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The best place to get all of your Las Vegas wedding related info! How to's for booking weddings and elopements, vendor interviews, education and gossip!
Hosts: Annah (Cascade and Canyon Photo) & Brandi (Wander & Dusk)
Hi. I'm Anna.
Brandi:And I'm Brandy. And this
Annah:is the Vegas is for Lovers podcast. So you pronounce it a glow. Right?
Abby:A glow. A glow.
Brandi:Okay. Good to know because I didn't know that either.
Annah:Just wanted to make sure before I bought your intro.
Abby:Some people think it's a glow but it's okay. It's it you know I just say it's either or. Okay. Yeah.
Brandi:You know now we're correcting it. Everybody knows. And
Annah:anyone who listens to this is gonna know. Yeah. Thank you guys. Oh my gosh, of course. All right.
Annah:So today we have Abby, the owner and big brains behind Aglow Media. Hi. Hi Abby. We're so excited to have you.
Abby:Thanks for having me. Oh my gosh, of course.
Annah:And we got the blue on blue and the tan girl. The tan be tanning. It's giving some kiss. It's giving warm.
Brandi:It's giving a vacation
Annah:that I really need. Yeah. Me too. And you just came back from vacation, right?
Abby:I need another one. Yeah. I need another vacation.
Annah:How was it? It was amazing. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Tell the people where you went.
Abby:I went to Berto Vallarta. I stayed at this resort called Vedanta. It was amazing.
Brandi:How was the food?
Abby:It was good.
Brandi:I have a hard time. It was a resort. Right?
Abby:Yeah. I have a
Brandi:hard time with, resort food.
Abby:Yeah. You know, there were some there were some places I was like, but we're, like, spoiled spoiled in Vegas. You know? All the hospitality, the restaurants. I was like, you can't beat Vegas.
Annah:We got all the good food.
Abby:Well, yeah. Oh my gosh. Everything. Different cuisines. So but it was still good though.
Abby:I spent a lot of money Really? On food.
Brandi:Yeah. Oh, it wasn't all inclusive? No. Oh, okay. Gotcha.
Abby:Gotcha. Gotcha. Yeah. But it's it was a good vacation. Well, Are you refreshed?
Abby:I am. Very restful. Yeah. Good. Glowing.
Abby:We need that right now. Yes. Yeah. Yep.
Brandi:So Abby, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself? How long you've been in Vegas? How long you've been in business? You know, all that good stuff.
Abby:Yeah. I've been born and raised in Las Vegas. Stop. Yes, I was.
Annah:My girl, that's my girl.
Abby:Yes ma'am. And I started a glow media collective about, geez, I think it was like two years ago. And still is, but I started it as a marketing agency. So I still do that. And I wasn't really doing wedding content creation yet.
Abby:But then about now, a little bit over a year ago is when I was full time, like fully promoting my wedding content services more. And then it kinda just blew up from there.
Annah:I think is amazing because I've worked with you and your eye is It's amazing. It's unique. It's great.
Abby:Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. I've been doing content creation now itself for a little over nine years, but then like being in the but stepping into the wedding industry, like a year.
Abby:So
Brandi:Yeah. It's it's caught on very quickly here. And I feel like you've kind of paved the way for content creators as of recently anyway. Like, all of the educational stuff and, like, back end stuff that you're posting and just starting. It's really cool.
Annah:Yeah. Thank you. You're one of the very few creators who is interested in starting a community, you know? And I think that's great.
Abby:Yes. I'm very excited. Yeah.
Brandi:You feel like between content creators in Vegas that you're a community or do you feel like it's more competition?
Abby:I mean, I don't like to think of it as competition for me because I just have a different style to be the point where I don't feel like I have to like, I'm competing. Because all the content creators in Vegas, we all have different styles. Mhmm. And so, I believe that like couples who book with me, like they book with me for a reason. And so, I don't get upset when they don't book with me because then they might wanna go for a different content creator who is looking Like, if they're looking for a specific type of style and it's not mine, that's fine.
