The Wedding Film School Show

How do you know WHEN the time is right to quit that other job and go full-time in wedding filmmaking. In this episode we dive into THREE milestones in your wedding filmmaking biz you can use to determine if the time is right for you to go FULL-TIME as a wedding filmmaker!

The age old question in the creative world "When should I go full-time" is one many of us have wrestled with. For some, the decision to take the plunge was easy and obvious (at least to our mind) but to others it may have been a little tricky, but let's be honest... Is it all it's cracked up to be? For many of you the truth is, it MAY not be the right choice for YOU. In this episode we dig into a...

GET $25 OFF CALIBRATE WORKSHOP BY USING OUR CODE WFS25 : www.calibrateworkshop.com John and Nick are the wedding filmmakers behind one of our industries best podcasts, How to Film Weddings. In this episode we talk through their journey, what it's like to be a creator telling other creators How To Film Weddings and the insecurities that creates in how John and Nick Film Weddings, why you should be...

Ryan Brown and Forged in the North have carved a unique position out in the wedding filmmaking landscape. This NYC based team creates messy, fun, personal, and incredible wedding films shooting primarily handheld. In this episode we dig into why authenticity is the true key to making “cool” films and some basic tips to bring that edge to your films. 

We have all been there. The feeling that it's "just another wedding" and the frustration that it's just not "fun anymore". In this episode we dive into this problem (it's actually a good sign, by the way) how we can lean into the good side of a creative rut (efficiency and predictability are good for business) while still allowing that fire for creating and challenging ourselves to burn bright. 

What is “art”? Can you make art and not truly express your individuality? Do you need to express individuality? What is life? Is a hot dog a sandwich? Why, god? Why? 

Team building is a buzz word in our industry, and most people exclusively mean adding scale by adding additional teams for shooting MORE weddings but the truth is your team is so much more. Team-building is a part of EVERY wedding creative professionals business, not just studios with large teams. We all need other people involved in our business to help it be it's best.

The annual budget... Let's face it. Most wedding creatives don't spend enough, if any, time on this. We just kinda go for it! If the goal is simply work more or. work less and get paid more (both make the same amount btw) then this can be ok, but what if the goal is "Actually be profitable!" What if you wanted to know how much you made per package or how much you are still paying per package sold...

Jessica Mertz is the filmmaker behind one of the wedding world's up-and-coming voices, Honey Fox Films. In this episode Jessica talks about her background in psychology and how she creates a safe place for her couples to be vulnerable with one another in front of her lens.  Check out Honey Fox Films: https://www.honeyfoxfilms.com

One of the most important aspects of any good business plan is looking long-term with your goals. That's kinda the point of a plan, right? Where do you see your biz in 5 years? Who is your ideal client? What rate do you want to be charging once you're established? This and more in this episode of the Wedding Film School show!

Jason Battista went from wedding filmmaking to running one of the world’s foremost editing studios for wedding filmmakers. He did what many of us only dream of but should be trying to do, he took his wedding filmmaking career and parlayed it into an entirely new career. In this episode we talk about thinking about the future and diversifying our revenue streams as wedding filmmakers from one of th...

Evan Barbare graces us with his presence. As a CPA and a wedding filmmaker his unique perspective on our awesome industry offers a ton of value to wedding creatives. Check out more of even in his brand new YouTube channel, CameraDadCPA! 

Wedding creatives love/hate marketing. Opinions on wether you should even care about this and HOW MUCH you should spend on it (if anything) vary from zero to 10's of thousands of dollars. No matter what your business model is one thing is for sure: You need to have a strategy to market your wedding filmmaking business. In this episode we dive into what comprises a marketing strategy for a great bu...

Fujifilm is one of the camera worlds oldest and most respected brands, and they are known for being a bit different. Victor Ha, Senior Director of Marketing and Product Management for Fujifilm USA, joins us to talk all things Fujifilm and why cameras and image making are vital to the human experience. 

We get it. Creative are the most down with numbers and data and such, but trust us. Spend some time researching your market and watch your business grow by leaps and bounds. Who are the movers and shakers in your market? Why are couples working with other people and not you? What is your market penetration in the venues you want to be shooting? Where are your leads coming from? All this nerdy stuf...

Matt Johnson’s mighty beard has blazed a trail across YouTube and the wedding filmmaking world for years now and now he makes his way back to Wedding Film School. 

Every business has to take take stock of what they are working with today and also dream for the future. In all cases it take understanding the many resources it takes to run a creative business in the wedding industry: time, money, gear, relationships, a dope portfolio. Where you land on understanding this and putting together these ingredients can make the difference between barely scraping by a...

We sit down with the founder of Wedding Film School and in many ways on of the pioneers of wedding filmmaking education on YouTube to chat on everything from creating films next to a volcano to the ONE wedding Kraig would agree to shoot. Welcome back, Kraig... If only today! 

In Part 2 of our "Your Business Plan Sucks" we talk about why you need a well thought out business model. This aspect of your business plan will help you create a system of wealth creation and evaluate when you are doing things that are reaching the wrong customers or maybe just not serving a customer well.  At the end of the day, a business should work for YOU, not you for IT.  For help crafting...

We interview one of the pioneers of adventure elopement photography Benj Haisch to talk all things wedding, working well as a creative team (the age old photo and video wedding rivalry), learning video as photographer, and even the time Benj served dinner at a wedding because he's such a nice dude! 

Planning, you say? Business, you say? Yeah, actually this stuff is super important and will change your life for the better. In this episode (Part 1 of a new podcast series "Your Business Plan Sucks") Jared and Jason break down what a business plan consists of and why every wedding creative needs to get out of the camera and create a strategy and a plan that will allow them to finally have the fre...

Jared and Jason discuss their new brand, Merriment Films, and some of the hurdles they are facing with their brand new brand have got them thinking about many of the new wedding filmmakers and photographers starting out! We discuss what it’s like to launch a new brand and some ways you can improve your own brand identity and sales tactics with your brand. 

We can all get into a creative rut and what better to break up your creative malaise than some Aussie’s encouragement by our buddies, Grace and Andrew, from Bottlebrush films. We talk gear, Lonely Hearts Film Club... Er... Camp, and how we can think outside the box as wedding filmmakers. 

We have all been there. That moment when you realized "Crap. I just blew it." In this episode we dig into 7 common mistakes Jason, Jared and Bobby made as new wedding creatives with the hopes that you can avoid their misfortune and pain. We also play a little game of Wedding Filmmaker "Would You Rather?" with Bobby. It's very high brow stuff. 

Henry Marten's is one of the preeminent voices in wedding filmmaking. From his signature color grades to his crazy camera whips all the way down to his constant tweaking and tuning of his kit, every aspect of how Henry makes films comes together to create a unique vision of what a wedding film can be. In this episode Jason, Jared, and Henry dig deep into how every filmmaker can start to fine tune...