10 Tips To Instantly Become A Better Wedding Photographer
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- The first video in my wedding photography crash course series all about helping you become a better wedding photographer by applying these principles and tips. They're all things you can do for practically no money and will help you achieve your goals of running a successful photography business.
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Super pumped for this, just started mine!
Awesome, Tim! Thanks for the comment! Hoping this series is super helpful for you!
Josiah & Steph, I am absolutely loving your channel. I am inspired and you have given me my excitement back to shoot weddings! I have felt kind of in a rut lately, going through the motions at my weddings, but you have some great ideas that are not only modern, but are in fact timeless, not giving into current ‘trends’. The biggest thing I struggle with at weddings, being an introvert, is getting close to people, capturing candid moments at the reception. I am fine shooting absolutely everything else in the wedding, since I know I need to take charge of getting the shots I want, but trying to get candids of the guests makes me want to hide in the bathroom! Lol! I feel like an intruder, and tend to stay on the outskirts with my long lens, but I feel I am missing opportunities by hanging back. Any advice on how to not feel like an intruder and breaking the ice with wedding guests?
Hey M3G! Thanks for the comment! It's something I feel too and I actually also tend to hang back and not get into the mix of things all that much. I often feel like sometimes during shoots and weddings I will pull out my alternate persona. Almost like a stage presence. I get much more talkative, loud and smile a whole lot more. It's just something I realized I need to do to keep the energy up and get people smiling, too. The introverted thing I totally get. Introversion is really just how you recharge your energy. I'm assuming you need alone time to recharge, but on that end, you're also typically a shy person. I am also introverted, but I can be very outgoing. I know there are a lot of how to be an introverted photographer videos floating around, but I don't think there should be a difference between introverted photographers and extroverted photographers. There should only be photographers who are doing the very best job they can with the couples who book them. If that means getting a little uncomfortable to get a great shot, then that's what needs to happen. I don't have any tips for that other than smile often and be friendly. I try and live life by following the rule set by Dale Carnegie: You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. Apply this photography and you're golden.
Just discovered your channel - absolutely loving it
Thanks Lee!
your channel needs more subscribers!!! very underrated! great great tips!!
Thanks for the love Aaron! The channel is growing slowly but surely. If you have any friends in the field that might find this content helpful, I’d love you to share the channel around.
Alright I not share it
Thank you for this!!! Doing my first wedding in July. A little excited and nervous at the same time. My biggest weakness is POSING!!! Not really sure how to pose people in general and what prompts to say. Need to practice more I guess.
you should check pinterest
I have a wedding. My first wedding 2 hours. It’s 08-07-2020. I’m watching videos to learn how to do weddings. Crashing for this day. I know it’s bad to do this like this but this video helps.
How'd your wedding go?!
Josiah Blizzard it went well! I have been photographing events for a few years and helped out for 2 weddings. So this was my first one by myself. I was just nervous and was killing time watching last minute videos. Thanks!!!! I’m now editing the photos and should be done in a week
FROM THE PHILIPPINES THANKS FOR THIS!!!! ❤️
Thanks for your good work done
thank you Josiah your tips are so helpful!!!
You mentioned the perfect "test-subject" for posing and light: Your/one's dog.
Yes it is important for me
thanks for the video! can't wait to watch more from this wedding series
There’s so many helpful videos that I can’t wait to show you! Thanks for the comment!
What about uploading to the cloud for back up.
I definitely recommend backups. Keep watching the 30 day crash course series to see how I Backup photos
What is the best advice for someone who wants to be second photographer at weddings.
Keep watching the crash course series. Have a full 2 videos on second shooting
Great advice. Thank you
I really like the tips, i would like to ask about how do you received the payment as in front full payment or through installments(advance payment)?. The only reason i asked you is because the 1st tip doesn't work for payment made in installments since after the wedding some of my clients tend to ignore my invoice for a long time before finishing the payment just because i treated them friendly at the beginning.
Great question. We make it clear that a 25% retainer (not deposit) is required at signing. The remainder is due 2 weeks prior to the wedding. If no payment is made then, we will still shoot, but no photos will be delivered until payment is made. We tell them we need to have payment made prior to the wedding so there’s no stress or anything else to worry about on the wedding day. This makes them feel that we have their best interest in mind, which we do. Worrying about payment on the wedding day as a bride sucks.
