Let's see how many weddings you'd have to shoot to make an "average income", and I'll tell you some things that I've learned filming weddings over the years.

Chapters
00:00 How To Make A Living Filming Weddings
00:19 Not An Overnight Success
1:00 The Numbers
1:23 What's the Average Salary in the USA?
1:38 Experience Level: Newbie
2:20 Experience Level: Beginner
2:43 Experience Level: Intermediate
2:58 Experience Level: Advanced
3:13 Experience Level: Legend
3:25 What You'd Need To Do To Make $100,000 A Year Filming Weddings
3:49 Some Notes About Money
4:13 Prices Change Based on Skill, But Also Client Needs
5:07 It's A Grind, But You Can Do It
5:27 Preproduction is Everything
5:51 Keep Things On Schedule
6:32 Capture The Meaningful Things, THEN Capture Random Moments
7:25 Gear DOES Matter
7:54 You'll Need Second or Even Third Shooters Sometimes
8:17 Don't Neglect Scheduling And Handling Payments/Deposits
8:49 Save For Taxes, Or You're Gonna Have A Bad Time
9:05 The Most Important Thing: A Contract
9:51 You Have To Find Clients
10:41 Networking & Referrals
11:05 What Makes You Different?
11:28 My Wedding Experience
13:02 When Clients Want You To Work For Free

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