Thank you so much for choosing to roast our website !!! 🙌 We’re beyond grateful for all the constructive feedback you shared in the video, and we’ll definitely be applying your suggestions to improve our site. Also, a huge thank you to everyone in the comments for your advice and additional tips. We truly appreciate the support and can’t wait to make our site even better thanks to this amazing community! 💡✨
Yay! Glad you enjoyed it and I hope it's helpful for you in your business! You both are great photographers and I'm looking forward to seeing how you grow your business!!
I think the feedback on sticking to a very specific niche and style depends on how much work you're getting and how saturated your market is. If you're being flown all over the country to do "light and airy" $15-20k jobs it probably makes a lot of sense. If you're sticking to local or a region and need to show some range, you're going to have to mix it up a bit. I do think the emphasis on not making it look like a completely disorganized array of everything under the sun is important. Maybe be a little more selective and deliberate?
Thanks for your comment! Most of my business is local, and in my experience the path to 15-20K jobs is to niche down. Now sometimes you niche down, and it doesn't work, so you need to find another niche and another niche until it does work. If you specialize - you make more money (for the most part). People pay a do-it-all handyman a different amount than a specialized plumber that replaces clay pipes in victorian houses. Heart surgeon vs family doctor. Starbucks coffee vs gas station coffee. If you identify yourself as a specialized expert, and are an expert in a narrow field you can simply charge more, and grow your business faster.
@@lukewtcleland I agree! I guess the nuance I was pointing out is market supply vs demand. Depending on the supply of awesome heart surgeons in your market, you may have to also apply your excellent heart surgery skills to fixing varicose veins or a couple of other things. That said, if you can find a niche, be near the top in terms of your skills, and your market isn't saturated, you've got a winning ticket. In the beginning you may start out as a handyman who specializes in 3-4 different things and over time you narrow it down to one but it might be a journey to get there.
@@edsai2041 Oh totally. Supply needs to be there. And that is the scary part that I alluded to. What I've found effective, even though it is scary is moving into the niche too see if the demand is there, and if it isn't after some time, change niches until you find something that has the demand. In my experience starting out in a niche and then after expanding services is a more effective way of getting business then starting broad and trying to narrow afterward. I found it so hard to gain traction when I was a photographer of everything. When I was a photographer of one thing, my business exploded.
This was nice, we’ve been updating our new website and the hardest part is knowing what to leave in or take out . We actually still trying to figure out what kind of weddings we like best, we think we like destination as much as a nice outdoor local venue 🤷🏾♂️ so it’s hard to showcase both.
I just finished updating my website the other day. After watching this though, i'll have to look through my website again with a new perspective. Great video! 🙌🏽
Totally! That’s so helpful. If you’re interested I do offer that in my store! An hour long look at your website/portfolio. www.lukecleland.ca/product-page/portfolio-review
@@lukewtcleland I thought you were doing this on RUclips without a fee (Given it will give you more views, eyes...). Thanks for the link, but I can't spend money on this. The video was good though! :)
@@bodrogidovid Hey! Yes! I'm doing it for free on YT and will probably do a few more from the submissions I got because I think they are helpful. But I had interest in photographers wanting me to website/portfolio reviews - so that is for those interest in that. It's all good that you're not interested in purchasing it. But you can totally send your submission to hellolukecleland@gmail.com to be considered for a future YT video!
Who are you to judge other people???!!! Obviously you don't even speak french! How can you be a wedding photographer hm???!!! Doesn't add up bro... doesn't add up... Btw. thanks for your lovely videos :-) Different folks different strokes right? I'm seeing professional wedding and event photographers that seem to be stuck in the 90s when it comes to their style of photography. But people seem to book them and they have their portfolio online so... I mean... I guess people like it... (?) Maybe that's a philosophical question you should discuss in one of your videos ;-) At 14:45 --> it means "For those couples who like to do things a bit differently". The photograph at around 23:00 --> you don't get it because you're not french! ;-P ^.^
Thank you so much for choosing to roast our website !!! 🙌 We’re beyond grateful for all the constructive feedback you shared in the video, and we’ll definitely be applying your suggestions to improve our site.