@@JosiahBlizzard Great info. It is always a good idea to not giving them their photos until paid but i always send just few pictures to them inorder for them to post on social media cause if i don't until being paid, the photos won't carry much weight to them as they will see them as outdated. But this has a downside cause they won't finish the payment ASAP. Also some clients just want to be seen by the guest that they have hired a professional photographer with a best equipment at their wedding but after that they find it very difficult to finish the payment. That's why now i take 75% up front to cover for all of my costs.
You set the rules. I would highly recommend accepting all payment up front. People will follow the rules you set in place. If someone doesn’t pay you in full and you’re still delivering photos, and they never end up paying you the remaining balance, they’re in breach of contract and you can take legal action. If you don’t pay a credit card bill, there are repercussions for not paying.
I know many people who break it into thirds. 33.3% up front. 33.3% 6 months out. 33.3% 2 weeks before. That might be a good place to start.
@@JosiahBlizzard Thank for the detailed responses. I appreciate a lot on the information you provide in the videos. Really educative stuffs on your channel✊.
Hey Josiah - if I buy a Patreon membership, does that only allow me to follow you and then I would have to pay again to follow another creator on there? Or does my Patreon membership under your referral, also then allow me to follow other Patreon creators as well? How does this work? Seems like it could get super expensive if you're following all the people over there that you follow here. (Thus, the reason I'm still only over here on YT instead.) Sigh.
Emily Grace Hey! Great question. So Patreon is a platform that allows you to support creators through monthly payments. Some people use it as a way to create some income to keep creating artwork, videos, music, writing, painting, etc. For me, I’m using it in a way to make money since I spend a lot of time creating content on UA-cam but then I also give you exclusive more in depth content on Patreon. Particularly right now, I’m providing all of my email templates to the supporters in Patreon.
Because each Patreon page focuses on different things and your support is specifically for them, you would be paying a separate monthly fee for each Patreon page you subscribe to. Most people wouldn’t follow all of the people they follow on UA-cam over on Patreon as well. They would only do so to continue education and supporting their favorite creators. I don’t make money from UA-cam. I’m starting to get some ad revenue now but not much. Support for $15 a month right now on Patreon allows me to make some money, create more content, help the members on a more individual basis. On Patreon, I give exclusive content around posing, emails, marketing and I’m doing monthly live Q&As. The $15 a month or $180 a year is less than I’d end up selling my email templates for and you’ll be getting a lot of additional content on Patreon. You can also cancel at anytime.
This was super helpful
Number 1 is paramount!
Absolutely bro!
From Sri Lanka ..thanqqq soo much
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BUMMER!!!!!!!!
I love you channel dude!!!! I’m gonna make a few fake accounts and have your videos playing non stop!!!
You are too kind! Thanks for your encroachment :)
Great Video!
GREAT TIPS THANK YOU SO MUCH IT HELPS A LOT PO
FROM PHILIPPINES
Glad it was helpful!
SO glad I found you👌👏👏 GREAT content all around.
So glad you’re here!!!
U are amazing
A NAS RAID is not a backup solution fyi
Fair enough. I typically will keep the files on a portable LaCie and on the SD cards, dump them to the NAS RAID, edit off the LaCie drive, and then clear the LaCie and cards after the wedding is delivered. The photos are in 2-3 places pretty much all the time. And thankfully because it is raided, there is extra data protection. I’ve changed up how I use this since making this video
Thanks 😊
Wassup from another local
Philly photographer!
Represent! Thanks for the comment Thanh!
This channel is a GEM!
I appreciate the love! Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Glad it helped!
please do a workflow video!!
Already did a pretty basic overview of my workflow in this 30 day crash course. I think it’s day 5 of 30.
Taking lead is definitely my challenge.
Great advice! Thank u for this
I like your teaching But you are too fast
Thanks Adddeywood Martin, but I try to be as clear and concise as I can. I knew this video was going to be long and it is at nearly 18 minutes. This is a video that you could and should watch more than once.
I want to learn more about lighting
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@@JosiahBlizzard thanks for your concern I will be waiting for your video but more about lighting