We might be halfway through 2025, but our wedding seasons feel like they’ve just begun. Join Chris & Tom in this catch up episode as they talk about 2026 enquiries, wearing shorts and how they’re feeling as they enter the busier months of the year. If you listened to our last catch-up episode, you’ll know that Chris has been conducting an experiment with enquiries and he shares all the results surrounding that and whether he’ll be sticking to prices off the website going forward. We also div...
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 18 min
This week’e episode of the WCC might divide the crowd, but Chris & Tom go all-in on sharing their unpopular opinions as wedding creatives… There are definitely a few tongue-in-cheek moments in this one, but hopefully amongst the revelations, they’ll be something that leaves you screaming in agreement and others that’ll make you feel totally seen as a wedding photographer or videographer. From drones being pointless, group shots being fun and why buying loads of kit can actually be a good thi...
Jun 16, 2025•1 hr 9 min
In this week’s episode, Chris and Tom are joined by the wonderful Sophie from Loyal Studio to talk all things websites. Within web design, Sophie works almost exclusively with wedding suppliers which makes her the perfect guest to have on and share her knowledge on how to level up your website and talk us through the process of rebranding and building a website from the ground up. From her beginnings in the industry as Sophie Amelia designs, she’s recently rebranded herself to Loyal Studios and ...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 36 min
Chris and Tom are back behind the mics for a classic WCC catch-up — this week we’re chatting all things new cameras, pricing strategy experiments, and Chris’ surprisingly smooth switch to a new website platform: We kick off with a geeky but glorious dive into our new camera purchases; Chris with his Fuji X100IV and Tom's with a new medium format film camera. We talk about our reasons behind the spend, how they’ll get used and whether either of us actually needed another camera (spoiler: probably...
May 19, 2025•1 hr 35 min
This week on Wedding Capture Co, we're joined by none other than Adam Wing — videographer, educator and recent speaker at this year’s TWVP Summit in Glasgow. Join is for an honest, inspiring and occasionally hilarious chat about life behind (and in front of) the lens. We kick things off with Adam’s story: how he got started in wedding videography, grew his brand, and built an online course that’s now helped countless creatives level up their filmmaking game. We then dive into one of the most imp...
May 05, 2025•1 hr 49 min
Ep 050: Part Two: Questions from you, our amazing listeners! Join Chris & Torn as we continue to celebrate our 50th episode with a voice-note special from you—our amazing listeners! We're marking this milestone by reflecting on the journey so far and announcing our first ever partnership with brideandgroom.video In celebration of this new partnership, follow the link: https://bridengroom.video/wcc/ and use the code 'WeddingCaptureCo75’ to get £75 off your first order with this incredible vid...
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 15 min
After a brief break, we’re finally back with our 50TH EPISODE (which still feels bonkers to say) and there was so much to pack in that we’ve had to spread it across two parts! Thanks to everyone who sent us messages, voice notes and well wishes; we’re so grateful to have you all and can’t wait to answer those questions and address them all in part two. In those weeks between recording though, loads has happened and we have so much to fill you in on: Imagen have dropped a new colour grading featu...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 20 min
I mean, it’s a valid question isn’t it? As we sit here in 2025 there’s never been a time with better camera tech, advanced software and AI tools to help us than there are now. But, with all of these helpful tools at our disposal, have they made it almost too easy to be a ‘lazy creative’ or not even have to be creative at all? In this episode Tom & Chris go back and forth over this interesting subject and offer our opinions on the matter: Are you more creative when you’re faced with limitatio...
Mar 13, 2025•1 hr 1 min
WCC x TWVP Crossover Episode: This week we’re back with a super cool crossover/collab episode with the boys from ‘That Wedding Videographer Podcast’. Danny & Jase are Scottish-based wedding videographers and co-hosts of the TWVP podcast. Starting in April 2024, they’ve already amassed a loyal following across the UK and are now only a few weeks away from their ever first Summit; an in-person education event taking place in Glasgow on April 1st with a stellar lineup of videography & indus...
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 27 min
This week we’re back in our usual surroundings and having a good catch up over the events of the past few weeks… Chris took home Highly Commended at the National TWIA awards in the videography category, whilst Tom was on the other side of the pond on holiday. We also talk about some how AI (and ChatGPT specifically) has been a game changer for helping Chris build some big timesaving hacks into his workflows; so if you’re still playing catch up on 2024 edits, you’ll definitely want to hear about ...