Brandi:Yeah. How would you describe your style?
Abby:I always say like premium slash a little bit of cinematic. Okay. I say. Yeah. I can agree with that though.
Abby:Yeah.
Annah:Yeah. And I feel like your content is really clean too. Yeah.
Abby:That's what I would go for.
Brandi:Yeah. It's on brand.
Abby:Yes. Yeah. Truly.
Annah:Yes. Everything.
Abby:Yeah. A lot of couples, and I've trained my team to to keep it that style because obviously that's what we're known for. And that's why couples pretty much hire us for that. I always ask them, like, how come us? You know?
Abby:Like, how come you wanna hire us? And when you're interested in wanting to book with me, they just say, like, I love your style. It's classy and timeless, and they feel like they can do a lot with it.
Annah:Yeah. So Yeah. It's controversial to say, but I will say in terms of iPhone videos, I almost think it's kind of on par with videography in a way. Obviously, it's not. It's not.
Annah:Because it's not videography in and of itself. But just the style that you have in the way that you shoot, think is professional as compared to some content creators who come with just iPhone in hand. And just take BTS. They don't curate anything, you know, which no hate, everyone has a different style. So, actually I kind of wonder, I've seen this a lot.
Annah:People asking, should I get a content creator or should I get a videographer? What do you say to that?
Abby:My answer I would say to that is what is your preference? But most of the time they see like what is more in their budget. So I say, if you want a more professional, more of like a cinematic highlight reel or not or highlight video, I would go for videographer. But if you want just, like, you want a bunch like, hundreds of iPhone videos straight to your phone to relive, get a content creator. Mhmm.
Abby:Personally, for me, for, like, my wedding, I had both because I wanted, like, a more professional camera, you know, professional cinematic type of video. But I also wanted like a bunch of videos to look back on. But I would say that I'm like, well, you can look at your budget but just see like what's your preference. If you don't care about having one recap long video that's like more professional, then opt for a content creator.
Annah:Yeah. Yeah.
Brandi:So because also realistically, when we're posting stuff like throwback, oh anniversary, whatever, we're posting phone content now. Like we're not going back and like chopping up our professional wedding video to like put on Instagram.
Abby:Yeah, exactly. That's why a lot of couples have been opting more for content creators. But I would say, like, we're both just like videographers and content creators are just completely different. So I always just say it's like whatever is your preference. Some couples really like both of them because they want both options, but some people just want the content creator because it's more within their budget too.
Annah:Yeah, definitely. And I love that you had the experience yourself from your wedding to give that solid advice.
Abby:Yes. Yeah. Because that's what
Annah:people really want. They just want some guidance, you know?
Abby:Yeah, exactly.
Brandi:Yeah. I think a lot of people are just lost on what content creators are. And like to understand the difference between that and a videographer, I think it's very helpful. But I would say get both if you can afford it.
Annah:Oh yeah, 100%. Absolutely. Because you get completely different points of view, you know?
Abby:Yeah. Yeah. I I always like to say if you can, do both. Mhmm. I mean, when we're both there on your wedding day, we both have a different method of shooting your of capturing your wedding day.
Abby:So I'm like, you're just gonna get different point of views, and it's just a lot of videos for you to keep. And then and then you'll also just get, like, a really nice, curated edited video from your videographer, also from your content creator. But, yeah, I agree with you guys.
Annah:And in terms of like longevity of the content, you know, because I will go back and try to look at videos from like, what? Like seven years ago on my iPhone and they look like, you know? Yeah. With the newer technology, what do you think about longevity for the content?
Abby:Like are you saying like
Annah:Like do you think that it's going to hold up kind of like a professional video would? Or what is like the life expectancy?
Abby:Like of the quality of the video, you're saying? Yeah. I think, well, I hope so. I hope so with, I mean, what I always try to do is try to keep stay updated with the new phone. Like, new phone was out, I always try to stay updated to keep the quality, like, the same.
