Lara Swanson Blog

• Questions to ask your photographer
• Questions to ask your photographer’s referrals
• Female vs. Male Photographers
• Speed vs. Quality
• Shotlists and must-take lists
• Printing yourself vs. printing through your photographer
• A la carte vs. Packages
• How to make the most of your photo package
• Digital vs. Print Proofs

Working with a photographer:

• Engagement Photos 101
• Getting comfortable in front of the camera
• Preventing Vendorzilla
• Formal portraits: what’s the right amount of time?
• Posed vs. Candids (1) and (2)
• The Other Side of the Lens: Dealing with Vendors
• “Planning for Great Photographs” by Laura Auer

• Honeymoons
• Groom on the right, bride on the left
• Cake cutting
• Bridesmaids
• Cake Toppers
• Best Man
• Jamaican Wedding Cakes

Other:

• Inclusive Language in Client Documentation
• Wedding Conscious, Socially Conscious: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV
• “Making Your Wedding Uniquely Yours” by Randi Morgan
• “It’s Your Wedding. Be Yourself” by Shawn Hogan
• “How to Have a Marvelous Wedding Without Losing Your Mind or Financial Security — Perspectives from the Parents of the Bride” by Ron & Linda Honey

• Tips for Self-Posing
• Involving children in the ceremony
• Inspiration Boards
• Rain on your wedding day
• Wedding Websites

• Using the color wheel for retouching
• Combining color and black and white
• How to use blur in a creative way
• How to make your photos pop
• How to decrease redness on skin

• Handmade Accordion Albums
• Cropping Images for Prints
• Visit Photographer’s Blogs
• Analogous color themes

• Quotes from clients (1) (2)
• Monograms (1) (2) (3)
• CD Packaging
• Packaging for Jenn and Ben
• Client Albums
• CD/DVD Packaging
• Tiffany & Chad Packaging

• Our albums: KiSS, Deluxe, Coffeetable
• “The Dress”
• Other side of the lens
• Logo design from Creative Montage
• ASI Retouching Samples
• Moses and fudge
• Blogs we’re addicted to