Mara & Finch Weddings's 30-Day Calendar
Each piece is a fully planned content brief.
Full Production Packs are showcased on featured samples.
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Week 1
We See What Everyone Else Misses
Narrated still-photo sequence: one story, three to seven frames, voiceover built in Descript
The maid of honor pressed her lips together right before she cried — and that frame became the one the couple printed at 20x30, not the ceremony kiss
Phone-filmed talking head under 60 seconds: one specific decision you made at a real wedding and why
A July 2pm first look sounds like a lighting nightmare — here is the open shade solution we found at a Minneapolis venue the week before the wedding
Text-on-screen photo reaction: single frame posted with a three-to-five line caption overlay explaining what almost did not get taken
This is the frame I almost did not take because I was supposed to be shooting the couple — and it is the one their grandmother framed for her living room
Week 2
Why Posed Feels Wrong — And You Already Know It
Phone-filmed talking head under 60 seconds: one specific decision you made at a real wedding and why
The reason 'say cheese' ruins a face — and why it happens even when the photographer never says those words out loud
Narrated still-photo sequence: one story, three to seven frames, voiceover built in Descript
The end-of-night lineup shot: here is why it is almost always the least useful image from the entire day, and what we shoot instead
Text-on-screen photo reaction: single frame posted with a three-to-five line caption overlay explaining what almost did not get taken
One printed photo from a real moment versus a full gallery of forgettable ones — here is how couples are actually thinking about this after the wedding
Week 3
Two Photographers, One Reason It Changes Everything
Narrated still-photo sequence: one story, three to seven frames, voiceover built in Descript
Where Jules and I physically stand during a ceremony — and why the split means neither of us is waiting for permission to take the frame we see
Phone-filmed talking head under 60 seconds: one specific decision you made at a real wedding and why
Jules had the couple during portraits — which meant I had no one to perform for, and that is when I got the frame from the cocktail hour that ended up in their thank-you cards
Narrated still-photo sequence: one story, three to seven frames, voiceover built in Descript
Three Minneapolis ceremony venues where the cocktail hour light does the work — and what we look for when we scout the week before
Week 4
This Is What You're Actually Hiring For
Phone-filmed talking head under 60 seconds: one specific decision you made at a real wedding and why
By cocktail hour we are basically furniture — and Jules said that out loud on a consultation call because it is exactly what invisibility is supposed to feel like and why it takes the whole day to get there
Narrated still-photo sequence: one story, three to seven frames, voiceover built in Descript
What an elopement with both of us for three hours actually looks like versus what couples imagine when they hear the word elopement
Text-on-screen photo reaction: single frame posted with a three-to-five line caption overlay explaining what almost did not get taken
This is what a second shooter you have never met actually costs you — not in dollars, but in the thirty seconds after the toast when no one is performing anymore
Narrated still-photo sequence: one story, three to seven frames, voiceover built in Descript
The maid of honor pressed her lips together right before she cried — and that frame became the one the couple printed at 20x30, not the ceremony kiss
Phone-filmed talking head under 60 seconds: one specific decision you made at a real wedding and why
A July 2pm first look sounds like a lighting nightmare — here is the open shade solution we found at a Minneapolis venue the week before the wedding
Text-on-screen photo reaction: single frame posted with a three-to-five line caption overlay explaining what almost did not get taken
This is the frame I almost did not take because I was supposed to be shooting the couple — and it is the one their grandmother framed for her living room
Phone-filmed talking head under 60 seconds: one specific decision you made at a real wedding and why
The reason 'say cheese' ruins a face — and why it happens even when the photographer never says those words out loud
Narrated still-photo sequence: one story, three to seven frames, voiceover built in Descript
The end-of-night lineup shot: here is why it is almost always the least useful image from the entire day, and what we shoot instead
Text-on-screen photo reaction: single frame posted with a three-to-five line caption overlay explaining what almost did not get taken
One printed photo from a real moment versus a full gallery of forgettable ones — here is how couples are actually thinking about this after the wedding
Narrated still-photo sequence: one story, three to seven frames, voiceover built in Descript
Where Jules and I physically stand during a ceremony — and why the split means neither of us is waiting for permission to take the frame we see
Phone-filmed talking head under 60 seconds: one specific decision you made at a real wedding and why
Jules had the couple during portraits — which meant I had no one to perform for, and that is when I got the frame from the cocktail hour that ended up in their thank-you cards
Narrated still-photo sequence: one story, three to seven frames, voiceover built in Descript
Three Minneapolis ceremony venues where the cocktail hour light does the work — and what we look for when we scout the week before
Phone-filmed talking head under 60 seconds: one specific decision you made at a real wedding and why
By cocktail hour we are basically furniture — and Jules said that out loud on a consultation call because it is exactly what invisibility is supposed to feel like and why it takes the whole day to get there
Narrated still-photo sequence: one story, three to seven frames, voiceover built in Descript
What an elopement with both of us for three hours actually looks like versus what couples imagine when they hear the word elopement
Text-on-screen photo reaction: single frame posted with a three-to-five line caption overlay explaining what almost did not get taken
This is what a second shooter you have never met actually costs you — not in dollars, but in the thirty seconds after the toast when no one is performing anymore