Pre-Wedding Shoots Build Trust, Calm Nerves, And Save Time On Your Big Day

We dig into why a pre-wedding shoot is more than photos, and how the right venue turns chaos into calm. We share timing tips, budget trade-offs, and real venues we rate, then announce a new coordination service with an introductory offer.

• benefits of a pre-wedding shoot as rehearsal and trust builder
• when to schedule it and what to wear
• how to choose meaningful locations
• using images for invites, signage and websites
• booking photo and video from one team
• venue logistics including parking and distance
• one-venue flow versus multi-venue rush
• budget differences inside and outside London
• real venue shout-outs and capacity notes
• new planning and coordination service with discount

Please drop us a message at gokephotography@gmail.com or info@gokephotography.com to learn more about our new wedding planner and on-the-day coordination service. First 10 couples get up to 40% off

Transcript

Setting The Stage For Today

SPEAKER_03 0:00

Hi everyone.

SPEAKER_00 0:02

Hello, everybody. How are you guys doing?

SPEAKER_02 0:06

I'm good, I guess.

SPEAKER_00 0:07

Uh, how's your week been?

SPEAKER_02 0:10

Uh I don't want to talk about this week. It's been horrible, but here we are.

SPEAKER_00 0:16

Well, we are still having this uh raining weather season, but the weather is getting better now.

SPEAKER_03 0:22

It's really good yesterday. It's freezing outside this morning.

Why Pre-Wedding Shoots Matter

SPEAKER_00 0:25

Yeah. Yeah, we're not uh too much. And you know what? Um this wedding series for me has been one we'll be talking about what we do a lot, and I think I've been getting some good response in terms of you know, people listening and all that. And so far we've done about three episodes, I believe, on these. And so today, what are we talking about today? What are we focusing on today?

SPEAKER_03 0:51

So, so today we're talking about choosing the perfect wedding venue and why couples need a pre-wedding photo shoot.

SPEAKER_00 1:00

Yes. You know, I think those two topics are very important. And let's start with the pre-wedding photo shoot itself. And I just wanted to start from the um the myth that people have regarding pre-wedding photoshoot. Like, people sometimes, I don't think people know how important pre-wedding photoshoot. And one of the things I've heard people say is, you know, when I'm talking to couples, I remember even talking to a couple recently, and when when we go to the part of the pre-wedding photo photo shoot, they just felt, well, it's not really needed, it's not necessary, you know. And what do you think about that?

SPEAKER_03 1:41

I mean, I think they underestimate the importance of it. Um, like a pre-wedding photo shoot, it's not about the pictures, it's about preparation. So you what you're really doing is that you get to meet the couple, the couple gets to meet the photographers, it creates that environment of not only like trust but also engagement and preparation. Um it will help the couples like remove that awkwardness because not everybody like really likes being in front of a camera. Do you get what I mean? So with that, you know, not only are you preparing them for the big day, but you're helping them get rid of the awkwardness of being in front of the camera.

Building Trust With Your Team

SPEAKER_00 2:22

So yeah, so I I think you know people should realize that pre-wedding photo shoot is so important, in my own opinion. Now, I've been doing this job for such a long time, and and I know that a lot of couples on a wedding day, they get stressed, they get there's no time, people are running all over the places, and there's no time for so many things. If you have a pre-wedding photo shoot, at least you have a leeway, you have something in there. Um, so let's start with what is pre-wedding photo shoot because some people call it different names, some people call it engagement shoot, some people call it pre-wedding photo shoot. They are all the same, right? They are all the same. So is these are kind of professional photos that you take normally before your wedding takes place, and it's usually between three to six months. I would say I recommend it for you to happen.

SPEAKER_03 3:15

And so these photos can be used for things like your souvenirs, doing your weddings, invitations, invitations, websites, yes, also it could be social media announcements, depending on how big your wedding is, and also like it can be used as like welcome signs for the guests. So if they see the picture, they know exactly then the right place. For example, if P you're using a venue where there's like multiple rooms there, which we do come across. Yes, yes, you having that picture there, everybody will know, right? Then okay, I'm gonna say now. This is it.

SPEAKER_00 3:49

Yeah, yeah. They have a lot of purpose, and it is good to just have them. And and yeah, I I do believe that having a pre-wedding for the shoot is important, but we need to define it for which we have just done. And I also believe that part of it is people don't realize that a wedding aid is just one day. But your wedding story for me, if you want to document it well, part of that journey should also include a pre-wedding photo shoot because that also is part of the journey, it tells you the story uh as well. So, yeah, and that's what I think. And but if I want to ask you one question, what do you think are the main purpose of pre-wedding for the shoot itself or any main shoot as some would call it?

