Jamie Wolfer explains why unlimited wedding coverage creates boundary problems for photographers. Without fixed time blocks, photographers struggle to say no to requests like early hair-and-makeup shots or endless before-and-after photos. Defined hours give both photographer and client clear expectations.
Early on, I had to figure out what boundaries looked like. And I do think that if you have an unlimited wedding day, it's going to be hard to point to something outside of yourself to be like, yeah, I'm not yours for the entire day. It's going to be really difficult to put up boundaries if you don't have some sort of structure to it. Here's the amount of hours we are available. We won't start before 6:00 AM. No, we will not be there for your first bridesmaid getting her hair and makeup done. What? Because then, then it's more opinion-based. Well, you don't really need us there that early. Like, that's not fun photos for you. And what if the couple goes, no, it really is. We really want before and afters of everyone in our wedding party getting their hair and makeup done. Like, that's important to us. And you're like, well, crud, I don't have an external structure to point to anymore.
