Someone who's as detail-oriented as I am would definitely find the task of putting together a wedding photography portfolio to be quite a challenge. But if you want to be taken seriously in the business, this is a necessary 'evil' that you have to deal with.

So after covering a few weddings professionally, you can start putting together a wedding photography portfolio which you can show off to your clients.

Here are a few things that you need to remember.

First thing first. Your portfolio should be a cohesive showcasing of your best work as a wedding photographer. You don't want to overwhelm a potential client with the sheer number of photographs that they need to look at. Probably a collection of 20 to 30 individual photos of your best work would do.

Second, which style would you like to showcase as a photographer? If you stick to the traditional poses in wedding photography, that is well and good. You can create a portfolio based on the style that you have been using for the past years.

However, if you're like me who's an editorial wedding photographer – it means that you have a significant amount of traditional and candid shots to choose from. What I did was to divide the number of total pictures on my portfolio into two.

So there are about 15 candid shots on my portfolio and the rest of the photos are the traditional, posed ones. It's also a mixture of colored and black and white photos. This will give your couple clients even more options when it comes to the style of wedding photography that they prefer.

Another tip that I can share with my fellow wedding photographers is the fact that I created my portfolio in such a way that the events occur chronologically. Sure, I used different weddings as models – but page one shows an exquisite photo of the bride while she's dressing. The pages move on to tell the clients more about how the wedding ceremony and the wedding reception progressed. The last page on my portfolio is like a snapshot of that scene on "My Best Friend's Wedding", where the couple's getaway car drives off into the sunset.

Not only will these wedding portfolio tips give your clients a sense of the romance that you can capture by photographing the events throughout the day. More importantly, your wedding photography portfolio should give the engaged couple an idea about what your professional style is as a photographer so that they can decide whether your style of work is exactly what they are looking for.