Tag / wedding photography
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Rachel Greiman: Copywriting Tips for Wedding Photographers
INTRODUCING RACHEL Rachel Greiman is a copywriter and documentary family photographer based in Denver, CO. She owns Green Chair Stories, a company committed to taking photographs and writing words that look and sound like real people. In this episode, she drops soooo many gems on how wedding photographers can improve the copy on their websites…
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Uplevel Your Wedding Photography Brand & Business
Take your business to the next level // Are you eager to bring your wedding photography business to the next level? A great way to start is to reflect on the past year and assess what worked well and what didn‘t. Figure out which aspects of your business recquire special attention, and focus on those…
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Tinted Photography: Creative Life & Business as a Photography Duo
INTRODUCING SIRJANA & BEN (TINTED PHOTOGRAPHY) Based in New Zealand, Sirjana and Ben are a wife and husband team who plan and photograph epic adventures for their couples around the world. The photograph weddings, elopements, pre-wedding, proposal and honeymoon adventures. For the past three and a half years, they have been travelling the world and…
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Be Mindful of Tokenism in Your Wedding Photography Portfolio
Representation is Important in Wedding Photography // If you haven’t done so already, read my previous post “Diversifying Your Wedding Photography Portfolio & Beyond” before going ahead with this article. Discerning tokenism in some situations can be tricky. So let’s start by looking at the core meaning. And for this, I am going to use…
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Diversifying Your Wedding Photography Portfolio
Become an Inclusive Wedding Photographer // A few days ago, I was honored to be a panelist on a virtual photography gathering called Conference & Chill. The Inclusivity panel was hosted by Sirajna from Tinted Photography and I was joined by Tash Jones, Igor Demba, Joao Guedes, Phan Tien, and Stacey Krolow, who was one…
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The Importance of Equal Representation of Black People in the Wedding Industry
Diversity Matters in the Wedding Industry // Our industry has come under intense scrutiny in the past few weeks as being very white-washed. This is evident in the images shared across the board online on social media, vendor websites, mainstream wedding blogs, print magazines and the like. Furthermore, the sheer underrepresentation of Black people as…
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How To Elevate Your Wedding Photography
Using Unscripted App for Posing & Prompts // Have you been feeling like you always fall back on the same poses during a photo session? Not sure what prompts to use to get your couples to feel comfortable and show emotions? Do you spend hours upon hours on Pinterest looking for inspiration, only to forget…
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How to Respond to Wedding Blogs Eagerly Seeking to Feature Black Weddings
Wedding Photographers & Wedding Blogs Showcasing Diversity // A photographer reached out to me on an Instagram comment after reading my recent post about the lack of diversity on wedding blogs, publications and feature accounts. She wanted to know how to respond when she is approached by a publication to submit a Black wedding to…
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Educating the Wedding Industry on Diversity & Inclusion
Wedding Blogs & Wedding Photography Conferences on Represenation of Black People // In order to bring about real, lasting change in the wedding industry in regards to pushing for more diversity and inclusivity, fully acknowledging the issue is the first step in solving it. Not everybody truly understands what all the uproar is about. They…