This week we have Michelle from Knitted Love Stories to talk about how do we handle low paying clients and how we educate our clients and couple why we charge at a certain rate. We also talk about when to take on free work / low paying work and what benefits does it do to your business. All these on this week's episode. 

Michelle have been in the industry for 2 years and she does fashion before venturing into weddings. She uses her fashion photography knowledge/creative juices on to wedding to create her own unique look. What makes her work even better is she uses her travels to find model agencies to work with her to shoot fashion and travel photography. Her fearless pursue made her super talented and she has lots to share with us today!

Michelle's IG: @Knittedlovestories 

Happy Chinese New Year here in Singapore and after these few busy Chinese New Year affair, this week we have Ricky from Knottin Visuals to join us in a conversation of how to shoot effectively and efficiently in both photography and videography. We also talk about what kind of process we have to make it as smooth running on a wedding day and even special ritual we do to edit our work without distractions. We have a couple of bonus questions ask by our listeners this week that we managed to answer so stay tuned for more!!  

Ricky's IG: Ricky_knottinvisuals   

LETS BE FRIENDS!   IG: cyancong / yancongvideos 

Website: ycvideos.com  

Today we have Benjamin from Benjamin Ng Photography and he shared so much about how to prepare yourself as a second shooter, how you can be the very best for your first and how to mentally be ready to handle situation in the wedding. We also talk about why as a second shooter you shouldn't take your role for granted plus how to be teachable when you are shooting for others. More from today's podcast!

If you are interested in Benjamin's photography, feel more to go to:

IG: @benjaminngphotography

LETS BE FRIENDS!

IG: cyancong / yancongvideos

This week we have Ryan from Knottin Visuals, very experienced photographer in the wedding field! He shared with me the life of a balanced freelancer/full timer and how he do what he do. He shared how to challenge ourselves in photography or any kind of creative work. Lots more with Ryan!   

Knottin Visuals IG: @knottinvisuals  

Knottin Visuals Website: https://knottinvisuals.com  

LETS BE FRIENDS!   IG: cyancong / yancongvideos Website: ycvideos.com   

THINGS I USE TO SHOOT EDIT AND POST!   

https://amzn.to/2MMcaMd - Camera I use for everyday video and photo 

https://amzn.to/36i8GZs - Best wide angle lens 

 https://amzn.to/2rI4fbk - Best all around lens  

https://amzn.to/2u2IQKL - Best shotgun mic ever

https://amzn.to/2MMcxX7 - Best audio recorder/mixer  

https://amzn.to/2sH8nsy - The most versatile lens ever for APS-C  

https://amzn.to/2FbaUxV - Machine that I use to edit my videos and photos  

https://amzn.to/2QexPig - My favourite mouse ever!  

https://amzn.to/2ubFFR9 - Best portable drive to store your files while editing  

https://amzn.to/39u47NL - Best gimbal for my needs  

https://amzn.to/2FaH10y - Must use every day roller bag

Today we have Cino from Nifty Fifty to share about the power being in a community and support, how to take care our mental state while making your business and also wedding topics on why he only do a certain type of wedding films that is base on his style. (not main stream). More in today's podcast!   Cino have been in the industry for more than 10 years (including time in his major in art school). Creative ads industry have set his style and covering both photography and videography, he has massive knowledge that can be handy for us!   

This week we have Clara from The Perfect Statement to talk about finding our own style and signature in our craft. Clara have been in the wedding industry for a year and half and we have discovered a few things that help us find our style while we navigate our craft in photography and videography. 

We also discussed about on the actual wedding day what kind of ritual and tips we use to navigate with our couples to allow couples to express their emotions and other great tips in growing in this industry! More with Clara! 

Clara's IG: @theperfectstatement 

Yancong's IG: Yancongvideos / cyancong 

Yancong Videos website: ycvideos.com 

Today we have Jach the owner and founder of from Treehouse Weddings / Production sharing about a topic that we both have some insights about. Its all about balancing the fine line of creative and business minded on the projects your couple and client given to you. So how do we do it? We dive deep into topics like how we match certain expectations with working with couples and clients. How we choose shooters that fits our styles and why creatives just doesn't work or gel well with other creatives. You can watch the whole episode on YouTube: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/641875901

This week's podcast is another solo session where I discuss why and how I personally charge what I charge to my clients on the work that I produce. So I notice that there are still freelancers that don't really know where to start charging so I decided to share my thoughts on how to properly charge your worth and do amazing work for your clients! Its a personal topic that is differ from person to person. So if you can relate to this topic, feel free to share to creatives that need this type of template and make their life better in 2020! Here we go!

For more educational information:

IG: cyancong / yancongvideos.com 

If you have any topics you want me to share or if you want to be in my podcast to share your creative thoughts, do email me @ caiyancong1990@gmail.com

This week we have Stanley Kan, shareholder of Alto Marketing, founder of Seconds Media & DGZ Asia. He is the man if you need marketing tips and he has 10 years of experience in the marketing and sales field. He is a friend, partner in business in the things that I do and you guys are in luck to have him in this episode!

IG: https://www.instagram.com/stanleyokay/?hl=en

Email: stanleykan.8@gmail.com

This week's podcast is all about this effect that I have faced it during a couple of my shoot when I faced hiccups and it taught me a good lesson in building up my confidence and working with challenges. And I would like to share it my experience with it and hope everyone gets to learnt its ok to have issues with your creative line but always learnt from mistakes and make things correct. 

In 2011, David Dunning wrote about his observations that people with substantial, measurable deficits in their knowledge or expertise lack the ability to recognize those deficits and, therefore, despite potentially making error after error, tend to think they are performing competently when they are not: "In short, those who are incompetent, for lack of a better term, should have little insight into their incompetence—an assertion that has come to be known as the Dunning–Kruger effect".