Relaxed Shoots Beat Wedding Rush

SPEAKER_03 4:30

Yeah, so for me personally, I think it first of all, it builds the trust between the photographer and the couple. And why say that? Because you guys, if you speaking on the phone is nice, because I think uh we are in a digital world and we are quite we're quite um electronic, everything is done online and all of that. But doing the you know, the pre-wedding show, you are meeting the team. You might not meet everybody, but you're meeting some of the team members. Um it helps you understand the couple themselves what they really want. Because online, if you have, you know, with the consultation, people tell you different things, but as the wedding's being planned and things are progressing, different ideas come to mind. So not only do we get to understand who the couple are, they get to know who we are, how we communicate, our style of photography. Um, and it will save them on the wedding day because if you have already had this practice before, I feel like wedding um pre-wedding shoots and engagement shoots are in practice. They are practiced for the actual day. Yes, anything you do get wrong, that is correct, whatever mistakes that you make during the pre-wedding shoot, you can eliminate that for your wedding. It saves us time as photographers, it saves them time so they can get they can go back to their guests and that. There's so many benefits of it. I just don't know.

SPEAKER_00 5:56

I just feel like if I will touch on on touch on one or two of them as well. So if you look at the pre-wedding of photoshoot, it gives you that opportunity whereby, like you said, you're meeting the theme. I mean, the theme of your photographers and videographers, right? In some cases, videographers are also included in telling that story. And you are able to re-as, like you said, ahead of your wedding, right? But one thing also that gives you opportunity, it's a relaxed atmosphere. You know, one thing about wedding, as we all know, is that it's a fast-paced environment. Like you hardly have time. So it prepare it just prepares you ahead of the day, right? And that day is just a relaxed time, it's just you and your uh photographer and videographer having a nice time, taking some photos, getting some good in some good locations. It could be indoor, it could be outdoor, it could be in the studio, like I mean, and also it could be you know a good location that you guys have selected, but it's just more relaxed because this is more thoughtful, it is not just restricted to you know when on a wedding day you don't even have time to say, okay, I want to go and do something. I want to, I want to, you know, I'm thinking of creating something special. It's very hard to do on a wedding day. But on a pre-wedding for the shade, I've seen a lot of couples they are more relaxed, they are free, they are themselves, they just enjoy it, and it just comes to the fore.

Uses For Engagement Photos

SPEAKER_03 7:20

Yeah, it does. And I think the but people don't realize the benefits of it. I mean, they are there, some people do, but I've noticed that even if it's a wedding or an event or a birthday, when we go to the actual day, like for example, if we've done like a um like a pre-wedding shoe, we tend to see the couples use the pictures as the stands, you know, they welcome signs. And if we've been to birthday parties, it's like milestone birthdays, they're using those same pictures to like welcome the guests in. And from there, what I've noticed, I I do um I don't really talk a lot on when events are happening, but when guests are coming in, they're like, oh my gosh, look at that picture. Oh wow, when did they take that? So it's a nice, it's good to create like a nice environment, but that's all done because there's no pressure. And I've noticed a lot of people, pre-wedding shoots, their pictures are better than the actual wedding. Yes, because there's no squares, there's no, like they're not nervous, they don't have a timeline, they, you know, it's just everything is just free-flow, and it's just about them connecting and not about what's happening around them. So, yeah, um, I feel like the wedding, weddings are just fast-paced.

SPEAKER_00 8:32

You remember one of those couples, I don't want to mention their name as well. Doing a pre-wedding photo shoot shows me in so many cases, like you said earlier on, building trust. Like you could see the what that person created during the pre-wedding photo shoot, and you see all the photos, you are so comfortable on your wedding day. You just like, even if somebody is telling you that maybe the photographer needs more time on the wedding day, and somebody's saying, Oh, don't worry about it, you'll be like, you trust these guys, like guys, this this, you know, even the kind of synergy that works once you've met, you know, that doing that pre-wedding photo shoot, it's just a different level entirely, rather than just meeting the couple on the wedding day itself.

