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Wedding Photographer Inquiry Form

Wedding photographers book 12-18 months out. The inquiry form is the start of a conversation that ends with a 5-figure contract — capture date, venue, vision, and budget on the way in.

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form.htmlhtml54 lines

01<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
02  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
03  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New wedding inquiry">
04 
05  <label for="couple_names">Couple's names *</label>
06  <input id="couple_names" type="text" name="couple_names" placeholder="Anna &amp; Marcus" required>
07  <label for="email">Email *</label>
08  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="hello@example.com" required>
09  <label for="phone">Phone</label>
10  <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142">
11  <label for="wedding_date">Wedding date *</label>
12  <input id="wedding_date" type="date" name="wedding_date" required>
13  <label for="venue">Venue / location *</label>
14  <input id="venue" type="text" name="venue" placeholder="City, venue name if known" required>
15  <label for="guests">Guest count</label>
16  <select id="guests" name="guests">
17    <option value="">Choose…</option>
18    <option>Under 50</option>
19    <option>50–100</option>
20    <option>100–150</option>
21    <option>150–250</option>
22    <option>250+</option>
23  </select>
24  <label for="package">Coverage interest *</label>
25  <select id="package" name="package" required>
26    <option value="">Choose…</option>
27    <option>Elopement / 2 hr</option>
28    <option>Half day (4 hr)</option>
29    <option>Full day (8 hr)</option>
30    <option>Two-day</option>
31    <option>Not sure yet</option>
32  </select>
33  <label for="extras">Add-ons</label>
34  <select id="extras" name="extras">
35    <option value="">Choose…</option>
36    <option>None</option>
37    <option>Engagement session</option>
38    <option>Second shooter</option>
39    <option>Album</option>
40    <option>Video</option>
41    <option>Multiple add-ons</option>
42  </select>
43  <label for="details">Tell us about your day</label>
44  <textarea id="details" name="details" placeholder="How you met, vibe / aesthetic, must-have shots…"></textarea>
45 
46  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
47  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
48 
49  <button type="submit">Send</button>
50</form>
51 
52<p style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
53  Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener">splitforms</a>
54</p>

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Wedding Photographer Inquiry Form — example splitforms template with submissions inbox

§ 01Why it mattersthe qualifying-fields argument

Wedding photographers reject 70-80% of inquiries — wrong date, wrong budget, wrong vision. The form's job is to filter on date availability and budget range first, before the photographer wastes 30 minutes on a discovery call. Capture venue (familiarity matters), hours of coverage, second-shooter need, and album / engagement-shoot interest. Then a brief 'tell us about your day' textarea — voice and vision matter for fit, both directions. Photographers booking $5k+ packages can afford to be selective, and the form does the selecting.

File upload for inspiration boards (Pro) · webhooks into HoneyBook / Dubsado.

✦ at a glance

→Wedding photographer inquiry · 9 fields
→HTML, JS, React, PHP, cURL outputs
→One POST endpoint, no SDK
→Honeypot + classifier, no CAPTCHA

§ 02Live previewinteractive · sandboxed · no key required

See exactly what your visitors see — and you’ll receive.

Left: the rendered form, fully interactive in a sandboxed iframe. Right: the email and dashboard view that lands the moment a visitor submits.

preview · wedding-photographer-contact-formlocalhost:3000

✦ what you’ll see in your inbox

Every submission becomes an email plus a dashboard row. The fields below are the exact payload your form will send. Reply-to is wired to the visitor’s email so hitting reply goes back to them.

dashboard · new submission14ms · 200 OK

SUBJECT · New wedding inquiry

Couple's names: Maya Iyer
Email: maya@studio71.co
Phone: +1 415 555 0142
Wedding date: 2026-05-15
Venue / location: —
Guest count: Under 50
Coverage interest: Elopement / 2 hr
Add-ons: None
Tell us about your day: Loved your last open house in Hayes — looking for similar with parking. Pre-approved through Wells Fargo.

Iframe is sandboxed — submit doesn’t actually fire. Get your access key to wire it up live.

§ 03Three steps3 steps · ~60 seconds

Generate, embed, receive.

Three actions stand between you and your first lead. None of them require a backend, a database, or a CAPTCHA library.

STEP 01GENERATE

Capture date and venue

Required: wedding date, venue (or city if undecided), guest count estimate, hours of coverage needed. Date availability is the first filter — saves both sides time.

Create your form

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STEP 02EMBED

Qualify on budget

Budget range dropdown ($2-3k / $3-5k / $5-8k / $8k+). Photographers below or above the band auto-respond with a courteous mismatch note. Budget mismatch is the #1 reason discovery calls go nowhere.

snippethtml

<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
  …
</form>

STEP 03RECEIVE

Capture vision and inspiration

Textarea for 'tell us about your day' plus optional file upload (Pinterest board screenshot, inspiration photos). Pro plan unlocks the file upload. Reading the vision before the call lets the photographer ask better questions.

inbox · 1 newjust now

FROM contact@yoursite.com

New wedding inquiry

Maya Iyer maya@studio71.co

Loved your last open house in Hayes — looking for similar with parking. Pre-approved through Wells Fargo.

