Dear Devlin. I’m creating an engagement shoot reel and I’m wondering whether to separate the opposite/same-sex images into two reels. I have this a lot in my business. Part of me questions whether to separately market for same-sex couples or whether this...
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...
Let me ask you this, what’s the world’s most enduring toy? Despite all the shiny new things that come along every year in an attempt to be the next big thing for kids, the one toy that remains ever popular is Lego. Simple building bricks that can become an entire...
Dear Devlin. How do you know how good/bad you are? Trying to place where you are in the market by looking at those around you is overwhelming. While I try not to compare, knowing where I fit within the grand scheme is useful as it helps inform my pricing and my...
