As a wedding vendor, you have leads coming in from bridal shows, referrals, social media, and website forms. The question arises, what do you say when it comes time to follow up? Here are a few tips to use when planning your method of reaching out to your potential clients: 1. Make it personal – […]
12 Tips For Work-Life Balance and Finding the Courage to Stand Out Jessica Anderson of Jessica Sue Anderson Photography in Utah is a multi-talented photographer, wife, mother and entrepreneur. The amount of information she’s assimilated and implemented to grow her new wedding business is truly inspiring! We had a chat to learn her secrets. What […]
When you start planning your wedding, you enter into a whole new world that can come with a shockingly high price tag. It’s natural to look for places to cut corners, but here are some facts to consider before hiring an amateur photographer for your wedding day. 1. The number one regret of couples after […]
The most successful wedding photographers are doing something that the poor photographers aren’t. We’ve been digging deep into the minds and business models of 6 Figure photographers in preparation for our upcoming 6 Figure Wedding Photographer Summit, a 7 day free event just for wedding photographers. At first, it was confusing. One photographer does gorgeous […]
by Casey Fatchett How Does Your Wedding Photography Business Measure Up? | Create infographics This recent photographer survey reports… Photographers spend an average of 13.5 hours per week editing photos. The average time investment (including shooting, editing, meeting time, etc.) for a photographer per wedding is 65 hours. Wedding photographers earn an average of $37 […]
Photographers are faced with this challenge: in a world where you can get an 8×10 print at Walmart and couples are more interested in sharing digital photos on Facebook than they are in purchasing an album, how can you give clients what they want and still make money? I recently stumbled across an interview with […]
Everyone loves weddings and pictures of the event. Instead of thinking about the photographer and the problems that their picture taking causes they run around taking pictures often ruining those amazing moments. So how do you deal with it? Some photographers include a “no cameras allowed” clause in their contract, although the bride and groom […]
You have probably heard the saying “location, location, location” in connection to realty, but when it comes to photography it is even more important. Know your location inside and out. Figure out what parts of that location fit with your style, and find ways to highlight the area in ways that others may have never […]
Gift vouchers are not only effective to build your wedding business but it’s also great for building relationships with other wedding businesses. Offer free photography gift vouchers to businesses. If you’re a wedding photographer then bridal shops are an obvious choice. You offer the business a free way to say thank you to their customers […]
I ran across a question on the Wedding Questions blog that got me a little worked up. Someone (with very poor grammar, I might add) asked, “What is the reason it is impossible to make a living doing wedding photography like 10 years ago?” You can check out some interesting answers to this question and […]