04/04/2026
Ok that caption is just rage bait. I genuinely believe all vendors are a part of the same team and working together is the best way to honor your clients and each other. But I also understand that photographers tend to feel more responsibility and significance on a wedding day because we’re probably the ones that shaped the timeline, staged the details, pick portrait locations, do a majority of the posing/direction on a wedding day, and so on.
Here’s my key to a seamless portrait session that makes me forget there’s a videographer standing next to me- action in posing guides. Rather than giving chopped up still poses, when I’m working with a videographer, I give the clients constant movement guides, “go in for a kiss, now breakaway and smile at each other” instead of “kiss, great-that’s it”. Even moving to our next location may sound like “hold hand and walk off, pause for a kiss, keep walking, bride look back at me over your shoulder”. This allows the video team to get constant useable footage and rarely (if ever) feel the need to stage separate shots for video. And even if they do- that’s ok, they have a vision in mind that you can be a part of or you can use that moment to check the timeline and get breath. Remember, you add value to each other- it’s not a competition. They can piggy back off your portrait session while you beg them to brighten the video lights during reception 😏
At the end of the day, our clients are not thinking about one team being more significant than the other, but rather both capturing every precious moment and detail with equal value.
