Photo Shoot Planner and Shot List
Write the shot list before the shoot rather than in the car afterwards, and tick shots as captured so nothing is assumed.
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Photography and media · PM-05
Wedding Photography Shot List
A free printable wedding photography shot list — grouped by part of the day, with a family groups page naming exactly who stands in each group.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
Print it and write on it
Fill it in type and save
The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.
What this sheet is for
Get through the day without missing the shots that cannot be taken again. The family groups run quickly because the names are already written down.
Who it is for
Wedding photographers and second shooters, and couples putting together a list for the photographer they have booked.
How to use it
- Go through the list with the couple before the day and add the shots they ask for.
- Name every person in each family group, not just the group — 'bride's aunts' is not a list.
- Write in who will call each group, so it is not you shouting names.
- Take the printed copy on the day and tick as you go.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: The shots for a wedding day, grouped by the part of the day they happen in, with a second page for the family groups.
Agree it before the day. Agree this with the couple before the day and take the printed copy with you. Add the shots they ask for in the blank lines — the list below is a starting point, not a running order.
Write-on lines: Couple · Date · Venue(s)
Preparations
- The dress, rings, shoes and flowers
- Hair and make-up in progress
- Getting ready with family
- Leaving for the ceremony
Ceremony
- Venue inside and out, before guests arrive
- Guests arriving and being seated
- The walk down the aisle
- The faces watching it
- Vows, rings and the first kiss
- Signing the register, readings and music
Couple and details
- Portraits away from the guests
- Full-length of the dress and suit
- A walk together somewhere quiet
- Rings, flowers and stationery
- Table settings and cake, room empty
- The room as it was laid out
Reception and evening
- Entrance and the speeches
- The reactions to the speeches
- Cutting the cake
- First dance
- The dancefloor filling
- Group candids, and the send-off
Page 2
Family and group shots — name every person in each group
Table, 19 rows: Group · Who is in it · Where · When in the day · Called by · Done
Questions
Why is the family groups table on its own page?
Because it is the page someone else holds. On the day it is usually handed to a relative or the best man to read out, while the photographer works — that only works if it is a separate sheet with room to write full names.
Why no timings on the list?
Because the day's timings come from the venue, the ceremony and the couple, not from us. The list is grouped by part of the day so it follows whatever running order you are given, and there is a column for when a group happens.
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