Abby:But if I mean, the technology from now to five years ago was not the same. Of course. Yeah. So it's, like, dramatically have advanced. So I think the content I mean, I think I've for me, I'm like, I think the way you store it, putting it in a in a folder that's going to keep the quality high.
Abby:I think that's I think I think for me, I would say that is probably gonna help keep the longevity of it. But again, I always try to keep stay updated with the phone with the newest phones so that, you know, you get the highest quality.
Annah:I think my issue and the reason why my videos kind of look like shit now is because I store everything in like the iCloud and I go back to look at it and like, does it look like that? But I agree. Same thing with photos. Like if you're storing your photos and videos and content on like a legit hard drive, maybe even two just in case one crashes. I think I think that'd be good for like forever.
Brandi:Yeah. Or like it's like when people screenshot the stuff from the gallery and then they use that to post. It's just gag me.
Annah:Please don't screenshot your photos.
Brandi:People need to be like educated just a little bit on how to like download and share and post things.
Annah:Yeah. I had a couple do that the other week. I don't even know how I think he screenshotted it from the wife because you can't screenshot from my gallery. Have you know and he added me as a collaborator. I was like look I love you guys but I can't do this.
Annah:Yeah. It's so grainy.
Abby:Oh, yeah. I've seen videos where a girl like she did like a sample like screenshotting a photo from her gallery versus like when you download it and like she zooms in. I'm like, oh my gosh. The difference is crazy.
Annah:Yes. You lose all the quality when you screenshot it. Because it's just your iPhone capacity, not the camera capacity.
Abby:Right. Yeah. I think, I mean, we don't know where technology is gonna go. You know, it's gonna advance more and more. So maybe, I don't know, maybe the videos will just continue to get Maybe.
Abby:Even higher. Probably, you know?
Brandi:I feel like at some point that, like, content creation and videography is gonna have to just merge. Like, they're gonna make like, maybe they'll make cameras, like, so light and compact for videographers that, like, it's gonna be easy enough Mhmm. Also, like, user friendly for, like, content creators to use that maybe. I don't know. I just see it like somehow it's gonna have to like meet in the middle.
Annah:That's a very interesting take.
Abby:It is interesting. Yeah.
Brandi:Don't know. Like if you just think about how technology works but also it's kind of funny because you're like oh I want to get the newest phone for the best quality but people want quality now. Like they want filmy grainy stuff so you could go get some random. Like why? You could get like a little nostalgia now.
Brandi:Do love that.
Abby:People would
Annah:love that. But. It's definitely the nostalgia vibes. Nostalgia is like in style and on trend right now.
Abby:It is. I've been seeing that.
Annah:And then people are gonna look back and be like, what the fuck was I thinking?
Brandi:I don't know. Love it.
Annah:I love it too.
Brandi:It's cyclical but also at the same time it's always relevant in some way depending on, like, where you're getting that content from, like, where that film camera's from. Yeah. Like, I don't know.
Annah:Like your film that you have with, like, the borders. Do I have oh. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Brandi:That film. Forgot about that. How could you forget about that? There was a flash in the pan. I don't know.
Abby:What what does that mean?
Brandi:But just like, got it, was really excited about it, and then I forgot about it. But I've also been waiting for a Sure Thing elopement to use my other one because I got two different kinds. And, like, the first one I posted works really well for Little White Chapel and Sure Thing. But the other one is I feel like specifically I wanna use for Sure Thing and I'm just waiting.
Annah:Are they cherubs?
Brandi:No. That's what's on the first one.
Abby:Oh, yeah.
Brandi:Do you feel that content creators are replacing videographers?
Abby:Damn. It's a good hot take. Or not even a hot take.
Annah:People that's I mean
Brandi:We want your hot take.
Abby:I think well, okay. So for me, I do not want to be be like replacing them. Okay? Because we're there's a line between videographers and content creators. But I feel like content creators are getting there.
Abby:Like, oof. I feel like they are. And that's I know that's so unfortunate to say, but we are just more budget friendly, and we're more affordable. But again, I always say like, I always always say that if you can get a videographer, do it. I would highly I would say it's I think it's worth having a videographer.
