Dear Devlin. Is it normal to sometimes turn up to a wedding and not feel inspired, like, at all? Like either I’m not on form, or the venue isn’t interesting, or the guests aren’t very expressive or dynamic, and just stand around chatting. Perhaps even the couple don’t...
Like many creative careers, getting booked in our industry is based on your portfolio. This is the same if you have been shooting for a few months or a few decades. People investing in you, need to see up-to-date, relevant examples of your work. Not once have I been...
Dear Devlin. Hey!! So I have been running my business for nearly 9 years… I’ve had busier years (when I was quite a bit cheaper) and I’ve had quieter years. This is 100% something I want to pursue and now I am fully focused on photography. I have no excuses to not put...
Can you believe that I shot weddings on film for over a decade? It seems crazy to me now after another decade of shooting digitally but that was the available technology at the time. After working commercially mostly on transparency up until moving into weddings, it...
Dear Devlin. I’m having trouble finding jobs as a second photographer to gain experience or shadow other photographers. I know how to use my camera. I have a website and portfolio but I just want to see and learn how other photographers work. I’ve sent...
Dear Devlin. Do you have any tips on how to deal with stress and anxiety when photographing weddings? I love my job, but have noticed there have been times where stress and anxiety has (I think) stopped me from producing my best work, and I don’t want to let my...
Ahhhhh, marketing. I do love it and hate it all at the same time. I love the ever-evolving challenge of doing it well and hate that it sometimes feels relentless. It wasn’t always like this. I started long enough ago that marketing looked like this – ‘once a...
Dear Devlin,I feel frustrated with my work, mostly my edit. I want a more high-end film vibe, but while still retaining what makes me, me!I’m struggling to find the kind of preset I’m after, they’re either dark and moody or light and airy; nothing that fits the bill I...
Dear Devlin. If you build it they will come? That’s what they said, but I’ve built it and no one came? Averaging 12 weddings a year, getting five-star google reviews, giving venues free images, happy clients, and banging portfolio, on all the directory lists. Yet when...
