The Snappening - Wedding Photography Podcast

Hey Snappety Snappers, today I chat with Carla Mitchell, who is a super talented photographer from Queenstown. She spends most of the year shooting amazing help-elopments, and also has a Photo Booth company, The Photobooth . She is now setting up Slay my Day ; NZ’s newest wedding and events platform, bringing together vendors and connecting them with couples looking for the perfect match! Slay My...

Hi guys! Today I have a lovely chat with Martin Ellard from Wales! Martin is well known for his reportage / documentary style and we chat in detail about how that was forged. He has quite an interesting photographic journey and unlike a lot of other wedding photographers - has almost never had another job outside of the photographic industry! Your host: Greg is based in Northland, New Zealand His...

Hey hey hey, today I speak with Sarah Clements (aka Sarah Yesberg) who is a wedding photographer from the South Island of New Zealand. She's gone through quite the journey of building a very successful brand, then scaling back to start a family, to now building it back up again! Sarah has lots of industry insights which I'm sure you'll enjoy listening too as well. - - - - - - - - -...

Hi Snappers! Today I'm chatting with Haley Adele, a wedding photographer from Te Aloha, New Zealand. Haley has been shooting for many years and has had quite a broad photography experience, spanning different regions and going from the home office model to the studio, then back to home and then possibly back to the studio again! Haley has lots to talk about so please enjoy! Your host: Greg is...

Hey hey hey - this week I speak with Micheal (Briggsy) Briggs. He’s based in the Yarra Valley, Melbourne and has some great insights in how to get more leads through reals and self promotion! - - - - - - - - - Your host: Greg is based in Northland, New Zealand His guest: Michael is based in Byron Bay, Australia  Sponsors: Studio Ninja - SNAPPENING50 - 50% off first year Queensberry - SNAPPENING19...

Hi Snappers, this week I chat with Graeme Passmore. Graham is from the Gold Coast region and works from up in the Sunshine Coast down to Byron Bay. After a bit of background we get into some of our epic fails… and we have a few! - - - - - - - - - Your host: Greg is based in Northland, New Zealand His guest: Graeme is based in Byron Bay, Australia   - - - - - - - - - Sponsors: Studio Ninja - SNAPPE...

Hi guys, today I'm speaking with Brendan Samuels from the Blue Mountains in Australia. We touch on his journey to where he is now, as well as how being confident with sales makes such a difference to wedding photographers. We also have a bit of a brainstorm on ways to improve the client experience (without giving ourselves too much extra work!). - - - - - - - - -   Your host: Greg is based in...

This week I chat with Scott Carney, who specialises in the candid side of wedding photography. I highly recommend checking out his very cool and unique website: https://scottcarneyphotography.com/   - - - - - - - - -   Your host: Greg is based in Northland, New Zealand His guest: Scott  is based in Durham, England - - - - - - - - - Sponsors: Studio Ninja - SNAPPENING50 - 50% off first year Queensb...

Welcome back Snappers! The Snappening is back! Well... half back... and maybe not even the good half... but anyway, Greg is back and he's interviewing other photographers to see what makes them tick, have a few yarns, learn a few things and have a few giggles along the way. In episode 160, Greg chats with Nick Thake, a very experienced wedding photographer (actually a hybrid shooter) from Per...

Hey hey! Today we chat about a pretty dumb Lightroom glitch where the image doesn't skip when you want it to - and through our own testing we might've found a workaround! Tom also gets hustled by a Facebook Marketplace user - but Big T get the last laugh. We also chat more about the a9iii... what a beast! - - - - - - - - -   Your hosts: Greg is based in Northland, New Zealand Thom is bas...

Hi Snappers In 159 Greg and Thom discuss a big shift in mindset when it comes to shooting weddings: that of shooting fewer portraits, and allocating less portrait time, and placing more emphasis on documenting the day as a whole, and shooting more like a photojournalist. Thom has also discovered the G.O.A.T of Lightroom shortcut key software: PowerKeys! - - - - - - - - - Your hosts: Greg is based...

Yo yo! So Tom has a pretty savage road kill story that kinda kills the mood... then Greg tries to salvage it with a workflow epiphany. No matter how hard we try to talk about things unrelated to photography we keep seeming to make them link back to photo stuff! - - - - - - - - -   Your hosts: Greg is based in Northland, New Zealand Thom is based in NSW, Australia Sponsors: Studio Ninja - SNAPPENIN...