Also, a huge thank you to everyone in the comments for your advice and additional tips. We truly appreciate the support and can’t wait to make our site even better thanks to this amazing community! 💡✨
Yay! Glad you enjoyed it and I hope it's helpful for you in your business! You both are great photographers and I'm looking forward to seeing how you grow your business!!
You’re absolutely spot on about sticking with a niche! And having less clutter on your website gives viewers a feel as to what your style is
Truth! Thanks!
I think the feedback on sticking to a very specific niche and style depends on how much work you're getting and how saturated your market is. If you're being flown all over the country to do "light and airy" $15-20k jobs it probably makes a lot of sense. If you're sticking to local or a region and need to show some range, you're going to have to mix it up a bit. I do think the emphasis on not making it look like a completely disorganized array of everything under the sun is important. Maybe be a little more selective and deliberate?
Thanks for your comment! Most of my business is local, and in my experience the path to 15-20K jobs is to niche down. Now sometimes you niche down, and it doesn't work, so you need to find another niche and another niche until it does work. If you specialize - you make more money (for the most part). People pay a do-it-all handyman a different amount than a specialized plumber that replaces clay pipes in victorian houses. Heart surgeon vs family doctor. Starbucks coffee vs gas station coffee. If you identify yourself as a specialized expert, and are an expert in a narrow field you can simply charge more, and grow your business faster.
@@lukewtcleland I agree! I guess the nuance I was pointing out is market supply vs demand. Depending on the supply of awesome heart surgeons in your market, you may have to also apply your excellent heart surgery skills to fixing varicose veins or a couple of other things. That said, if you can find a niche, be near the top in terms of your skills, and your market isn't saturated, you've got a winning ticket. In the beginning you may start out as a handyman who specializes in 3-4 different things and over time you narrow it down to one but it might be a journey to get there.
@@edsai2041 Oh totally. Supply needs to be there. And that is the scary part that I alluded to. What I've found effective, even though it is scary is moving into the niche too see if the demand is there, and if it isn't after some time, change niches until you find something that has the demand. In my experience starting out in a niche and then after expanding services is a more effective way of getting business then starting broad and trying to narrow afterward. I found it so hard to gain traction when I was a photographer of everything. When I was a photographer of one thing, my business exploded.
This was nice, we’ve been updating our new website and the hardest part is knowing what to leave in or take out . We actually still trying to figure out what kind of weddings we like best, we think we like destination as much as a nice outdoor local venue 🤷🏾♂️ so it’s hard to showcase both.
Hi, when you use flash, do you use on manual or TTL mode for wedding
Both! Depends on the scenario!
Loved this video!! Definitely do more 👏🏻👏🏻
Yay! Thank you!
Keep doing these! Love it
Yay! Will do! :)
I just finished updating my website the other day. After watching this though, i'll have to look through my website again with a new perspective.
Great video! 🙌🏽
Love it! Glad it was helpful!
I'm about to finish my new website, I would love to hear another photographers honest opinion who doesn't know me or "care" about me.
Totally! That’s so helpful. If you’re interested I do offer that in my store! An hour long look at your website/portfolio. www.lukecleland.ca/product-page/portfolio-review
@@lukewtcleland I thought you were doing this on RUclips without a fee (Given it will give you more views, eyes...). Thanks for the link, but I can't spend money on this. The video was good though! :)
@@bodrogidovid Hey! Yes! I'm doing it for free on YT and will probably do a few more from the submissions I got because I think they are helpful. But I had interest in photographers wanting me to website/portfolio reviews - so that is for those interest in that. It's all good that you're not interested in purchasing it. But you can totally send your submission to hellolukecleland@gmail.com to be considered for a future YT video!
@@lukewtcleland Thank you! I will do so! :)
Who are you to judge other people???!!! Obviously you don't even speak french! How can you be a wedding photographer hm???!!! Doesn't add up bro... doesn't add up... Btw. thanks for your lovely videos :-) Different folks different strokes right? I'm seeing professional wedding and event photographers that seem to be stuck in the 90s when it comes to their style of photography. But people seem to book them and they have their portfolio online so... I mean... I guess people like it... (?) Maybe that's a philosophical question you should discuss in one of your videos ;-)
At 14:45 --> it means "For those couples who like to do things a bit differently". The photograph at around 23:00 --> you don't get it because you're not french! ;-P ^.^