Considering the wedding field and wanted to know if anyone has advice on dvd's / books / websites that might give advice in all aspects from pricing / shot list to printing
Thanks everyone
J. Tuminello
Tuminello Photography
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Matthew SavilleRegistered Users, Retired ModPosts: 3,352Major grins
edited April 21, 2012
Hey J. Timinello! Welcome to the Wedding section of the forum. :-)
I'm sure there will be TONS of great advice given, but I just wanted to start by mentioning what I think is one of THE most important aspects out of all, one that you have already done sorta: Find a positive community that encourages you, instead of tears you down. That is one reason why I like DGrin... You can get an honestly brutal critique if you need one, but in general you can avoid haters and time-wasting nonsense. That is the biggest difference-maker in any new venture in photography.
And certainly don't just follow this advice online. Real-world friends and support are critical too. When I first got into weddings, one of the absolute best things I did was hang out regularly with a few other wedding photographers who were in my same shoes. That was by far the absolute best time I invested in pursuing my business. So there you go. Find the right support system, while you also put energy into books / websites / dvd's etc.
Another business-oriented community that I can highly recommend is the School, which is run by my good friend Becker. is one of the true masters of wedding photography as both a business and an art. It is a paid community though, but very worth it if you don't already have a super-solid foundation in business which you may already have, I don't know... :-)
I agree with the Kelby advice, I also use Phototraining4u which has a load more content for wedding togs wanting to get into the game, the site isn't as slick and it is UK based (if that bothers you). I would personally start with PT4U and then go Kelby but that's just me as I found if mainly wedding I soon ran out of stuff on Kelby. I subscribe to both btw.
I'm here to learn so please feel free to give me constructive criticism to help me become the photographer I desire to be.
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I'm sure there will be TONS of great advice given, but I just wanted to start by mentioning what I think is one of THE most important aspects out of all, one that you have already done sorta: Find a positive community that encourages you, instead of tears you down. That is one reason why I like DGrin... You can get an honestly brutal critique if you need one, but in general you can avoid haters and time-wasting nonsense. That is the biggest difference-maker in any new venture in photography.
And certainly don't just follow this advice online. Real-world friends and support are critical too. When I first got into weddings, one of the absolute best things I did was hang out regularly with a few other wedding photographers who were in my same shoes. That was by far the absolute best time I invested in pursuing my business. So there you go. Find the right support system, while you also put energy into books / websites / dvd's etc.
Another business-oriented community that I can highly recommend is the School, which is run by my good friend Becker. is one of the true masters of wedding photography as both a business and an art. It is a paid community though, but very worth it if you don't already have a super-solid foundation in business which you may already have, I don't know... :-)
=Matt=
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I'm here to learn so please feel free to give me constructive criticism to help me become the photographer I desire to be.
Thanks everyone, I have rejoined kelby training and am attempting to get some 2nd shooter gigs
Thanks again
Tuminello Photography