The wedding is probably a good few weeks away now, so anyone who you want to be taking photos for you would probably benefit from previewing the location, so give them a call and arrange to all go together and check out the location, don't put it off, if you think you know a good spot to use then go there and take some friends along, take the bride, groom, bridesmaids & best man if you can, look around for good backgrounds, where is the sun? Work out where the sun will be on the day when you are taking the group shots, you don't want everyone squinting with the sun in their eye's. Take the camera and do some test shots, then if you don't like the background or location, you still have time to change it.
If you are arranging the wedding photos for the day, you'll need to organize the person or people who will actually be taking photos. There will be many people on the day taking photos, as people do, and if you can get a copy of all of them on disk that will all help to compile the photo collection. For the main shots though, the person who is going to do the photos will need to know what you would like them to do. go through the D.I.Y wedding photo guide together, this will help everyone doing the photos and give some inspiration too.
For the most part there will be no organizing!, it's already been done, everyone will be following the order of events as they unfold, you may have a couple of hiccups throughout the day, but generally all will go to plan, the job of getting the photos is achieved by being there, by watching and observing, and photographing the things you see, and the things people do, and also paying extra attention to the key events. If you are intending on taking group shots, in a location away from the ceremony, then one of the most important things you should do is let everyone know when and where. If the guests or drivers don't know you are planning on group shots in the park, they'll not be there. This actually happened to me when nobody told the minibus driver that they wanted to do photos in the park, all the wedding cars and my self went to the park, and all the guests went to the reception 3 or 4 miles away, and when they had been dropped off the driver went home! We had no way of getting them back to the park, so we had to do the other groups back at the reception, they turned out ok, though not as photogenic as the park. Get some more great tips like this from wedding-photo-guide.com
