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#14 Megan Allen: At some point you have to jump
Megan is not your typical wedding photographer. Her work captures the raw, unscripted emotions of a wedding day. This conversation was recorded in January 2020 at Imaging USA.
Moments to listen for:
Going Viral Isn't the end-all to be all - 14:17
"You think you're gonna get all this notoriety because you're viral. At first, it's super cool. It's fun for a minute, but by the end of it, all I wanted was to go and take really cool photos for my couples. It doesn't matter. If you go viral or not, [what matters] is your content consistently good? Because you can take one really cool photo that pops off, but what are you doing the rest of the time?"
Set the client up for your vibe - 20:01
"I'm always wanting to meet [the clients] somewhere, we can just hang out because I'm very much a low key person, and I want them to know that. So if you're a type-A person, and you need a lot of hand-holding, I'm probably not the photographer for you. But I know a lot of amazing photographers who are, So I'm going to refer them to that. So right off the bat, I'm definitely setting them up in a low key situation where they're going to be able to know my vibe, and I'm going to bring a handful of albums, I'm going to bring some print products and we're just sitting there and chill and have a beer and just talk."
At some point, you have to jump - 32:21
"At some point, you have to jump out of the plane and you have to go for it. You have to trust that chute gonna pull, and it's amazing when it does. [...] I knew I had a parachute. I knew it was gonna come out. I knew everything was gonna be fine. But he pops open that door and I looked down and he's like, time to jump. I'm like, No, nevermind. No, I'm fine. That's what I see people doing so often in the industry is like they have these opportunities if they'll just go after them. But they're like, Nah, I'll just wait. "
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Megan is not your typical wedding photographer. Her work captures the raw, unscripted emotions of a wedding day. This conversation was recorded in January 2020 at Imaging USA.
Moments to listen for:
Going Viral Isn't the end-all to be all - 14:17
"You think you're gonna get all this notoriety because you're viral. At first, it's super cool. It's fun for a minute, but by the end of it, all I wanted was to go and take really cool photos for my couples. It doesn't matter. If you go viral or not, [what matters] is your content consistently good? Because you can take one really cool photo that pops off, but what are you doing the rest of the time?"
Set the client up for your vibe - 20:01
"I'm always wanting to meet [the clients] somewhere, we can just hang out because I'm very much a low key person, and I want them to know that. So if you're a type-A person, and you need a lot of hand-holding, I'm probably not the photographer for you. But I know a lot of amazing photographers who are, So I'm going to refer them to that. So right off the bat, I'm definitely setting them up in a low key situation where they're going to be able to know my vibe, and I'm going to bring a handful of albums, I'm going to bring some print products and we're just sitting there and chill and have a beer and just talk."
At some point, you have to jump - 32:21
"At some point, you have to jump out of the plane and you have to go for it. You have to trust that chute gonna pull, and it's amazing when it does. [...] I knew I had a parachute. I knew it was gonna come out. I knew everything was gonna be fine. But he pops open that door and I looked down and he's like, time to jump. I'm like, No, nevermind. No, I'm fine. That's what I see people doing so often in the industry is like they have these opportunities if they'll just go after them. But they're like, Nah, I'll just wait. "
https://www.choosestudio22.com