
Running a sustainable wedding photography business with a chronic illness is a whole different game—and timelines are a big part of that. If you’ve ever woken up the morning of a wedding and thought, “How the hell is this the first time I’m looking at the schedule?”—you’re not alone. It’s not just about keeping things […]
You’ve triple-checked your gear. You’ve cleared your memory cards. Your car is gassed up, your outfit’s steamed, and your timeline is loaded on your phone. On paper, your wedding photography workflow is flawless. So why, by hour three of the wedding day, does everything feel like it’s slowly unraveling? The timeline you thought was solid […]

If you’ve ever found yourself rebuilding a wedding photography timeline from scratch again and again (and again), staring at a blank Google Doc while trying to figure out how to fit everything in—or writing out a day-of schedule that doesn’t leave a single second to breathe—this template is for you. I’ve re-released my wedding photography […]

For way too long, every new inquiry meant starting from zero. I’d open a blank doc, stare at my notes, scroll through old emails trying to remember what I did last time, and piece together a wedding timeline sans-template like it was my first wedding all over again. It was fine—until it wasn’t. Until my […]

If I had a dollar for every time I heard “the timeline’s running behind”—I’d be writing this blog from a yacht. When I was still photographing weddings full-time, timelines were always the first thing to fall apart when stress hit the fan. And when you’re a photographer with a chronic illness? The stakes are even […]

Being a wedding photographer with a chronic illness means your body doesn’t care if it’s someone’s big day. It doesn’t magically stop flaring just because timelines are tight or the wedding party’s running late. I learned that the hard way. Back in my early photography years, I followed everyone else’s lead—overloaded timelines, zero buffer, constant […]
