The Vendor Table - A Wedding and Photography Podcast

We're back for some more "Hot Takes"! Because we always have so many, we had to split this into another part. We breakdown everything from "are wedding favors necessary" to "should videographers charge more than photographers?". We also play a hilarious game of "word association" that we may have to make a regular segment. — Come join us at the biggest Wedding Photography Conference in the world,...

As small business owners, our time is often limited. To be successful, it's essential to stay organized. We were thrilled to have Akua Konadu from HoneyBook and The Independent Business Podcast in the studio to discuss getting organized for 2025. We talked about HoneyBook's latest updates (including their decision to raise prices), their efforts to help small businesses automate workflows, and so...

We are in the "slow season" as wedding vendors and it's the best time to layout your goals for the year. We chat all about our goals are, what we are using to better our businesses in 2025 as well as what we are doing to try and achieve them. We also touch on some hot button topics including "are vendors taking advantage of clients with the content they are making?". This episode is sponsored by H...

Happy New Year, fam! We hope your 2025 is off to an amazing start! Have you ever received a piece of advice from a client that completely reshaped your wedding business? We asked our followers to share their insights, and they certainly delivered! This episode covers so much, from whether you should list your prices on your website to learning to say "no" when you can't accommodate a request. It's...

What better way to end 2024 with some good old fashioned Wedding "Hot Takes". You guys wrote us in some seriously good takes in this one. We covered everything from the crooked horizon trend to champagne towers. This was such a fun one to end the year on and we can't thank you all enough for tuning in each and every week. See you in 2025! — Come join us at the biggest Wedding Photography Conferenc...

With the holiday approaching, we decided to release this episode a day early so we can keep you company on some last minute shopping! We break down a bunch of topics and trends that we saw come up this year. Everything from the "TikTok Dip", to "do people really think open seating will work for a wedding?". We also have a super important discussion on what are the best "singalong" songs to play at...

Only a few weeks of 2024 and what a season it was. So much happened this year and we talk all about some things that made an impact over the last 12 months. How was it working with Content Creators? Did the "no wedding party" trend actually happen? Is the "blurry trash" trend finally fading into oblivion? We talk about all of these topics and so much more. — Check out our new WEBSITE - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.th...

We are so pumped for this collab! We were so excited to sit down with Cassidy Lynne , a prominent wedding photographer, educator and influencer and host of the Oh Shoot! Podcast. Cassidy shares her journey into photography, the challenges she faced, and her strategies for success in the industry, along with so much more. — Check out Cassidy Lynne and the Oh Shoot! Podcast. Instagram // TikTok // O...

We’re back in the studio! So much has happened since our last recording, and we’re diving right into the hottest topics. From the sudden rise of bride-influencers and how they might be shifting the wedding industry into uncharted territory, to whether photographers really need shot lists, and even asking if presets are on the verge of extinction. We cover it all in this fast-paced, no-holds-barred...

It's Thanksgiving week here in the states and we are so thankful for all of you. We are on break this week for the holiday, but figured we would drop a compilation episode of our very favorite and most hilarious moments since we started this thing back in 2023. This one is jam packed with our favorite laugh out moments, hand picked by us. Thank you all again for tuning in each and every week and k...

We were so excited to welcome Paige Griffith aka "The Legal Paige" onto the show! Paige opens up about her journey from law school to building a thriving business as an entrepreneur, sharing the highs, lows, and lessons learned while creating her legal education platform. She dives into key topics like the importance of artistic style clauses, the growing role of AI in contract drafting, and the t...

FAN GIRL SCREAM! If you were to ask us what one of our "dream big" goals were when we launched the podcast, it was to sit down and interview this incredible human! We were so excited to welcome Hayley Paige @misshayleypaige to the table. You might know Hayley from her incredible wedding gown designs, or have seen her on "Say yes to the dress". She has been a guiding light in our industry and we ar...

