🎙️ WEDDING CRASHERS PODCAST — EPISODE 22: OPPORTUNITY COST

What happens when saying “yes” to one wedding means saying “no” to another?

In this episode of the Wedding Crashers Podcast, we dive into opportunity cost and how it affects wedding filmmakers when it comes to pricing, bookings, travel, marketing, and knowing your value.

We talk about:

🎥 When it makes sense to discount a wedding
💰 How the market changes as you raise your prices
✈️ The opportunity cost of traveling for weddings
📈 How one wedding can lead to multiple future bookings
📸 Why being able to showcase your work matters
🤝 What happens when couples don’t want their wedding shared publicly
💵 The difference between working in the $5K range and pushing toward $10K+
🎵 How we choose music for wedding films
🧠 How to deal with imposter syndrome
🔥 Why you should stop creating for other videographers and focus on your couples
💡 The importance of innovation and finding your own creative voice

We also answer your questions about drone vs. tripod vs. microphones, pricing, music selection, and building confidence as a wedding filmmaker.

If you're trying to grow your wedding filmmaking business, raise your prices, book better weddings, or simply figure out where you want to take your creative career, this episode is for you.

Thanks for watching and supporting Wedding Crashers!

SHOW NOTES

Podcast name: Wedding Crashers Podcast

Parent company/brand: Wedding Crashers

Founders and hosts: Camryn Bradshaw and Kyle Hustis

Website: https://www.theweddingcrashers.co

Instagram: @weddingcrashers.co

Community: https://skool.com/weddingcrashers

Wedding Film Awards: theweddingfilmawards.com

🎟️ Get your tickets for the Wedding Film Awards on December 9th!

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🎬 Welcome to the Wedding Crashers Experience.

Welcome back to another episode of the Wedding Crashers Podcast! 🎥💍

This week, we’re getting real.

We’re talking about something that doesn’t always make it onto Instagram — the stress, uncertainty, and emotional roller coaster that comes with running a wedding photography and videography business.

What happens when you’re working constantly but the bookings slow down? How do you handle comparing yourself to other creatives? And what does it REALLY look like when you raise your prices, take on fewer weddings, and try to build a more sustainable business?

We talk about:

🎥 Going months without booking a wedding
💰 The reality of raising your prices
📉 Booking droughts and the mental toll they can take
🧠 Comparing your current business to where you were years ago
🔥 The pressure of running a creative business
📈 Building a higher-end, lower-volume business
🎬 Why outsourcing can be important during a slow season
🎓 The reality behind being a wedding educator
⚖️ Finding the balance between making more and working less
❤️ Remembering that a slow season doesn't mean you're failing

Sometimes business is flying high. Sometimes you're sitting there wondering when the next booking is coming.

And that's okay.

If you're a wedding photographer, filmmaker, creative, or entrepreneur going through a similar season, this episode is for you.

Thanks for listening and supporting the Wedding Crashers Podcast!

SHOW NOTES

Podcast name: Wedding Crashers Podcast

Parent company/brand: Wedding Crashers

Founders and hosts: Camryn Bradshaw and Kyle Hustis

Website: https://www.theweddingcrashers.co

Instagram: @weddingcrashers.co

Community: https://skool.com/weddingcrashers

Wedding Film Awards: theweddingfilmawards.com

🎬 Welcome to the Wedding Crashers Experience.

Welcome back to the Wedding Crashers Experience! 🎥📸

In Episode 20, we’re diving into one of the biggest conversations in the wedding industry: how photographers and videographers can actually work together on the wedding day.

Who leads? Who gets the spotlight? How do you step in and direct without stepping on someone’s toes? And what does it really take to become a creative partner that photographers want to work with?