§ 04Copy & ship5 languages · same endpoint

Five outputs. One backend.

HTML by default. Click open the language you ship in — every variant POSTs to the same /api/submit endpoint.

01HTMLform.html54 lines

<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New wedding inquiry">

  <label for="couple_names">Couple's names *</label>
  <input id="couple_names" type="text" name="couple_names" placeholder="Anna &amp; Marcus" required>
  <label for="email">Email *</label>
  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="hello@example.com" required>
  <label for="phone">Phone</label>
  <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142">
  <label for="wedding_date">Wedding date *</label>
  <input id="wedding_date" type="date" name="wedding_date" required>
  <label for="venue">Venue / location *</label>
  <input id="venue" type="text" name="venue" placeholder="City, venue name if known" required>
  <label for="guests">Guest count</label>
  <select id="guests" name="guests">
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Under 50</option>
    <option>50–100</option>
    <option>100–150</option>
    <option>150–250</option>
    <option>250+</option>
  </select>
  <label for="package">Coverage interest *</label>
  <select id="package" name="package" required>
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Elopement / 2 hr</option>
    <option>Half day (4 hr)</option>
    <option>Full day (8 hr)</option>
    <option>Two-day</option>
    <option>Not sure yet</option>
  </select>
  <label for="extras">Add-ons</label>
  <select id="extras" name="extras">
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>None</option>
    <option>Engagement session</option>
    <option>Second shooter</option>
    <option>Album</option>
    <option>Video</option>
    <option>Multiple add-ons</option>
  </select>
  <label for="details">Tell us about your day</label>
  <textarea id="details" name="details" placeholder="How you met, vibe / aesthetic, must-have shots…"></textarea>

  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">

  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

<p style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
  Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener">splitforms</a>
</p>

02JavaScriptform.js70 lines

<form id="lf-form">
  <label for="couple_names">Couple's names *</label>
  <input id="couple_names" type="text" name="couple_names" placeholder="Anna &amp; Marcus" required>
  <label for="email">Email *</label>
  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="hello@example.com" required>
  <label for="phone">Phone</label>
  <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142">
  <label for="wedding_date">Wedding date *</label>
  <input id="wedding_date" type="date" name="wedding_date" required>
  <label for="venue">Venue / location *</label>
  <input id="venue" type="text" name="venue" placeholder="City, venue name if known" required>
  <label for="guests">Guest count</label>
  <select id="guests" name="guests">
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Under 50</option>
    <option>50–100</option>
    <option>100–150</option>
    <option>150–250</option>
    <option>250+</option>
  </select>
  <label for="package">Coverage interest *</label>
  <select id="package" name="package" required>
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Elopement / 2 hr</option>
    <option>Half day (4 hr)</option>
    <option>Full day (8 hr)</option>
    <option>Two-day</option>
    <option>Not sure yet</option>
  </select>
  <label for="extras">Add-ons</label>
  <select id="extras" name="extras">
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>None</option>
    <option>Engagement session</option>
    <option>Second shooter</option>
    <option>Album</option>
    <option>Video</option>
    <option>Multiple add-ons</option>
  </select>
  <label for="details">Tell us about your day</label>
  <textarea id="details" name="details" placeholder="How you met, vibe / aesthetic, must-have shots…"></textarea>
  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

<p style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
  Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener">splitforms</a>
</p>

<script>
  document.getElementById('lf-form').addEventListener('submit', async (e) => {
    e.preventDefault();
    const data = new FormData(e.target);
    data.set('access_key', 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY');
    data.set('subject', 'New wedding inquiry');

    const res = await fetch('https://splitforms.com/api/submit', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: data,
      headers: { Accept: 'application/json' },
    });

    const json = await res.json();
    if (json.success) {
      e.target.reset();
      alert('Sent!');
    } else {
      alert('Error: ' + (json.message || 'Try again'));
    }
  });
</script>

03React / Next.jsForm.tsx85 lines

'use client';

import { useState, type FormEvent } from 'react';

export default function WeddingPhotographerForm() {
  const [status, setStatus] = useState<'idle' | 'sending' | 'sent' | 'error'>('idle');

  async function onSubmit(e: FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) {
    e.preventDefault();
    setStatus('sending');

    const data = new FormData(e.currentTarget);
    data.set('access_key', 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY');
    data.set('subject', 'New wedding inquiry');

    const res = await fetch('https://splitforms.com/api/submit', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: data,
      headers: { Accept: 'application/json' },
    });

    const json = await res.json();
    setStatus(json.success ? 'sent' : 'error');
    if (json.success) e.currentTarget.reset();
  }

