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Sigma 85mm f1.4

You need to make the ad inside of the ad manager specifically to get rid of the form. It's more detailed and can get a little confusing in there but just read everything slow, take it step by step and you should be able to figure out what's going on.

What do you mean? I didn’t 🤔

😂 when you put it this way… But i truly feel like you need to have the right attitude to be in the wedding industry- not saying you need to a bubbly butterfly 24/7 and befriend every single vendor and client- but being genuinely nice & kind and showing up from time to time should be a fairly easy thing to do 😌 The “life long friendship” are just a bonus to be honest :) maybe I’m just lucky or too nice 💁‍♀️

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oh wow! Your comment made my day. Thank you so much for your kind words and for supporting my channel :)

I have the 100mm Sigma macro lens, but I don’t think it's a necessity. I don’t even bring it to weddings because I believe that my 24-70mm and 85mm combo is the perfect wedding kit. In fact, I can get really nice and sharp ring shots with my 85mm, even though I know the 100mm macro is a beast of a lens.

@@mjcarneiro Nice! This indeed sounds like a great combo. I often talk to people who say I shouldn't even try wedding if I don' t have two bodies, 24-70, 70-200 and couple of primes but you showing that it can be done.

HiiiI! Thanks for watching :)

Overshooting is 🔑, right?!! Hahah Those ‘in between moments’ make out the best and most precious photos. Thanks for sharing your experience! 🤞🏽

😭🫶 thank you thank you my girl! I’m from brasil but have been living overseas for over 6 years now. This comment means a lot to me cause imposter syndrome and all… where are you from?

@@mjcarneiro WOW girl you're doing GREAT !!! you sound like a native, how amazing. That inspires me so much Im living in America Im also a wedding photographer and I still struggle feeling weird with my English. Ive moved here 3 years ago, you're doing fantastic, Im going to study English now bye haha

I use ttl because it’s soo much easier! It automatically adjusts the flash settings based on your camera’s exposure. It’s kind of like using Aperture priority instead of Manual mode-more convenient, more accurate, and it keeps the exposure more consistent :)

Trust me, these “rules” are very controversial!! I’ve had discussion with other photographers/friends about that, watched some other photographers work on a wedding day, and also watched other wedding photographers online talk about it- in fact i received an newsletter email last week with a list of things this wedding photographer (she’s on TH-cam as well i think) wished she knew when she started out and -I gasped- it was literally the opposite of what i mentioned on my video 😂

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Ah thank you so much, your comment put a smile on my face 🥹🫶

@@mjcarneiro I'm a wedding Photographer just like you. I also watched your video about facebook ads and there's so much in that video alone.😳 You have a unique style of explaing and teaching. Would you mind do a more details video about the facebook ads step by step as I'm not young like you and with marketing backgrounds? Thanks in anticipation. I subscribed and watched all your videos so far. There's another guy I followed on by the name of Gerard Needham. He has a great way of explaing just like you, calm and to the point. I followed his videos because I also used Fuji XT5.

Set the iso to half the box speed, then expose to +1 on the camera, and ask the lab to develop it normally. I find that the photos come out more clean ;)

@mjcarneiro Thank you. I will try that.

Ummm i’d say most of my couples still want to have a bridal party, which is totally fine (not my wedding to decide), but I only spend like 10min now with bridal party photos And what do you mean about the film?

@@mjcarneiro Nah! Not my clients. I make it very clear on my website by saying I only photographer elopements, micro and small wedding of up to 120 guest and not at the beach or sand dunes. Then! I have a blog post titled "The Bridal Party Idea for Weddings is Outdated." So that's how I've been able to book clients with no bridal party. The film? On the priceless you showed a price list (not sure if it's your or someone else's) saying three rolls of film. Again, because I use film almost exclusively to photograph an entire wedding, it seems like a joke to even mention said photographer is going to use ONLY three rolls. It's like why even mention it. Just take photos on said three rolls, not bring it up and see if the client even notices.

@@mjcarneiro about the film? don't listen to me, I'm just being difficult. and I guess the only sure way to book clients without bridal parties, is to flat out say you hate bridal parties like I did on a blog post

Now I’m afraid I’m saying this wrong??!!! (I’m going to use my English-isn’t-my-first-language card now) But I’m referring to the place where we insert the sd card in a digital camera. So dual card slots is the ideal for wedding photographers!

@@mjcarneiro You're good amiga. Todo bien. I meant it as joke on my part that I don't know what a card slot is because I use 35mm film. A buddy of mine uploaded a similar video but for the 24-70 2.8 and I made the same comment, "what's a 24-70?"

Yes :)

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My bad 🙈😬 I’ll improve

I’ve definitely made this mistake a few times before as well. It’s honestly so easy to not even think about it and get it wrong! 😅

хочется сказать от себя. групповое фото бывает разное. если люди стоят на одной линии, то можно снимать и на f 1.2. Если в 2 ряда стоят, то уже от f 2.8 и выше. учитывая , что мы отходим на несколько метров. то должно быть все в фокусе. размывая задний фон , мы выделяем людей и акцентируем на них все внимание.

😂🫶 I’m from Brasil 🇧🇷 but have been living in Australia for about 7 years now! E tu es de Portugal?

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Hii! You absolutely don’t need to purchase a Canva subscription to use them. Canva has a free plan that allows you to do basically everything. What issue are you running into?

