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A Wedding Photographers JourneyEp17 The season FinalèWhat a gruelling year it's been, we're now ready for some R&R! 8^) (hahahaaa! Who am kidding!!)
We review our debut season and revisit our episodes by digging out some timely reminders and key points.
Did you have a favourite episode? Was there one that made you laugh, or your blood boil above all the rest!? We'd love to hear.
We will be back for an end of year special so keep your eyes out for that.
We've enjoyed every minute, bringing you our views, having a grumble about this, and a la...2020-09-181h 26
A Wedding Photographers JourneyImpostor Syndrome! Who gets this and why?We're back at it! Fresh from our most recent Wedding. It's been a while, but we talk an actual Wedding...albeit a smaller, more intimate affair.
This impostor syndrome is actually a real thing! Have you experienced it? Maybe you have without realising. If you doubt yourself, and wonder how your getting away with doing what you do.....you may well have entered, the Impostor Syndrome Zone..... hear Darren's epic film introduction on this.
Wait...what's that little voice in the background!?.....Mrs Google voice speaker gatecrashes our podcast! See if you can hear her...2020-09-1157 min
A Wedding Photographers JourneyAre Weddings as we know them about to change in the UK?The Law Commission is planning to present some changes to the way weddings are held (i the UK), giving couples greater freedom to marry where they want. Will this have much effect on the industry?
How much kit do you really need to take with you on a wedding day? Hear us describe what we used to take with us, and how we roll now!
Styled shoots! Is the photographer key to their success? ...and are they our thing!
We have plenty of chat in this episode, so join us for a fun h...2020-09-041h 03
A Wedding Photographers JourneyDocumentary & Reportage Photography. Is there a difference?We ask the question, what is documentary and reportage photography and is there a difference between them at all?
Getting back into the swing of Wedding photography, but should we be doing bridal prep still? If so, what's the best thing to have in place?
What's occurring...who remembers where that's from? and what have we been watching on the telly box recently.
Lots of fun photo chat in this episode.
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A Wedding Photographers JourneyWhat's with the Ego?That word Ego! It crops up here and there in our industry. Do you know a photographer with an ego? Well, this episode might resonate with you.
Silent Thunder storms took place in areas of the UK recently. Find out what we saw and what we did when they hit our area on two consecutive nights....and see an example on our Facebook Page
Suppliers outwardly and shamelessly asking their 'couples' to send them the Professional Wedding photos that feature their business! WoW! Really!? Who actually owns the Professional photos after the event?
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A Wedding Photographers JourneyRoad Trip 2020We've been on a little road trip to celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary. We had planned a big party , but alas, due to the current situation that couldn't happen. So our next favourite thing is a bit of travelling....so we hit the road for a few days. Fun chat, with some photoey things thrown in for good measure....me and ebay, Kara and Ferrero Rocher.....and our photo fun. Some trip pics of our Brighton Stop can be found on our facebook page here: Brighton
Also.....to correct an error in the episode, Kara mentions Mark R...2020-08-111h 01
A Wedding Photographers JourneyAre Wedding Photographers Being true to their art? or is there no art?After some re-evaluating and deep soul searching we ask the question and discuss. Has wedding photography become a lot of the same old same? Has an 'industry standard' inadvertently crept in and taken control?
Rain on your wedding day..so what!?.....and our road trip that lays ahead!
Join us again for some fun wedding photo chat, a few giggles, and a lot of blank mind moments as we only we could!2020-07-2951 min
A Wedding Photographers JourneyIs it too soon for the wedding industry to return as we knew it?This may be a bit of a controversial topic as in the UK there is a massive amount of pressure being put forward to allow weddings to return to a level we are more familiar with. But not ALL wedding suppliers agree and the spokesperson for this motion being put forward does not represent the industry. But like us they have their opinion. What is most important here, a return to earnings, or a maintaining of persons well being? We discuss!
Also Wedding fayres. What is the main function of these and who generally participates? Are they a...2020-07-221h 05
A Wedding Photographers JourneyWhy....do we do what we do the way we do!Friends!!?? Should you try to be Best Friends with your Bride?...or couple. What are the risks, if any? We give our honest take on the relationship required to work with the wedding day bride.
Have you been able to see the Neowise comet of 2020. We've been out fora bit of star gazing, and you can see our photo here!