  if (status === 'sent') return <p>Thanks — we&rsquo;ll be in touch.</p>;

  return (
    <>
    <form onSubmit={onSubmit}>
      <label htmlFor="couple_names">Couple's names *</label>
      <input id="couple_names" type="text" name="couple_names" placeholder="Anna &amp; Marcus" required />
      <label htmlFor="email">Email *</label>
      <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="hello@example.com" required />
      <label htmlFor="phone">Phone</label>
      <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142" />
      <label htmlFor="wedding_date">Wedding date *</label>
      <input id="wedding_date" type="date" name="wedding_date" required />
      <label htmlFor="venue">Venue / location *</label>
      <input id="venue" type="text" name="venue" placeholder="City, venue name if known" required />
      <label htmlFor="guests">Guest count</label>
      <select id="guests" name="guests">
        <option value="">Choose…</option>
        <option>Under 50</option>
        <option>50–100</option>
        <option>100–150</option>
        <option>150–250</option>
        <option>250+</option>
      </select>
      <label htmlFor="package">Coverage interest *</label>
      <select id="package" name="package" required>
        <option value="">Choose…</option>
        <option>Elopement / 2 hr</option>
        <option>Half day (4 hr)</option>
        <option>Full day (8 hr)</option>
        <option>Two-day</option>
        <option>Not sure yet</option>
      </select>
      <label htmlFor="extras">Add-ons</label>
      <select id="extras" name="extras">
        <option value="">Choose…</option>
        <option>None</option>
        <option>Engagement session</option>
        <option>Second shooter</option>
        <option>Album</option>
        <option>Video</option>
        <option>Multiple add-ons</option>
      </select>
      <label htmlFor="details">Tell us about your day</label>
      <textarea id="details" name="details" placeholder="How you met, vibe / aesthetic, must-have shots…" />

      <button type="submit" disabled={status === 'sending'}>
        {status === 'sending' ? 'Sending…' : 'Send'}
      </button>

      {status === 'error' && <p>Something went wrong. Try again.</p>}
    </form>

      <p style={{ marginTop: 12, fontSize: 11, color: '#888', textAlign: 'right' }}>
        Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style={{ color: '#888', textDecoration: 'none' }}>splitforms</a>
      </p>
    </>
  );
}

04PHPsubmit.php28 lines

<?php
// Drop into a PHP page. Receives a form POST and proxies it to splitforms.com.
// Useful when you want to add server-side validation or rate limiting.

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
    $allowed = ['couple_names', 'email', 'phone', 'wedding_date', 'venue', 'guests', 'package', 'extras', 'details'];
    $payload = ['access_key' => 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY'];
    $payload['subject'] = 'New wedding inquiry';

    foreach ($allowed as $f) {
        if (isset($_POST[$f])) $payload[$f] = $_POST[$f];
    }

    $ch = curl_init('https://splitforms.com/api/submit');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($payload));
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Accept: application/json']);
    $response = curl_exec($ch);
    $status   = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    curl_close($ch);

    header('Content-Type: application/json');
    http_response_code($status);
    echo $response;
    exit;
}
?>

05cURLtest.sh13 lines

curl -X POST https://splitforms.com/api/submit \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -d "access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" \
  -d "subject=New wedding inquiry" \
  -d "couple_names=Jane Builder" \
  -d "email=jane@example.com" \
  -d "phone=+15555555555" \
  -d "wedding_date=2026-05-15" \
  -d "venue=Jane Builder" \
  -d "guests=Under 50" \
  -d "package=Elopement / 2 hr" \
  -d "extras=None" \
  -d "details=Hello from cURL"

Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the key from your dashboard. That’s the only edit.

§ 04bUse this template with…17 frameworks · same backend

One template. Every framework.

The same field set works on every framework splitforms supports. HTML, React, Next.js, Vue, Astro, Hugo, WordPress — same POST, same backend.

§ 06FAQ4 answered

Things people ask before they ship.

Direct answers, no marketing fluff. Missing one? Email hello@splitforms.com.

01Should I show pricing on my site?

Show a 'starts at $X' figure. Hiding pricing entirely drives away high-intent inquiries who think you're out of budget; showing exact packages drives competitor shopping. The 'starts at' middle ground filters most mismatches.

02Can I integrate with HoneyBook / Dubsado / Studio Ninja?

Yes — webhook the JSON. All three accept inbound leads via Zapier. The lead lands in your CRM as a project with date, venue, and budget pre-filled, ready for the proposal.

03What about engagement-shoot inquiries?

Add a checkbox 'engagement shoot only' or 'engagement + wedding'. Engagement-only is a smaller booking; bundle pricing makes them upgrade. Form captures intent, the proposal closes.

04Should the form have a Pinterest board upload?

Use the file-upload variant — Pro feature. Couples upload screenshots or PDFs of their inspiration. Massive boost to call quality — you walk in already aligned on aesthetic.

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