Abby:But again, it's everyone's preference. But I feel like just based off of like what we're seeing in the wedding industry, I I feel like content creators are getting there where because like even with like elopements I've but probably the past five elopements there hasn't been in a videographer.
Annah:I think it's a matter of it being different. Not to say that content creators are taking videographers jobs. It's just a shift in the market that people have different preferences now. Exactly. Yeah.
Abby:That's a good way to say it.
Annah:From what I'm seeing and just from you know, this is just from like facts from like elopements. Yeah. But
Abby:like larger weddings, I don't With larger weddings, I always see videographer for sure. But again, preferences. A shift in the market like what you're saying.
Brandi:Yeah. I feel like I see both at larger weddings because they obviously have a larger budget. So
Abby:I don't know.
Brandi:I don't feel like you guys are replacing videographers because it is very different work.
Abby:It is. Yes. Different methods of capturing
Brandi:the wedding. Yeah, it's just definitely becoming more popular.
Abby:Yeah,
Brandi:Definitely. I wonder how many videographers are shifting to also doing content creator packages.
Annah:I know photographers are.
Brandi:Well, we have to. We have to to stay relevant on it like social media.
Abby:Yeah. No. For sure. I what I have been seeing though, which I do not agree with, are photographers. I'm not saying you guys because you guys don't do this.
Abby:But what I'm what I I have been seeing is that photographers, they do, like, an add on of a of content creation, but, like, they don't have a content creator. Like, it's literally them putting like, how some you guys basically do yours too. It's like putting the phone on connecting it to your camera and like calling that as like content creation.
Annah:Okay. I know. That's different.
Abby:That's what I've been seeing and I'm like, that's not.
Annah:No. You need No. No. You at
Brandi:the at least need an extra person.
Annah:Right. Exactly. And when I don't, what I do is I tell people I'm like, we're gonna be splitting your time between photography and actual content creation. Yeah. Like, because I'm not just gonna take like BTS videos on a little tripod and sell that to you because that's shitty.
Brandi:Yeah. Because that's for you.
Abby:No, for sure.
Annah:Exactly. Exactly. Like, the content creation is for the client. So
Brandi:I agree.
Abby:But if you're like if you're a photographer and you're and you offer content creation, like what you're saying, splitting it and you're Or having another person. Yeah, or having another person that's like, okay. Know, like you're using that some of the time to primarily focus on capturing on the phone. But if you're just like saying, oh yeah, this is an add on for content creation, but it's just you putting the phone on the camera.
Annah:And like you're charging the client $200 an
Abby:hour for that? No, literally. I've been seeing that. I'm like,
Brandi:oh no. To be fair, if they're paying that, you gotta respect the hustle. If they're happy with I feel like Obviously, that's not something I would wanna deliver to my client. No.
Annah:I feel like the people who pay that had don't have, like, accurate expectations of what they're about to receive.
Abby:Exactly. Well, they're
Brandi:also probably just not educated on what content creation is supposed to be.
Abby:Yes. Right. Exactly.
Annah:Yeah. It's it's kind of like taking advantage of people like that.
Brandi:Yeah. They're being tricked a little bit.
Abby:Mhmm. Yeah. But I was saying that I was like, oh, man. That's why you gotta do your research. Like Yeah.
Abby:For these couples, I'm like, make sure y'all do your research, ask questions. Like, what is what does that look like if you're adding content creation? Like, are you just putting it on a phone? Or are you just putting it on the camera and just recording? Or like, do you have an extra person alongside you, you know?
Abby:Yeah. I would say like ask questions before Yeah. Like accepting in and paying an extra 200 an hour. Yeah.
Brandi:Maybe clients who are looking for vendors might see content creation as like, oh, anyone can do it. Like any guest at my wedding could show up and do it. So like, why why wouldn't I do the research like I do with any other vendor? Like they should be doing the research. Exactly.
