The Blog. Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest. Sharing images with vendors -- workflow series pt. Today I wanted to share another installment of my workflow series for photographers -- how I systematize the sharing of wedding images with vendors.
If this is your first time tuning in, click here to find a complete list of the posts in The Workflow Series and get caught up! One of the biggest opportunities wedding photographers miss is following up by sending vendors images that showcase their work. They connect with a planner or a florist at the wedding, exchange pleasantries and promise to send images.
Then they are never heard from again. Or, they are heard from, but there is one reason after another that they can't get images to the vendors and after months of waiting, the planner or florist finally gives up.
I've heard this story time and time again from vendors I work with. I listen in shock thinking how dumb that photographer is. I mean seriously. HUGE missed opportunity. And it was staring them right in the face. It's not rocket science. We as photographers have a valuable commodity -- a visual representation of every other wedding service provider's blood, sweat, tears and creativity. They want these images to show off their work to future clients.
Without any strings attached. Quickly and generously. Again, it's not rocket science. Two reasons: 1 -- They don't grasp that they are missing a huge opportunity and therefore don't prioritize it as such. If you find yourself in the 2nd camp, determine today to fix your workflow so that this simple yet important task happens after every single wedding.
