Stephanie Snow - You make a great point. As the photographer, we are the ones that capture the beautiful images, even though everyone works together during the day. By sharing the images and helping others promote their business, they'll want to work with you again!
Rickard Nilsson - Im so glad I found this blogpost, this will really help me out, thank you so much!
Mary Ortiz - This is such great advice. SO thankful for the incredible vendor friends I have made. We have been able to push each other to the top through collaborations and word of mouth!
Jessie Schultz - I 100% agree with you. I always send an email when the gallery is done to the other vendors involved in hopes they share. Free marketing.
Sydney McRae - So true about having other vendors credit photographers! You never know when couples will come across their work first and then love the photos they shared that are yours! Amazing advice!
Hannah Acheson - AGREE!! I love sharing my images with fellow vendors.
Raul Romero - Love this tip! I must admit i've never really thought about making this a part of every wedding I shoot but this makes total sense! Thanks for sharing this!
Cindy B - Taking care of vendors is so important. Adding it to a post wedding workflow is an awesome idea.
Marie Tilkens - This is seriously so important for wedding photographers AND such a great way to serve other vendors!!!!
Arlene Stepanian - I have just started rebranding my business to focus on weddings so that I can retire and do this full-time. This summer I went to several styled shoots and have gotten to know several vendors but the venue owners/managers were not onsite for most. This article has given me so much to chew on!! And I am absolutely loved your idea of giving them an album!! Thank you so much for all of this great content!!
Sunflower & Sage Photography - This is SO TRUE. I had the pleasure of working with a planner from out of state last fall who reached out 6 months later to let me know thye are moving local to me and to ask for access to the gallery to begin advertising. I am really hoping to see more bookings referred through her. *fingers crossed*
Gregor - I can't break myself in taking photos without a logo on photos reduced to the Internet, as well as those on my website. I had my photos stolen and my logo removed. Such removal of the logo in the picture is easier to prove that it was stolen. Customers always get two versions of photos with and without the logo.
Eric Boylan - I have already set aside a portion of my yearly budget for materials to send to vendors that I work with. As a new photographer, I am really trying to get my foot in the door in a very loaded marketplace and I'm hoping it pays off!
Eric Boylan - Yes ????! I’m all about sharing my work with others to create a mutual benefit. I’ve also found that dropping off or delivering promotional materials that include a vendors work helos get on that preferred list!!
Vivian Ng - Thank you so much for the tips! I think I will try doing the photo books for venues! That is a great idea and it's great to know that it doesn't have to be the state of the art kind of album :)
Caia Grace - I think I keep getting hung up on making sure the vendors credit me as the photographer, and it keeps me from actually sharing photos with them. This was exactly the advice i needed today! Thank you!
Cody McCracken - I really appreciate this article! This should help me a lot!
Cody McCracken - Thanks so much for the helpful information!!
Becky Hassel - I love this! I try to always send images to vendors and the venue. Even when I do venue tours, I take tons of photos and send them to the venue afterwards. After reading this though, I'm going to be making them albums of my favorite weddings we work together on. What an incredible idea!
Kasey Mantiply - Love this idea! Never though about it before, so insightful. Thanks for the great tips!
Anna Brace - I see so many of these!
I've started emailing the vendors before the wedding and asking if there's specific images they're needing for their business that I can attempt to get at that wedding. They're usually super stoked because there's usually a few specific images they're looking for. It has really gone far to help my business!
Melissa Jill - I love the idea Anna! Thank you for sharing!
Tila - You do realize that photographers, like the vendors, are also running a business right? Why should vendors continually expect to get free images without paying? Now you’re recommending that not only photographers give away the images for free, each and every time, but to spend more money out of their pockets to make albums and products for the vendors too? To each their own but that’s a bit over the top
Crystal Lee - "Oftentimes photographers are overly protective of their work." This is SO true! I see the watermark argument all the time and it just seems so silly to me. Treat your vendors well and they will reciprocate. :)
Zsuzsi - This is fantastic! Thank you for the insight. Networking sometimes is missed when I am insanely busy.
Steph - So much YES to this! I create wedding invitations and love nothing more than receiving high quality, styled detail shots of the stationery from the wedding day. I happily share and credit the photographer! The relationships that have been formed from the simple photo share have been super beneficial for my business. Connecting audiences is so valuable!
Bernadette Fischer - YES YES YES!!!
As a calligrapher I FLIP for photos from the wedding's photographer. I will share them, tag them, etc. I love networking and photographers hold the key.
I will be sharing this, and don't forget your invite designers and calligraphers!!!
Melissa Jill - Absolutely Bernadette! Thanks for weighing in!