Dustin and Steve talk about life as a wedding photographer when you have a child surprise in the middle of wedding season. Okay, not a child surprise. This isn't the Witcher... but an unexpected bundle of joy nonetheless. They also talk about how you should react if a client doesn't really want you at the wedding. As well as the pains of shooting a…

This week we talk about how Dustin tried to murder Steve in cold blood but make it look like an accident. I don't know what else there is to write about here... Lightroom Masks, I guess? Steve almost died for this episode art. Wake up people, Dustin attempted to murder him. Why isn't anyone calling the cops? Does no one read these show notes? A man…

This episode Steve and Dustin talk about what they're thankful for in life. They also talk about their family Thanksgiving plans and an interesting experience Rustin had with a second shooter recently. After you listen, drop us an email to let us know what you're thankful for this year. Want more? Get bonus content like outtakes from guest episodes…

This week Steve and Dustin talk to Kathy Netti and Mollie Beach of Kodak Professional about Kodak Professional Select. This is a new software/service from Kodak Professional that helps photographers cull their photo shoots quickly by using AI to group photos and surface the best photos, so that you don't have to look at all the photos where your su…

Dustin and Steve are easing back into the new world of post-covid-vaccine weddings. Dustin is busy with real estate. Steve is trying out new straps for his cameras. Corny puns. Slippery nips. HBO Max. Steve drops big news and then even bigger news to end the episode.Beer Talk: Steve - Bourbon Barrel No Sparge Imperial Golden Ale from Taxman Brewing…

Adam Mason of The Bearded Tog and Mason Photography joins us this week to talk about life, photography, music, cryptocurrency, scientific films, dogecoin and the movie Whiplash. Steve and Adam also talk about conference photography, political photography, and commercial work. The also talk about whether or not your mortgage company cares about how …

This week Steve talks with Casey Fatchett of the Nerdy Photographer. They talk a lot about Casey's podcast and how he makes it. They also talk about his Heiland 3-Cell Flash Gun. Look it's a pretty tangent heavy episode where Casey mostly entertains Steve with stories about being an actor. He was up for a roll in Vanilla Sky and he was up to do the…

This week it’s a very special crossover episode with Mel Johnstone and Dwayne Larson of the Filters Removed podcast. In this episode we talk about a wide variety of topics, like picking perfect pastries to procure professional employment and a bridesmaid stalking the wedding photographer. Beer Talk: Dwayne - Water Mel - Lindeman’s Bin 45 Cabernet S…

Jess Robertson joins us to talk about things you can do to make your website and business more inclusive. We talk about how Jess got started in wedding photography, why she wanted to make her business more inclusive, and how she presents herself and her business online to attract clients. We also talk about beer and Michigan breweries and how estab…

This week Steve talks to James Broadbent of Narrative and Chasewild about building tools to help streamline workflows for photographers. They talk about Narrative Publish and Narrative Select and how they reduce the time it takes to publish blogs and also cull shoots. Steve and James also chat about Narrative's response to the Covid-19 Pandemic and…

This week Steve was joined by Brandon Wong of the Photobooth Supply Co. Brandon talked to Steve about why he transitioned from being a wedding photographer to creating a photobooth company that could help photographers and other event vendors make more money. Brandon and Steve also talk about the changes Photobooth Supply Co. made this last year to…

This week we talk with Josh Withers about his switch from editing photos on the iPad Pro to a new M1 MacBook. We also talk about some crazy theory about the right way to pose men and women in photos that's some weird toxic masculinity crap, using your Facebook group to charge vendors to post, and looking for a way to get a venue for 500 people that…

This week we welcome Ulices Del Toro back to the podcast to talk about life after having a baby. We also talk about the Sony A1 and the Fujifilm GFX 100s a little (but not too much because neither of us have those cameras). The photographer of the viral Bernie Sanders photo was interviewed by Rolling Stone and had some thoughts to share about his p…

How has the dismal vaccine rollout affected photographers? Some photographers have been kicked off Instagram since the insurrection on January 6th, is it related (it's not)? We're demanding to see location information to find out (we're terrible people and we're actually quite sorry for all of this). Sony a7iii impressions from shooting elopements …

This week we're talking Christmas gifts and the things we missed in 2020 and the things we're looking forward to in 2021. But it's mostly not holiday related. We have updates on birds that rhyme with Sony as well as updates on more terrible things that Pass is doing. We're also talking about the longest exposure photo ever taken, a touchpad replace…

This episode is weird. Dustin could have sent Steve his audio. Steve could have asked for that audio when he realized it wasn't there... but then Steve's massive frustration with Dustin's weird Skype glitches wouldn't shine through in the episode and then people would just think Steve and Dustin were frustrated for other reasons than technology... …

This week we're going hard in the paint on Q&A. We talk about treatment and pay of second shooters, whether it's okay to call other photographers out when they lie, if you should tell other photographers not to buy DSLRs, whether or not you should have in-laws in family photos, and if you should plan elopements for people before they officially hir…

