Competing with mobile phones and family/ friend photographers
Lesson 68 from: Getting Started with Wedding PhotographyPhilip Ebiner, Will Carnahan
Competing with mobile phones and family/ friend photographers
Lesson 68 from: Getting Started with Wedding PhotographyPhilip Ebiner, Will Carnahan
Lesson Info
68. Competing with mobile phones and family/ friend photographers
Lessons
Introduction
1What this course is about and how to succeed
01:48 2Why you should become a wedding photographer
01:32Starting Your Wedding Photography Business
3Business Section Intro
00:28 4Building your kit
06:00 5Where You Should Invest Your Earnings
04:30 6Will's Wedding Photography Kit
09:57Choosing Your Business name
04:50 8Action Item - Choose Your Name
00:25 9How to build your Wedding photography package
06:58 10Setting Your Wedding Photography Prices
10:16 11How to Get Your First Clients
06:54 12Talking with Clients
09:41 13The Importance of Contracts
04:27 14The Wedding business workflow
06:34 15Good Accounting Practices
02:26 16The philosophy of a well run business
03:38Wedding Day Overview
17Wedding Day Overview - Schedule of Common Events
13:32 18Taking care of Business before the shooting day
02:37 19Tips for working with a wedding coordinator
03:31 20Action item - List out the key moments - Try to memorize
00:31 21Know what you will be photographing ahead of time
02:23 22Conclusion to section/ recap
01:32How to Photograph a Wedding
23Introduction - The meat of the course
01:11 24Equipment checklist/ cleaning lenses and cameras
08:24 25Do you need an Assistant/ 2nd shooter?
05:07 26Being a second shooter
08:32 27What to wear as a photographer
05:09 28How to shoot: Getting Ready/ Hanging out
05:18 29How to Shoot: Dress/ Rings/ Bride details
10:41 30How to Shoot - Groom Portraits & Posing
09:11 31How to shoot: Groomsman
12:51 32How to shoot: Bride Portraits & Posing Interior
04:49 33How to shoot: Bride Portraits & Posing Exterior
08:14 34How to shoot Bridesmaids
12:56 35How to shoot: First Look
03:28 36How to Shoot: Posed Couples Portraits
06:34 37How to shoot: Walking down the Aisle
10:17 38How to shoot: Ceremony Coverage and vows / ring exchange
09:17 39How to shoot: First kiss and walking out
05:39 40How to shoot: Formal family and group Photos
12:26 41Action Item: Save your fav pose
01:14 42Action Item: Find inspiration
02:07 43How to shoot: Reception intro and Grand entrance
01:34 44How to shoot: Reception Details
04:55 45How to shoot: Reception Speeches and toasts
04:41 46How to shoot: Reception First Dance
06:23 47How to shoot: Reception Bouquet and Garter toss
04:46 48How to shoot: Reception Dancing and Partying
05:58 49Recap of “How to shoot”
02:47Editing Wedding Photos
50Introduction to Editing Section
01:25 51Photo applications and Profesional Apps
03:42 52Organize, rate, and cull
28:21 53Editing detail shots
31:42 54Editing bride getting ready
29:23 55Editing Demo: Editing Outdoor Ceremony
23:10 56Editing single portraits
52:10 57Editing Demo: Black and White editing
09:39 58Editing Demo: Stylized Editing/ Finding your editing Style
12:20 59Advice on how to edit hundreds of photos efficiently
06:01 60Exporting your photos for client/ portfolio/ print
10:05 61Delivering Digital images to your client
07:06Succeeding with Wedding Photography
62Intro to Succeeding in Wedding Photography
00:48 63Being happy as a wedding photographer
07:05 64Making it as a business and sticking with it
03:14 65Getting Testimonials
01:35 66Using Social Media and networking to expand business
02:08 67How to deal with unhappy or difficult clients
04:37 68Competing with mobile phones and family/ friend photographers
01:58 69Working with other wedding vendors
03:16 70Section conclusion
00:53Conclusion
71Thank you!
01:29Lesson Info
Competing with mobile phones and family/ friend photographers
This will be a very short thing I just wanted to say is in our current times, there are lots of cell phones out in the world and they are going to be competing with you as a photographer because everyone has a camera now in their pocket. And so you have to find a way to balance that. If you're lucky enough, the couple has asked the efficient to make an announcement to not use their cell phones or cameras because they have hired you and you're the professional and you will be there and they want them to be present at the wedding. That's usually the best case scenario. The worst case scenario is that people will be holding their phones out when the bride's walking down the aisle during the first kiss during the ceremony, they'll have lights on you just have to do your best that you can do. Oftentimes. Sometimes if that happens, I'll make sure to take a wide of everyone's phones out. So you can see so the couple can see what was going on at that time and normally they may not care. But th...
e best thing to do when you're there at the wedding is to stand your ground. Be where you need to be and be bold with where you need to go. Most people will see that you are the photographer with your equipment and they will back down or they will back off and it does help to have a 70 to 200 lens because you can shoot through a lot of that stuff and blur it out if you need to. The other thing you have to think about is sometimes there are family members who are photographer, hobbyists. Those people are great because obviously we're into photography. We all love it, but they will sometimes show up and try and be in your spot. Typically again, they're very respectful and they will back off from you as a professional photographer, but be courteous because you never know what family member they are. Be polite and be bold again, be where you need to be for your shot because you have been chosen to be there and you are being paid to be there. They are there as a guest. So make sure you get your shot. Don't let those people take you away from getting your shot and don't get frustrated by it because it's just gonna happen and you do not have control over it.
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