Hey guys! My name is Andrew! I'm a full-time wedding photographer and videographer in southern CA. I shoot over 50 weddings per year. I created this channel to teach you how to become the most successful wedding photographer you can be. While I might be a photographer at face value, I really love the business / entrepreneur side of this career and that is what I will be focusing on more in this channel, how to grow your business and sell yourself as a wedding photographer. If you want to be a successful wedding photographer and learn how to go full-time and make well over 6 figures a year this is the channel for you!
love love loving your content, Im a newborn photographer (booked solidly with those) but would love more wedding opportunities! Would love your marketing advice on how you are reaching your clients. also are you dong facial tracking with your camera for most of the wedding? thanks so much, love all your content.
Thanks! Continual autofocus for 99% of the time. Sony cameras automatically find the eyes and it focuses on them it does a pretty good job. I would probably need to make a video about how to grow a business but 100% get as much photos of beautiful weddings and couples in your portfolio with as gorgeous of locations as possible to start. Once you ah e an amazing portfolio that’s step 1.
Thanks for the video, but why would you change the color of the groom and groomsmen suits from a royal blue to midnight blue. People choose a color theme at their weddings for a reason, my guy. I know I would not appreciate that as a client.
WOW what a video and what a location oh my gosh! Loved all your helpful tricks, but could you maybe put the settings next to some photos? Just for reference !
Thanks. this is perfect!!! Im a wedding photographer in Central Florida and I'm going to LA in October. I'm looking to book a few couples while im there and these spots look amazing! Im looking for any kind of mountain, canyon, desert or rocky cliffy beach since we dont have any of that here in Florida xD
Do you have recommendations on export settings and online gallery file types? Struggling with clients having noisy photos after then download from the online gallery and I’m not sure what to change to fix that? This is one of the best photography channels I’ve came across keep doing big things man!
Thank you! I found your video after 2 years you posting it. I have a question regarding the a7iii camera. I am seeing a lot of people with their shutter broken at lower shutter count like 20k - 50k. Did you ever experienced something like that with your camera. I also have a a7iii but it makes me feel really uncomfortable when i remember there is a 60% chance things getting bad according to what I read and saw. Thanks again for the videos.
It's fun seeing the similarities and differences of workflows between a wedding photographer like yourself and a bird photographer like me haha. Enjoyed the video!
Loved your own preset at 25mins. Beautiful look. would love to try it on some of my images as well. Any chance you'd be willing to share it ? Cheers mate. awesome video. I'm a follower after this one! love your thought process
Thank you! Yeah it's essentially Dirty Boots & Messy Hair DB-01 with added color to specific colors green, yellow, blue. Maybe I'll make a video and share the preset. But kinda feels wrong sharing the preset because it's 95% dirtyboots preset and they sell em.
Great shots, great vibes, but editing is off. Groom suits are originally royal blue that has been changed to navy blue after editing. Pictures essentially are not reflecting how things actually were. One of my pet peeves.
I use a flash with a defuser and also am holding a constant light. Camera settings are 1/200 shutter speed and f1.8 and ISO 2000, then put your flash on TTL (which is auto for flash) and then you can run around and shoot all night no problem! The light defuser is called the Gary fong light sphere, it’s like $90 but work’s incredibly well! Looks like a nice soft box and always gets great even lighting!
I hold my cameras bottom to bottom against each other as if to join them as one camera and then make sure they are tilted correctly for the photo. And then I hold them both with both my hands and make sure my thumb or pointer finger is on the shutter button. It looks pretty funny when I’m doing it but it gets the job done.
Thank you so much. I have run into quite a few gate keepers and it's frustrating. I was voluntold for a wedding, never having done one, not even in my wheel house and I just learned so much from watching this. In your opinion what's the best camera to use, I only have a beginner level rebel t7 2000d with an 18-55mm lens and a 50mm lens. Also can you recommend a good slave flash for my camera as my son broke the one it came with. TIA ❤❤
Good to hear! Yes id buy a Sony A7 iii as a cheaper option for professional wedding photography. I have quite a few. You can get better cameras if you have budget for it. Any new mirrorless camera canon or Sony or any of the ice cameras these days are more than good enough. It gets to a point where the gear doesn't even matter, if your photos and prompts and what you are photographing is good, thats what makes a good photo. But generally speaking if your camera body is less than $2500 it's probably not a great camera. Full frame is pretty essential for pro photography. I shoot with 35mm prime lens and 85mm prime lens for the whole wedding day. it's the best combo for weddings. As for flash idk just dont go cheap on your gear and you will be in good hands. I aimed for a mid priced flash, basically the more expensive the flash the brighter it flashes, meaning you can shoot flash photography from across the room and have it light up enough for a good photo. Dont go cheap on flash unless you plan on staying close and wanting to upgrade your gear soon after you buy it. Rule for life, you always get what you pay for.
Un detras de camara que me dejo mareado, utiza en el futuro tu telefono para grabar tus videos y te aseguro que lograras buenos resultados A camera behind that left me dizzy, use in the future your phone to record your videos and I assure you that you will achieve good results
These are gorgeous!!! I love your editing so much. 😮😮😮 Do you by chance sell any presets?? I would LOVE the indoor ones I have such a hard time with indoor colors. 😂
Idk this was in for a minute. I think RU-vid also made the colors a bit different too but yeah this is just a style I guess. I don’t love it anymore. Back to natural colors
I just stumbled upon your videos. And in a matter of 5 minutes, you've taught me more than half of the RU-vidrs I've watched for 10 years. That is such an accomplishment! I was hooked within minutes. SUBSCRIBED! 😊