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Now I’m confused, did i not explain that on the video? Sorry, I’ll look into posting another video about fb ads and include all that :) Location is where (not as broad as the whole country, and not as niched as a specific region/suburb. Think like a couple of cities) potential clients will be based at. My case: gold coast, brisbane, sunshine coast, byron bay :) The algorithm will study and see what city will get you the best results and start focusing more on that specific city- and your budget will be spent more on this city too. My case: the algorithm was bringing in too many leads from brisbane and the sunshine coast, but I’d rather have more leads from gold coast and byron bay, so i just removed brisbane and sunshine coast from my targeting location, so the algorithm can focus more on gold coast and byron bay :) hope that helps

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Ahhh I’m glad :) thanks for watching

Yeah, the weight and size of it are definitely an advantage! But there have been moments when I wished I had the 24mm. For example, group photos where I couldn’t fit everyone without taking more steps back or grabbing a chair to step up, the walking downs and exits narrow/small aisles, and capturing landscapes… It’s definitely my personal preference. I'd say you can work around it. I still have my Tamron 28-75mm, but I mostly use it for traveling because of its size and weight :)

@@mjcarneiro Thanks, I guess I'll work around it for a while. I really love the form factor of the Tamron, it's a beautiful lens.

Thank you 🫶🤍🤍 do you want to do wedding photography full time?

@@mjcarneiro Absolutely, I'm passionate about wedding photography. Although I still have a lot to learn, I feel a burning drive every time I photograph weddings, even though shooting a 10-hour wedding day can be exhausting. At the end of the day, I'm thrilled to provide my service to the couples, contributing to making their wedding day the happiest day of their lives.

Yooozza! It’s good hey

Oh no, that’s terrible! I hope you had a second card for backup 😮‍💨 I've never considered the 35-150mm, to be honest. I think it might be a bit too big for me. I'm quite happy with my wedding combo: 24-70mm + 85mm. I think it works well 🙂 but maybe in future i can give it a go?! Would be a good idea for a video

I’ve tested that out too, but the results weren’t great. I’ve actually done a Facebook ads mentorship, and the mentor explained that I’m better off running campaigns with a broad audience, without retargeting, because: The Facebook algorithm adapts and learns the best people to send the ads to in order to get the best results based on the category you chose (e.g., leads). With the same campaign, it automatically retargets those who have engaged with your ads. If you start narrowing down your audience too much, like using just the retargeting custom audience, your audience reach will be much smaller. This way, the Facebook algorithm will struggle to deliver the content and won’t have enough data to learn who are the actual potential leads. When the algorithm struggles to work effectively, the cost per lead (CPL) ends up being more expensive. So again, I only run one campaign for traffic purposes and one campaign for getting leads. I avoid retargeting and niching down to specific audiences because Facebook will learn for you. Facebook ads change all the time, and I learned this from my Facebook ads mentor. What works now might not work next week, but this has been working for me. I keep getting 10-15 leads a week ($10 a day), so I’ll keep doing that until it stops working eventually. Hope that makes sense 😂🫶

Thanks for your comment! If you check my channel, you’ll see that this is one of my first videos and i was literally looking at myself on the screen cause I couldn’t help it 💅 but yeah i think I’ve improved

Ahhh thank you 🤍 happy to help x

It’s very hard, because as creatives we don’t want to miss the opportunity of getting good photos, but- like you said- we need to remember that it’s not about us, and do what’s best for the couples 🤍

In other words, we're just the hired help. A simple concept 95% of photographers can't seen some understand.

🥹🫶🫶🫶 i only just started this channel! Thanks for your support :)

Thank you 😮‍💨💕

🥹🥹💕 so glad you liked it

It is!! I also like portra 400, but lately I’ve been using portra 800 more 🤍

🥹🙏 glad you liked it

I use leads now, like I explained on the video! I don’t filter people out of any campaign. It definitely attract some wrong people (like automatic scam messages, old guys, etc) but I actually did a 1:1 mentorship and the guy said that this is completely normal, and that the fb algorithm adapts over time. The results speak for itself, i keep getting 10 good and legit leads a week with this exact campaign. Watch my video again and follow the steps; give it a couple of weeks to test it out and see how it goes!

Glad it was helpful! thanks for your comment :))

Thank you :) you don’t need to set up flash with the camera. Just put the flash on the camera, and switch to TTL mode which means you don’t need to change anything else a part from the camera settings (just perfect the white balance and exposure on the camera and the flash light will adapt automatically). Does that make sense?

My flash is a Godox 860, what do you say in the video

I just connect the to the camera and set the flash to TTL mode, which means you don’t need to adjust any settings on the actual flash, as it will be adjusted automatically based on your camera settings; it’s very straightforward! Does that answer your question? I hope you have an amazing wedding in July :) And you have a good flash, just for the paparazzi look, don’t use the bouncer or the diffuser, just point it straight to your subject- have a test before the wedding so you feel confirmation using it!

This video is definitely for those learning how to use flash. Not sure how TH-cam algorithm reached such a pro like yourself 🤔 And what did i say at min 4:14? Remove the bouncer? I don’t get it.

@@mjcarneiroI appreciated this video a lot! And for beginning photographers, I agree with you! I love the godox system by the way! And will do a similar video in future on my photog channel! I was confused by our friend’s comment also. But what I think he meant was at 41 seconds? To avoid picking up the camera and flash by the flash - in case the weight of the camera, snaps or dislodges the bottom of the flash unit! (My V1 has broken before, but from a different way!) sending good vibes!

Thank you so much Mel! I have a part 2 of this video coming out soon, would love to hear your thoughts again x