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Instagram Business Account Tips: How to Add Links to Your Stories

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Sep 05Categories: Social Media Tips No Comments

How to Add Links to Your Instagram Business Account Stories

As just one of the features of your Instagram business account, Stories are a quick way to connect with your followers and allow them to get to know you better. With Stories, you can post both images and video to keep followers up-to-date with you and encourage them to visit your website and blog. And with the ability to add links to your Instagram Stories, there is more incentive for followers to interact with you on other platforms.

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3 Simple Ways to Build a Strong Wedding Photo Website

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Aug 31Categories: How to Become a Photographer No Comments

As a wedding photographer, your website is one of the most important areas to dial in to share your unique brand message with ideal clients. How can you ensure your wedding photo website appeals to and helps you book clients who are perfect for your business? We reached out to Showit, an expert in all things websites, to help you build a strong site that accurately represents your wedding photography brand.

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Top 5 Tips for Wedding Photography Marketing, Lighting, Posing, Branding, and Storytelling

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Aug 30Categories: Wedding Photography Ideas No Comments

What do Justin and Mary Marantz, Zach and Jody Gray, Roberto Valenzuela, Ben Hartley, and Jared Platt have in common? They’re all top industry leaders, world-renowned photographers, and experts in all things photography. In our all-day, free Ultimate Wedding Photography Summit, each pro photographer shared their expertise on relevant subjects ranging from wedding photography marketing, to lighting, to posing, to branding, to storytelling. To share more of their tips with you, here are the top 5 tips from the event.

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Night Photography Tips: How to Shoot Outdoor Receptions

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Aug 29Categories: Wedding Lighting No Comments

How to Shoot Outdoor Receptions at Night

Here at ShootDotEdit, we provide photo editing services for professional photographers. We also provide education for photographers and talk quite a bit about what many face during the wedding day shoot. From getting ready problems to wedding timelines falling behind, there are plenty of scenarios that arise. With any scenario you face, it’s important to be prepared and ready so you can capture the images that matter. Today, we want to focus on the last part of the wedding day and the challenges it can bring.

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2 Simple Photography Lighting Techniques for Wedding Photographers

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Aug 23Categories: Wedding Lighting No Comments

2 Simple Photography Lighting Techniques

As a wedding photographer, lighting is one of the most challenging aspects you face. Every shoot you encounter differs, and it requires you to have a vast knowledge of photography lighting techniques and how to properly use them. We reached out to wedding photographer Mark Condon from Shotkit to discover his secrets to photography lighting techniques you can use for your upcoming shoots!

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Top 5 Tips for Staying Inspired as a Wedding Photographer

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Aug 15Categories: Wedding Photography Ideas No Comments
staying inspired as a wedding photographer

It’s no secret your schedule can become hectic and your task list can pile, especially depending on the time of year. When you have little time and too many tasks on your plate, your creativity can decrease and your stress can rise. Add in shooting in the same locations over and over, and any photographer can fall into a creative funk. How can you always keep yourself motivated and creative to shoot images your clients will love?

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3 Simple Steps to Creating (and Maintaining) Happy Wedding Clients

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Aug 10Categories: How to Become a Photographer No Comments
3 simple steps to creating happy wedding clients

In your wedding photography business, creating and maintaining happy clients is an essential part of your success. Happy clients are ones who will refer you to others and help you book more weddings. Since you work with a variety of clients, there are instances where you may come across difficult clients. What should you do to figure out how to deal with a difficult client (or avoid them altogether)? ShootDotEdit Wedding Pro, Vanessa Joy Photography, is back with her next post and will share 3 simple steps to creating and maintaining happy wedding clients.

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Specializing as a Wedding Photographer: Why Is It Important?

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Aug 08Categories: How to Become a Photographer 1 Comment

specializing as a wedding photographer

Specializing as a photographer. What does it mean to specialize in something? If we look at the definition, it means to “concentrate on and become (an) expert in a particular subject or skill.” As a wedding photographer, you’ve already taken the steps to specialize in one area of photography. It’s so important to find and share your specialty with clients who are ideal for you. To share more about why finding a niche is essential to your success, we reached out to ShootDotEdit Wedding Pro, Jessica Hill Photography, to hear more about her personal journey to find her specialty as a photographer.

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