This is our first episode back after our fraught pre-election episode. It's been a confusing anxiety filled month as our current president refuses to acknowledge that he lost the election. He lost bigly. But we're finally back with an episode full of confusing jokes and poorly done accents. We're talking about Cole Haans and Hush Puppies in followu…

This week we discuss the best cameras for catching pumpkin smashers red-handed, the best full spectrum cameras, how do you get photos of kids on Halloween if they have to wear masks, what doe sit mean if a cloud of smoke passes by you during a real estate video shoot when you're all alone, and demon bokeh photobombs. Links to everything you need to…

How bout that title? Think that'll bypass the title censorship laws (do those exist?)? This week we're talking about Steve's RSI issues, the new Sony a7c, and Steve's fear that he's becoming a videographer again. Also, consensual slap-@$$ at weddings. Beer Talk: Dustin - Sex and Candy from 18th Street Brewery Steve - Logue from Half Acre Beer Compa…

This week Steve tells a story about using manual focus with live view when it was too dark for his autofocus to work. It was hell. Dustin talks about video lights and we wonder if he's even a photographer anymore. We talk about some Canon, Sony, and Fuji Fast Glass stuff. Also, "They Took Our Jobs!" That's right! We have an in depth and intelligent…

What is an associate photographer? Is it okay to put out random requests for an associate photographer on Facebook? What should you do to train an associate photographer? We talk about associate photographers for quite some time... and also about new scams and hoaxes on the internet. Hey, here's a crazy idea. Also, don't vote for Trump. He's litera…

This week we're talking about the possibility of your photos being used as evidence in a court of law. That's right, if you take photos of people not social distancing or not wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic, there's a possibility you could be served a warrant and forced to turn over your photos. Which we're all for. We're also talking…

This week's episode is a little weird. First off, it's explicit. Don't listen to it at work or in front of your kids. Second off, we didn't have time to record this week, so instead of leaving everyone hanging we're putting up some segments from some of our Patreon episodes to give people an idea of what the Patreon content is like. So, if you're a…

This week Dustin and Steve have their friend Ulices Del Toro back on the podcast to form the Blue Shirt Boys group and also to talk about some gear that Sony put out. Like that amazing CF Express type A card and corresponding card reader. Or those new touch screen menus that Sony made. Or those hybrid card slots they created... and yes, I guess we …

This week Steve is joined by Josh Withers of the Rebel's Guide to Getting Married. Steve and Josh talk about COVID-19 cancellations, unsplash, and drone photos. They also talk about facial manipulation in photos that people do to get those big beautiful anime eyes, just like Josh's eyes in the episode art (which is definitely not a horrifically pho…

Grab your mask, Ray Bans, and fishing hat. It's time to go full Bernie. This week we've got updates on the Copper Stallion Media story and also on the Shoot and Share controversy. We're talking Godox flashes and their iPhone app and then we're talking a lot about stranger sessions, which are super controversial right now because of the pandemic. St…

Masks. Masks. Masks. Masks. This week Steve and Dustin talk a lot about masks. They also talk about a crazy price drop with the Canon 5D Mark IV, the new Canon R5 and R6, Sony's vaporware Sony a7s II successor, and Canon shooting a 5D Mark III into space. Beer Talk: Dustin - Fat Tire from New Belgium Brewing Co. Steve - Rum and Coke (because he ran…

This week Steve and Dustin talk about traveling for shoots during a pandemic, what it's like to shoot a wedding during a pandemic, live-streaming weddings, and also Steve teaches Dustin how to delete photos from his iPhone because apparently Steve is the young person in this relationship. Beer Talk: Dustin - Peanut Butter Milkshake (not a beer) Ste…

Steve talks with James Kelly of the Photographers Craic Podcast. Steve and James talk about the way COVID-19 has affected their very different countries and how they’re both coping. They also talk about James’s equine photography and a little bit about landscape. They also discuss price fixing, cartels and oligopolies. Beer Talk: James - some Spani…

This is kind of a weird episode in that it's more serious than usual. You know how sometimes when you're a douchebag every conversation becomes a podcast (sorry, replace douchebag with podcaster). Well, that's what I did to Jenn. We were just talking through what the experience of shooting with an iPhone was like and I recorded the conversation to …

This week Steve forgets about Dustin. Literally, Steve forgot that Dustin was going to be out of town and had to rope Ulices Del Toro in for an emergency guest host spot... And it goes terribly. Mired in the muck of technology trouble Steve and Ulices barely manage to record an episode. It's all Steve's fault as his computer and Skype seem to just …

This episode we discuss the highly problematic film Wedding Crashers with Morgan Roberts and Dominic Fitzgerald of the Down Down Critics are Down podcast! Buckle up, because this episode is a little bit messy. Also one of the crew this week admits something ridiculously miraculous... they've never been to a wedding. A wedding virgin watched Wedding…

