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Sharrone Calafiore of Fiore Films talks about creating her own place in the wedding industry, color grading, and being such a perfectionist she deletes bad shots of her camera. 

In this episode Jared and Jason talk to luxury wedding planner Keri Ketterer Walter about storytelling as a wedding planner and what she looks for in a wedding filmmaker.  Keri Ketterer Walter is the owner, planner and lead designer of Always Yours Events, a full-service wedding planning and event design company with a specialty in the execution of elevated celebrations and extraordinarily immersive wedding weekends at private estates and iconic tented venues throughout New England, the South and destinations worldwide. Her focus and passion is building transformative, original and couple-centric designs filled with experiences that tell unique stories with top expert vendor teams and partners. Always Yours Events’ celebrations have been featured in People Magazine, Vogue, Brides, Martha Stewart, Style Me Pretty and more. With over twelve years of experience in the wedding industry, executing 300+ successful weddings and celebrations, and more than fifteen years of experience within the hospitality industry, Keri’s enthusiasm continues to grow, as does her love for the relationships fostered with her wonderful clients. Season 3 is HERE! We talk about the Tolman Media scandal, a company that went from 4000 events to out of business leaving contractors unpaid and couples without photo or video for the 2023 season. How do you got from 4 million dollars to out of business in a matter of years, and is there any place in their wedding industry for these national wedding photo and video companies. Jared and Jason discuss this in more in this episode of the Wedding Film School show.

Season 3 is HERE! We talk about the Tolman Media scandal, a company that went from 4000 events to out of business leaving contractors unpaid and couples without photo or video for the 2023 season. How do you got from 4 million dollars to out of business in a matter of years, and is there any place in there wedding industry for these national wedding photo and video companies. Jared and Jason discuss this in more in this episode of the Wedding Film School show.

Where are we headed as wedding filmmakers? Should you be concerned about the economy? How do you as a wedding filmmaker plan for potential corrections in the market? In this Salable episode, Jared talks about where he sees 2023 heading and how wedding filmmakers can prepare for the worst! 

Life after weddings is a daunting idea for wedding filmmakers. Not only is the loss of our art scary, but for many the idea of losing our ability to do this job brings up a sad reality: Many of us are not set upon for retirement. In this episode (that is admittedly ALL over the place) Jason and Jared explore the ways that a soloprenuer, artists driven narrative has lead many people down an insecure path and some ways we can come back from the brink and create sustainable careers in wedding filmmaking beyond the top 5% of earners. 

Jared and Jason discuss five pieces of bad advice wedding filmmakers often.

A Little Long Distance is known for their authentic, raw and heartwarming storytelling that reaches beyond the wedding day by using archival footage and various mini DV" dad cams", but in this episode Josh Helton takes us beyond the dad cam to explore wedding storytelling and bring out the authenticity of every couple we film. 

We talk business a lot here, but believe it or not, but believe it or not shooting well is the KEY to leveling up as a wedding filmmaker. In this episode Jason and Jared dig into some ways that shooting better allows you to tell better stories and some things high end filmmakers are doing withy their cameras that newbies maybe miss out on. 

If you have filmed weddings for any length of time you know photographers and filmmakers don't always see eye-to-eye at weddings but this doesn't HAVE to be the case. Jason and Lindsey talk about creating a inspiring, fun, and profitable work environment with as filmmakers shooting along side wedding photographers. Heck. You may even grow to like them. 

Wedding Planners are essential to maximizing your income as a wedding filmmaker and anyone can create incredible working relationships with the wedding planners they work with if they follow a few basic principles. Lindsey Conklin of Le Rêve Films joins us to share his expertise on creating amazing connections with planners, no matter what the weddings budget is, that go beyond the wedding day and create amazing opportunities for the filmmaker AND the wedding planner and also a few things NOT to do if you want to make a planner love working with you. 

Kyle Smith of 87 & Smith talks his approach to color and editing and what it was like to go from a brand new biz in 2019 to averaging $7500 a package in 2022. Spoiler alert: It wasn't magic.

Bobby and Jason talk through the "do everything" mentality of the wedding creative and how irreplaceable person syndrome may be negatively affecting your biz... And what to do about it.

How much should I be charging for my wedding films or photo work?When should I raise prices? Should my pricing be on my website? Pricing can be a hard topic to tackle when you're first starting out. In this first episode of Salable, a Wedding Film School Podcast, we dive into the when where and how to price your work. Have specific questions? Reach out on our Ask Me Anything part of the show here - https://weddingfilm.school/ama/   🚨Our Favorite Gear For Wedding Filmmakers | http://bit.ly/WFSKit 🚨 We had the opportunity to sit down with Daniel, the founder of Musicbed, the best music licensing platform for wedding filmmakers and more to chat about the ins and outs of the music licensing industry, what musicbed is doing for wedding filmmakers and even find out some incredibly facts about how they run things on their end. Couldn't have asked for a better guest and we are excited to collaborate more in the future with this amazing company! 🎹 Free Wedding Song Playlist | http://share.mscbd.fm/wfsplaylist▶️ Main Channel | www.youtube.com/weddingfilmschool👨🏼‍🏫 Mentorship | http://www.weddingfilm.school Companies We Recommend🎵 Musicbed (1 month free on annual) | https://geni.us/FahjKew💻 NoBackLog | https://www.nobacklog.com🎬 Mediazilla | http://bit.ly/WFSmz 🎙Find us on your favorite platformsSpotify | https://open.spotify.com/show/6uIjhVH1GuxKxdJr3KGSTzApple Podcasts | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wedding-film-school-show/id1460078925 #weddingvideography #weddingfilmmaking

We all know Musicbed as the premiere song licensing platform for Wedding Filmmakers but what you may not know is that it was founded BY Wedding Filmmakers. Daniel McCarthy from Musicbed was nice enough to hop on and talk all things music licensing ("Like... How does this even work)and the transformative power of music to create a special, unique moment for our couples and clients. We also dig into why your songs get flag by social media companies, why Musicbed removed "the" from their website and branding, and even why Musicbed changed their sales model from song by song to a subscription model (and why it's a great deal).

We've all heard that the wedding industry is recession proof but is that REALLY true. We break down the current wedding boom, discuss when the bubble will burst (it will) and discuss wether or not a global economic downturn will have a significant impact the wedding industry and wedding creatives (photo and video pros) in particular. We dive into the 2008 recession nd it's impact on the 2009 wedding industry and talk through Four Ways to Prepare Your Wedding Filmmaking biz for a potential recession in 2023 and beyond. 

Running a wedding filmmaking studio is def a unique challenge. From scheduling to gear to still managing to create a great film for your clients, it’s not for the faint of heart.  In this episode Jared and Jason talk through what it takes to run their studio, StopGoLove, and break down a normal week in the life of a studio that does 220 wedding films a year. 

We've all been there and we all have the scars. The unhappy mom who wanted "all the footage". The Wedding Planner who doesn't like your lights. The eager bride who just can't wait to see their film and is sending endless emails 3 day after the event. With conflict it's not "if", it's "when" and "how do you handle it". In this episode we break the wedding process down into 4 stages and then talk about specific conflicts then can arise between you, your clients and other partners you may work with along the way. 

Jason and Jared breakdown three & a half ways you can end the cycle of endless backlogs and late deliverables. Spoiler alert: It's your fault.

Jason and Jared break down 5 Things Wedding Filmmakers should just STOP doing, why, and a better path forward.

We break down 5 ways to elevate your wedding films. It's good. Trust me.