Shutter Stories S4 E10: Love and Business: how to thrive as a couple in wedding photography

Exploring the advantages and challenges of working with your spouse in wedding photography while also shooting hybrid (switching between photos and video).
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Contents:
00:00 - Welcome
01:43 - Guests’ background in their own words
02:55 - Recollections of the first weddings Carmen and Ingo shot
04:31 - Day in the life of a couple who wedding photography weddings
08:29 - Challenges of working with your partner
10:03 - The importance of having different job descriptions
12:32 - How to balance your personal and professional life when working with a partner
15:09 - How having children changes things
17:06 - Second shooting nanny
20:10 - The importance understanding the business side of photography and videography
22:10 - Carmen and Ingo’s favourite cameras to use for weddings
24:12 - Carmen and Ingo’s favourite lenses to use for weddings
26:35 - how Carmen and Ingo approach hybrid shooting
27:56 - the things you need to get used to when shooting hybrid
29:01 - how and why Carmen and Ingo started shooting hybrid
30:36 - switching between photo and video on one camera
35:28 - Carmena and Ingo’s top tips for hybrid shooting
39:29 - Advice for new wedding photographers
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Weddings, with their whirlwind of emotions and fleeting moments, demand intimacy, trust, and coordination. And who better to navigate these intricacies than a married couple who own and operate a wedding photography business together.
Join host Ilvy Njiokiktjien as she speaks to hybrid shooters Carmen and Ingo Leitner, a husband and wife team who have been together for over 20 years and have been shooting weddings together since 2006.
As well as discussing the advantages and challenges of working with your spouse, Carmen and Ingo share how they juggled the initial months of being parents with shooting destination weddings. They also share some amazing advice and numerous tips for shooting hybrid, both photos and video, and for budding wedding photographers. Listen to the end of the episode to catch them all!
The conversation covers:
- How they got into wedding photography - What they love about wedding photography
- Their favourite cameras and lenses for wedding photography
- The advantages of working with your partner - The challenges of working with your partner
- The markers of professionalism in the wedding photography business
- The importance of marketing your work and business
- Why they shoot hybrid (switching between video and photos)
- The practicalities of shooting hybrid - Tips for shooting hybrid
- Advice when shooting hybrid
- Tips for wedding photography
More about Carmen and Ingo Leitner
Carmen and Ingo Leitner have travelled the world to capture weddings in some of the most spectacular settings imaginable. The pair, who are entirely self-taught, are renowned for producing beautiful backlit shots, often illuminating newlyweds in the golden glow of a sunset. An award-winning photographer with 20+ years experience working in conflict zones and complex humanitarian emergencies
More about Ilvy Njiokiktjien
Ilvy Njiokiktjien is a world-renowned Dutch photojournalist and Canon ambassador. She is committed to documenting the social and political issues that shape our world. Her work is characterised by a sensitive eye and a compassionate and personal relationship with her subjects. She takes these qualities into her podcast interviews, making each episode of Shutter Stories an in-depth, personal and inspiring conversation with incredible guests.
More about Shutter Stories: A podcast with inspiration, technical discussions and pro tips on how to make it in the industry from influential photographers, filmmakers and industry leaders from around the world.
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