Brandi:Like how you're hiring your photographer or your planner or whatever. You should be looking at reviews and the work and the portfolio of content creators to book them just the same as you would anybody else. Right.
Annah:Yeah. To be fair, clients think they can do everything. They say, I'm gonna set
Abby:up my own tables. I'm gonna have
Brandi:my own
Abby:Oh gosh.
Annah:I'm gonna have my aunt take my pictures.
Abby:Oh my gosh. Yes. So stressed. The wedding that
Brandi:I just booked for like this weekend, they weren't gonna have a photographer at all. Oh no. And the daughter convinced them to get a photographer. Now she has one but I think it's crazy that you could go into a wedding. They're like older but like still don't you have pictures like real pictures?
Brandi:Yeah. I don't know.
Abby:That sounds like something you need. Yeah. Not a want like a need for your wedding. Yeah. Like a whole wedding day and you're not gonna have a photographer.
Abby:That's crazy. Is crazy.
Annah:Okay. Abigail. Hey girl. Hey. I wanna hear a wild story.
Annah:Like, something that happened during a wedding that you still can't stop thinking about.
Abby:Let's go. Give us something juicy. Alright. Everybody sit down for this. Okay.
Abby:So I was in Phoenix, Arizona for a for an Indian wedding. It was two events before the actual wedding day. So there's a lot just like in two days. Mhmm. So I don't really know what I was getting into.
Abby:Okay? So I went go I go to this first event and I usually, when I'm working with a media team, I always introduce myself, and I say, hi. I'm the content creator. We'll be working together. You know, let me know if you need anything from me, blah blah blah.
Abby:And so I had introduced my introduced myself to the photographer and the videographer. The photographer wasn't friendly, and he did speak English, but the videographer was rude and he didn't say anything. So he didn't acknowledge me. He didn't say hi, you know, all of that. Yeah.
Abby:Okay. So was like, I know. I was like, oh, perfect. This is gonna be great. So but I'm like, okay.
Abby:I'm I'll leave the photographer. Was like, nice.
Annah:Shit. I'll it to the videographer. I know. Sorry.
Abby:I'm like, bro. So we were just doing our thing. You know, I'm doing I'm just capturing this event. And there's this part of, like, the culture where they do, like, some type of rituals onto the couple. Okay?
Abby:So we're at this this corner of this backyard, and I'm at the I always stay like right behind the media team, like the the photographer and the videographers just so that I know, like, I'm not in your your way. So I'm staying at this corner where I could see their backs and there's everyone was just wanting to just, like, come around this couple. Like, it was so crowded. Like family and friends? Yeah.
Abby:To the point where, like, we had to make a line and tell everyone, like, okay, everyone needs to stay behind this line. And I was kind of helping them, like, the team, the media team, like, tell everyone. But they don't some of them don't understand me because they spoke a different language. And the videographer had the audacity. He said, yeah, you need to go behind the line too with everyone else.
Abby:And I'd said, no, I'm the content creator. I'm gonna stay right here.
Annah:Mhmm.
Abby:So that's what I said. And he was like, okay, you need to not get in my shots then. And that's the only time when he like spoke to me like at the beginning. Yeah. In the world?
Abby:Yeah. And I was and so I stayed where I said I was gonna stay. Mhmm. But I'm like I'm not in your shots so.
Annah:See I'm confrontational for a situation like that to transpire. She's feisty.
Abby:Gets better.
Brandi:Oh, please, please.
Abby:It gets better. That was only the first event, okay. Oh, yeah.
Brandi:No, because you have to work together for like an entire weekend. Oh, yeah.
Abby:So then the second event, like, trying to remember which one it was. Okay. So the second event is a bigger is more of a bigger event. So this okay. So let me just have you visualize this first.
Abby:So the the videographer, his lens doesn't move. Like, it doesn't zoom in or zoom out. It's like one of those cameras where I where it just looks like a vlog camera. Okay. Yeah.
Abby:So, like, it doesn't you have to physically move.
