FAQ: What is a Shot List?

Let’s set the scene. It’s your wedding day. YOU JUST GOT MARRIED!!! WOOHOO!! CONGRATULATIONS!

Now it’s time to take those family photos. You know, the ones you’ll cherish for the rest of your life. Photos with your parents and grandparents, siblings and extended family. But your photographer didn’t ask you for a shot list. Now you’re stuck figuring out who needs to be in what photo, and making sure no one gets missed.

This CAN be the most stressful part of the photography part of your wedding, but a shot list will make this process WORLDS easier.

A shot list is a list of photographs you want to make sure your photographer captures. Your photographer won’t ask you for a FULL DAY worth of photos, because we’re experienced in making sure the day is well documented. However, we will ALWAYS ask for a family photo shot list. Here’s an example of what you’ll need to put together:

Bride and Groom with both sets of parents (list out names for easy calling on each of these)
Bride and Groom with Bride’s parents
Bride with Bride’s mom
Bride with Bride’s dad
Bride with Bride’s family (mom, dad, siblings)
Bride with Grandparents
Bride with Grandma
Bride with Grandpa
Bride with Siblings
Bride with Sibling #1
Bride with Sibling #2
Bride and Groom with Bride’s family (mom, dad, siblings, grandparents)
Bride and Groom with Bride’s family
Bride and Groom with Bride’s full extended family (mom, dad, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins)

Bride and Groom with Groom’s parents
Groom with Groom’s mom
Groom with Groom’s dad
Groom with Groom’s family (mom, dad, siblings)
Groom with Grandparents
Groom with Grandma
Groom with Grandpa
Groom with Siblings
Groom with Sibling #1
Groom with Sibling #2
Bride and Groom with Groom’s family (mom, dad, siblings, grandparents)
Bride and Groom with Groom’s full extended family (mom, dad, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins)

Feel free to copy and paste this shot list however you need for your own wedding day. I’ve created a FREE Google Drive Doc for you to copy and edit easily.

Family Wedding Shot List

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