I’ve shot as a hobby for most of my life, it was only recently I thought of publicizing my work, or maybe trying to make a little dough on the side if possible. Lo and behold a few weeks back my wife’s company hired me as their event photographer and flew me out to San Fran to shoot the event at one of Google’s event spaces. I did the gig and had a blast the entire time. The entire process felt like I was finally where I wanted to be and I was doing something I enjoy that I independently discovered I enjoy(without influence from family, friends, society, etc.). Some of the pics didn’t turn out half bad either :)

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My question is, is where do I go from here? I live in a decent sized city in Florida, so I imagine there is some potential, and my schedule is pretty open, so I can travel if need be. I feel naive and uninitiated, with a good dose of imposter syndrome, so I’m wondering if there is anyone willing to share their journey, or any relevant advice on entering the field.

Thanks in advance :)

  • TL_CubeBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    word of mouth has always been my best advertisement. I did my first two weddings for $500 for friends of friends that werent overly concerned with wedding photos. I got lucky to get my foot in the door with them, but since then I have done 80% (or more?) of my weddings with some sort of connection from those first 2 weddings. Usually it was a guest at one of the weddings, but it has also been family members of those couples that suggested me to other family and friends that werent at those initial weddings. It just grows from there.

    I would say, make sure its still a “nice” wedding, I got lucky these were still upscale weddings, they just didnt want to spend on a photographer.