Annah:Like a prime lens. Yeah.
Abby:Right. Like, move I'm like, I don't know what it's called. But, yeah, you're good. That. And you have to move forward or backwards to like zoom in or zoom out.
Abby:Okay? Yeah. So that was already a pro I was already like, okay, that's gonna be a problem because then he's just gonna be, you know, running around. So, yeah. So then I, again, I still made sure to stay behind them.
Abby:And so it just got to a point where he would snap at me, even just, like, snapping at the guest too to get out of his shot. I'm like, you don't tell the couple's guest to, like, get out of a shot if, like, they don't need to. Yeah. You know? Right.
Abby:I know for, like, certain for, like, specific things. Sure. But, like, for everything, snapping at me and every time I would move to to a certain angle or a certain, like, side, he would move and then, like, he would start circling around the couple to the point where I just can't where I can't do my job. So, like, he wasn't he wasn't respectful that I was also there too
Annah:Right.
Abby:For this couple. Right? So then the wedding day Oh, boy. Yeah. You know, the wedding day, gosh, ceremony was two hours.
Abby:It was hot. I was already like, you know, so I was already so stressed out and I was so hot. So I was like, this guy better not get on my nerves today because I will say something. So on the wedding day, he had to move his two cameras. He had he, like, kept moving the cameras.
Abby:And then he would tell me, like, okay, throughout this whole ceremony, don't don't go in in in front of the shots. I was like
Brandi:Well, you gotta do
Annah:your job too at some
Abby:point. Exactly. And so then, and then so then after the ceremony is done, we all all the couple goes down, walks down the aisle, and everyone is crowding the couple. And then this guy is still snapping at people to get out of shot to the point where I kinda got a little close to, you know, just get some get to take to capture the moments of, you know, them just getting married. And he uses his hand and pushes me out of the way, like physically touches me.
Abby:Oh, no. It steps on my toes.
Brandi:Mm-mm.
Abby:And so then I low key I was a little petty and I and then purpose I I went in front of his camera on purpose and got my shot and he was like, what did I tell you? You need to get out of my shot and I was like, I was like, okay, this is guy's knitting on my nerves. So I talked to the photographer because again, apparently, this guy doesn't speak English but like only those times when he was being rude to me.
Annah:He did. Of course, he did.
Abby:Yeah. Yeah. To the photographer, I was like, hey, man. Like, you're you're great to work with, but your friend over here, he's disrespectful. Mhmm.
Abby:I'm not taking it. So I said, if he is gonna continue to do this, I'm going to say something to him. I'm like, do you want me to say something to him or you wanna talk to your friend over here? He's like, I'll talk to him. I'm sorry.
Abby:Like, he even does that with me. So like, have to talk to him like, yeah. Because I can't do my job. Mhmm. And so then after that, I guess he talked to him and then he was kinda just more aware that I was there, but still, like, never talked to me.
Abby:So I'll never understand
Annah:one vendor thinking that they have authority over any other vendors. No, literally. Because we're all hired to do a job.
Abby:Exactly. I literally it was to a point where I physically could not do it. Yeah. Where I had to keep moving but even though I moved like he would move where I was. So I was just like, oh my
Annah:At that point, I would say, you don't need a videographer. No.
Abby:My gosh. But yeah, was so stressful. I'm like, thank God that was my only experience like that. But yeah, so that's my outrageous story.
Annah:Sorry to make you relive it.
Abby:Yeah. It's okay.
Brandi:It is tough though because if it's a a full wedding day where they've hired a photographer, a videographer, a content creator, in certain moments it is hard to for, like, everybody to get the shot. And, like, there has to be a better system or at least Right. Like, you refer each other because you're like, oh, we're a great team. We all work well together. Like, everybody is there to do a job and everybody needs to everybody deserves the same respect.
Abby:Yeah, exactly. Agree. Just communicate but like don't be rude about it.
Brandi:Yeah, there's no need to be rude. That guy really just hates his job
Abby:touch people. Literally.
