Wedding shot list generator.
Build a complete wedding photography shot list in about a minute — then tick shots off on the day or print a clean checklist for your second shooter.
A shot list serves one purpose: making sure you don't miss the shots the couple care about most. It's a checklist, not a creative brief — the light, the angle, and the moment are still yours to find in the field. What the list removes is the mental load of remembering, at 9pm on a dance floor, whether you ever photographed the grandparents.
This generator starts you with the shots that cover a full wedding day in the order it actually happens: getting ready, ceremony, family groups, couple portraits, reception, and details. Switch off the categories you don't need — elopements rarely want twelve family groups — and add the couple-specific shots from your questionnaire: the heirloom watch, the surprise choir, grandad's vintage car. Your list saves in your browser automatically, so you can build it during the planning call and come back to it the week of the wedding. When you print it, the checkboxes come out empty on purpose — a fresh copy for the morning of, ready for a pocket or a second shooter's camera bag.
Wedding day shot list
Getting ready
0 of 10Often the best candids of the day — and where the schedule slips first.
Ceremony
0 of 14Walk the space empty first — know where you'll stand before the aisle fills.
Family groups
0 of 12Allow 2–3 minutes per group and hand the list to a liaison who knows the faces.
Couple portraits
0 of 10These end up on the wall and in the album — protect the golden-hour window.
Reception
0 of 11Faces over food — they'll remember grandma during the speeches, not the canapés.
Details
0 of 11First to compress if you're running behind — shoot them early while the room is calm.
Go deeper
Time-budgeting for family groups, what to cut when you're running behind, and how to use a shot list without over-engineering it.
The shot list inside FrameFlowPhone-first and fully offline — tick shots in a stone chapel with no signal, and let the group-photo planner total your time per set before the day.
Common questions.
- Is this wedding shot list generator really free?
- Yes — completely free, no account, no email required. The tool runs entirely in your browser and your list saves automatically on your device. Print as many copies as you like.
- How many shots should a wedding shot list have?
- Somewhere between 50 and 80 for a full-day wedding is typical. The list is the minimum you promise to come home with, not a script — the creative decisions still happen in the field. If your list creeps past 100, trim the detail-shot variations first; never cut grandparents, the vows, the first kiss, or the recessional.
- Can I print the shot list or save it as a PDF?
- Yes. The Print / save as PDF button produces a clean checklist with empty checkboxes — your on-screen ticks are deliberately left off so you can hand a fresh copy to a second shooter on the morning of the wedding. In the print dialog, choose 'Save as PDF' as the destination to keep a digital copy.
- Will my custom shots and ticks be saved if I close the page?
- Yes — the tool saves your enabled categories, custom shots, and ticked items to your browser's local storage automatically. Come back on the same device and browser and your list will be exactly where you left it. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.
- How long should I allow for family group photos?
- Budget 2–3 minutes per group — that covers gathering people, composing, shooting, and moving on. A 15-group list at 2.5 minutes each is nearly 40 minutes, so total the time before the day and flag it to the couple if the list needs trimming. Hand the group list to a liaison who knows the faces; you should never be the one searching a crowd for a grandparent.
- What's the difference between this tool and FrameFlow's shot list feature?
- This free generator lives in your browser on one device. The shot list inside FrameFlow lives on each job, works fully offline on your phone (stone chapels included), syncs ticks when you're back on signal, totals your family-group time before the day, and rolls into a printable wedding-day brief alongside the timeline and vendor contacts. The free plan includes it — no card needed.
Want this list on your phone, offline, on the day?
FrameFlow puts the shot list inside every job — with the timeline, the contract, and the group-photo planner. Free plan, no card.