Greetings, Snappers Today's episode has some SERIOUS thicc topics and some mega deep cuts! First, we chat about FloGate - Pixieset's recent decision to kill off FloThemes, the Wordpress theme company we all know and love (and most of us use). Thom explains how he has already bailed and fully rebuilt his website with Kadence blocks. Greg then drops the bombshell that he's considering...

Hi Snaps, so after some waffling and sausage eating, Thom and Greg get to the meat on the bone and discuss their Top 10 Tips for brides and grooms. This is nuggie country so bring your pickaxe and get ready for some great nuggie prospecting! - - - - - - - - -   Your hosts: Greg is based in Northland, New Zealand Thom is based in NSW, Australia - - - - - - - - - Sponsors: Studio Ninja - SNAPPENING5...

THE SNAPPENING RETURNETH Hey everyone, we are back! Sorry it's been a while. Greg and Thom have both been traveling, and while we did take microphones with us and really wanted to record on the road, we just didn't get there. Super stoked to be back into it and record weekly again. In episode 154 we start off with a good old rant. We've noticed that some photographers keep their boo...

Hey there,  AI-Snappers Look, our industry is changing fast, largely due to developments in AI. Computers can now edit for us, and even cull for us! But is this a good thing? Is it ethical to have an AI system edit our photos? Is the quality the same? Listen in to hear our take on things. In this episode full of ranty goodness we also discuss Greg's coming storm-chasing adventure, heavy metal...

Hey heeeey kids!!! Episode 152 is live and oooh it's a good ranty one! We speak about pricing - where is the balance between too many bookings at a low price and too few at a high price? We chat about a great way to send photos straight to the Photos app for easy social media uploading. Then we get to the meat of the bone about Content Creators... are they they annoying and intrusive or the n...

Ok listen... the cat's out of the bag - Thom can't stand film photos at a wedding. He lies down on the velvet chaise lounge and vents his frustrations - to a very receptive Greg who basically feels the same way. Also - the Canon R3... we tried one and have in depth comparison to Sony. Then, thanks to Myckenzie Russell we have myriad questions to answer from her awesome Facebook post! Oh...

Wassssuppp!?!?!? Episode 150 is live - Thom and Greg talk gear today, as Greg is only a couple of months away from his next storm chasing trip. Thom has been scheming hard about having a single camera body at weddings - he's been eyeing up the Canon R3... We also touch on attracting your perfect clients and also helping clients have amazing weddings, without dictating or smothering them. - -...

Hey Snap family!  Listen, we all get hungry. Especially after standing and shooting for 6 hours. So it's supremely disappointing to find out our meal has been forgotten, or to receive a meal that isn't really filling. In Episode 149 we discuss our methods to make sure this never happens again!  Thom also has a new Apple Studio Display, and some new lights.  Sponsors: Studio Ninja - SNAPP...

Hey snappers - where did the last eight weeks go? Well we’re recording today and we start off by getting into how terrible the weather has been in Auckland. What do you do when it’s a rainy day?  Then we chat about what it’s like to take inspiration from other people's photography, or whether you’re better off to stick to your own style.  And yeah the elephant in the room is how we kinda love...

Hello, citizens of the Snap realm We hope you enjoy our new looser format of recording! We basically just hit record and talk about whatever wedding-related thing comes to us - we love it. In this episode, we canvas a whole heap of topics including but not limited to the following: - How getting the bridesmaids on your side can really help your day go well - Music for your wind-down drive home - B...

After a huge hiatus we're back at the microphones for some more Snappening goodness. Greg is lamenting over his first negative review, Thom is trying to not be so busy and we're both wondering if it's time to go to electric vehicles? - - - - - - - - -   Your hosts: Greg is based in Northland, New Zealand Thom is based in NSW, Australia - - - - - - - - - Sponsors: Studio Ninja - SNAP...

We're back! It's been so long and we launch straight into the supernatural, cars and Greg has a Lightroom hack. But most importantly, Thom has some real world feedback on how putting his prices on his website has changed his lead numbers and conversion rate! - - - - - - - - - Your hosts: Greg is based in Northland, New Zealand Thom is based in NSW, Australia - - - - - - - - - Sponsors: S...

G'day Snappers! So this week we chat about an age-old question that has been on photographers' minds for many years. Should we put our prices up on our websites for everyone to see? Or should we ask that potential couples contact us to receive this pricing? - - - - - - - - - Your hosts: Greg is based in Northland, New Zealand Thom is based in NSW, Australia - - - - - - - - - Sponsors: St...