PHOTO 338: How to become a successful elopement/adventure wedding photographer with guest Joel Alston

So you want to be a photographer: Transform your skills and build a profitable photography business

Adventure and elopement weddings are exploding in popularity in the last few years.

Pandemics, social distancing and travel restrictions and $$$ are influencing more couples to rethink the traditional 100+ people wedding. Joel Alston has grown his intimate and elopement wedding photography business from 2 weddings a year to 70 + weddings a year which is HUGE. He has photographed couples in some gorgeous locations including Iceland and New Zealand.

In this episode we have an raw conversation about:

• The joys and advantages of shooting intimate and elopement weddings
• How he grew his business from 2 - 70 + per year so quickly
• The pros and cons of growing so quickly
• The personal cost of doing 70+ weddings in a year
• Work-life balance
• Mental health and photography
• What “success” means to Joel
• His thought process from start to finish including, planning an elopement shoot, scouting locations etc
  + heaps more!

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