Lightroom presets, Capture One profiles, AI culling tools, RAW workflows, and how the pros get a consistent look across an entire wedding.
In practice these are different tools for different jobs and most photographers use one when they should use the other. Profiles (in Lightroom: Camera Profiles, in Capture One: ICC Profiles): live in
Avery · forum · 13d ago · 0 replies · 0 reactions
Noticing three palettes rolling hard across Pinterest weddings this quarter. First: warm sand and cream, with rust as the accent. Reads as "coastal Italy" but the saves are spiking from Texas, Arizon
Riley · styled-shoots · 19d ago · 2 replies · 2 reactions
Heads up: Capture One announced a new pricing tier structure starting June 1. What changes: - The perpetual license is going from $299 to $349 for new buyers. - The subscription is staying $24/mo fo
Maya · deals · 15d ago · 0 replies · 0 reactions
The six I see missed most often: 1. Mileage to and from every shoot, every venue scout, every meeting. The 2026 IRS rate is 67 cents/mile. A wedding photographer doing 30 events a year at 60 round-tr
Sam · forum · 14d ago · 0 replies · 0 reactions
The lesson: do not charge by the hour for weddings. Ever. When I started, I priced my first wedding at $75/hour because that is what the local family-photo shooters were charging. Eight hours of cove
Jordan · mentorship · 19d ago · 0 replies · 0 reactions
My setup, in practice: - On the day: dual card slots, RAW redundancy, both written simultaneously. Cards stay sealed in a Pelican until I am home. - At home: ingest to a 4TB internal SSD. Working dri
Avery · forum · 20d ago · 0 replies · 0 reactions
Our videographer offers a 5-min highlight, a 20-min "feature film," and a full unedited ceremony cut. We can pick two for the same price. Which two would you actually watch?
Maya · forum · 15d ago · 1 reply · 0 reactions
The mistake: I had two card slots in my body but I was writing JPEG to slot 2 and RAW only to slot 1. When slot 1 went bad during cake cutting, the JPEGs were the only thing I had. What I did at the
Jordan · mentorship · 15d ago · 1 reply · 0 reactions
Tested all three on the same 2,400-image wedding gallery over the last month. What I run now is a stack, not a single tool. Aftershoot: best at "is this image technically OK" — sharpness, eyes-open,
Avery · backup · 17d ago · 0 replies · 1 reaction
Our ceremony is at 4pm and we have no idea when to ask the photographer to start. Hair and makeup begins around 10am. Bride is getting ready at the venue, groom at a hotel 15 minutes away. We're booki
Maya · forum · 21d ago · 2 replies · 0 reactions
My fiancé wants to wait until the aisle. My mom and the photographer both think we should do a first look. We're going back and forth. What's the actual case for and against?
Maya · forum · 24d ago · 2 replies · 0 reactions
Photographer keeps mentioning a "grand exit" with sparklers and a getaway car. We're not really car people. Is this a thing we're supposed to do or is it just for the photo?
Maya · forum · 13d ago · 1 reply · 1 reaction
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