That’s right, we’re back with another guest episode, in the form of TWIA founder & wedding photographer Damian Bailey. Alongside being a full-time wedding photographer, Damian founded The Wedding Industry Awards back in 2011 and it’s now become THE award to win amongst wedding vendors in the UK. We do a deep dive on the lengths Damian & his team go to make this the fairest and most credible awards of its kind. We also talk about what makes a good entry and a few good tips at making the most attractive entry if you’re thinking of entering this years awards. Away from TWIA, Damian also runs a full-time wedding photography business as well as a super cool legacy experience called Back Story. Wearing so many hats at work definitely comes with its challenges, so Damian kindly shares some tips on work life balance and how he manages to be successful across all of his many business ventures. It’s a great episode with plenty of useful knowledge, whether you’re familiar with TWIA or hearing about it for the first time. If you want to find out more about TWIA, Damian or Back Story, here are the links for you: https://www.the-wedding-industry-awards.co.uk/ https://www.damianbailey.com https://www.back-story.co.uk/

Well…this episode ended up taking quite an unexpected turn!!
When we sat down to record, we planned on making a fairly light-hearted chat about how we’re holding up in the height of busy season and the things that we’re dealing with.
What actually happened is we got to the topic of ‘reading the room’ and that ended up moulding the shape of the entire episode!
This topic is on the lips of a lot of wedding creatives at the moment and we obviously both have strong enough feelings about it to make it dominate the conversation of this chat.
-How difficult can it be on a wedding day if the photographer and videographer have different views on how to capture the moments??

-Is there a right or wrong when it comes to capturing moments naturally or re-creating moments just for the camera?

-Are we as creatives being totally honest about how we capture these moments to our couples in the lead up to the wedding?

We both felt so much better after recording this episode and sharing our views on this idea of ‘reading the room’ and just how important that is as a skill for a wedding creative.
Hopefully you’ll find yourself screaming back at the speaker as you listen and we’d absolutely LOVE to hear your views on this crowd-dividing opinion.

Episode 031: Churches, Websites & Getting Locked Out!

As we enter the midst of the season, a few things have happened to us both at weddings recently that sparked the topics of discussion in this episode…

We’ve both literally just had church ceremonies to capture and share our opinions on the recent debate around vicars and the restrictions they can impose.

Are they really as bad as the media made out or are we as photographers & videographers just as much to blame?

Chris has also completely overhauled his website and rebuilt it on the Showit platform, so he goes in depth on what a HUGE task it is to undertake during wedding season, but how rewarding and beneficial it is to have an up-to-date site that you’re proud of and showcases your style best.

There’s also a hilarious story about Chris getting locked out of a venue during a wedding and some recent purchase tech-talk thrown in for good measure.

This is a really fun, casual conversation that you’ve come to expect from the WCC and we hope you enjoy!