Two interesting articles at Black Star Rising on growing your wedding photography using client and competitors’ referrals.

“Should Wedding Photographers Pay for Client Referrals?” examines th ereal motivation behind a client who refers you to their friends — and therefore which type of incentive may be most beneficial.

“Grow Your Wedding Photography Business with Referrals — from Your Competitors” shows you how to make makes your competitors become your best source of referrals.

WPPI 2010 RoadTrip

WPPI is taking the fun and excitement of Las Vegas on the road in its second annual WPPI Road Trip. This coming August and September, WPPI will hit 10 cities across the country, bringing along the hottest speakers in professional photography.

The 10 cities are:

1. Irvine, CA – Mon Aug 23
2. Sacramento, CA – Wed Aug 25
3. Seattle, WA – Mon Aug 30
4. Dallas, TX – Wed Sep 1
5. Washington, DC – Wed Sep 13
6. Chicago, IL – Thu Sep 16
7. Atlanta, GA – Mon Sep 20
8. Orlando, FL – Wed Sep 22
9. New Brunswick, NJ – Mon Sep 27
10. Detroit, MI – Wed Sep 29

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With the availability of all the wonderful [and affordable] DSLRs, it seems that anyone with even a slight amount of good photography experience can now become a Wedding Photographer. With competition comes the inevitable lower prices. We saw that with the emergence of microstock photography, and now it seems that established Wedding Photographers may also be feeling the onslaught of cheap wedding photography prices.

Gary Fong, of the Wedding Storybook concept and Lightsphere fame, addresses this issue (and more) in his article titled, “WHAT’S WRONG WITH WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY TODAY?”

Michael Shilling posts an answer to that article titled, “What’s great about wedding photography today?”

Weddings pose special challenges to the photographer, especially when the bride wears a white dress and the groom a black tuxedo. If you leave your camera on the default multiple-pattern (matrix) metering, you may not be able to capture the bride’s white dress properly. What metering mode to use?

Read the full article at: Photocrati.

We thought we’d compile a list of free wedding photography tutorials and tips we’ve found on the Web. There are lots of them but some are better than others. At then end of the list, we have two book suggestions that seem to garner good reviews.

Wedding Photography Tutorials:
- Photographing a Friend’s or Relative’s Wedding
- Wedding Photography 101
- Digital Photography Tutorials – Weddings
- Wedding Photography – Lessons Learned
- Wedding Photography Tutorials

- Wedding Photography: Art, Business & Style (by Steve Sint) [ US | CA | UK ]
- Professional Digital Imaging for Wedding and Portrait Photographers (by Patrick Rice) [ US | CA | UK ]

- LightSPhere [ US | UK ]