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Everything I Know about Wedding Photography

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About This Video

This is my last official wedding video, so I wanted to sit down and dump everything I know about wedding photography before I fully retire from it. This one isn’t a “here’s my favorite creative trick” type of video—it's mainly the business side, because in my experience that’s about 80% of being a successful wedding photographer. I break down the biggest misconceptions (stress, saturation, and how “hard” weddings really are), and why most stress comes from being disorganized or not confident in your process. I also walk through my non‑negotiable digital stack: how I handle leads and automations in Studio Ninja, how I cull and edit a full wedding in roughly 3–4 hours using Narrative (scenes + AI edit is the cheat code), how I deliver galleries professionally with Pic-Time, and how I protect everything with Backblaze. Then I show my minimal, practical wedding kit—two bodies, dual card slots, a 24–70 + 85 combo, primes as backups, and two flashes—because you don’t need the best gear, you need the right gear with redundancy. Finally, I answer common questions like APS‑C vs full frame, shot lists, lens combos, and how I balance posed shots with candid, timeless moments.

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