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How to Shoot In Bright Sun Light

You have a wedding scheduled, and the first look and all the portraits are scheduled during the brightest hours of the day light… are you panicking, or praying for clouds?! I know I did at one point! Transitioning from being a portrait photographer to a wedding photographer can definitely present its challenges, and this is […]

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You have a wedding scheduled, and the first look and all the portraits are scheduled during the brightest hours of the day light… are you panicking, or praying for clouds?! I know I did at one point! Transitioning from being a portrait photographer to a wedding photographer can definitely present its challenges, and this is […]

How to Shoot In Bright Sun Light

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From inquiry to delivery, your ability to not only duplicate the experience for your clients, but systematize your entire business will determine whether or not your business can sustain growth. Are you able to keep track of every single inquiry and their associated tasks? Or friend, may be you aren’t even sure of what you […]

Wedding Photography Workflow + CMS for photography

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Today It is all about planning a successful styled shoot! I have had SO many people ask me and wanting to know exactly how to do this, so I am super excited to be sharing with you some of my best tips on how to make it a success. When I started planning mine, I […]

Styled Shoot : Must Know Tips to Make it a Success

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You guys the day is FINALLY here and I can hardly contain my excitement. Up at 5:30 and just full of energy to write today’s post, Melissa Grissom Presets have officially launched, yes your new favorite Light and Airy presets for lightroom and lightroom mobile are here! 😉 It’s always a little nerve racking to […]

Light and Airy Presets for Lightroom | Melissa Grissom Presets

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GRAPHIC TEXT OF LIGHT AND AIRY PRESETS FOR LIGHTROOM BY MELISSA GRISSOM

Growing your wedding photography business can definitely have its challenges. It may leave you feeling zapped, frustrated and may be even wanting to call it quits. First know, you aren’t alone, I know I have felt all those emotions too! Despite these emotions and what is always feeling like an ever growing saturated market, nothing […]

Marketing Ideas for Wedding Photographers

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How to edit light and airy. Woo hoo, here we are guys! Can you believe it? Yes this is number five in this series and you have finally arrived! So, you wanna create images with those dreamy light and airy tones and you’re on the struggle bus? I’ve been there and I’ve got you covered […]

How to Edit Light and Airy

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Hey guys! Back with up level your images: shoot for your style. This is part 4 of the editing series! Last week we chatted about finding your style, this is a necessary step before shooting for your style! So def head back there before diving into this step! If you’ve hung around from step one you already know this […]

Up level your Images: Shoot For Your Style

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Uplevel your images, part 3! This week I’m gonna chat all about, finding your style. This piece of the editing puzzle is SO important you guys! Why is determining your style so important to editing? Because before you actually begin to edit, you need to know what your end game is. It’s easy to slap […]

Uplevel Your Images, Part 3

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Ok, so last post in this series, we chatted about what software to use! Now, let’s move on to: Up Level Your Images Part 2! Wrapping up your session or wedding, you take 100’s or 1000’s of photos. Do you give all these images to your client? No! For one, going through a zillion images can be […]

Up Level Your Images Part 2

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I am SO super excited to announce that I am starting my transition into film photography! I’ve been thinking about learning film just for fun since the end of 2017. But when I became pregnant in early 2018, some things just got set aside for the time being. So I was so super thankful to […]

My Transition into Film Photography

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