Welcome to our first remote episode! While we will be back in the studio to record the majority of our episodes, we wanted to test out our remote setup as we have some big guests planned to come on the show in the next few weeks. In this episode, we sat down to chat about some sensitive topics. Everything from "can vendors tell when clients aren't going to last?" to "do you think that clients know...

Mikey SunsetZ & Diva Lauren are in the studio this week for a special edition of "Wedding Day Horror Stories". Our listeners wrote us in some absolutely wild stories that seem so unbelievable it had us questioning if they were legitimate. We are not giving anything away in the description for this one... it was truly unhinged in every way possible. — Check out our new WEBSITE - ⁠www.thevendort...

It's been a while since we had a guest sit down at The Vendor Table! We were joined by Jaclyn Rutigliano, a third-generation floral designer from @hometownflowerco . Jaclyn provides us with an amazing behind-the-scenes perspective on the wedding floral industry. She sheds much-needed light on many important topics that have gone unrecognized in the industry. We talk about everything from the weddi...

My goodness a lot has gone down since we last recorded. There was some crazy drama on TikTok with a makeup artist who didn't take a hint when asked to leave. A bride from Florida drugged her guests, and Millie Bobbi Brown got married and probably will start a trend. We also get heated with guests who always think getting their cell phone shot is the most important thing at a wedding. — Follow us o...

We all know you have a wedding vendor/venue blacklist. Aka a person or place you refuse to work with! We dive in the hidden truth about vendor blacklists as well as some other interesting topics. Is Super 8 and VHS style video becoming the new popular wedding trend? What happens when a member of the creative team crosses their medium (Video delivering photos/photographer delivering video). Is that...

Do you still wake up nervous on a wedding day? Are you stressing about missing a moment, or worried you forgot something? Yeah, us too. We get real on this episode where we talk all about having "Wedding Anxiety" as a vendor. We also chat about "aging out" as wedding photographers. Will there be a time we hang up the camera and shift careers? We also get very spirited about a planner who told us t...

So many good questions were addressed on this weeks episode. Everything from, Are Wedding Floral budgets out of control? To... does the order of vendor tags on Instagram actually matter? Also, do you think that some vendors should hold a professional certificate to be able to operate? We also talk about how Excel spreadsheets get us pretty damn excited. — Follow us on Social - @thevendortablepod ⁠...

What would you do if you got home and found out that someone deleted the family photos off of your camera? Well that is just what happened to one photographer. We dive into that crazy story, as well as a bunch of others. We also talk about how we disagree on how we import our photos, that scammer photographer in Indiana thats ripping people off and how a "unity sandwich" should be the ne...

You guys know we love to keep it real over here. But whats your favorite part about being a wedding vendor? We get into a real honest conversation about. We also talk about "what happens when a client gets divorced before you could deliver the wedding photos?". Also, is your business in good hands if you "kick the bucket" unexpectedly? — Follow us on Social - @thevendortablepod...

This episode is jam packed with some of the most insane wedding stories we have heard... and they come from you! From a florist who tried to get out of refund by faking a car accident, to a groom exposing his cheating bride (on their wedding day), to a family member that just can't keep her clothes on. This one has it all. — Follow us on Social - @thevendortablepod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Have you ever had a take an arrow for a client? Are vendors really talking trash about their clients DURING THEIR WEDDING? Do you really need a contract as a wedding vendor? You guys wrote in some wild topics for us to chat about in this truly unhinged episode. — Follow us on Social - @thevendortablepod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ // ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Busy season is starting to heat up and so are the topics you have been sending in. This one is jam packed with topics such as "who should control the wedding timeline, the photographer or the planner?". As well as "is it okay to gatekeep photo locations?". We also touch on a sensitive topic that was brought up on the Runaway Vows podcast ( The Kitchen ). Are couples thinking to...

One of the most requested topics we have received over the last year! Second shooting a Wedding offers photographers the ability to grow and learn on the job, while giving them so much artistic and creative freedom. We go over everything from "what main photographers look for in the second shooters" to the business side. Including "should second shooters be allowed to use the images...