Know what you will be photographing ahead of time
Lesson 21 from: Getting Started with Wedding PhotographyPhilip Ebiner, Will Carnahan
Know what you will be photographing ahead of time
Lesson 21 from: Getting Started with Wedding PhotographyPhilip Ebiner, Will Carnahan
Lesson Info
21. Know what you will be photographing ahead of time
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
Know what you will be photographing ahead of time
We went over the schedule of the wedding, we went over talking with the coordinator and I know this may sound redundant, but you need to know what exactly you are photographing on the wedding day. Now, of course, we've decided we know exactly, you know, the ceremony is getting ready all those things. But you also need to talk to your couple about what photos they specifically want, not only what photos they specifically want of themselves and each other, but also are there other people that are special at this wedding that they wanna make sure they get a very specific photo with? This is kind of a really fun light uh thing to add to one of your meetings with them, especially after you've booked them, right, sit your couple down and ask what exactly are we gonna be photographing? Who exactly will be at this wedding that you need to make sure you get a photo with. There's been times where there may be an elderly person in their family where they want to make sure that they will be seen i...
n the photographs. And so having a short list of people like that or specific events like that uh are very important. You can find these out by talking to your couple and just becoming friends with them. I had one bride who was very adamant. She had a picture that she had in her house for a long time of her grandmother, helping her mother into her dress and she wanted to replicate the same photo with her mother. And so knowing that I'm like, all right, I need to put a lot more emphasis on getting ready. I need to make sure to be there. I need to check the lighting, I need to do all these things because I know that she wants that specific photo. So finding out exactly what they want as far as photographs is really good and not all couples will actually have a list of exact photos that they want. So that might make it a little bit easier. But knowing what events might happen, that are specialty that are outside of our normal scheduling program, what people are there that are very important to be getting photos with and having a general idea of what is going to be happening as far as surprises go as far as specialty events, all these things are very crucial and you can add them into the PDF that we've added. Make sure that the night before your wedding, you go over all these things in your head, write them down if you need to put them on your phone. Lock screen, put them in a, a sheet in your camera bag, but just know that there are may or may not be extra things for you to shoot other than the typical scheduled things for a wedding.
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