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The planning library

A beautiful place to answer the next question.

Use these planning tools in any order. Build a checklist, map the day, understand the mediums, compare coverage, prepare your family list, and return when the plan changes.

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Bring your own plans

Your files. Your notes. Your call.

Select Drive references, an optional Notion page, or a preferred call window. Review a sharing draft, then copy it into your proposal or HoneyBook conversation.

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Interactive planning room

Every tool in one place.

Your saved checklists and builders remain on the device you use. Copy or print anything you want to move into your planner, notes, or project workspace.

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Wedding vibe quiz

Match guest count, event shape, place, style, and medium priorities to a service and collection starting point.

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02

Planning checklists

Elopement, intimate wedding, wedding day, all-day, weekend, and engagement paths that save on your device.

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03

Timeline studio

Anchor the ceremony, move the time, add travel, and see why different coverage lengths create different endings.

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04

Current investment calculator

Compare photography, film, combined teams, collections, and à la carte starting investments.

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05

Engagement session guide

Build a 60-, 90-, or 120-minute route with outfit, light, location, weather, and date-night ideas.

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06

Family-formal builder

Create a concise, relationship-safe list with a liaison, custom groups, saved progress, copy, and print.

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07

Photo + film priority builder

Understand digital, 35mm, medium format, film, Super 8, audio, and the meaning behind a useful photo list.

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08

Questionnaire + checkpoints

Prepare people, places, production, privacy, audio, family, access, delivery, and legacy decisions.

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09

Albums + legacy

Plan albums, parent books, prints, wall art, video books, delivery backups, and anniversary rituals.

Open resource
10

Full wedding-day field guide

A long-form planning breakdown for light, preparation, ceremony, portraits, reception, travel, and presence.

Open resource

Choosing your people

Vendor questions that reveal more than a price list.

Skill matters. So do reliability, clarity, presence, communication, and whether the team can support the experience you are trying to have.

  1. 01

    Have you worked at this venue or under similar light and access conditions?

  2. 02

    Who is physically present on the wedding day, and what happens if they are unavailable?

  3. 03

    What is included, what is optional, and what could change the final price?

  4. 04

    How do you communicate with the planner and the rest of the vendor team?

  5. 05

    How do you back up the work, handle emergencies, and protect privacy?

  6. 06

    Does the way this person communicates make the planning season feel clearer?

Read + keep exploring

From the journal.

Planning article

The Boston + destination planning guide

The original long-form guide that inspired this studio.Read article

Planning article

New England venues for editorial, film-inspired weddings

What makes a venue work for light, story, atmosphere, and a design-forward celebration.Read article

Planning article

A Boston estate wedding perspective

A closer look at the visual and logistical shape of a New England estate celebration.Read article

Planning article

Wedding stories + journal

Browse more celebrations, planning ideas, venues, photography, and film inspiration.Read article

Week-of field kit

Gather it before the room gets busy.

  • Rings, paper, heirlooms, fragrance, shoes, and accessories in one details box
  • Printed vows, letters, speeches, and a second digital copy
  • Comfortable shoes, layers, stain remover, fashion tape, tissues, water, and snacks
  • Medication, accessibility aids, weather protection, and phone chargers
  • All addresses, access notes, parking, permits, and emergency contacts
  • Final family groups with first names and one gathering liaison

Film + music inspiration

Give us emotional references, not an edit-by-edit script.

  • What song feels like the opening scene of this season?
  • Which music belongs to your relationship...for this season of your life?
  • Should the film feel intimate, propulsive, nostalgic, cinematic, or playful?
  • Which voices must be preserved: vows, letters, speeches, ambient conversations, live music?
  • Are there songs that are deeply personal but should never appear in a public edit?

For booked clients

Your private project holds the specifics.

This library gives you space to plan. Booked clients also receive project-specific questionnaires, addresses, contacts, family notes, private timelines, call sheets, contracts, invoices, and deliverables through their secure client workspace.

Find your next step.

Your planning questions, answered

Coverage, planning, analog film, delivery, and the experience.

Search the FAQ

Your creative directory

Brands, social channels, films, reviews, press, and favorite resources.

Explore the directory

Your day, mapped

Set your ceremony time, coverage hours, first look, and travel buffers.

Build your timeline

Keep reading. Keep making it yours.

Real wedding stories

Look for the rhythm of a whole celebration: quiet preparation, people together, and the shift into the evening.

Browse the wedding journal

A closer look

Build your own path through the library.

From The Combs Creative studio archive

Begin with decisions that affect everything else: the kind of celebration, the setting, and the people. Then move into coverage, timing, and details. Return after the wedding for delivery information, album ideas, and ways to celebrate an anniversary.

Start with sample celebrations

From the studio

A clear next step, wherever you are.

A creative collaborator

Find brand work, film collaborations, editorial experiences and conversations.

Explore the brand directoryBrowse the collaborators

Planning resources + public pricing guides

A good place to begin.

Start with our free Golden Hour Cheat Sheet

A little light knowledge goes a long way... especially when you want photographs that feel like the day, not a long pause from it.

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Your next chapter

Let’s shape your celebration.

Share your date, location, and what you want to remember. We will connect the coverage, people, and details.

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The styling room

Find the colors. Gather the feeling.

Build a look for engagement, couples, family, or lifestyle photographs. Pick a palette, save studio inspiration, and gather your Pinterest references.

Style your session

KEEP THE STORY GOING

Your next little chapter.