Images: mariotestino and emilyjayneweddings
Personality Mix: How high end photographers are including a whole new type of photo in their galleries
An engagement session but make it cinematic - featured from the photographers POV
Hourly Coverage Debates
And all the news from the wedding world
Let’s go ⬇️
NEWS
Happening this week
New Antigravity Drones. DJI dominates the drone world, but maybe not for much longer? The company behind the Insta 360 announced this week that they are releasing a drone line - called Anitgravity. See the release page and video here.
Hourly Coverage Debate. Do you charge in hours? Take breaks? Or yell ‘continuous’ from the rooftop? Dive into this hot reddit topic this week.
Blue Art Direction. This wedding was a wild example of how art direction at weddings is being taken to a new level.
Canon with a NEW 85mm. Rumours confirmed this week that Canon will release a new 85mm 1.4 lens and might be the best weight, to price, to performance ratio of all the Canon 85s.
Greg Williams and 35k. A new job opp in London and a chance to work with a legend but we aren’t sure about that salary!
Dead Photos Society. For all the digital files dying a slow death, there’s a new album provider on the way. Check it out and join the waitlist for updates here.
ENGAGEMENT FEATURE
A Late Night, Cinematic Engagement Session
A boundary pushing example of what is possible for an 'engagement session.' A "cinematic" masterclass that pushes concept, location, and creative lighting to the next level.
Dive into see words and thoughts from Joel & Justyna about how they, and their amazing team pulled this off.
THE BIG IDEA
💃 Personality Mix
Images: bottega53
Today, we noting a new movement. Driven by the Gen Z drive to show off how it all feels, not ONLY what it looked like. Here we go:
So amongst all the floral arch set up photos, model ‘esque’ editorial poses and perfect first kiss shots we are seeing the rise of images that….
Get full newsletter access included in your Lensel PRO membership! + enjoy the full archive of newsletter articles, incredible workshops and community.
WORKSHOPS
⚒️ LIVE WORKSHOP: From “Solo to Studio” with Lost in Love Photography
In this live workshop, Lyndel from Lost in Love Photography will break down the secret sauce about how went from solo photographer to running one of Australia’s most sought-after wedding studios, capturing luxury weddings all over the world!
“From Solo to Studio”
We’ll cover:
• Building and managing a team of photographers
• Creating systems to keep your style and brand consistent
• Contracts, onboarding, and the hard conversations that come with leading
• What actually works (and what doesn’t) when trying to scale
If you’ve ever thought about growing a team, working with second shooters, or just building a more sustainable business… then this is the workshop you’ve been waiting for.
Not many have done this well. Lost in Love has.
Wednesday 6th of August at 9.30PM CET
Replay will be available the next day.
INSPO THIS WEEK
⬇️ A series of incredibly creative and unique detail shots ideas, that we aren’t saying you should steal… but borrow might be a better word.
⬇️ KT Merry delivering a masterclass in clean compositions. And that ICONIC turn around over the shoulder pose/shot.
⬇️ The red details and film tones. Enough said.
⬇️ For some reason the preview image of this next link is NOT working…. But if you somehow did not see this this week. Click through to this instagram post now and thank us later. Iconic, iconic, iconic.
Till next week,
