Make Better Wedding Films

🖤Welcome to Make Better Wedding Films!!!! 🖤 We are back baby! With a new name a new fire in our belly 🔥 To start off season 2 in style we have the magazine mogul herself Greta Kenyon, founder and editor of Together Journal sharing her wisdom and insights on the year that's been and what she's learned from the wedding industry as a whole. Adaptability is the name of the game for today's episode...

Today we're talking about two subjects that have been talked about on this show before but it's important we have a refresher...  One is the idea of branding, why would you spend money on re-branding your business? and if you do, what does it look like?  I chat with Taylor Petrinovich about her recent rebrand and how she's positioning her brand to fit firmly in the high end market. We ta...

Now is the time to invest in yourself, to take this as an opportunity to develop and thrive as a creative entrepreneur. For the established videographers, it’s time for us to develop and diversify, to strengthen our businesses and clearly define our brands. For up and coming videographers, it’s time to learn and prepare for the post COVID wedding season when all the established videographers will...

There is a lot of fear being spread within the wedding industry right now. Postponements, loss of income, creatives are scrambling to figure out how best to keep their businesses afloat. On today's show, I'm speaking with Jai Long. As someone who has mastered the art of upselling, he breaks down his philosophy with me of how we can be making the most out of each wedding we do manage to get over th...

Todays episode is a little different, this one is specifically for the photographers and I'm joined by Chris Turner to talk through everything a wedding photographer needs to know to start experimenting in the world of video. We're going right back to basics talking about settings, gear, editing software and how none of them have to slow you down or take your focus away from your photography. Toda...

‘Wholesome hustle’ is a phrase I would use to describe John & Nick’s approach to growing their podcast ‘How To Film Weddings’. No-one can deny the time, effort and vision these two have put into this project that they began back in 2018.    Besides the educational benefit that podcasts like ours bring to wedding filmmakers, what’s sets How To Film Weddings apart (I believe) is the co...

Grace & Andrew aka ‘Grandrew’ aka Bottlebrush Films have had an incredible year… After re-imagining their already successful wedding film company with a bold new look, they crafted one of the most action-packed filmmaker workshop/getaways I’ve ever seen. It’s clear that the investment in both time and energy that these two have put in to their brand, to make it something that they love, can ge...

📷 SHOW LOVE Ep012 | Potent Inspiration ft. Si Moore 📷   When Si & Soph started Bayly & Moore, they wanted to surround themselves with the best, most potent inspiration. They knew that in order to create great work, they had to consume great work. You are what you eat...   On today’s show, I chat with Si about how we can step out from underneath the torrent of beautiful imagery...

🎥SHOW LOVE Ep011 | The Client Experience ft. Henry Martens 🎥   We all expect our work to stand on it’s own, and the growth of our business to directly reflect how “good” we are at making wedding films… But I’m afraid to say that isn’t the case. Obviously you need a good product, but how clients experience your work, how they remember you, how they talk about you to their friends who are abo...

I'm sure we've all, at some point, dreamed about the possibility of getting paid to travel the world filming/photographing incredible weddings. So on todays episode I sit down with the legend Nisha Ravji, who is arguably the most well travelled wedding photographer in New Zealand. The laundry list of stunning locations that she's travelled to to capture weddings is enough to make most of us froth...

*Hey guys, sorry this episode is super late! Upload failed and I didn't realise until someone gave me a heads up!!! Enjoy!* It's time to stop hiding in the shadows and let your personality shine through! Jonathan and I chat about how you can create amazing connections with your couples and provide an incredible experience for them on the day by loosening your grip on what it traditionally means to...

🎥🎤SHOW LOVE - EPISODE EIGHT! 🎤🎥 Finding Your Look ft. Natalie Hind - The Auburn Hour Film Co. I've been in awe of Natalie's films for so long now, they just look so damn beautiful! Not only that, they are instantly recognisable as hers. So I wanted to chat to her about how exactly she found her unique visual style, how she keeps it consistent! and how we can all be more bold when tweaking and...

🎥🎤SHOW LOVE - EPISODE SEVEN! 🎤🎥  Building Your Brand ft. Mel Branson from Till Death On todays episode we look at all things branding and owning your business' vision.  As Mel says, "it's imperative to understand what you are trying to say - with your business". When couples are looking for their wedding videographers it comes down to more than simply who makes the best films for the...

🎥🎤SHOW LOVE - EPISODE SIX! 🎤🎥  Get it in Writing ft. Wendy Hampton from Horrocks Hampton Lawyers Contracts, contracts, contracts... it's something that a lot of us forget about for a long time. It's all fine and dandy until something goes wrong. So today we'll be talking all things legal with a real lawyer who can help us work through our current contracts, finding out what works, what do...

🎥🎤SHOW LOVE - EPISODE FIVE! 🎤🎥  Painting a Picture ft. Lemon Tree Film House This episode is for everyone out there wanting more authentic storytelling in their films. No gimmicks, no fads, no trends, just real, honest storytelling. Shaun and TJ are masters at telling their couples stories and getting the essence of their personality to come through in their films.  Oh and did I ment...

 🎥🎤SHOW LOVE - EPISODE FOUR! 🎤🎥 Crafting Excitement ft. Humdrum Films.   This month I sit down to chat with Jared and Jacob from Humdrum Films. These boys produce some of the best, most energetic wedding films in my opinion and they give some great insight for anyone who wants their films to stand out from the crowd. Today’s topic “Crafting excitement” is one I chose specificall...

On episode three of the podcast I chat with Patty Lagera about hybrid shooting and how videographers can start to think about embracing photography offerings within their business. It's an area that I think scares a lot of us but I believe that we will begin to see more and more couples who primarily just want a video of their wedding along with a handful of beautiful portraits (rather than photos...

This one is for all the videographers who are shooting weddings solo. Whether you're unsure about what multiple shooters could do for your films or you've just got used to shooting alone, David Aga and I chat through some of the benefits of increased coverage from multiple cameras and how it can really take your storytelling to the next level. Also, if you currently use one extra shooter, what's h...

In this episode, Jared from Perspectives Photo & Cinema sits down with me to chat through the twists and turns of the creative process and what systems we can put in place to cultivate it, grow it and even force it when deadlines are pushed!   Show Love - A Podcast for Wedding Filmmakers Facebook: @showlovepodcast Host: Ben Journee - @sideprojectfilms Guest: Jared Brandon -@perspectives.c...