Shifting Focus with John Bunn

It's that time of year again, you're wrapping up your year and starting to look forward to 2023. How much money do you want to make in 2023? How many weddings do you want to shoot? In this week's episode of the How To Film Weddings Podcast, John and Nick are talking all about when and how you should raise your prices, how to value your work, how to get better, and much, much more. Today is your last chance to get into the Complete Wedding Videography Course, if you want to take your business to the next level in 2024 join here: https://www.completeweddingvideography.com/

What's something you've done lately that's going to help future you? In this episode of the How To Film Weddings podcast, John and Nick are breaking down all the benefits of investing in yourself and setting yourself up for future success...one of the best ways (we're a little biased) to invest in yourself is The Complete Wedding Videography which opens today at 12PM Central! Learn more here: http://completeweddingvideography.com/

How much did you charge for your first wedding? How much are you charging now? We hope the difference between those two answers is huge, if not, this episode is for you! This week on the How To Film Weddings Podcast John and Nick interview Lydia Stuemke as she shares her journey starting at $400 and how she raised her prices all the way up to $7000 using the power of networking and education! Lydia also shares her experience growing her business using The Complete Wedding Videography Course which is available on November 14th! Sign up to be on the waitlist here: completeweddingvideography.com

We're back with part 2 of our live Q&A from this year's Venture Workshop! If you missed part 1 make sure you go back to last week's episode! We took questions from the attendees with an amazing line-up of guests including White In Revery, Stanton Giles, Matt Johnson, David Reynosa, Kathryn Majic, and of course our very own John Bunn and Nick Miller.

Our annual tradition continues! We were super pumped to be back at the Venture Workshop this year to host another live podcast recording where we took questions from the attendees with an amazing line-up of guests including White In Revery, Stanton Giles, Matt Johnson, David Reynosa, Kathryn Majic, and of course our very own John Bunn and Nick Miller. Make sure you check back next week for part 2!

Booking season is upon us...and that means potential couples are going to be checking out your website to see what you're all about before ultimately reaching out to contact you. This week on the How To Film weddings podcast, Nick brings HTFW web genius Austin on to talk about all the ways you need to make sure that your website is ready, and what to do if it isn't quite the way you want it.

Let's talk about color...it's arguably one of the most talked about aspects of wedding filmmaking. Color science, color spaces, LUTs, and more all go into creating a look that represents your brand and the type of client that you're looking to serve. In this week's episode of the How To Film Weddings Podcast, John and Nick share 5 aspects of the color world that can level up your films.

We're super excited to have our friends Lindsey and Cherish Conklin of Le Reve Films back on the podcast to talk about what's new in their lives, how their business has taken off, some tips on how to take care of luxury clients, and much, much more! They also share their new LUTs that they've just released! Check them out here: lereveluts.com

Use promo code HTFW to get 10% off their new LUTs!

Running a wedding video company means your probably wearing a lot of different hats...shooting, editing, marketing, accounting, and the list goes on and on. In this week's episode of the How To Film Weddings Podcast John and Nick share the workflow systems that they use to keep everything organized and how they save themselves from doing the same repetitive tasks over and over again.

What tips and tricks have you used to help automate your workflows and save time in your business?

Interested in some exclusive HTFW content? We're super pumped to announce HTFW+, with HTFW+ you get LIVE access to podcast recordings with Q&A, front-of-the-line film reviews, exclusive wedding film breakdowns, early access to content, and MUCH more! Learn more and sign up here: www.htfwplus.com

We're doing live wedding film reviews on YouTube! Have a wedding film you want us to review? Submit it here: howtofilmweddings.com/filmreview This week on the How To Film Weddings Podcast, John and Nick are breaking down why most wedding filmmakers are missing out on the chance to invest heavily in themselves and their education. We get it...running a business is really really hard, and it's easy to fall into the trap of just doing what you need to do to get by...but if you really want to grow you have to be willing to invest in yourself and find ways to elevate your shooting, branding, editing, and more.