Annah:Like someone touching me would send me to the moon.
Brandi:I would throat punch someone.
Abby:That's what that's that was when when he touched me and stabbed on my toes that was like my Yeah. That was when he he pushed my butt and I was like, no, we're
Brandi:not doing this.
Abby:Mhmm. Because I have another event after, like, after a ceremony, there was a reception. Was like, we're not gonna be doing this for the rest of the day. Mhmm. Yeah.
Abby:But
Annah:Okay. Good job.
Brandi:It's unfortunate. Like, it's unfortunate anybody has to deal with, like other vendors the day of giving you issues when you're you're just like Yeah. They're hiring you to do a job. It's not personal.
Abby:No. Yeah. And it's not about you. Sorry. It's about the couple.
Abby:Yeah. Exactly. I'm here too.
Annah:Yeah. And
Abby:you're gonna deal with it.
Brandi:So Even if you don't like the person, you still have to create a good product and makes a couple happy.
Abby:Exactly. Yep.
Brandi:Speaking of you having like issues with other vendors, I know you had an issue with a photographer and their contract and them not allowing content creators.
Abby:Mhmm.
Brandi:Do wanna tell us about that?
Annah:Spill the tea girl. Yeah. Give us
Brandi:a little rant.
Abby:So, yeah. There's this couple who had inquired with me and I I I think they might have had the photographer booked already. I'm not really sure, to be honest. But they did inquire, and they're going to move forward with me. And then, something happened to where they're like, oh, actually, I'm sorry.
Abby:I can't have a content creator because my photographer said I can't. It's in the contract, and I and I already signed the contract that I can't have a content creator. And I was like, oh my god. I was like, wow. That's crazy.
Abby:And I was just like, I'm sorry that your photographer doesn't allow content creators. It's not that's not something I've ever heard of.
Annah:Not industry standards.
Abby:Right. At all. And like, no one else does that. Yeah. So I was like, I'm really sorry.
Abby:I hope it works out. Yay. Good luck. And then after that, that's why I was like, oh my gosh. I can't believe that's like like photographers have like the audacity to do that and be like, I'm like exclusive blah blah blah blah.
Abby:No content creators sign the contract.
Annah:Crazy. That's crazy. It is crazy. We're not even the same thing. Like, we
Abby:don't even do the same thing. So I'm like, I don't understand what's the issue.
Brandi:Yeah. It's like circling back to like what we're talking about before between like content creators and videographers. You're nothing like a photographer. Like the quality is definitely way different.
Abby:Oh, yeah. And they're not in the way. Yeah. And I know I'm not.
Brandi:And you get content for yourself probably if you guys are like cool and you're friendly with them. Can be like, can you grab a couple videos of me while I'm working? That only benefits you. So why are you blocking out content creators in your contract? It's crazy.
Brandi:No. Really.
Abby:Maybe they like offer content creation and
Brandi:That could be
Abby:have like an exclusive. I don't know.
Annah:But I mean, that's the one makes sense.
Abby:Yeah. Yeah. But I'm like, that's still stupid because the couple should it's their wedding day, so the couple should be able to choose who they want to hire
Annah:Literally.
Abby:For their as their content creator.
Annah:Yeah. I know you don't know who the photographer is, but I want to know. I'm curious. I just want to talk.
Abby:I want to chat.
Annah:Yeah, have a few words with you. And whether
Brandi:any like vendor anybody likes it or not, like there's a need for content creators now. So you need to figure out how to adapt to that and and For sure. Be friends. Exactly. And respectful.
Abby:Yeah. And like yeah. And like what you said, like, we're cool, like, I'll get some shots of you working. I'll get some shots of I don't know your gelato cart. Sure.
Abby:Some shots of the wedding planner. Yeah. Videographers. Of course, I'll give you some.
Annah:Right. Like, why not? Like, we do the same thing. Like, we'll take pictures of vendors. Like, why not?
Annah:Yeah. Know, not in the summertime when we're all just dying.