SPEAKER_03 9:08

I hate, I hate it when we just have to go to the wedding. I mean, for some people it's understandable, like we uh I mean, we did a wedding, was it in where was it? In Preston? No, not Preston. Yeah, Preston was we didn't know them, but like the weddings that we've done, like pre-wedding shoots, and this is something that we offer in the package. I don't think you're not paying any more less for it. It's part of the package. So if you pick a package that has a pre-wedding shoe, I would urge the couples to take it as an opportunity to actually, you know, pick nice outfits, things that they enjoy, and you can get like three or four outfits out of it, and these are pictures that you keep as your memories. So, yeah, I I don't know. Everybody, I think people just have to think, you know, logically about certain things.

SPEAKER_00 9:54

But there are a few reasons why people don't really consider, like we said earlier on, things like people think it's an additional cost, but you just corrected that notion now, saying that, for example, we we try to put it in most of our packages.

SPEAKER_01 10:06

Yeah, right.

Costs, Time, And Common Myths

SPEAKER_00 10:07

I would say it's only one package, we don't have it, but the rest of the packages we we have because we know that how important it is, but also some couples have commitment, time commitment. Like maybe the husband is so busy or the wife is so busy, they are both like their job, they are only taking annually for their wedding, and they couldn't make it. But in that case, that's okay. Like if you can't make it, like you can't make it work, you know, you don't have the time. I mean, there's nothing anybody can do, but we're just saying that we can create time.

SPEAKER_03 10:38

Yeah, but it just removes it removes the awkwardness. I've oh my god, I can't I can't stress it enough because you know, some weddings we go and obviously it's not their fault, but we obviously are also like, you know, we are professionals, we'll do what we need to do. But if you don't know us beforehand or you don't know how we communicate, you might even think like, oh, maybe that girl's rude because I'm I tend to just pay attention to details. I don't really talk so much when I'm working. But if you've met me before, it just gives you that, you know, that comfort, that reassurance that yeah, she knows what she's doing, she's gonna do the right job, and you shouldn't really be worried about me.

SPEAKER_00 11:17

But yeah, it's yeah, and you and I also know that some couples think about logistics and outfits. Some people are like, you know, I'm already doing a lot for my wedding, you know, getting all this clothes for my wedding.

SPEAKER_03 11:29

My pre-wedding shoots, it doesn't have to be, you know, we we like we have a lot of clothes, like just use what you do the other day. I was just going through my wardrobe and I have clothes that have tags on them that I've never worn. So honestly, you just have to make it as friendly as possible. You can have something like very official, and then you can have something very like casual, light, you know, lightweight, and all of that. Yeah, just it just something that expresses your personality, exactly something that you would want to see, like on a billboard of your wedding or a board or guest board or whatever the case may be. And trust me, they always those pictures always make a difference and they look nice, so I don't know, but yeah.

SPEAKER_00 12:10

Yeah, it's one of the things. So, how do you think you can tell a couple to prepare for a pre-body followership? Uh what would you say? Tips like I'll say things like they should think about the theme.

Outfits, Themes, And Locations

SPEAKER_03 12:22

Yeah, theme, but not only the theme, but also like location. So location is also you know, yeah, just should not just choosing like random locations without like having any meaning to it. Like there is like people that say, Oh, we're gonna do a pre-wedding show in like maybe like in a park near where we know where we first had our first debt, or we had a picnic there and we like the environment. Oh, this hot like some people have used hotels, some guests have used hotels that they go like once in a while to just relax as a couple. So you already know the environment you're in. You just have to basically bring yourself to pause and then we get the pictures. Yeah, and just I would urge people not to skip this that step entirely because I've seen it. It takes a time, a long time for people to warm up to the camera, for them to warm up to us as the photographers, and yeah, and with if you do that pre-wedding show, I think it skips all the little, you know, the hiccups and all of that. So, yeah, yeah, for sure.

SPEAKER_00 13:27

I would like really, really and like I said earlier on, how long do you think they should do before they are wedding? I've mentioned three to six months. Do you agree with me?