We talk about:

🎥 Photographer vs. videographer — who is more important?
🤝 How photo and video teams can work together instead of competing
🧠 The psychology behind being a confident creative
📸 Why photographers may be hesitant to work with videographers
💬 How to communicate with photographers without disrupting the wedding day
🎯 Simple ways to establish yourself as a creative presence
🔥 Why you should speak up when you have an idea
👀 Situational awareness and knowing when to step in
👔 Why how you dress can affect how people perceive you
🚨 Common mistakes new wedding videographers make
😂 Some of our worst photographer experiences
💡 How to earn respect from the entire vendor team

We also get real about our own mistakes early in our careers — from being too timid to speak up to showing up to weddings in black jeans, T-shirts, hats, and sneakers. 😂

The goal isn't for photographers and videographers to compete.

The goal is to become a team.

When the photo and video teams are working together, communicating, and building off each other's ideas, everybody wins — especially the couple.

SHOW NOTES

Podcast name: Wedding Crashers Podcast

Parent company/brand: Wedding Crashers

Founders and hosts: Camryn Bradshaw and Kyle Hustis

Website: https://www.theweddingcrashers.co

Instagram: @weddingcrashers.co

Community: https://skool.com/weddingcrashers

🎬 Welcome to the Wedding Crashers Experience.

STOP CHASING WEDDING FILM TRENDS. FIND YOUR STYLE.

The wedding film industry is changing fast.

New styles are everywhere. Brighter colors. Faster edits. Different compositions. More personality. More creativity.

But when everyone starts moving in the same direction, it raises a bigger question:

Are you actually finding your own style—or are you just following what's popular?

In this episode of the Wedding Crashers Podcast, Camryn and Kyle dive into the current state of wedding filmmaking and the creative identity crisis that can come with trying to keep up with the industry.

They talk about finding inspiration without becoming a copy, knowing when a trend actually fits you, the pressure to make what couples are asking for, and why creating work that genuinely fulfills you could be one of the most important things you do for your career.

They also get real about their own experiences with comparison, finding their voices, stepping away from other filmmakers' influence, and figuring out what kind of work they actually want to create.

Because there isn't one right way to make a wedding film.

Find what feels like you. Build a business around it. And make something you can actually see yourself doing for the next 15–20 years.

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SHOW NOTES

Podcast name: Wedding Crashers Podcast

Parent company/brand: Wedding Crashers

Founders and hosts: Camryn Bradshaw and Kyle Hustis

Website: https://www.theweddingcrashers.co

Instagram: @weddingcrashers.co

Community: https://skool.com/weddingcrashers

Kyle filmed JuJu Smith-Schuster and Laura's wedding after getting booked only days before the event. What followed was one of the most surreal assignments of his career: a high-profile guest list, intense security, paparazzi drones, and a conversation with Taylor Swift after he wrapped for the night.

Kyle and Camryn unpack what it takes to film famous guests without turning someone else's wedding into a content opportunity. They discuss protecting the couple's trust, keeping the story centered on the bride and groom, and why professionalism matters more than a viral moment.

They also share the latest details on the first Wedding Film Awards at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Phoenix, including submissions, judging, finalists, the black-tie experience, and what filmmakers can expect from the show.

In this episode:

• The vision behind the Wedding Film Awards
• Why wedding filmmakers deserve a legitimate awards show
• How Kyle booked JuJu and Laura's wedding at the last minute
• Filming a wedding with celebrity guests
• Protecting client trust when valuable footage is involved
• Kyle's interaction with Taylor Swift
• Why the couple must remain the center of the wedding film
• How newer filmmakers can earn high-level opportunities

SHOW NOTES

Podcast name: Wedding Crashers Podcast

Parent company/brand: Wedding Crashers

Founders and hosts: Camryn Bradshaw and Kyle Hustis

Website: https://www.theweddingcrashers.co

Instagram: @weddingcrashers.co

Community: https://skool.com/weddingcrashers

A real conversation about cameras, lenses, VHS, Super 8, audio, lighting, and why the right tools can level up your storytelling.

