The Wedding Film School Show

Jason and Jared and the THREE types of referrals you need to get as a wedding filmmakers and photographers and how to get more of each. 

Jason and Jared breakdown how branding (even cool branding) can set you up to fail and how to make a promise with your brand voice that creates customer satisfaction

Jason and Jared spoke out against the booking agency model for wedding photo and video companies and the booking agencies didn't like that... So they wrote an e-book about us. 

Yours Truly Media has (seemingly) bitten the dust and Jared and Jason break down why this always seems to happen, why it's hurting us all, and why it's our fault. 

Jason and Jared talk about the value of taking creative risks while shooting weddings and how to know if it's worth it to get that "sick shot" or if you should just get to cocktail hour to shoot room details. 

Do you need to be friends with your clients to make great work. Jared and Jason say "No". Let's explore... Buckle up. 

Jason and Jared let you know which camera gear are a true gift for wedding filmmakers and what gear is more like a lump of coal in your gear bag? Lumix S1ii https://geni.us/vnx9w Lumix 24-60 f/2.8 https://geni.us/vPtf6 Canon C50 https://geni.us/canon_c50 Plaud Note AI Recorderhttps://geni.us/paud_ai_recorder Kondor Blue Firefly DTAP Light https://geni.us/kondor_blue_firefly  DJI Mavic 4 Pro https:...

Jason and Jared break down why creatives NEED to create, follow and maintain a budget and how to harness your creative energy and emotions to make budgeting... fun? 

Breaking down the some of the biggest challenges facing professional wedding filmmaking as a whole and one idea that might allow the industry category to fight back against all the headwinds we are facing. Is it time to get united? 

We all have heard the term "Bridezilla" to describe a challenging bride (we think Groomzilla should be a thing too). In this episode Jason and Jared discuss working with challenging couples and whether or not the "Bridezilla" thing is even really... a thing. 

Jason and Jared discuss the challenges of shooting weddings where bad weather is an issue and how to make sure you can still deliver amazing films for your couples. 

Drones are ubiquitous in the wedding space, but with a lot of the uncertainty around drones here in the USA and the emergence of Content Creators are our opening drone shots of the gold course under threat? Jason and Jared discuss! 

Jason and Jared break down how they shot a crazy three day luxury wedding industry gala in Miami, Florida. They break down how the handle preproduction, shooting and team management for an event with TONs of deliverables and a same day timeline (and look good doing it). 

HTFW is gone and we thought... Let's unpack that with John. John Bunn was one half of the How To Film Weddings duo and he comes on to talk all things HTFW, the future of education and wedding films, and what's next for HTFW and John. 

The dreaded "best ot" lists in the wedding industry, our obsession with PR and clout, and why in the end it all comes back to "excellence". Lindsay Landman of Lindsay Landman Events out of NYC joins the show to discuss it all and drop a few hot takes about wedding filmmakers and their black jeans. 

2025 has been, for many in weddings, a down year but the question is... WHY? In this episode Jared and Jason break down some reasons why you MAY not be booking in2025 and hopefully how to avoid the same fate in 2026. 

We hear the terms "Editorial" and "Documentary" style thrown around a lot but what the heck does this mean and which style is right for you? I dunno. Here's a podcast about it. 

Jimmy Lick of Second Society come son to discuss what drove him to start his all-in-one booking platform for hiring shooters, Second Society, how to get hired for great gigs as a 2nd shooter, and the interesting economy around hiring shooters at wedding in 2025. 

What does it REALLY mean to provide a good customer experience as a wedding creative and who decides anyway? 

Everybody needs a website, but is your website doing your photo/video biz more harm than good? Jason and Jared breakdown the ways your website could be turning clients away and 4 necessary things each website must do to be effective. 

Tented weddings at a private home just hit different. As an expert in tenting and luxury private estate weddings Keri Ketterer of Always Yours Events and Keri Ketterer Walter & Co. discusses the complexity of tenting and private home events as well as the importance of creating surprise and delight in every event guest... And even a little of how wedding filmmakers can better tell that story i...

Jason and Jared explore the New Yorker article "Does the Knot Have a Fake Bride's Problem?" and discuss the perils of online advertising, their own Knot stats (at the end), and the culture in the wedding industry that makes helping normal vendors understand marketing and sales so hard. 

Jared and Jason break down the keys to selling to anyone: Mirroring, signaling, and authenticity. 

Jason and Jared discuss a hot topic: storytelling... They explore some of the buzzwords and cliches used in the wedding videography community and explore the true HEART of wedding filmmaking: family. 

Jared and Jason dive into the challenges of starting a new wedding filmmaking brand in 2025 and what we would focus on if we were starting or establishing a new brand in 2025. Even you vets may learn something.