Feb 13, 2025•47 min
We’re back with another great episode, joined by our very first guest of 2025: the incredible Hannah MacGregor!Hannah is the absolute queen when it comes to hybrid shooting and also offers workshops of her own on this topic.After starting her business as solely a photographer, around 2017 she made the brave leap to learn videography and now offers a hybrid package; delivering both a full gallery of stills and a highlight video to her couples. In this episode we do a deep dive into how Hannah man...
Jan 30, 2025•1 hr 51 min
It’s our first recording session of 2025, so we’ve decided to tackle the question that seems to be on every wedding supplier’s lips right now… Are you finding enquiries slower than usual?? It’s a valid topic and at a time of year where you’d usually have more work coming in than ever, why are so many of us seeing tumbleweeds rolling through our inboxes? And I guess the bigger question is: what we can do to change that?? In this episode we offer our opinions on the subject, provide an honest insi...
Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 22 min
Even though it’s only the 2nd day of the New Year, we didn’t want to leave you waiting for our first episode of 2025, so here it is!! We think this is the perfect topic for a January episode and also an updated version of our very first episode that we dropped back in March 2023, so hopefully you’ll hear the improvement. In today’s episode, we’re talking about all those things we do to prepare ourselves, our equipment and our businesses for another busy year of capturing weddings. With most of u...
Jan 02, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Here we are….our final episode of 2024 and our year in review. Firstly we just want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone for listening/watching and supporting us and these conversations. Over the 23 episodes we’ve released this year we’ve had 4 incredible guests, shared with you the highs & lows and hopefully imparted some knowledge along the way too. This episode is an amalgamation of all the above as we reflect on how this year has been, whether or not we hit the goals we set at the end of ...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 56 min
Get your wedding videography contract here & use code UKWV50 for 50% off: https://spiceweddingfilms.com/wedding-videography-contract This one is pretty big one and I don’t think we even realised how HUGE a subject this was until we dove right in… From the very first time a couple set eyes on your business, until the day you deliver their wedding, they’ve built an expectation in their head based on everything they’ve seen, heard and experienced from you along the way. I love to think that we ...
Nov 28, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Now that we’re back from our USA holiday, we have a little catch-up on our recent adventure, what we got up too and also some business learnings that came from our time on the cruise. We also throw in a teeny bit of holiday camera chat as would it even be the Capture Co, if Chris didn’t buy yet another camera to go on holiday with?? We’re also entering the closing months of the year and our sights are firmly on the booking situation for 2025; because of this we reflect on the shifting state of o...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Ever had that fear that you’ve left the house without any SD cards in your cameras? Do you leave it until the morning of a wedding to check the route or fill the car with petrol?? We all have our own quirky methods and levels of preparation when it comes to doing our jobs; so we thought it’d be a fun episode to chat over the things we do in the weeks, days (and in some cases!) hours before we leave the house to go and shoot a wedding. In this episode we discuss our pre-wedding questionnaires, pa...
Oct 31, 2024•52 min
We have the final tickets for our Branding & Marketing workshop in November still available, so check here for all the info on that: https://spiceweddingfilms.com/podcast If you’re anything like both of us, you’ve now captured most of your weddings for the year and are faced with the looming shadow of a mammoth editing pile! We like to think of ourselves as a podcast of the people and aim to give you the right information when you need it most; that’s why we’ve dedicated this whole episode...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 14 min
We have a couple of spaces left on our Branding & Marketing Workshop in November, so if you’re wanting to level up your website and marketing over the winter, then this is the perfect day for you! All the info and ticket link can be found here: https://spiceweddingfilms.com/podcast Sat here at the end of the summer, tired from a busy season and drowning in edits, it might not feel like you have the best job in the world right now, but could this moment in time truly be the best time to be ...
Oct 03, 2024•51 min
Tickets to our workshop are limited and available now at: https://spiceweddingfilms.com/podcastHow things can change so fast!!We went from both feeling really in control and ahead on recording, to only sitting down to make this episode around 48hrs before we release it…That feeling definitely steers the course of this episode as we wave goodbye to summer and move into autumn/winter weddings.Whilst we feel that we’ve both had incredible summers making some of our best work, we’d be lying if we sa...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 13 min
If you’re anything like us, you’re pretty much hitting the peak of your season and this episode is the result of an epic catch up after a busy month of shooting weddings.We recorded this on the eve of Chris’ trip to Lake Como for a destination wedding and all the preparation that has gone into preparing for this trip.If you’re new to the destination market, or trying to market for your first destination wedding, we pull back the curtains on the reality of these weddings and highlight maybe some ...
