Alex Bruce Photography is back! This time we talk about those FAQ we often get from couples.
This episode’s drinks: Ommegang beer (Alex) and Sonic Screwdriver (me)
Topics we covered:
- Do you need a second shooter for your wedding?
- Why you need to ask your officiant more than if they are available on your date and their price
- Officiant sticker shock
- Why 30 minutes for your wedding isn’t just 30 minutes of your officiant’s time
- The benefits of having an engagement session with your photographer
- Tips for what to wear to your engagement session
- The art of ceremony
- I display how little I know about professional cameras
- What Alex wishes potential clients would ask him
- What I wish potential clients would ask me
- How you can incorporate Futurama (or anything else!) into your wedding
- Why you should stick to your guns about your wedding choices
- Inspiration versus replication and plagiarism
- How I take inspiration from the ideas my couples give
- How to broach the subject when the wedding pro you want is just out of your price range
- Is the ceremony important to you?
- Why it’s important for wedding pros to know who their ideal client is
- Also why it’s important for couples to know their priorities for the wedding
- Why I wish couples would ask their wedding pros if they have fun doing their job
- Wedding burnout prevent (hello, fellow wedding pros!)
- Be nice to your prospects, wedding pros! LOL 😉
- How wedding pros can better address pain points
- Why wedding pros debate if we should or shouldn’t put pricing on the website
- Compatibility with your wedding pros matters
- My virtual assistant Jarvis is awesome and why I name everything
- Alex shares his tech story with the Amazon Echo
- Kids and the funny way they interact with technology
- Facetiming with long-distance loved ones during the ceremony
- When you should book your photographer
- When you should book your officiant
- We show some love to Type A and Type B personalities and their differences
- Why wedding pros need to cross the vendor lines
- Introversion and extroversion in officiants
- I share if I get emotional at weddings
- Why it’s so important for wedding pros to decompress and practice self-care
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