Complete Wedding Photography for Couples Getting Married
This wedding planning podcast is meant to help couples, just like you, have NO REGRETS about their choice of wedding photographer or the resulting wedding images. It will walk you through every single phase from getting engaged to the anniversary session as it mostly relates to photography—though there may be some general planning tips from time to time. The publishing schedule is every Tuesday at 6 a.m. CST and periodic bonus episodes on Thursdays at 6 a.m. CST. In each episode, I’ll try to tackle a common problem or obstacle that I have personally experienced over the years of shooting weddings or I’ll discuss something that I'm currently observing in the industry. Occasionally, I’ll invite other photographers from all over the world to join me and offer their insight and expertise for your listening pleasure.
Episodes
🎙️ Episode 102/Season 4: Do You Really Need a Second Photographer?
In this episode, award-winning wedding photojournalist Tammy Blalock breaks down one of the most common questions couples ask: Do you really need a second photographer?
Tammy shares five reasons a second shooter can make a meaningful difference—especially for coverage, creativity, guest candids, and peace of mind.
She also explains when you can confidently skip ...
🎙️ Episode 101/Season 4: The Most Underrated Moment of Every Wedding Day — and Why You’ll Treasure It Forever
In this episode, award-winning wedding photojournalist Tammy Blalock reveals one of the most overlooked yet emotionally powerful parts of every wedding day — the getting ready moments.
Before the ceremony, before the vows, before the celebration, there’s an intimate stretch of time filled with nerves, laughter, and love. Tam...
[S4/EP100] 🎙️ Episode 100: Welcome to Season 4 — A New Era of Wedding Photography
In this special Season 4 kickoff, award-winning wedding photojournalist Tammy Blalock welcomes you back to The Complete Guide to Wedding Photography for Couples Getting Married.
This episode sets the stage for a brand-new season focused on the modern evolution of wedding photography — where authenticity, artistry, and emotion matter more than ever. Tam...
The best photojournalistic images from your wedding day won’t happen if you don’t set your photographer up for success! This episode contains THE SECRET to getting those natural, unposed, unscripted, authentic wedding images with the best composition, framing, and creativity. You WANT a trained and practiced photojournalistic photographer to cover your wedding day rather than a photographer who is NOT SKILLED in documentary photogr...
Don’t know if you want a bridal portrait session? Don’t even know what a bridal session is? Then this episode is definitely for you. Tune in because we take a bridal session litmus test asking these nine important questions to see if a bridal session is something you need to do!
1. Is your dress incredibly unique or important to you?
2. Do you want to take every opportunity you can to wear your dress and feel like a princes...
This episode reflects on one of my real-life weddings. I recount all of the tiny little landmines wherein the couple (or the planner) set me up for failure and made me take pause, problem-solve, or work around something that caused a delay or remission in my workflow. More specifically, these challenges were:
- Not having the opportunity to build a rapport with the couple and wedding party;
- Bride not being familiar with my document...
I don’t know why more professional photographers don’t take a stand and speak out for photojournalistic wedding photography. It’s sad that more and more couples’ wedding days are being treated like a movie set, a Broadway play, or a styled shoot. Couples are not being permitted to just remember actual, organic memories that happened on their wedding days because THERE ARE NONE. Basically, every image captured during the day was jus...
What other high-ticket priced item do you buy based only on price and appearance—Car? House? Clothing? Lawnmower? Daycare? None of these. Can you name an expensive product or service you would purchase based only on price and appearance? I can’t, yet that is what millions of couples do each day when they choose their wedding photographer. This episode continues to fill in the gaps on what you should be looking for IN ADDITION to pr...
What other high-ticket priced item do you buy based only on price and appearance—Car? House? Clothing? Lawnmower? Daycare? None of these. Can you name an expensive product or service you would purchase based only on price and appearance? I can’t, yet that is what millions of couples do each day when they choose their wedding photographer. These next two episodes are going to fill you in on what you should be looking for IN ADDITION...
I sifted through wedding photography questions on Reddit.com and provide my answers to you here. The questions I answer are:
· Is it feasible to ask your photographer to avoid taking pictures of a certain person at your wedding?
· Wedding photographer payment timing? Is it common to pay in full before the actual wedding even occurs?
· And finally, one Redditor has narrowed it down to two photographers but can’t ma...
Straight out of my book, I give you MY definition of a wedding planner and explain why you should never get married without one.
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You can find more info at:
Completeweddinged.com, atagirlphoto.com
Join the Complete Wedding Photography Community:
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A wedding photographer’s job shouldn’t be pinning on your groom’s boutonniere, lining up your wedding party for the procession, cueing the music for your grand entrance, showing you how to cut the cake, or rushing your hair and makeup artist so you get married on time. A wedding photographer’s job is to document these things as they happen either in order or in chaos. However, these are some of the positions we are put in on weddin...
Have you ever wondered how the fitness level of your potential wedding photographer might either impede or enhance their ability to adequately cover your wedding day? Listen in as I explain in detail how a photographer’s physical fitness has a direct connection to their ability to perform on your wedding day.
Buy my Book: https://amzn.to/3m0fpld
You can find more info at:
Completeweddinged.com, atagirlphoto.com
Join the Com...
Wedding day detail shots. Who are they really for? Do you need them? Do you even want to pay your photographer to take them? I think not, here’s why.
Buy my Book: https://amzn.to/3m0fpld
You can find more info at:
Completeweddinged.com, atagirlphoto.com
Join the Complete Wedding Photography Community:
Facebook.com/groups/completeweddingphotography
Connect with Tammy:
Instagram(book), Instagram (wedding photos), Tiktok, Pinter...
If you plan on proposing this Valentine’s Day, or any day for that matter, do it right! Here are my best professional tips for carrying out the best marriage proposal ever!
Buy my Book: https://amzn.to/3m0fpld
You can find more info at:
Completeweddinged.com, atagirlphoto.com
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Facebook.com/groups/completeweddingphotography
Connect with Tammy:
It is MY opinion, that all correspondence to a wedding vendor should be returned within 24 hours—even when they’re a one-person show, even when they work on weekends, even when they’re working out-of-town, even when they’re on vacation, even when they’re sick, even even even!!! Listen in to hear why and what you should do when you’re being ghosted BEFORE or AFTER you’ve hired a wedding vendor!
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The short answer is no! But listen in to hear WHY! You might have one expectation of how deep and meaningful it will be to ask your mom to accompany you on your bridal portrait session. However, if there is ANY SORT OF tension, resentment, bad parenting skills that show up from time to time, or if your mom is living her wedding dream through YOU, it spells disaster. DO NOT BRING YOUR MOM. Listen in and I’ll tell you what to do inst...
Kissing for the camera is not the same as kissing in real life. There are tips and tricks to making it look soft, sensual, and romantic in an image. If you kiss for the camera just like you kiss in real life, you’re going to end up with duck lips, smashed noses, and images that look like you might be getting strangled. Your photographer is not going to know if they should be taking photos or calling 911. Listen in for all the tips ...
Your wedding day is not a movie set; it isn’t a styled shoot and should never be treated as such by your photographer. Why is this important? Because you want to be able to reflect back fondly on your wedding day and remember authentic memories. NOT fabricated moments the photographer created for you. You don’t want to be directed through each tender moment of your day. You want them to happen organically and flow freely and then c...
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