Style of photography?.......what do you mean? Is it the way the photo is edited? We will answer this.....
Also, being fit for a wedding day photography assignment. With no weddings taking place...2020-07-151h 00
A Wedding Photographers JourneyPricing on your website.... Yay or Nay?Pricing on your website.....do you? or not do you? This is a question that has filled many a Facebook thread or forum since wedding photographers started to do websites. We ask, and give our opinion!
Wedding Sequels are an actual thing now.....but what is this strange phrase? Are you an award chaser and a badge displayer? What's the biggie with awards and are they all that really? As a wedding photographer, how do you work with videographers? Who has the more important role out of the two on the day??.....and Time Travel 101. Find out...2020-07-081h 00
A Wedding Photographers JourneyAre you Professional?Being a professional photographer means behaving in a certain way. Doing business in the correct manner, and respecting the industry you and your co-photographers work in.
In this episode we discuss: Being fed at a Wedding? Yay or Nay!? Should I show my prices on my website? How to deal with those awkward weddings. Venues wanting photographers photos for FREE! Why are you doing this? What do you wear for a Wedding day as a photographer? Bridesmaids...what is their role on a wedding day?....and there's a bit of current TV favourite box sets talk!
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A Wedding Photographers JourneyThe whole experience from client enquiry, to delivering the final products!We discuss how we initially aim to acquire our clients, then how we form our working relationship, the extra miles worth going in order to give them the best experience possible. They've invested with you, give a little back.
We talk Instagram tactics, is it worth attended a rehearsal? and a few other nuggets of information and advice.
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A Wedding Photographers JourneyIs it right that you should work for FREE as a photographer?We sit down and discuss the F word! FREE!! When is it right to work for free!? Should you ever work for free!? What are the ramifications of working for free? Starting out is daunting enough so who would pay to receive the service? Is there value in a newbies service?
Also, our local #BLM event a passionate, peaceful socially distant respected protest!...see our photos on our facebook page here.
And we also re visit a wedding from last year.2020-06-1752 min
A Wedding Photographers JourneyWhy is there so much negativity in the Wedding Photography Industry!?We're not the type to grumble naturally, and if we do....we keep it to ourselves! So why can't everybody else? In a period of time that has seen soooo much negativity in the press, online, and in publications we though it may me a ripe time for us to lay our cards out and say what makes us grumble. The photography industry, like it or not, is full of negative people who do not like other photographers for whatever reason. WHY!!? Why is this feeling there? Why do they gang up on and outwardly discourage newbie photographers? Why...2020-06-1057 min
A Wedding Photographers JourneyHas Covid-19 changed the Wedding industry for good?Is the wedding industry and the way a wedding photographer works all about to change as a result of Covid-19?
Also....we reminisce on a 2019 Shabang of a wedding!2020-06-031h 02
A Wedding Photographers JourneyFollowing my heart, and then my brain. Why Entering - then leaving sports photography was the best decision to surviving as a professional photographer!In our latest episode, we continue with our story from fledgling to fully grown pro photographer. The road I wanted to go down with the knowledge and passion I had to the realisation that I was in the wrong field if I wanted to progress as a professional photographer. The value and importance that a website has and for the correct content that website should be displaying for your success. In a nut shell, don't appear to be a Jack of all trades. Show that you are an expert in one. Believe me.......it works!2020-05-2739 min
A Wedding Photographers JourneyPhotographing a wedding with a point and shoot! Are you serious?We all gotta start somewhere. All the best of the the best in whatever you can think of have all started out somewhere. Even those that where born into a privileged background, that had it all handed to them on a plate have still had to start . Starting can be a quick and simple process for some. To others it can take years to get from point A to point B! Many factors are involved in this, but as an individual artist it is up to you to keep moving in the right direction- FORWARD no matter how quick...2020-05-2038 min
A Wedding Photographers JourneyIntroducing our podcast A Wedding Photographers JourneyHi, and thanks for finding us if you were looking for us. Or if you've stumbled across us while searching podcasts, then maybe come on in for a listen. This is an introductory episode for our podcast that we've named A Wedding Photographers Journey. We outline who we are, what we're about and why we have started our own podcast and the content we aim to deliver and to whom this may be of interest to. The Wedding industry is growing as is the supplier base. This includes the amount of photographers that want to make a career in t...2020-05-1316 min