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Our Creative Commune

Our Creative Commune

Professional wedding photographers/videographers and bffs, Pete & Laura Lawson and Liam & Bee Crawley invite you to join them for a morning coffee. They'll be chatting all things work and life.

Liam and Bee have recently moved and we all now live in the same little village; not quite the commune we always used to talk about but we do get to hang out every day. This podcast is an offshoot of our daily conversations, sometimes creatively inspiring, sometimes just having a good moan, but always fun.

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Episodes

140 episodes

  1. Does One Missed Shot Really Matter? 1:10:52
  2. Why Isn’t Real Life Enough Anymore? 54:45
  3. Do You Have to Pay to Be in a Top 50 List? 58:06
  4. Is Your Wedding Photographer Too Old For You? 40:23
  5. Is the summer booking lull actually real? 1:02:28
  6. Charging Couples for Privacy? 57:33
  7. Finally putting our prices up! 53:16
  8. Do Your Couples Actually Feel Cared For? 49:40
  9. Less Website, More Bookings 48:45
  10. Please, stop making it so hard to book you 54:25
  11. Should We Stop Doing Client Zooms? 57:47
  12. Why "Human-Made" is the New Luxury 53:19
  13. Ghosted after a perfect Zoom call 51:39
  14. Couples Don't Care About Your Instagram 1:05:29
  15. Arriving late for a wedding! Plus a debrief on the first British Wedding Film Festival. 54:12
  16. Quitting Social Media 56:13
  17. Is AI eroding the soul of wedding photography/videography? 1:02:37
  18. Back off and let me do my job! 1:05:34
  19. Everything you need to know about the British Wedding Film Festival 1:07:23
  20. What Happens When You Ignore Instagram? 53:26
  21. Feeling Like a Fraud 57:20
  22. The Battle for the Soul of Wedding Photography 1:00:33
  23. Your Wedding is Not Content 57:38
  24. Shooting a wedding 400 feet underground 1:07:22
  25. Beating Burnout: Finding Joy When You're Sick of Weddings 1:06:32
  26. How I Got Scammed 49:44
  27. Debating "Deranged" Film Trends & A £4,500 Cautionary Tale 49:37
  28. Crying on the Inside Like a Winner 46:20
  29. Why Hasn't Wedding Photography Pricing Changed in 20 Years? 1:21:28
  30. Hybrid Shooting?! Lewis Fackrell reveals all 1:22:13
  31. The Great Booking Decline 1:19:07
  32. Pervy Callers, Annoying Content Creators, and Tax Nightmares 1:04:08
  33. The Scottish "Fyre Festival" Retreat & Supplier Recommendations Gone Wrong 1:10:49
  34. Authenticity vs Automation: Weddings, 35mm & DIY Distractions 1:14:29
  35. Navigating Rejection & Industry Shifts in Wedding Photography & Videography 1:10:17
  36. Awards Launch! Plus: AI Assistants, TikTok Trauma & Property Photography Pain 1:00:45
  37. Should Photographers Shoot Video Too? 1:08:58
  38. Shooting a Wedding in Rio de Janeiro 58:37
  39. Hanging out with Kelly Clarke 1:00:04
  40. Could You Run a Wedding Business Without Social Media? 44:21
  41. Our 100th Episode! 58:29
  42. How Do You Shoot a Winter Wedding? 49:41
  43. How Was 2024 for You? 1:11:01
  44. Getting Through a Quiet Patch 46:26
  45. Is It About the Story or the Vibe? 54:49
  46. Will Couples Start Editing Their Own Photos? 1:08:29
  47. Wedding Industry Fashion Evolution 56:29
  48. Our Edits Are Overdue! 1:02:50
  49. Is Editorial Photography on Its Way Out? 50:07
  50. Wedding Industry Competition Turns Nasty 1:05:00