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How To Use The Lightroom Before And After Tool

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Feb 01Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments

As a wedding photographer, chances are that you end up editing several of your images. Lightroom can help you spot the minutest of details, which you can alter to get the desired results. But even then, you don’t want to go overboard with the editing and still want your images to look realistic. So, next time you sit down for an edit, you could use Lightroom to compare the before and after photo. The program even keeps your originals safe and creates another copy for you to edit on. Therefore, you can always go back and compare the before and after images using the Lightroom Before and After tool. And in order to help you do that, in this blog, we take you through the different ways you can compare your before and after images in Lightroom. 

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How to Work With Unsatisfied Wedding Photography Clients

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Jan 29Categories: How to Become a Photographer No Comments

Can you recall a time when you were unsatisfied with a service you had paid for? All of us have been in that spot at least once in our lives. Similarly, sometimes, you may find yourself in a situation where you have to handle unsatisfied wedding photography clients. They might be upset with how you handled a crisis at their wedding or unsatisfied with some photographs. Whatever the reason, you can’t get the wedding day back, and now, you have to come up with a solution that makes your clients happy and doesn’t lead to any setbacks for you. So what do you do? In this blog, we tell you all about how you can find a middle ground and convert unhappy or unsatisfied clients into ones that sing your praises.

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Best Lightroom Export Settings

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Jan 28Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments

Once you finish photographing a wedding, the post-production work of importing, culling, and color-correcting the photographs follows. And once you are done with that, it’s time to export and deliver the final photos to your couple! Because there are multiple Lightroom export settings you can choose from for using images on different platforms, this blog will help you decide which export settings to choose and when.

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Color Correction in Lightroom: An Overview

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Jan 25Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments

As a wedding photographer, your primary job is to document picture-perfect moments on your couple’s special day. No matter how amazing the day is, or how technically perfect you try to make your images, chances are when it’s time to edit your wedding photos, you will need to do some basic changes – like color-correcting and white balance – to many of them. Lightroom is our go-to software to help you edit your photos, no matter how little or how much editing is required, and in this blog, we teach you how to use it to do simple, classic color edits that will make you and your clients happy!

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Culling Images in Lightroom: A Step-By-Step Guide

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Jan 22Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments

As a wedding photographer, you have many tasks to manage. You book the wedding, you help plan the wedding, you photograph the wedding, and then the work really begins! Now you need to go through the thousands of images you captured and select the best ones to edit for your couple. This process, which is known as culling, may be the thing you least look forward to and continuously put off because it’s time-consuming. We are here to help! In this blog, we will teach you the process of culling images using Adobe Lightroom, one of the best software programs in the industry.

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When And How To Grow Your Wedding Photography Business

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Jan 20Categories: How to Become a Photographer No Comments

Have you been photographing weddings for a while now? Do you know the ins and outs of wedding photography? Do you think you have gained enough experience to take your wedding photography business to the next level? If your answer to all these questions is yes, then it might just be time for you to grow your wedding photography business. Figuring out the right time to take your business to the next level is not easy, even if your instinct tells you that you are ready. Your experience, business plan, and skills at running a business all have a role to play in this decision. So, before you think of making any changes, you may want to take a look at where you stand currently. In this blog, we take you through some crucial steps that will help you determine if you are ready to level up your photography business.  

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Wedding Photography Consultation Tips and Tricks

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Jan 19Categories: How to Become a Photographer No Comments

You’ve certainly heard it said that you only get one chance to make a first impression. For you as the wedding photographer, the wedding photography consultation is that one chance. It is the moment when you can convert a potential lead into a client. Successful wedding photography consultations take practice and planning – from the prep before meeting your potential clients to when you finally get the contract signed. In this blog, we will help you prepare for the consultation and put you on the path to success.  

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How to Benefit from an Associate Photographer

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Jan 15Categories: How to Become a Photographer No Comments

Having a strong and diverse photography team is invaluable. Teams can be built from second shooters, a spouse who is a business partner, co-shooters, trusted pro photographer friends you can rely on in a pinch and, yes, associate photographers. In this blog post, we break down the top benefits of having an associate shooter on your team for maximum business growth, and maybe even maximum fun!

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Tips to Speed Up Your Wedding Photography Business Workflow

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Jan 08Categories: How to Become a Photographer No Comments

As a wedding photographer, booking weddings is necessary for your business growth and success. A fast and efficient wedding photography business workflow is a crucial piece to help achieve those same outcomes. You could say you cannot have one without the other. Whether it’s keeping track of what you need to do on the wedding day or the work you put in before or after that, just by changing a few things you could free up precious time to spend booking more weddings or perhaps even creating that much sought-after work-life balance. Read on to find out how! 

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10 Must-Have Detail Photos For Every Wedding

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Dec 14Categories: How to Take Wedding Photos, Wedding Photography Ideas, Wedding Shooting No Comments

Couples spend a long time planning their weddings and pay a lot of attention to even the smallest details. The flowers, the cake, the reception set-up, the table settings – they are all planned with purpose and bonus! they make for amazing pictures too. Even though every wedding is different, there are some detail photos that are common at most weddings. From the rings to the dress, there’s likely something in these details that are personally connected to the couple that, when captured, will help you tell a better story.

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