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I can’t think of any. I feel like most photographers know which moments to catch though.

View Quoted Comment I agree with Yasmine. Most photographers know what to capture as standard photos (getting ready, family photos, first kiss, etc). Are there any specific props you want to use in photos? Anything unique/not typically seen in standard wedding photos that you want to capture? Specific relatives that wouldn't normally be in photos that you want a photo with? Send her a list of those types of photos if you have any. Otherwise, I would let her capture the photos that she normally would.

We did have a list of specific family groupings we wanted, and my BIL (who was our MC) had a copy of the list so was able to round people up for us as necessary. Go through all the possible combinations (parents, grandparents, siblings with and without spouses, bridal party plus parents/grandparents, whatever) and work out what you want. It’s just useful so you don’t forget anything and find out when you get the photos back that you don’t have any of just you and your parents, for example. I think we did couple plus each set of parents, couple plus both sets of parents, couple plus all parents and grandparents, couple plus all parents, grandparents, siblings and their spouses, me with my siblings, DH with his sister (which actually turned out to be one of my favourite photos of the whole day - our photog captured both their personalities and their relationship perfectly!), both of us with all our siblings and their spouses, couple plus all family members and spouses on both sides, and we might have done both of us with DH’s parents and grandparents I think (my only remaining grandparent wasn’t able to travel to our wedding). And of course the everyone at the wedding photo. Then we went on to bridal party only.

You could have her take a picture of just you all dressed up. I've seen a lot of people say that they wish they would have gotten at least one photo of themselves all dressed up.

Is this for your wedding or engagement?

Do you like poses or more natural moments? Even natural looking photos are often times posed to a degree. If you’re stumped of specific photos talk with your photographer about what their style is and how they work and just let them know that you’re unsure. It’s ok and if you chose them it’s because you like their style

View Quoted Comment This. Especially if they are a professional. It's common for them to ask about family dynamics for group pictures but beyond that, they already know what to capture.

One of my bridesmaids does wedding photography and normally what she does is she gives the couple a check list that has everything you could ever think of to have photos taken of for a wedding and she has the couple check off what they really want. Yes she has been doing it for a long time and knows pretty much what to capture. But she said that every couple is unique and she wants to make sure she captures everything thats really important to them. She said you can find the check list online or on pinterest.

View Quoted Comment Yes definitely!