The mayoral campaign is over. The DJI Mavic Mini is out. Dustin's learning how to circumvent no fly zones with his drone, legally. Steve's doing corporate shoots and having Buscemi problems. We also talk Google Photos limits and the retouching features that Google consulted with wedding photographers on to get just right. Steve talks about his experience playing around with Fujifilm cameras at a Drink and Click meetup.
Has your camera been yeeted by a groomsman recently? Has a subpar Tik Tok photographer taken crappy photos of your couple during your allotted photography time? Has someone tried to scam you on Instagram by making you feel like an influencer? We're here to help you out this week. Plus, Canon closes its headquarters and Sony adds the ability to shut the shutter on the A9 while changing lenses via a firmware update.
How can you make a move on a client who's getting married soon, without jeopardizing your business? Should Petapixel allow their writers use their enormous platform to go after thieves that no one has ever heard of, thus giving them more attention than they ever could have hoped to receive in the first place? Is it a thing that non-profits can't pay for shoots? What do you do when the conversations with the bridesmaids or groomsmen get uncomfortable? We haven't even gotten to listener Q&A and random facebook questions yet.
This week we’re talking about the Boston photographer that unwittingly spread COVID-19 to a bunch of clients, family, and friends after contracting the disease at a biogenesis conference. We also talk about a wedding photographer whose social media was hacked at the beginning of the global pandemic causing a lot of stress for her and her clients and after that we talk about a photographer that threatened to delete a problematic client’s photos. We also take a trip to the drone zone to talk about a new drone that can play dodgeball.
Howdy partners! WPH went live this week in the facebook group. We talk a lot about COVID-19 and the continued effect it is having on wedding photographers. We can promise that future episodes won't be so pandemic focused, but we can't promise they'll be as much fun as this one. This might be the best episode we've ever done. So come listen to Dustin do his Dustin thing, and listen to Steve criticize Dustin for doing Dustin (that's kind of Steve's thing after all).
This week we talked with Lexie Machado of The Awkward Photog - Alexa Machado Photography. We talk with Lexie about celery juicing, photoshopping portraits, using selective coloring in your editing workflow, and about building an educational platform for photographers. We also talk about de-shelled turtle backgrounds, photoshopping blankets out from under kids, the ethics of drawing or dropping someone into a photo, and what exactly Lightroom do and what it different from photoshop.
We're releasing this special episode to talk about COVID-19 (perhaps better known as Coronavirus), and how it's affecting wedding photography businesses and the wedding industry. We know you're hearing a lot about this right now. We know a lot of you are experiencing cancellations (we are too). It's rough out there. So we wanted to talk a little bit about being proactive during this time, communicating with your clients and other professionals, and how you could use this time in relative isolation wisely. We also talk about some ideas for making extra money if you're experiencing cancellations and loss of income. We end the episode by talking about television shows we love watching and other things that make us happy and we hope some of those things bring you joy and comfort too as you're social distancing. We're all in this together, and we can all get through this. Just don't panic and remember to ask for help if you need it. We love you all.
This week we're talking with Boris Verks, the head of product at Dotphoton. We talk with Boris about raw files and about compressing them. We also talk to Boris about the White Stripes, the National, Iggy Pop, and David Bowie. And we talk a little bit about Mexican food and Italian food. But mostly we focus on what it is that Dotphoton is doing to help photographers save space. As these new cameras take photos that can take up 80 mb per picture, it's time to start thinking about how we all can save a little space.
First up we're talking follow up this week, and specifically we're talking more about the Sony Pony situation. Next up Dustin updates us on how the free bridal show went and then we slide into the show and talk about what makes for a good lead from a bridal show. After that we're talking about an email we received that we assume is fake, but that is funny as hell to talk about. Someone wanted to know how they could avoid sleeping with someone at a conference after they already slept with them at a previous conference.
We're back with a somewhat normal episode... Well, as normal as we ever get over here. Dustin is concerned that Steve is cheating on him with Ulices Del Toro of the Wedding Photo Podcast. Dustin's doing bridal shows while Steve's been shooting in California and visiting Disneyland and Joshua Tree. Then we're talking about that Nikon D6 and the Canon EOS R5. Then, we're doing a lot of Q&A.
Here's part 2 of our two part episode from the Imaging USA conference. Steve's voice was wrecked in the first episode, and it's even more wrecked in this one. We went to a smoky bar and his voice finally gave up the ghost. Then we did all of these interviews. So once again, while everyone else was out there learning, we were talking to a bunch of companies at the trade show. Still weird. Still wild. In this episode we talk with Canon, Photobiz, B&H Photo Video Pro Audio, Gifyyy and Kiss (a great Indiana company).
Here's part 1 of our two part episode from the Imaging USA conference. Steve lost his voice on the way to Imaging USA… so that was great. As a result he sounds a little like a middle school student. So you’ll all have to rely on Dustin to bring those sweet tones you’ve grown used to enjoying in your earholes. Anyway… While everyone else was out there learning, we were talking to a bunch of companies at the trade show. It was a weird and wild time. In our first episode we talk with Kodak, Image Salon, Sony, CG Pro Prints, HiDow, Photobooth Supply Co., and MagMod.
We're talking with Matt Mead about drinking with clients and music selection for client meetings. Matt's a wedding photographer in Erie, Pennsylvania. He has a background in commercial photography, shooting a lot of real estate and also hockey photos, but his real passion is for weddings. We talk with Matt about awkward situations he's gotten into while shooting as well as how he puts his personality on display at client meetings.
Ryan Welch of Freedom Edits joins us to talk about life-changing meatball marinara sub. Then we talk about how to fix Subway. We also talk about getting started as a wedding photographer at the age of 16, scaling a business from 30 weddings a year to 100 and then to 200, and the difficulties that come with running an editing company that does millions of photo edits every month. It's a great episode, so cancel your plans, put your headphones in and watch the Britney Spears Toxic music video to get ready.
This week we're joined by Cat Ekkelboom-White all the way from Austria! Cat is an adventure and elopement photographer who shoots all over the world, but primarily in the Alps. On top of her phenomenal wedding and commercial photographer, Cat is also a Fujifilm X-Photographer. In this episode we're talking to Cat about her transition from being a composer/flautist to a photographer. We also talk about how she markets herself to shoot destination weddings in new locations and her transition from Canon to Fujifilm.
This week we talked with Jamie Findlay of Evolve Workshops. Jamie talked to us about being a photographer in Idaho as well as running international photography workshops. We talked about her transition from running a clothing store to shooting photos. We also talked about the impetus for starting Evolve and how it evolved from simple meetups to international workshops and an annual conference.
This week we're talking about Sony cars, Nikon's d780, Techart's EF to Z adapter, Canon's 1DX mark III and an Anker certified flash. We're also talking about dealing with family photos, especially when there's an unwanted person in the photo. We also have some follow up about Hitachi and the other products they make besides hard drives. Also, Dustin almost got scammed on Facebook marketplace.
First up we talk some more about email marketing. Then we talk about Facebook Live marketing and Instagram Story marketing. Dustin and Ulices talk a little bit about making the change to Sony. Dustin shares about shooting his first professional photo jobs completely with his Sony gear. Nikon shuts down their authorized repair program, a bride is arrested for allegedly forcing a photographer to pay to shoot her wedding, and a Kentucky photographer sues for her supposed religious right to discriminate against people (BTW, there's no religious right that allows anyone to discriminate).