Timing It Right: Three To Six Months

SPEAKER_03 13:35

Yeah, three to six months is fine. Um because again a lot of things are going to happen for the build up, so you need people at that nice stage where not nice but happy stage. Oh, we've been engaged, we're engaged, we're planning our wedding. That stage is different. If you try to push it like two, three weeks before the actual wedding, damn, damn. They've already got like a lot of stresses going on, they've got things they're putting together, the last minute details. And if for example, if they're having like an international wedding or they have guests coming from around the world, there's already like a lot of pressure on them. So yeah, just three to six months is perfect because a lot of things happen. Like I've seen people that because of the stress they lose more weight, so they don't they don't look the dresses don't fit the way they they would have fed, you know, before. What's her name? Oh my god, she's an author, she does, she's like a relationship coach. Um, I think it's Tony Tony talks. She well, she has an episode where she says um she has an episode where she talks about just general stuff, but she did all her shoes before the actual event. So she did her engagement shoots before the actual engagement. Do you get what I mean? So they booked makeup. I'm I mean it's not for everybody, and it it financially doesn't work for a lot of people, but she did everything bang, bang, bang. Like the civil wedding, they had done pictures before the actual civil wedding. Then they did the civil wedding, they got some nice pictures. The traditional wedding, um, yeah, she did the traditional pictures, and to make it laugh, they did the pictures like in another country, and they had a traditional in another country. Do you get what I mean? Like people by the time, because they are obviously so the you know, the person I'm talking about, she's in the media space, so she tried to get ahead of it. So by the time people really know about it, it's already done. She had really beautiful pictures because on the actual day, even she's like done like a recap of her wedding and all of that. You don't really get the same time.

SPEAKER_00 15:51

Yeah, you don't get the same time. You don't get the same time.

SPEAKER_03 15:53

So trying to get the good images out of the way, I would really advise it. Yes, I would advise it.

SPEAKER_00 16:00

I know the major reason there are two major reasons I know that people don't want to do pre-wedding from my own experience. It's finance finance and time and time. Yeah, those are the two major things. But you're not gonna get a chance to redo your wedding anyway.

SPEAKER_03 16:15

So you know.

SPEAKER_00 16:16

I was photograph or videographer, tell them about making sure you're getting a package that includes it, or find a way for them to include a pre-wedding photo shoot in your package. It will be a very good idea. Trust me, guys. When you do a pre-wedding photo shoot, because I see some people saying, Oh, we don't really like you know, staying in the photo. But on your wedding day, you need to take a lot of photos. You need to get used to it, like we said earlier on. You need to practice.

Book Early: Photo And Video

SPEAKER_03 16:42

But that all happens when you do the pre-wedding shoot because we we are not we are not fast with time. Really, with pre-wedding shoots, we've done these couples where we've done like two venues for them. We've done like in a restaurant, we've done it outside, we've done you know, in a park, we've done so. We've you know, it gives you that chance to engage with the photographers for you to actually be yourself. City and work as well. City and work, see that what it can do. You know, the pre-wedding shoe, we're going to give you the we even give images on site. So as we're taking the pictures, you get a chance to have a look, to pose yourself a bit better. On the wedding day, it's it's just go, go, go.

SPEAKER_00 17:21

We don't even have a chance, a chance to reflect or to look at things, especially if it's a photographer or a videographer that maybe you saw them online or maybe somebody introduced you to them. So you want to at least see how it feels, you want to see their work, you want to see the synergy. For me, it's just very important. And I don't know why some people, finance should not be an issue. If you speak to a photographer, trust me, there's a way this can be done. If it's going to be less money, all right, or they can find a way around it, just to make sure that it's done. The only reason I will say you don't do it is if you guys haven't got no time. Yeah, if you haven't got no time, it's not a sin. If you don't do it, okay, it's not it's not the end of the world. But we are just saying that try your best if you can do it. It's very good.

SPEAKER_02 18:14

Yeah. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 18:16

So, what what would be some of your advice to couples who are newly engaged? What would be your advice to them?

SPEAKER_03 18:26

Um, so it's just for everything or just generally for the shoe, especially for pre-wedding for the shoot. I mean, just book your photographer early. I think that's one thing I emphasize.