First up, and most importantly, we're donating all the money the podcast makes this month to Black Lives Matter. We both support BLM and we think you should too. Now, on to our normal show notes... We have a lot of follow up about the Copper Stallion Media story. We didn't do a great job in our discussion of that last episode. Then we're talking ab…

Dustin and his cool dad friend, Steve, talk about DC accents, their first shoots with people since the pandemic ended, a wedding photographer arrested for shooting during the pandemic, falling mirrorless camera sales, grandmothers ordered to remove photos of their children from Facebook, a man arrested for posting to Instagram (because he violated …

This week we're talking about getting back to work shooting photos after the pandemic. A lot of the way we do business is going to change as a direct result of the coronavirus and we want to help guide listeners through that. But also, what's the sexiest underwear a man could wear? Because that has merit for photographers too? Right? No? Beer Talk:…

What are your feelings about breakfast in bed? Do you brush your teeth first? Also, follow up about the 180 degree rule for video/film, new ARM MacBooks Pro, a wedding photographer that may have discovered a stone henge-like structure, and a weird rant about copped cameras and photoshop. We also talk about keeping that seed life spicy in the off se…

Dealing with email spam from friends, turning your Canon camera into a webcam, sad coronavirus stories, and tearing down some abysmal facebook ads. We're also talking about drones being used to enforce social distancing, a hummingbird drone used to capture footage of monarch butterflies, and the Mavic Air 2. Also, Scotland might be closed for busin…

This week we talk with Natalie Franke of The Rising Tide Society and HoneyBook about community building and how HoneyBook is helping photographers cope with the coronavirus pandemic. We also talk about Amaretto Sours and how Natalie likes fixing her eggs. Plus we delve into some talk about workshops and wedding industry pet peeves. Find Natalie onl…

Can you sue someone for embedding your instagram posts? We're talking about Stephanie Sinclair and her lawsuit against Mashable which predictably went nowhere. We're also talking about how to stay creative during quarantine and who owns the copyright on those FaceTime photo sessions. Also, how can we make masks sexy so we can guarantee sexy photosh…

Has your camera been yeeted by a groomsman recently? Has a subpar Tik Tok photographer taken crappy photos of your couple during your allotted photography time? Has someone tried to scam you on Instagram by making you feel like an influencer? We're here to help you out this week. Plus, Canon closes its headquarters and Sony adds the ability to shut…

How can you make a move on a client who's getting married soon, without jeopardizing your business? Should Petapixel allow their writers use their enormous platform to go after thieves that no one has ever heard of, thus giving them more attention than they ever could have hoped to receive in the first place? Is it a thing that non-profits can't pa…

This week we’re talking about the Boston photographer that unwittingly spread COVID-19 to a bunch of clients, family, and friends after contracting the disease at a biogenesis conference. We also talk about a wedding photographer whose social media was hacked at the beginning of the global pandemic causing a lot of stress for her and her clients an…

Howdy partners! WPH went live this week in the facebook group. We talk a lot about COVID-19 and the continued effect it is having on wedding photographers. We can promise that future episodes won't be so pandemic focused, but we can't promise they'll be as much fun as this one. This might be the best episode we've ever done. So come listen to Dusti…

This week we talked with Lexie Machado of The Awkward Photog - Alexa Machado Photography. We talk with Lexie about celery juicing, photoshopping portraits, using selective coloring in your editing workflow, and about building an educational platform for photographers. We also talk about de-shelled turtle backgrounds, photoshopping blankets out from…

We're releasing this special episode to talk about COVID-19 (perhaps better known as Coronavirus), and how it's affecting wedding photography businesses and the wedding industry. We know you're hearing a lot about this right now. We know a lot of you are experiencing cancellations (we are too). It's rough out there. So we wanted to talk a little bi…

This week we're talking with Boris Verks, the head of product at Dotphoton (now called Rawsie). We talk with Boris about raw files and about compressing them. We also talk to Boris about the White Stripes, the National, Iggy Pop, and David Bowie. And we talk a little bit about Mexican food and Italian food. But mostly we focus on what it is that Do…

Click the following link if you want to see that dank Star Wars/Pokemon Meme that we talked about in the opener. First up we're talking follow up this week, and specifically we're talking more about the Sony Pony situation. Next up Dustin updates us on how the free bridal show went and then we slide into the show and talk about what makes for a goo…

We're back with a somewhat normal episode... Well, as normal as we ever get over here. Dustin is concerned that Steve is cheating on him with Ulices Del Toro of the Wedding Photo Podcast. Dustin's doing bridal shows while Steve's been shooting in California and visiting Disneyland and Joshua Tree. Then we're talking about that Nikon D6 and the Cano…

Here's part 2 of our two part episode from the Imaging USA conference. Steve's voice was wrecked in the first episode, and it's even more wrecked in this one. We went to a smoky bar and his voice finally gave up the ghost. Then we did all of these interviews. So once again, while everyone else was out there learning, we were talking to a bunch of c…