Description
A styled shoot is the fastest way to build a portfolio that shows the work you want to be booked for, rather than the work you happened to get. It is also the easiest project in the wedding industry to run badly: vendors who never receive images, a concept nobody understood, a shoot day that runs three hours long.
The Styled Shoot Checklist puts one person clearly in charge and gives them the whole path in order. It covers the thinking, the invitations, the shoot day and everything that has to happen afterwards for the shoot to be worth the effort.
What is inside
- Why you are shooting, and how that changes every other decision
- Getting started: concept, palette, inspiration board, lookbook and dates
- How to write a concept vendors say yes to, and when to share the lookbook
- The vendor and supplier checklist, with the invitation conversation spelled out
- A printable shoot brief and a vendor contribution tracker
- The run of the day, step by step, plus a blank day of timeline
- Item checklists for florals, stationery, the couple, catering, furniture, tablescape and your toolkit
- The business side: protocol documents, image sharing, credits and submissions
- What to do after the shoot so vendors say yes next time
Who it is for
Stylists, planners, florists and photographers directing their first shoots, and experienced creatives who want a repeatable system instead of a memory.
After you use it, you turn up with a lookbook, a shot list, a timeline and a confirmed vendor sheet. The shoot runs to time, everyone gets images they can use, and you finish with a gallery that markets you for years.
What’s inside
- Concept and lookbook process
- Vendor invitation and contribution tracker
- Printable shoot brief
- Day of timeline template
- Seven item checklists for the shoot
- Run of the day, step by step
- Image sharing and credit protocol
- After the shoot follow up