Brandi:Yeah. It only helps you. Like, when we're sending our gallery out to every vendor that was there for the wedding day, the content creator is most likely gonna do the same thing. So For sure. It's only like helping your community and helping you grow.
Brandi:Yeah.
Abby:Yeah. That's only that's the least you can do is just be friendly.
Annah:Right.
Abby:Just work just work with each other.
Brandi:Yeah.
Abby:Get along with us. Yeah. Literally. For me, I'm like, if I if I'm in your way, please tell me. Mhmm.
Abby:Yeah. Like, know with with us.
Annah:We have great communication.
Abby:Oh, yeah. I'm only I never get mad. Like I'm like, please tell me if I'm on your way.
Annah:Because And same.
Abby:You know, I'm the photographer. I want you to get your shots.
Annah:Well, I think it's important that all vendors have that kind of respect. Like I I'll tell content creators, I'll tell videographers the same thing. I'm like, it's easier for me to edit you guys out than it is for you to edit me out. You know what I mean?
Abby:Yeah, for sure. I'll never get mad. Yeah. Actually tell me.
Annah:We all deserve to get the shot. The couple deserves for everybody to get the shot. Exactly. And at the end of the day, that's what it's about. Yep.
Annah:Well, awesome. So Abby, if somebody wants to hire you,
Abby:how do they do that? So you can go to my Instagram aglow aglowmediacontent, and then you can just click the link or you can send a DM and we'll message you back. Or you can go to my website, www.aglowmediacollective.com, and then you can click on inquire, and then you can just inquire from there. And this process is pretty simple. So once you inquire, you just schedule a call, you pick a date and time that works for you.
Abby:And then I will take the time out of my day to make sure that I answer any questions that you may have, go over my process, go over my services. And then, when you're ready to move forward, I'll send you a welcome packet, and then you'll get all the details so that you know from beginning to end what the expectations are and what it's like to work with me.
Annah:Awesome. Yeah.
Brandi:And if other content creators want to buy your educational stuff, your workflow stuff, any stuff like that, how do they do that and what does it include?
Abby:Yeah. So I had recently, launched my template shop. I noticed in this industry there was a gap with wedding content creators. And I noticed a bunch of wedding content creators' workflows and systems were just not it. Client experience is everything, so then I decided to make from scratch a template templates.
Abby:And it's gonna come I have right now, what I have on the shop is welcome packet, price services and packages, and then a wedding content shot list. And these are all that you send to your clients so that they have a smooth experience with you. And you can buy my templates at the same website, www.aglowmediacollective.com.
Brandi:And I love that you do that because feel like photographers, there's a lot of education out there, but other vendors, I don't know if they really do that. So I like that you filled in that gap there.
Abby:Like a pioneer. Yeah. For sure. Yeah. I mean, like me doing marketing in the as what I first started with, I'm like, okay, marketing and the client experience is just everything.
Abby:Like based off experience, client the your clients will remember the client experience more than the service. Statistically, it's factual. So I'm like, okay, it's so important to have a system and workflow so that the expectations are clear and it's easy for your clients to just know like what are the next steps and all of that. So, yeah. And then started doing a one on one coaching as well, virtual and in person.
Abby:Haven't like officially officially launched it, but that's something I'm working on right now. So I would love to just help other wedding content creators just build their business and grow, especially for those who wanna do it full time.
Brandi:That's great. Yeah. Love that. Well, the
Annah:community is definitely happy to have you
Brandi:and so are Yes,
Abby:it's been doing so great. Yeah, I
Brandi:love Well, Abby, it's
Annah:been an absolute pleasure. Thank you so much for your time and your wisdom. Thank you.
Abby:Thanks for having me. It's been so fun.
Annah:With that being said, I'm Anna
Brandi:and I'm Brandi. And this has been
Annah:the Vegas is for lovers podcast.
Brandi:And whether you're a lover of weddings, photography, or Las Vegas, we're here for you.
Annah:Thanks for listening and we'll catch you next time.