Shifting To Wedding Venues

Venue Picks: Stock Brook Manor

SPEAKER_00 18:35

And I would say photos and video if they can afford it. Yeah, yeah. Because video, we do both, right? So if you're doing an engagement shoot or pre-wedding for the shoot at some call, having both of people online on site is very, very good. And you know, they'll create a story for you that is even documented in a better way. Photos and video stories are better than just photos alone or video alone. Having both is just an amazing. And that's why I always say to people also if you can go with a theme of a team of photographers and videographers, I mean that they have both, right? They have both services, they offer both services of photos and video. If you can go with one theme, one theme that offers photography and videography is better. Because then for your pre-wedding photo shoot, they'll be able to offer you both on their pre-wedding photoship. And we do that as well. Right. We offer both. Right. So, okay. So the next thing we want to talk about is what? So let's move away from pre-wedding photo shoot and let's talk about wedding venue. And I know you have a lot to say about, but talking about wedding venue, you know, we spoke about it uh the other time as well. But it's just so important. But today we want to talk about wedding venue, but also maybe give them an idea of wedding venues that we know of. Now we can just suggest a few, you know, to people as well. And the the the first one I will talk about is the Stockbrook Manor. Right. Stockbrook manor is a very beautiful in SS, it's just a lovely place. You know, they've got good area, you know, there's so many beautiful areas in that place. Um, they have good venues. We've we've we you know we've done activity there for uh we work with clients uh there for more than twice, or I will say more than maybe like three times or four times. And it's always in a beautiful environment. So it's called Stockbrook Manor. It's a beautiful place. So if you're planning to get married, you're looking for a venue. Now, these people are not paying us, you know. We're just gonna mention few that we've we've we we've seen and we actually love, and we think this is a good place because you need you know what makes a good quality for a venue, right? Parking space is also important, yeah, right.

SPEAKER_03 20:44

Most venues have parking. I mean, it just depends where you go, really. Like, but yeah, in stock open, we get a lot of parking as well.

Venue Picks: The Old Farm, Croydon

SPEAKER_00 20:53

And the second one is the one I'm not sure of the name, but I think I'll get it right. It's in Croydon. It's called the Old Firm. I think it's old firm in Croydon. It's also an amazing place. Beautiful, beautiful. They the only issue I have with that place is it's a massive place with only a small space for wedding venue. So if you're panning.

SPEAKER_03 21:17

But it has two spaces, though.

SPEAKER_00 21:18

Or maybe we didn't use the other one.

SPEAKER_03 21:20

Yeah, because remember what happened with that event that we went to is that they thought it was gonna rain. So they moved because they have an outside space. Yeah, they have another space for it. The outer space is spacious, it's beautiful. The scenery is insane, but yeah, inside it's quite small.

SPEAKER_00 21:36

So the the wedding we did there was a traditional wedding, and um they had planned for the wedding to take place outside, and it looks beautiful outside. But then, you know, you care where that you can't predict sometimes, then it was, you know, it was turned to a raining day, and you know, it didn't actually rain, but it looks like it was gonna rain on that day. So just to prevent that people getting soaked and everything, so we had to move everything in. And inside, I would say it's just for small wedding, right? But overall, it's a beautiful place. Um, yeah. Do you have what that ones for us that you want to share?

SPEAKER_03 22:10

The thing is with venues, yeah, it's nice and all. I can say that I have like a few, but but the hotels as well. Yeah, there's nice hotels. I think it's just based on your budget and what you think is best for you. Um okay. I will drop the list of the best venues when I finally launch my wedding planning business. Sorry, guys. Yeah, so I mean there's some venues in London, there's some hotels. There's a hotel that we went to, I think it was in was it in South London.

SPEAKER_00 22:46

No, we use another one in uh Wimberton.

SPEAKER_03 22:49

Yeah, so we went to Wimberton.

Hotels, Capacity, And Scenery

SPEAKER_00 22:51

I can't remember, it's like a French, it's a French name, I can't remember the name now, but that's another beautiful uh hotel. Uh, they have nice all and everything that you can use for uh wedding. Again, it's not for people for oh yeah, but they do have a good space outdoor as well. Remember when we went to that that back of the hotel, they have good scenery there. So I think that's a good one. That's a beautiful one also for people getting married in the summer. But they also have indoor.

SPEAKER_03 23:18

Yeah, yeah, I remember that.

SPEAKER_00 23:19

Yeah, they have beautiful one of the nice indoor-wise for them. I think you know, your wedding has to be a small one as well. Not when we're talking about small one, we're talking about under 100 people. Right. So uh when you're talking about maybe like 300, 400, um, yeah. I mean, but for outdoor, I think they've got space in there for wedding outdoors. So, I mean, choosing your wedding venue, we like we said previously is very important. Um, making sure that you look for a wedding venue that you know will help elevate your wedding, you know, your your your guests coming will be able to park well, in my own opinion. Um, they'll be able to have parking, they'll be able to have space, you know, and it's just overall beautiful environment. I think that for me is very is very important. Remember that that birthday we went for as well. What's the name of that hotel? The six-year-old that we went to the hotel where they did their uh uh you know, that man that would he uh his birthday, I think it's in it's in near Reading as well. Now we did his birthday near it, was it near Reading? Yeah, yeah, and it was a nice hotel. I just can't remember the name of the hotel again.