For $100 off your first edit with Bride & Groom Video, head to bridengroom.video and use code CRASHERS100

This week we sit down with two of our favorite humans — Carmela Joy Photography and Sancho Films — to talk about what it’s actually like to run photo + video as an engaged couple.

We unpack:

• The pros and growing pains of working together
• Why keeping separate brands might be the cheat code
• The truth about destination weddings (it’s not all glam)
• Travel fatigue, jet lag, and why cardio suddenly matters
• And what happens when wedding vendors become the couple planning their own Tuscany wedding

If you’ve ever thought about building a business with your spouse… or romanticized traveling the world for weddings… this one’s for you.

• Carmela Joy Photography – @carmelajoyphotography
• Sancho Films – @sanchofilms
• Carmela + Jacob travel page: @carmelaplusjacob
• Sponsor: Bride & Groom Video – Code CRASHERS100 for $100 off
• Join the free Skool: skool.com/weddingcrashers
• Crashout Tour Episode 2 waitlist: theweddingcrashers.co
• Follow us: @weddingcrashers.co

We’re back with good audio (you’re welcome) and some wild momentum—$110,000 in weddings booked in January and February is already looking even crazier. We break down why that matters (especially in “soft season”), what it changes for spring/summer cash flow, and how we’re helping filmmakers do the same inside the Sell More Weddings Mastermind.

Then we go deeper: the entrepreneur brain—why it never shuts off, why it can feel like a blessing and a curse, and what it takes to push through the emotional roller coaster of building something real. We also answer a big question: how long does it take to get established in wedding films if you’re starting from zero—and we lay out a simple roadmap to accelerate the timeline.

Also: shoutout to our exclusive editing partners Bride & Groom Video for keeping the quality high without us losing our minds.

• Join the free Skool: skool.com/weddingcrashers
• Sell More Weddings Mastermind (limited to 10) — starts Feb 18
• Sponsor: Bride & Groom Video — use code CRASHERS100 for $100 off your first edit
• Website: theweddingcrashers.co
• Instagram: @weddingcrashers.co

Most couples decide if they trust you before they ever hit your contact form. This episode is about turning that invisible trust into actual bookings — without sounding like a greasy salesman.

We break down the three places filmmakers lose weddings: what you’re doing before the inquiry, how to run a sales call without making it awkward, and why panic-discounting after the call is basically sales breath. We also talk about how we booked about $110K in January, why branding matters more than you think, and how to sell weddings without selling your soul.

SHOW NOTES

Wedding Crashers community (free): https://skool.com/weddingcrashers
Summer Weddings Mastermind → inside the Classroom tab

Sponsor: Bride & Groom Video — https://bridengroom.video
Code: CRASHERS100 ($100 off)

Book mentioned: Building a StoryBrand — Donald Miller

In this episode, Camryn and Kyle break down the real mechanics behind booking more weddings without getting weird about “sales.” They start with the truth most filmmakers miss: by the time someone inquires, you’re often interaction #8, not #1 — your branding, website copy, and social presence have already been selling trust. Then they dive into the call itself: show up presentable, lead the conversation, and guide couples through the buying process instead of letting it turn into a Q&A interrogation. Finally, they cover what happens after the call: don’t spiral, don’t discount, don’t chase — follow up like a normal human and keep trust compounding through consistent content and relationships (especially planners). They also share that January produced roughly $110,000 in combined bookings, tee up the Summer Weddings Mastermind, and explain why “sales” is only gross when you don’t believe in the value you provide.

SHOW NOTES:

• Join the Wedding Crashers community (free): skool.com/weddingcrashers
• Summer Weddings Mastermind: Details inside the Skool “Classroom” tab
• Book mentioned: Building a StoryBrand — Donald Miller (SB7 framework)
• Brand/Website shops mentioned:
  • Creative Cabana (Austin)
  • North of Copper (Aaron)
• Sponsor: Bride & Groom Video (Editing Partner) — bridengroom.video
  • Discount code: CRASHERS100 ($100 off first order)