Everything You Need To Know About Weddings
Business advice and guidance for wedding videographers, cinematographers, and filmmakers.
Have you filmed or photographed a wedding during the Covid pandemic? If so, I’m willing to bet that you encountered your camera’s viewfinder fogging up throughout the day. Am I right? Why? Due to wearing your face mask of course. OK, so wearing the mask is important for obvious reasons. But surely it is possible to …
As a wedding filmmaker, I’ve personally learned so much from listening to many of the best wedding videographer podcasts. This collection of business and creativity-focused podcasts aimed towards wedding vendors are packed full of inspiration, advice, and educational tidbits. I’ll hazard a guess to say that if you are a wedding filmmaker, you’ve probably already …
Online reviews are dominating the way consumers choose which services to invest their money in. One of the most influential sites is Google. Wedding vendors are always asking me how to request Google reviews for their wedding business. When they follow my advice, their conversion rate for getting 5-star reviews from newlyweds increases significantly. What …
Being a part of the wedding industry, especially as a wedding videographer, can be a fantastic experience. With the wedding industry being as big as it is, wedding videographers need to excel at figuring how to get more wedding video clients. They need to make themselves stand out as the best possible option for any …
It can take years to build a successful wedding videography brand. Then overnight, one single misfortune could jeopardize all that hard work and leave the business reputation in tatters. Having the right insurance in place can help protect against financial loss when things go wrong. This layer of wedding videographer insurance protection offers peace of …
One of the most challenging decisions any budding videographer can make is deciding how, when, and whether or not they should try to make a full-time living from filming weddings. Assuming you have a passion for wedding videography and you really want to learn how to become a wedding videographer, the next thing to decide …
For many couples (and videographers), a big question that often arises is can they legally use copyrighted music for their wedding video? Can I use copyrighted music for wedding video? No, you cannot use copyrighted music in a wedding video unless you have specifically licensed the music from an authorized source. There are companies that …
I’m not entirely sure why, but this is a topic that causes confusion, controversy, and often a hint of procrastination. This is especially so if you’re only starting out in the wedding video business. Don’t fear, I’ll share with you some thoughts I’ve had regarding pricing models for event videography. If you’re wondering how much …
When a camera operator or a novice enthusiast is considering a career as a wedding videographer, one of the first things that will cross their mind is, can they actually make a living from it? I know this because I’ve been there and asked myself the same question when I was starting out as a …
