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Your wedding photos are one of the few things you keep long after the last dance ends. That’s exactly why it stings when couples look back and wish they’d done a thing or two differently behind the camera.<\/p>\n

We’ve worked enough weddings around the metro to see the same Kansas City wedding photography mistakes come up again and again. The good news? Almost every one of them is avoidable with a little planning. Whether you’re marrying downtown, in Overland Park, or at a barn venue up in the Northland, the lessons tend to be the same.<\/p>\n

Below are the regrets we hear about most, plus simple ways to sidestep each one before your big day arrives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your wedding photos are one of the few things you keep long after the last dance ends. That’s exactly why it stings when couples look back and wish they’d done a thing or two differently behind the camera. We’ve worked enough weddings around the metro to see the same Kansas City wedding photography mistakes come […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":15813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[466,447,412,468,348,353,467,375],"class_list":["post-15808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","tag-hiring-a-wedding-photographer","tag-kansas-city-wedding-vendors","tag-kansas-city-weddings","tag-wedding-photo-coverage","tag-wedding-photography","tag-wedding-planning-tips","tag-wedding-shot-list","tag-wedding-timeline"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKansas City Wedding Photography Regrets to Avoid<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Avoid the Kansas City wedding photography regrets couples mention most, from skipping a shot list to booking too few coverage hours.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/kansas-city-wedding-photography-regrets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wedding Photography Regrets Couples in Kansas City Wish They Avoided\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Your wedding photos are one of the few things you keep long after the last dance ends. 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