Wedding photographer Jamie Wolfer explains why photographers shouldn't handle logistics meant for planners. When a photographer ran a portrait session into cocktail hour, it cascaded into late food service, overheated dishes, shortened dancing, and guest discomfort. Clear role boundaries matter.
Yeah, photographers aren't going to worry about the temperature of your food. Photographers aren't going to worry about, you know, making sure you get enough time on the dance floor because most of them are gone by that point. I literally had a photographer like this once. Like, she spent an extra 30-45 minutes on portrait session because the couple was so excited about it that cocktail hour went longer. So she was going based off vibes when she was with them in the moment. Cocktail hour went longer. We ran out of water. It was already a dry wedding that started late and it was super hot outside. I'm saying this because like it's going to kind of wear away at people's Fortitude to want to stay at an event. And then this was also the event that had like 45 minutes worth of speeches. So when the photographer was like, well, they just, they really wanted it. I wanted to be like, yeah, they also wanted food that was hot. They wanted their guests to stay and they wanted X amount of time on the dance floor. And now we can't have any of those things. So I love this perspective for you.
