I want to start my own business, Wedding photography and videography. Advice Please!?
Ok so what steps do I need to take to start my own business shooting wedding videos and photogrphy.
What classes should I take at my community collage?
What kind of cameras should I buy?
THANKS IN ADVANCE!!
Photography is going to take you about two years of classes (four classes, one each semester)
Fewer schools teach video and film, but you can expect more classes for that since once you have the raw footage, you then need to use a video editor to put the video together, add text and music and other things associated with video and film production (a wedding team with both capabilities usually have a photographer and videographer and neither are expected to do the others job …. they are that different).
While you are talking all those classes, you will want to take some very piratical business classes where you learn how to deal with fixed and variable costs, budgeting for your capital expenses, providing both your business and family with insurances, liability, life and health as well as all the other benefits we associate with being employed.
While you are in school, get a job as an assistant to a wedding photographer and start learning all the fine skills associated with running a wedding photography business as well as the photo skills. You can during this time, start buying your equipment
STILL:
Two good, high quality DSLR’s.
A few lenses like a 24-70 mm f/2.8, 70-200 mm f/2.8 and 50 mm f/1.4.
A couple of dedicated external flash units with a bracket and diffusion filter.
A photo ready computer with at least 4 gb RAM and about a tb of hard drive to start. Of course a fast CPU goes without saying. Include at least a 22 inch monitor that can be calibrated to sRGB standards and a calibration tool like EyeOne or Spyder
Latest version of Lightroom and Photoshop.
Video
Something like a broadcast quality mini-DV camera made by Canon, JVC, Panasonic or Sony. You will need a video editing computer (separate from your photo ready and business computer) It is much less money to buy a “turnkey” system than trying to buy separate video capture cards, a sound card, dual monitors, real-time RAID arrays, etc. Since you will probably be buying the “turnkey” product, I will not go into the guts of such a computer and the programs you will need to become expert in using.
Then after you have all your equipment, all your education and a good business and marketing plan with a usable P&L spreadsheet open shop
Desmond and Mint SDE – Wedding Video Singapore – Cream Pictures
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