we are talking all about styled shoots this is actually video number three in a
styled shoot 101 series! I will be linking videos 1 and 2 down below in
case you guys have missed those and you want to circle back before watching this
one. in this video, we're going to be talking about really maximizing all the
work that you put into this styled shoot. so getting published, we're going to be
talking about sharing and blogging the images and how exactly you should go
about this to get the absolute most out of the styling shoot. so if you can,
during the styled shoot, I would have someone other than yourself
take some behind the scenes pictures or snaps on snapchat or Instagram videos or
something of the behind the scenes so that you can tag other vendors and get
people really excited and hyped about this shoot so a lot of times when people
contribute to a shoot they think okay great I'm gonna get some photos
maybe we'll get published but then when they also get that added element of you
tagging them when your stories and sharing your followers with them and you
know actually literally tagging them they're just gonna feel all the more
appreciated so try to share some behind the scenes and get people excited to see
the images the next tip I have is to edit and share these images or at least
a couple of the images really quickly just like on a wedding day there's kind
of this like golden hour of like rock gold an hour golden window of time where
people are most excited about something because it just happened so maybe you
shared a bunch of behind the scenes stuff and the next day you can share one
of the most epic images from your shoot you can tag all the vendors and get them
all really excited I would also send that image out to them an email and
encourage them to share it I think this is just gonna really help people to feel
reassured that the shoot happened it was successful it looked amazing and they're
already getting some payoffs from being a part of that shoot I would also
probably share that image all over social media so I would do one post on
Facebook with a different caption one post on Instagram with something
different maybe two different images if if I am posting simultaneously I do like
to switch those up a little bit because a lot of people are gonna be on both
platforms so you want it to be a little bit different but a lot of times you
want to wait to share all the images because
you are submitting to be published so if you would like to get my approach my
checklist my freebie for you guys today it'll be below and it's going to be a
submissions checklist this is essentially how I approach getting
published how I keep track of where it's submitted and how to know if you're
doing the right thing to get published right so go ahead and grab that freebie
so you can follow along but essentially you're going to find a blog or a
magazine that fits the aesthetic of your shoot you're going to read all the
submission guidelines and send a personalized submission following each
and every guideline to the editors and then you will know when to expect to
hear back because you've read all of the rules on their submission page so keep
track of all of this in the free submission checklist below and good luck
to you guys as you get published if you want to hear more about getting
published I have an entire video about this I will link it here and I'm gonna
link it down below but essentially you have to take their time it's going to
require a little bit of patience but it is so so worth it when you finally get
your images published either in print or on a blog everybody in the contributing
vendors for your shoot they're all just gonna be so happy that they were a part
of it there are a lot more likely to collaborate with you again in the future
so print out the getting published checklist start following that one other
tip that I have for you guys in the whole getting published world is to
submit small and submit local so if you have a local block even if it's a little
bit smaller don't be turned off by that because that
can actually be a little easier to get into as far as getting a yes and getting
submissions published quicker but surprisingly they can also lead to a lot
more actual clients so let's say you are living in Vancouver and you did this
huge shoot and it's amazing if you were to find a small town blog that's only
for Vancouver Brides and you were able to get on that blog it might actually be
more beneficial to you than a nationwide magazine because the brides reading that
are actually in your city and you work there so I've gotten published on
smaller blogs and been really surprised to find actual paying clients are
reading these blogs and they're that hiring me so go small for your first
publication of course you've probably promised all of the vendors that you're
going to send them images I highly recommend you gather up a gallery of the
submission images and have that be separate so a smaller gallery that
you're hoping gets published and then having all the images that you edited in
a gallery for all the vendors when sharing the final images with my vendors
which I try to do as quickly as possible I'm really careful to make sure that
everybody is aware of who else was in the shoot because I want all the vendors
to be credited by all the vendors when anything is shared so for instance when
I share the cake gallery with the cake artist and I say you know I loved
collaborating with you I think this cake was amazing bubble blah maybe I know
when they're gonna be featured I say you know Vancouver Brides picked up this
wedding we're gonna be future February 2nd
I'm also very careful to say please share these images please you know shout
out for the rooftops but these are the vendors that contributed and everyone
needs to be credited because I don't want you know the planner to come back
and say what happened why are we on this you know
Bakery website because sometimes images get shared and it gets you know in the
interwebs and all the vendor credits are lost so we're really pushing that
everybody gets credited always no matter where it is so that's something I really
highly recommend that you do just keep saying here's the team credit the team
credit the team credit the team another tip or option that you have for
promoting and getting the most out of this shoot that you just did is printing
some of the images you could create you know a little stack of prints for each
of the vendors tie those up send a note and really reinforce that relationship
that you just made you could create a little photo book for each vendor with
their images from the shoot and just create a way that it makes it really
easy for them to share about you so maybe you have a few business cards in
there but ultimately they're just so thankful that you thought of them and
they have all these physical prints to share with their clients but they didn't
have before so you're making them look to their clients because they look
professional and they're gonna think of you when they're showing that book to a
bride and saying that's my cake or that's our gown that we designed they're
gonna be really thankful that you the photographer sent them this book and
they're gonna think of you way faster so you're staying top of mind so get
creative with ways that you could use these images in these relationships and
give them something really small really affordable just to stay top of mind and
to really just thank them for collaborating with you you would like
for me to create a q-and-a wrap up series for styled shoots maybe there are
questions that you have areas that you felt like I just didn't go in-depth
enough ask your questions below if I get at least 20 questions I'm gonna go ahead
and refilm an entire wrap up to this playlist so thank you guys so much for
watching and I'll see you next week bye guys
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