Initially hired by a friend to step in for a wedding photographer who had dishonestly sold their services using someone else's portfolio, Sam Meggs found himself thrust into a genre he had no prior experience of.

What began as a one-off favour became a defining creative moment. Over a decade later from that day, Sam now runs a successful business in Ontario, a popular Canadian go-to destination for couples.

We talk about that initial start, how his new photographic career blossomed and why working in your community alongside and with your competitors is a strong business decision.

The show starts with a story of why signature images are your strongest USP, plus last week's guest Rahul Khona shares his Story of the Completely Unexpected.

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The noise online, the posts and humble bragging can leave you wondering why everyone else has it so right, and you have it so wrong. It's exhausting, isn't it? London-based UK and destination wedding photographer Rahul Khona talks about surviving social media whilst building a thriving wedding photography business, part of our conversation today.

One-half of the 9-Dots wedding photography training community leadership team, he talks about the importance of finding a network of like-minded creatives, plus in the Story behind the Story, Rahul shares pictures of a more personal nature.

The show starts with a story of negotiation, something waters that all creatives find comfortable to navigate, plus candid wedding photographer Paul Waring shares his Story of the Completely Unexpected.

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David McClelland in Ireland is my lead photographer guest today, and as he too approaches that twenty-year mark behind the lens, he shares a raft of stories about what he's learned shooting weddings. We talk about the documentary sense of his picture-making and discuss how photographs of what could be considered an unremarkable moment, can become the greatest unexpected wedding gift. It's sometimes all about legacy.

New York based wedding photographer Amy Milstein returns to share her Story of the Completely Unexpected.

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Today New York documentary photographer Amy Milstein explains why she decided to buck the trend, to photograph weddings the way she wanted, despite being told it would never work out by the establishment. Also, finding your signature style and discovering inspiration from the wider world of art and creativity.

David McClelland in Ireland shares a true Story of the Completely Unexpected which is a personal wedding anxiety dream of my own, and I have a Story behind the Story where a moment of lucidity becomes one of my most important legacy photographs.

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Unpacking the why of wedding photography, 1000 Weddings is a podcast for new and established wedding photographers. It features international names who share creative, observational, marketing, and business advice.

Today, a peak behind the scenes into an international photography market I'm not so familiar. We visit Singapore, guided by Eugene Tan, whose wedding company Bottled Groove has and is breaking some of the traditional norms of Asian wedding photography.

On a personal level, we talk together about introversion, building a company during a time when a pandemic shut the world down, and why feelings resonate with potential clients.

Also today my own thoughts about the why of wedding photography, plus former guest Philip White returns to share a Story of the Completely Unexpected.

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Unpacking the why of wedding photography, 1000 Weddings is a podcast for new and established wedding photographers. It features international names who share creative, observational, marketing, and business advice.

Today, Philip White returns for part 2 of his conversation across two weeks. Phil is a wedding photographer and filmmaker based in the UK, although he works internationally. He's celebrated for his innovative cinematic style that blends documentary photography with artistic storytelling.

Philip works with high-profile clients and planners and has been featured in numerous publications.

Today, we talk about marketing, social media, the pitfalls of chasing likes and whilst taking a middle-lane approach to photography can be a positive thing for business, how it may not be the best policy for attracting higher-end clients.

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Unpacking the why of wedding photography, 1000 Weddings is a podcast for new and established wedding photographers. It features international names who share creative, observational, marketing, and business advice.

Today, our lead photographer is Philip White, a wedding photographer and filmmaker and one of my longest-standing friends in the business of shooting these events.

Philip is based in the UK and celebrated for his innovative cinematic style that blends documentary photography with artistic storytelling. He works with high-profile clients and is frequently recognised in and by the wedding photography industry. Philip has been featured in numerous publications and is also dedicated to educating the next generation of photographers through workshops and mentoring.

He's certainly not shy in sharing exactly how the business has affected him emotionally and mentally in this episode, which is spread across two weeks.

Also, Eugene Tan from Singapore has a Story of the Completely Unexpected.

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Unpacking the why of photography, 1000 Weddings is a podcast for new and established wedding photographers. It features international names who share creative, observational, marketing, and business advice.

Today, our lead photographer is documentary photographer Kevin Mullins, who has spent 15 years shooting weddings, during which time he's trained and mentored thousands of photographers online and on stage.

His focused approach to photographing exactly the way and style he wants to document has won him many admirers in the industry, and he pulls no punches when it comes to his feelings about why photographers are not necessarily receiving the success they feel they deserve.

Amy Milstein from New York has a Story of the Completely Unexpected and the mailbag is open for feedback.

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