Images: totonophoto and @_sasha_dk
The simple secrets to making your work instantly look better - our ‘curation hacks’
Smaller, lighter flashes for back ups
A classic wedding with fresh ideas in Malta by Robert Marcillas
News + inspo to keep you ahead of the rest
Let’s go ⬇️
NEWS
Quick Hits
Flash Backup for travelling photographers. Did Godox just release the perfect back up flash? Their new V480 flash is a smaller, lighter version of their flagship models and might serve as the perfect back up, especially when on the road.
The Bad Film Discussion. Don’t be one of these photographers complaining like this here on reddit…
Get to Grain. Grain is a photography conference held each year in Zagreb, Croatia just announced it’s line up of speakers for November 2025!
Ceremony tips to send to your couples. The Wed collabed with a few photographers to lay out some tips on creating an amazing wedding ceremony. Dive in for inspo, or send to your couples!
Fujifilm announces their new X-E5 camera.
Keeping up with AI photo developments. Feel like you aren’t keeping up with all the new tools and developments in AI image making? Follow this guy who test and tries them all out - keeping YOU in the loop.
Profoto and new portable light possibilities. Announced this week are two new ‘monolights’ from Profoto. Expensive, yet powerful and portable lighting options.
THE BIG IDEA
🙌🏼 Curation Hacks: How to instantly present your work better
Images: pollyandthelovebites and joelandjustyna
Why curation hacks?
You have 0.2 seconds when a couple lands on your feed…
A couple thumb scrolls down your page later and it’s decided, they like it or the DON’T.
Yes, of course, most photographers think about what they post and try to put it nicely together. But the smartest ones? They curate to control perception.
The goal? Not to show off everything you can do. It’s to show your world and your vibe.
INSTANTLY.
And get them hooked.
So, here are 3 dead-simple hacks (with comments from the wonderful Koko King) that will help you curate like a pro and put together a feed that really shows off your photos as they DESERVE… ⬇️
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PHOTOGRAPHERS POV
A Classic Maltese Wedding with all the Right Twists: by Robert Marcillas
featured on lensel.com
This wedding in Malta unfolded over three lively days, blending laid-back elegance with flashes of chaos, Mediterranean style, and a clean photographic style with the right tasteful twists. Captured by Robert Marcillas.
You’ve seen wedding features before…but not like this. Lensel features wedding stories through the photographer’s eyes: the choices, the gear, the why behind it all the shots.
WORKSHOPS
🎤 Danilo & Sharon’s REPLAY available now
We just wrapped an incredible workshop session with Danilo & Sharon - “Editorial Posing.” This is one of the most generous and detailed workshops we’ve ever hosted.
A couple quotes:
“That one little tip makes everything more gracious. Every movement, every gesture. It changes how they hold things, how they move. And suddenly, it looks intentional.”
“If you haven’t practiced moving a human body in space, you’re not ready to shoot editorial. The villa won’t save you.”
“You can’t make someone look confident in a photo if you’re not confident directing them.”
*plus get the whole archive of live workshop replays!
INSPO THIS WEEK
⬇️ MANY interesting things to note about this set in Santorini! From the variety of frames, to the lowered clarity to give that glowy white vibe on a few of the photos.
⬇️ We have to share these (ONCE AGAIN) clean and strong frames from Jose Villa - on an absolute tear right now!
⬇️ Editorial ideas mixed in to a ranch wedding setting? We love this mix of worlds.
⬇️ martinaboggianph had this wedding feature on the Anti-Bride and we HAVE to direct you to the last frame of this set.
Till next week,
