When you are shooting large group photos with multiple rows of people and focal planes, where do you put your focus point? Do you put the focus point on the eye of the bride/groom or between the rows? I struggle with getting everyone in focus even if I bump up my aperture. Thank you so much!

[@ArnoldMontes]

You put it on the groom. but the key is and if you notice in this video, he puts that at the same level. If one of them is behind or forward they will not be in focus

[@gulfmediacollective2249]

It also helps to shoot very wide, and be closer to the group. As close as you can get. There won’t be as much compression. That’s why I love my 24-70. Wide, but can access the compression if I want too

[@mpassibarros]

love your techniques, it's always good to share and for me it's benchmarking me for what I am doing good and what needs some improvements... LOL thank you for your time!

[@Amanda10618]

Watched the entire video thank you so much for doing all of this it was extremely helpful!!

[@christophercraig9295]

Most hilarious one so far. Thanks Taylor, you're an inspiration.

[@liarunaway]

I love how you work and how you interact with everyone. I really enjoy watching you videos, but I really do not like you presets. They look like you found them for free and that's it. But you inspired me to work only with a Sony 85 mm f1.4 prime on weddings. Thanks for that.

[@mariadimaio8569]

Amazing video, I've learnt a lot. Thank you so much for give us useful tips

[@Scott_Mericle]

Hey Taylor! I signed up to your Patreon! Told ya I would! Loving the content! I learn a lot from this kind of video. I even answered some of my own questions and realized what I did wrong in the past. So thanks... and again please keep this up!

[@JudsonHall]

Love your videos! Thank you for letting us hang out with you during your workflow!

[@pyrocix]

I would say yes to the edits section but in your more recent videos, you said you outsource your editing now. I love these walk throughs though.

[@JoseSanchezbze]

yes. please continue. do you do dodge and burning or frequency separation on wedding days? if so you could post a few edits as well. thanks tayor jackson, wedding photographer, consumer of pizza and coffee rapper.

[@kerryevans8980]

Great video. I really enjoy your format and hearing your process when you edit.

[@vishaljadeja2089]

Hello Taylor, i just want to say you upload great content.👌

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

Thanks!

[@edeto16]

Really enjoyed this! So interesting getting a behind the scenes look.

[@adnansheakh07]

This is just unbelievable

[@h.mcgeever8074]

Another great video. Thank you. Please keep doing them.

[@OscarNtege]

Amazing video,definitely giving me creative ideas for my next photography tutorial and photoshoot!👌

[@JanikMatthew]

Love the editing portion! Keep it up city slickahh.

[@jacqueliner2703]

Love your style and storytelling! Great work! Loved watching a behind the camera during the wedding, and watching your editing workflow. Lots of helpful tips and things to consider. I also go back and forth between what I like to capture, what the client might like, what I should post on social media and on my site. Because of that, I sometimes wonder if I deliver too many images to my client. I noticed you had approximately 90 in the folder you were editing. How many images do you typically deliver to a wedding client? Thanks!

[@superchumbo16c]

Better intro than any recent SNL

[@ZbigniewKedziora]

Thanks Taylor for sharing that with everyone.

[@alpinekiwi]

Again, great series! Love the editing section too. Couple questions for the editing side: 1. If an image requires Photoshop work, do you do it then and there? Or do you continue with the LR work on all images then go back to do the PS parts all together? 2. You don't seem too worried about sticking to a constant crop aspect ratio. Do you just crop as you see fit for each image then?

[@kevinbuchan7681]

Love the videos Taylor. Would really like to know how you are some comfortable shooting at F2.8 or lower for most of the wedding but never have DOF issues. Images seem razor sharp every time while I often run into DOF issues or have softer images even when my focus point is right over the subjects face or eye. Do you use Auto ISO also? I doubt you do. Cheers Kev (big fan)

[@matthoffman6962]

Pretty sure there might be DOF issues where only certain people will be in focus. The only time where you don't have to worry about that is if they are on the exact same level "plane". If people are stacked or scattered if you're not shooting at F5.6 or F6.3 you're going to have not everyone in focus.

