Shifting Focus with John Bunn

This episode started and a conversation about wedding videographer but turned into something much more. Eugene and Andrea Drake of The Drakes live in Houston, TX after coming to the US from Venezuela.

In this episode John and The Drakes cover it all - their background, coming to the US, taking risks in your business and much of the conversation turns to mental health and how to live a fulfilled life. We hope you enjoy this conversation with Eugene and Andrea.

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Over the past month, we have been digging into what the heck is happening in the wedding industry. So many of us are hurting, and I brought on my business coach, and sales guru Sam Jacobson from Ideaction Consulting to dive into what we can do to get results in 2025. This episode will show you what you can be doing right now in order to produce the results you need in 2025. We hope these episodes are encouraging you to look up and see that the storm is going to end sooner than later. We want you to be prepared for next year, and this episode will do just that.

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Over the last few weeks we have been digging deep into what 2025 looks like for wedding videographers, and to be honest, a lot of us are going through a pretty big storm. In today's episode, John is back to break down some simple ways we can change our mindset and some practical tips on how we can make more money in 2025.

If you need to weather the storm, this is definitely the episode for you. Also a huge shoutout to our sponsors of this episode, Bride and Groom Video, and Musicbed.

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In today's episode, John talks about how he has adapted his strategy for booking weddings over the last 6 months. Let's be honest, it kind of looks like a storm has knocked out a lot of wedding video business in the last 18 months. Are you going to just let the storm take you out? Are you going to lift your head and look at the market and where it is today and adapt? We sure hope you do. Take a few minutes to dig into this shorter episode and see if you need to make any changes

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We need to be honest. 2024 and 2025 is down in the wedding market. People are scrambling, and weddings are harder to book than ever. So what do we do in this time? How do we stay motivated? Should we quit our jobs?

In this week's episode Jaired Sullivan from Wayward North Films joins John for an honest discussion about what we do in down seasons, what we need to focus on, and how to take ground even when it feels like we are failing.

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Over the last few months we have talked to a lot of people that are very worried about the future of their wedding videography businesses. Times are tough for a lot of people - so Nick is asking the question and giving you space to think... Is it time to quit?

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To be honest, things are MUCH harder than they were in 2020-2022 for wedding videographers… but why is that? In this week's episode John breaks down what is going on in the market and what you can do to prepare for an entirely new landscape in wedding videography. If you are hurting for bookings, or feel like things are getting really hard you definitely want to watch this episode.

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All videographers want to know what planners are thinking. What is going to make them refer us? What is going to make it so they won't refer us?

In today's podcast Nick sits down with Gabby Pinkerton, a high end glamping wedding planner to ask her these questions and so many more.

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When you get started as a wedding videographer you feel the need to film EVERYTHING. It takes filming a few weddings before you figure out what you actually will use in your edit. Eventually, some parts of the day become more important than others.

In this week's episode, John and Nick share their thoughts on the importance level of certain parts of the wedding day, based on their needs as a wedding filmmaker.

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I'm sure you've been there - you plan and have an idea about how you'd like your wedding film to go... only to get 'stuck.' "Editing Block" can be a frustrating thing that can really bog down your process. So, what do you do when you don't know what to do in an edit?

In this week's episode of the How To Film Weddings Podcast, Nick shares 5 tips he has implemented that have helped him move on after getting 'stuck' in an edit.

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