SPEAKER_03 24:34

I mean that's why I said we'll be able to like um I think we'll do like uh when we're closing off the series, we'll just have a look, break down all the we'll have a look at the venues we've been to because I have them somewhere like in my navigation system when when we've traveled to different weddings and the different spaces, and then we just give them like pros and cons of picking these events, but these event areas, but yeah, there's a lot of things out there. It a lot of things is just based on your budget, right? It's a lot of when I was looking at it, the most expensive place to get married in is London.

SPEAKER_00 25:10

Yes, of course, yeah.

Budget By Region And Guest Needs

SPEAKER_03 25:11

But if you go outside London, like we've done weddings in Preston, we've done weddings in Wales, they are not spending the same amount of spending. They're wedding a lot of things. You know, do you get they're not spending as much money as these guys are spending, so yeah. But then again, you know, just depends really where you're doing your wedding. Um, I I we live in Essex, so Kent. Kent has got some beautiful places where you can do your wedding as well. There's a few nice venues there, but it's about your guests, you, what you want, what you like. Um, yeah, I just think just remember like your venue must kind of create like a story of who you are, and it kind of define not only defines, but just creates an image or it sets the tone for the whole thing.

SPEAKER_00 26:01

Well, one thing I found very difficult in a wedding is if you're doing wedding in one more than one place and there's no parking. I know it is not possible that every wedding must everybody getting married will be able to get a place where where they'll be parking. But if you can, I mean, you know what I mean.

Logistics, Parking, And Distance

SPEAKER_03 26:21

Yeah, I think just ask the questions because I for example, as vendors, as photographers, as what we are, we you know, we we like to know, like, you know, as a couple getting married and you're planning your wedding, please just ask those questions. How far is the ceremony from your reception? No, ask, you know, if you're looking at a wedding venue, ask, just look at the logistics of it. Okay, if you're getting married in a church, that's fine. Okay, so how far is the church from the reception? You need to meet people in the middle because I think that's some so for some weddings, people just don't come to one or the other because they're like, I can't do the drive, like I can't drive there. Yeah, or they have to pay for parking twice. Yeah, you see.

SPEAKER_00 27:02

When you're getting married in London, you can be paying up to like 50 pounds, you know, doing double parking, we park somewhere, they park somewhere and all that.

SPEAKER_03 27:11

I think, yeah, again, and I'll say like poor logistics, they create rush timelines. So if things are not like, for example, if we have to obviously we do the um wedding prep, the morning prep. We get we get the bride and groom, we do their prep, we do the you know, the bridal trail, the groom's men, uh that alone can take us about three to four hours just in the morning. And if you're having like a morning wedding or let me say like 12 o'clock or one, it's it's a stretch for time. A lot of things get missed because we can we obviously our priorities to capture the day. If we don't get because we've had to leave with some weddings, we've had to leave the bride and the groom completely not ready yet, they've not done the first look, they've not because we now have to go and head to the you know to the main place where they're doing their actual wedding. Do you get what I mean? And then from there, we've got to now move from the wherever the church or whatever um wherever they're getting like married, then move to the reception, which is the after party. It's it's the logistics of it. So like it like on a in a wedd on a wedding day, we can we've had weddings where we've done like three venues.

SPEAKER_00 28:25

Yeah, it's a nightmare.

SPEAKER_03 28:27

You know, you do the morning prep, then you drive, and then it's you know, we're not complaining, but uh we have to offload, then load, then offload again, then load, then offload, and then load. Yeah, you know, and that is time, and it takes time, you know, and we to be honest, best option a seamless wedding. Do everything one place to one venue, pick one venue, and I know obviously for some religions it wouldn't work, it wouldn't work. But okay, fine, two venues. The sweet sport, I guess two, yeah. But the best, the best, best option if you're if you're somebody that your pastor can come to your reception, or you you can you know you can spend all your and you know, all the energy, all the decor. Because if you're doing church and then you're doing the reception, you know you're going to they're going to decorate in two spaces. So you do get what I mean? Use all the money in one space, get a massive space, have it well decorated, and then boom, everything happens, you know.

SPEAKER_01 29:28

Exactly.

