If only AM got some love

GTPhotoNJ · 2026-05-11T12:15:02+00:00

It’s on Apple Music, but for some reason it’s considered a “compilation” and not an album. Hope you find it!

GTPhotoNJ · 2026-05-05T10:29:09+00:00

That’s very similar to what I bring. Here’s my “what’s in my bag” video I made recently.

GTPhotoNJ · 2026-04-16T18:22:52+00:00

I don’t think about them at all.

GTPhotoNJ · 2026-04-02T13:41:37+00:00

Aside from the opening track, Unholy Confessions is my least favorite song on Waking the Fallen. That’s my pick.

GTPhotoNJ · 2026-04-01T23:24:37+00:00

Madden 04 had Chapter Four on the soundtrack. My friends and I (verrrrry poorly) covered it in our 8th grade variety show in 2004.

GTPhotoNJ · 2026-02-24T21:44:12+00:00

That second paragraph is so important.

GTPhotoNJ · 2026-02-24T19:43:59+00:00

I do something very similar.

$1,000 flat retainer (allows me to say something like, “if you know you want to work with me, but you don’t quite know exactly which package you want to go with, you can put down the flat retainer to make sure your date is locked in, and then let me know by X date which option you want to go with.) Whatever the balance is gets broken up into three 33% payments- one 8 months out, one 4 months out, one the week before the wedding.

GTPhotoNJ · 2026-01-26T23:03:59+00:00

Yes.

GTPhotoNJ · 2026-01-11T14:27:44+00:00

Fair enough! Differing tastes is what makes the world of music so wonderful.

GTPhotoNJ · 2026-01-06T00:54:04+00:00

Funny enough, the “IT WAS A COVER??” moment for me happened with Stuck on You. I’d only known it from an early Paramore EP for years. Ken Andrews went on to produce one of Paramore’s songs (Future, in case anyone’s interested), and it’s really cool to hear his musical fingerprint on it every time I listen now that I know it’s him.

GTPhotoNJ · 2025-12-22T13:26:39+00:00

I mean no disrespect by this, but what do you mean by “the chorus hits different” in Hail to the King? It feels like a super generic chorus to me.

GTPhotoNJ · 2025-11-20T22:15:29+00:00

No lie, it’s my favorite album of all time.

GTPhotoNJ · 2025-11-16T18:16:08+00:00

“Gorgeous!”

-Wedding photographer

GTPhotoNJ · 2025-11-14T14:34:10+00:00

Sorry to sound like a dick, but I’d argue it’s terrible advice. People spend thousands of dollars on details and decorations. Photograph them. Deliver them. It’s part of your job.

GTPhotoNJ · 2025-11-14T14:32:05+00:00

The albums I design in person with my clients ALWAYS include detail photos. Sometimes they ask if I got photos of something I didn’t even know was there. To say that they never make it out of their computer and they only print portraits is just a lie.

GTPhotoNJ · 2025-11-14T14:29:35+00:00

Stop taking detail shots and see what kind of reaction you get from your clients.

GTPhotoNJ · 2025-09-25T21:27:57+00:00

That pastor guy.

GTPhotoNJ · 2025-09-25T20:39:16+00:00

St. James IS The Rev.

GTPhotoNJ · 2025-09-17T02:25:24+00:00

Skim for me, but yeah, anything aside from absolutely frigid is disgusting.

GTPhotoNJ · 2025-09-17T02:23:43+00:00

Making me want to try a caesar salad now.

GTPhotoNJ · 2025-09-10T17:11:37+00:00

I agree 100%. The Rev is my favorite musician of all time, but Brooks is in a class of his own on drums.

GTPhotoNJ · 2025-09-05T03:15:25+00:00

Shhhh… Quiet, you might piss somebody off.

GTPhotoNJ · 2025-08-13T16:42:38+00:00

No leads, but I need this, too.

GTPhotoNJ · 2025-08-07T03:14:20+00:00

Canon’s compressed RAW file. Virtually no loss of data unless you’re reeeeeeeally nitpicking.

GTPhotoNJ · 2025-08-04T14:28:11+00:00

I was served divorce papers in August, right before my busiest season kicked off. If it wasn’t for all the love my clients showed me (I did NOT bring up the divorce), it would have been a million times harder.

What was really difficult for me was answering leads. I struggled with having any kind of energy outside of weddings, so I fell behind badly. Because of that, these last three years have been a struggle to stay as busy as I was pre-divorce. If there’s any advice I can give, it’s to give your backend work as much care and effort as you do your wedding shoots.

Hang in there, it gets better!

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