[@misoPOW]

Loving your walkthrough vids Taylor. Really puts me at ease seeing the behind the scenes action on the wedding day. Just curious how you've set up your focus system. Loved the Nikon 3-D tracking but on a Canon it's just really difficult to focus on any moving objects coming towards the camera. It's my biggest annoyance on the day when trying to photograph and procession worried how the focusing is going to act.

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

I just do AF-C single point so that I don’t have to worry about the camera making an incorrect decision. Nothing moves crazy fast on a wedding day so it usually keeps up

[@heyjackieblue]

So I know people say the camera and gear isn’t as important as just being a good photographer but my best camera is the 5D Mark II and I only have a 50mm 1.8 and a 28-300 Tamron And I feel like I’m just not getting photos I’m happy with. I’m dying to get the Nikon D850 because Taylor’s photos are so quality even when he bumps up the exposure a lot

[@lauriewahlig2819]

1/2 way through video and you are giving me TONS of info and just positive vibes. You may mention this later but do you shoot aperture priority

[@lauriewahlig2819]

Oops sent too soon! And if so what do you use for ISO? Auto?

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

I’m almost always full manual everything

[@respinoza89]

When you do video, all you do is switch to video on your main body or do you also have separate equipment? What would think about shooting a wedding with 2/3 gopros with gimbal and then use 2/3 zoom h1n’s since GoPro has horrible audio.

[@jamesconnewphotography]

massive fan of these videos - super insightful!

[@masonmyers1378]

Love the edits! That last image is killer, and I love the slow shutter speed. Great video! Loving the patreon content as well :D

[@justinarndt7147]

I love these types of videos. Keep doing them plz

[@danielhunt6524]

Really love your videos and the way you can always see your settings, so helpful. My one question, as we can't see in the videos is, do you have you ISO set to auto?

[@DamilolaElliott]

I love the flow ....keep 'em coming. Great job!

[@shereesweeney]

I love your videos!!! Thank you always!!! 🙌👌

[@andystark1743]

Do you shoot an entire wedding wide open at f1.8 and underexposed by 1 stop or more? Looks like it from the videos of yours I have just watched.

[@Amiellle]

Love to hear your tought process, thanks!

[@crisjb7185]

Those photos 😍😍

[@kathysimindinger8753]

Thank you for the editing portion.

[@dominykask.4890]

Hi! Awesome video! P.S. Do you use back button focus or regular shutter release button for focus?

[@azkyinc]

Definitely keep doing the edits. Thanks

[@princesphotographystudio]

I so love you videos to include the editing too!

[@ArmandsSprogis]

Also by watching this, i get feeling that you almost do like a second shooting at your own weddings and give your helpers to do more boring/standard shots? Is that how you would like to operate. I know I would but not sure how to find prime shooters.

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

I’m always main for both. Everything you see in the videos are always my shots and footage

[@udaymistry8774]

Hi Taylor loving this video . Thankyou for sharing. I want to do this full time but i am so scared of leaving my full time job . Any suggestion would be welcome 🙏

[@adamsisler9687]

Just kind of curious but, have you ever shot the formal family photos on a 35 or 50? I'm just wondering why you choose the 85 almost exclusively for that, it looks good but really 'far away' or kindof detached I guess for me. Not a criticism, they look good just very much in that telephoto way, just wondering why you prefer that.

[@artofmel81]

Keep doing those editing Videos :)

[@GuyBoggan]

10 seconds in and you've got yourself a new subscriber

[@kristofferlindvall9285]

I'm new to photography so this might seem like a dumb question. Most of the photos seem pretty dark originally and then you increase exposure in post. Is this intentional? Maybe I missed something.

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

I shoot with d lighting on extra high a lot, so the jpg I’m seeing is always a lot brighter than the raw file.

[@mixvideos4136]

Love your work

[@kentcorbin8724]

Extremely helpful! Thank you!

[@aimeegentry3126]

AMAZING TO have the comments! Thank you!

[@MilliStephania]

I love these.. please keep them coming!

[@Tannerjohn12]

Holy shit. I’m just finding you. Your hilarious.

[@w3joe]

Awesome work! Aspire to be like you :)

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

Thanks!

[@Katalin_Fodor]

Love the humor

[@shaziabibi7282]

This is so different to photography in South Asian weddings! The photographer usually calls the shots (get it? 😉😉😂😂)