The Wedding Biz - Behind The Scenes Of The Wedding Business

This episode of The Wedding Biz is a special one because Andy is recording live during Laurie Arons’ masterclass and has three special guests today - Laurie herself, Jose Villa, and Carrie Goldberg, all three of whom have been on the podcast before. Laurie runs Laurie Arons Special Events, and she talks about what the most important characteristics are in a prospective photographer, what some of the inherent pitfalls tend to be, how she feels about the relationship between photography and marketing, her preference of film over digital, what she does if she is ever underwhelmed by a photographer’s gallery, etc. Wedding photographer Jose Villa discusses what he ideally needs from a planner to do what he does best, what he is most attracted to when it comes to the features of a setting, why he sometimes needs to remind himself that a wedding is not a photoshoot and that the emphasis is not on him as the photographer, how he goes about capturing unexpected moments, what he needs in terms of lighting when shooting