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Tickets for our next Branding & Marketing workshop are now live and available at: https://spiceweddingfilms.com/podcastTuesday 19th November 2024 at Cosy Club, Guildford: 10am-5pm.This week we’re back with another incredible guest and a topic that we feel isn’t discussed enough in a public forum like this.Mike from Mac Videography is a Kent based film maker and previous winner of the prestigious TWIA’s UK Videographer of the Year award. But despite running a successful business, winning awar...
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr 41 min
Do you really need a Second Shooter at weddings? We drop some pretty exciting news that WE’RE HOSTING ANOTHER WORKSHOP!!After the success of our first one back in May, we’ve had a few requests for a repeat, so we’ll be back at Cosy Club on 19th November doing the branding & marketing workshop again.For more info on the day and how to grab your ticket, visit: https://spiceweddingfilms.com/podcast Now onto second shooting, It’s one of those topics that we both have different opinions on, so wh...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 16 min
That’s right, we’re back with another guest episode, in the form of TWIA founder & wedding photographer Damian Bailey.Alongside being a full-time wedding photographer, Damian founded The Wedding Industry Awards back in 2011 and it’s now become THE award to win amongst wedding vendors in the UK.We do a deep dive on the lengths Damian & his team go to make this the fairest and most credible awards of its kind.We also talk about what makes a good entry and a few good tips at making the most...
Jul 18, 2024•1 hr 47 min
Well…this episode ended up taking quite an unexpected turn!! When we sat down to record, we planned on making a fairly light-hearted chat about how we’re holding up in the height of busy season and the things that we’re dealing with. What actually happened is we got to the topic of ‘reading the room’ and that ended up moulding the shape of the entire episode! This topic is on the lips of a lot of wedding creatives at the moment and we obviously both have strong enough feelings about it to make i...
Jul 04, 2024•53 min
Episode 031: Churches, Websites & Getting Locked Out! As we enter the midst of the season, a few things have happened to us both at weddings recently that sparked the topics of discussion in this episode… We’ve both literally just had church ceremonies to capture and share our opinions on the recent debate around vicars and the restrictions they can impose. Are they really as bad as the media made out or are we as photographers & videographers just as much to blame? Chris has also comple...
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr 15 min
In this week’s episode we rip open the can of worms that is ’having a style’ and what that even means anyway!? The word ‘style’ can encompass so many things in terms of approach/branding/ethos etc and we touch on all these points and more as we dive into this vast topic. - Do you need to have a style when you first set up?- How do you define your style and should you stick to it forever? - Can you just copy someone else’s style to be trendy? - Can your style vary from wedding to wedding? We also...
Jun 06, 2024•57 min
This is a HUGE episode and another milestone for us here at Wedding Capture Co…Today’s episode is our 2nd time having a guest and very first videographer guest, in the form of the incredible Ron Stain (AKA Roo Films). Roo is a UK based wedding videographer, winner of TWIA’s Wedding Videographer of the Year in 2024 and co-founder of the hotly anticipated Coda conference that launches in October.In this near 2 hour chat, we dive into Roo’s thoughts on his TWIA win, the doors that winning this pres...
May 23, 2024•1 hr 52 min
It’s now been just over a week since we hosted our (very first!) workshop, so we wanted to use this week’s episode as an opportunity to reflect on how that incredible day went, but also give a more general thank you to you guys; our amazing Wedding Capture Co audience at the same time ❤️We’re also over a year into doing this podcast now and realised that we’ve never really stopped to look back at how far we’ve come; to celebrate our community and share our gratitude for what we’ve both gained, j...
May 09, 2024•45 min
Does anyone actually like admin?? If you’re struggling to stay on top of email enquiries, sending contracts, missing invoices and knowing whose wedding you’re supposed to be attending next, then this episode is definitely for you!! After a brief catchup, we dive into the life changing world of using a CRM and how it’s transformed the efficiency of our business. As creatives, we want to spend as much time doing the fun part of our job (shooting & editing) and not tackling a huge pile of admin...
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 31 min
