As a female photographer who shot hundreds of groom peep over the years, I’ve put on hundreds of ties and trust me they never know how to put on a boutonnière LOL. All good skills to have!
Dude, you need your own channel. Good screen presence and good voice. Seriously. Start a channel. As a long time second and primary shooter you nailed it. The most significant trait of any second shooter is the ability to add value to the primary shooter and final product.
For Indian wedding shooters, it's so stressful to shoot getting ready because there are back to back rituals and it is hard to get proper time for this stuff.
This needs to be a much more expanded video Michael! You and I both know that... LOL! These are all things I learned along the way as a second shooter, but would have given the world to learn in a video, rather than over five years of shooting as a 2nd. I feel like preparing my 2nds for what I expect and need is a 5hr process all in itself... There's a lot to it, but a good 2nd is worth their time and talent in gold!
I know you too are married and might good home at the end of a wedding in the same car. But if you leave in different cars it's a good idea if you shoot on dual cards to give each one card from each camera. This is so each of you have a back up if the other photographers photos. I heard about one photographer that went into a restaurant and good car for broken into he lost all the photos too that wedding.
Thanks for watching! It is trickier for sure. That is why I love having michael for groomsmen. But there are a lot of female photographers who do it. I wish I could be more help
Thank you! As a second shooter getting ready to shoot my first wedding, this was super helpful!
Thanks Nehemiah!!! Goodluck!
As a female photographer who shot hundreds of groom peep over the years, I’ve put on hundreds of ties and trust me they never know how to put on a boutonnière LOL. All good skills to have!
haha so good!
The intro bump with the veil tossing and the vague arms peeking in kills me 😂
Katie Gertler THANK YOU FOR NOTICING!! I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one who thought that was hilarious while editing 🤣🤣🤣
Yes!!
Thank you, Michael! And great video! Katelyn, hope you’re feeling better soon! Love you guys!
Our pleasure!
Dude, you need your own channel. Good screen presence and good voice. Seriously. Start a channel.
As a long time second and primary shooter you nailed it. The most significant trait of any second shooter is the ability to add value to the primary shooter and final product.
Thanks so much! I’ll let him know!
Thanks for the tips Michael! Hope Katelyn feels better soon!
Thanks!
Loved it! I'd love to see more behind the scenes of getting the "guys" section of the day photographed. That's one of my weak points!
You should try out all access!! katelynjames.com/kj-all-access-regular-trial
Great job Michael! Feel better KK!!
Thanks Aunt Cindy!
Great job Michael!!!
Thanks Aunt Susan!
Thank you Michael, great tips
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome! Thanks for the video!
Glad you liked it!
This was SO helpful! Can't wait to make this video part of my second shooter training! ha ha!
Glad it was helpful!
Love this!! Great job Michael!
Glad you enjoyed it!
For Indian wedding shooters, it's so stressful to shoot getting ready because there are back to back rituals and it is hard to get proper time for this stuff.
This needs to be a much more expanded video Michael! You and I both know that... LOL! These are all things I learned along the way as a second shooter, but would have given the world to learn in a video, rather than over five years of shooting as a 2nd. I feel like preparing my 2nds for what I expect and need is a 5hr process all in itself... There's a lot to it, but a good 2nd is worth their time and talent in gold!
I told Michael he needs to make a course!
This was amazing! James is going to love this and you already know I’m gonna get that guide!! 😂😂
Glad it was helpful!
I'm very new to the field and glad I saw this. Who is Michael James?
He is my husband, his real name is not Michael James
Thanks for sharing Michael. Those were some great tips to get me started as a second shooter to my wife.
Michael here!! Glad they were helpful! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!!
Love this! The tips would have been very useful if I were a photog.
Glad you liked it!!
Great material. Thanks for this info.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Michael, you're a natural!
He says thankyou!
You and your wife are awesome! Both so nice and super helpful with advice! Thank you for youe videos
Thanks so much!
Yay Michael! Good to see you do so well. You're such a nice person; you're a pro at putting people at ease #chsalum
Thank you so much!
I know you too are married and might good home at the end of a wedding in the same car. But if you leave in different cars it's a good idea if you shoot on dual cards to give each one card from each camera. This is so each of you have a back up if the other photographers photos.
I heard about one photographer that went into a restaurant and good car for broken into he lost all the photos too that wedding.
Thanks for the advice!
How do you take grooms getting ready as a girl photographer, and making them feel comfortable? Thank you so much!
Thanks for watching! It is trickier for sure. That is why I love having michael for groomsmen. But there are a lot of female photographers who do it. I wish I could be more help
Thanks! So helpful
Glad it was helpful!
If a groom requests candids only what shots would you get without asking for some of these specific shots?
How many images are you looking for from a typical groom prep?
It really depends. As long as Michael captures the overall experience I am happy!
Where is the link for the grooms guide?
katelynjames.com/kj-grooms-guide
Your shoes scares me.. lol
Thanks for watching!