A Wedding Photographers Journey

Ep17 The season Finalè

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 19:22:08 +0000

What 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 laugh about that.

Season 2 will be here before you know it, and hopefully we'll all have been back to a near normal way of living and working by then.

As always DM us Insta Twitty and faceachebook, give us your questions, opinions and anything else you fancy throwing at us!

Stay happy, be nice and keep yourself on that photography journey!
D&K
#teamdmp

Impostor Syndrome! Who gets this and why?

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:57:00 +0000

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 asking Kara a question mid podding!

Lot's more fun wedding photo chat in this weeks Episode. Join us for an hour of funnies!

We'd love to hear from you fellow industry folk. Let us know what you're up to. Got a question for us, r an opinion on what we do? Just message us on our socials : Facebook, Instagram & Twitty

Music used in Episode with thanks to AShamaluevMusic

Are Weddings as we know them about to change in the UK?

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 11:45:31 +0000

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 hour.

Got a question you want to ask us. Message us via our Facebook page or Instagram...and even Twitter. We'll include these in our next episode.

Documentary & Reportage Photography. Is there a difference?

Thu, 27 Aug 2020 23:51:24 +0000

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.

What's with the Ego?

Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:51:49 +0000

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?

...and what is Milk Bath?...and who should be taking one?

Join us for some fun wedding photo chat where we discuss all this and much more on our latest Episode (13) of A Wedding Photographers Journey.

Road Trip 2020

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 18:21:38 +0000

We'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 Ronson as being the man in the cover photo for this episode...but she really meant to say Nile Rodgers of Chic fame....Honest!

Are Wedding Photographers Being true to their art? or is there no art?

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 10:19:36 +0000

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!

Is it too soon for the wedding industry to return as we knew it?

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 11:40:46 +0000

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 productive exercise or a social supplier meet up?

Find out why Kara has been donning some gym wear recently and what's this with the shadow people?

All fun chat again in our 10th Episode, a bit of grumbling....and a Wedding revisit. Come and listen.

Why....do we do what we do the way we do!

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:11:14 +0000

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 maybe it's time to hit the home gym!

Join us for some more fun wedding photo chat......with Mousey the cat for company

Pricing on your website.... Yay or Nay?

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 09:00:00 +0000

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 where we'd end up if we had a time machine at our disposal.

A jam packed episode...with a few laughs and giggles along the way. Join us for some fun wedding photo chat.

Are you Professional?

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 15:11:36 +0000

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!

We are on Instagram and facebook and twitter, and website, so come see us.

New wedding photographers this is for you! Established wedding photographers come and say hi! You'll love some things, hate other things but this is the spice of life...opinions rule!

The whole experience from client enquiry, to delivering the final products!

Wed, 24 Jun 2020 15:38:39 +0000

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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Is it right that you should work for FREE as a photographer?

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:43:11 +0000

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.

Why is there so much negativity in the Wedding Photography Industry!?

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 14:14:00 +0000

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 are some in little cliques that won't allow entry to anyone they don't know. If you're not part of a recognised group or body of people why are you discounted as being of any relevance as a wedding photographer? It's a taboo subject.....but listen to our take, and hear our personal experiences at being on the receiving end of other photographers and their negativity.

Has Covid-19 changed the Wedding industry for good?

Wed, 03 Jun 2020 17:28:15 +0000

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!

Following my heart, and then my brain. Why Entering - then leaving sports photography was the best decision to surviving as a professional photographer!

Wed, 27 May 2020 12:12:39 +0000

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!

Photographing a wedding with a point and shoot! Are you serious?

Wed, 20 May 2020 09:00:00 +0000

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 or slow this may be. In this first full episode, listen to my story and how long it was between my first ever wedding shoot as a favour and the unrecognisable kit I used, to my next wedding....and then right up to my first actual paid wedding.

Darren & Kara talk the journey, the lessons and the education. The steps they took to progress from Dad with camera, to first paying gig!

Introducing our podcast A Wedding Photographers Journey

Wed, 13 May 2020 16:33:29 +0000

Hi, 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 this rewarding industry. We debunk those and their opinions that YOU shouldn't do it, or that you're not good enough to be shooting weddings! So if you have a passion to be part of the wedding industry as a photographer and you're just starting out...come and join us for some fun and simple chat. You will not find any F-stop, ISO or shutter speed subjects to confuse you....just Darren & Kara talking wedding photo stuff!