Wedding Photography Podcast | How To Become A Successful, Full-time Wedding Photographer | Wedding Photography Tips

Following on from last week’s podcast episode about what makes you stand out and different from other wedding photographers, I wanted to chat about how you can use that to be a marketable and high-demand wedding photographer, providing a lot of value, that clients, venues and vendors want to work with. Creating a successful wedding photography business is all about “leverage” and establishing yourself so that you have the upper hand in your negotiations and relationships with clients, venues, and vendors. You want to establish a reputation that makes clients want to hire you and are willing to pay the prices you charge while other wedding vendors want to refer you because of your work ethic and ability to promote their services. In this episode, we’ll chat about the different levels of the food chain when it comes to wedding vendors. Coordinators and planners are generally the first to be hired so they have the most leverage and influence when it comes to referring other vendors. But as wedding photographers,