SPEAKER_03 29:28

Because do you remember that wedding that we did in Webberton? They did the they were in the hotel for everything, right? They did the I mean, I think they did a registry wedding, so they got the registry people to come to them exactly in one room, so they hired out two rooms.

SPEAKER_00 29:43

I didn't even know that you can do that.

SPEAKER_03 29:45

Actually, do you remember? No, it was two rooms.

SPEAKER_00 29:46

Well, I didn't actually know that you can actually do that.

One-Venue Weddings Run Smoother

SPEAKER_03 29:49

Whether you yeah, they can they came the registrars came to them. It's so like it's so um, I don't know, it's the best thing that you can do for yourself because you're not having to rush around to meet deadlines. They came to them. The the bride was still getting ready. They let they call their, you know, the receptions called up because we were in the room with them, and they were like, Oh, okay, the registrars are here to get you guys checked in. Boom, she went downstairs, she wasn't fully ready, did what she needed to do, came back straight up because everything is in one place. Her hotel, her suite that she picked, and everything. It was all in one environment, and it just I feel like that wedding, everything was just calm. No rush, no rush, no pressure, nothing. You know, it was just like a normal day, everything was just yeah, but everything was flowing, it was you know, it was quite cool. Yeah, um, but yeah, yeah, the food was great as well. Drinks were nice, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 30:45

So, guys, I think that that's about for you today. But before we go, there's one big news, which is about the event planning. So I will leave our to talk about it for five minutes before we leave.

SPEAKER_03 31:02

Okay, right. So, guys, this is a quick one, right? I because I've been doing photography for a while and I have you know gone around and a few weddings, not a few, a lot of weddings. I've covered events. I've come to a realization. I think we if you've not had our first episode one or two and three, please go and listen to that because we break down the importance of having a wedding planner, right? I'm not, I'm not saying I'm gonna be a wedding planner, but I am going to be a wedding planner slash event coordinator. So that means that I can be able to, because I've got the experience under my belt now on what things I've seen and what I've observed, I can be able to provide that service alongside the photography and videography of our wedding business. So if you're a couple getting married, and obviously you've already maybe got a photographer already, but you don't have a coordinator or you want to use us as a whole package, we can offer the service. I can either just be a day on the day coordinator, which what that involves is just for me to just run try to make sure the day runs smoothly for that just on that day. Um, you're only booking me for just coordinating the day, everything's already in place. But if you do want the full experience of the whole package of a wedding planner, then you can also reach out to us um through our gokephotography at gmail.com to get any information or info at gokephotography.com. You can drop us a DM.

SPEAKER_00 32:48

We also need to let them know that there's a introductory offer going on for people that would take on this offer. So for uh what what we're trying to do now, she's trying to offer the first set of people, uh, maybe the first 10 couples, uh, like an introductory offer. So you're gonna get up to like 40% off.

Real-World Example Of Seamless Day

SPEAKER_03 33:09

Yeah, it's just for us to just not make the day better for couples. We we understand the stress, the pressures of you get pulling a day off, but with that extra support, I think it will make a difference. And yes, the first 10 couples, I will do it at a lower price just to obviously show people, showcase my skills and what I can offer and how you know how I can move around based on the wedding day itself. But yeah, if anybody's interested, please drop us a message.

SPEAKER_00 33:41

Alright, we'll try and put the email on the description as well. So just to confirm, we have two email addresses. You can reach out by, and with time, we'll create another email specifically for that. But for now, use uh the email that's been provided to you as well. So, final words.

SPEAKER_03 33:58

Um, guys, congratulations to all those that still believe in love. And it's a new year, I guess. Are we still saying happy new year? No, we're going into March. No, no, no, no, it's but again, if you're hearing this for the first time, happy new year. Um, we wish you an amazing year ahead. If you have any things going on, any events, any birthdays, milestones that you would like to celebrate, please do reach us at Goke Photography on Instagram, TikTok. We don't have Twitter now. YouTube and on YouTube as well. Yeah, we still have an a discount that we do all year round just because we are good, we are good business people and we like to give the best, so please do try and reach out to us if you can.

SPEAKER_00 34:56

Okay, thank you guys for joining us for another one, and it's a wrap on the wedding uh series. We might come up with that now more later on, yeah, based on maybe feedback or anything like that. But for now, it's a wrap on the wedding one. We've got another great topic coming next week. So, but we'll let you know about him. Um, what are we moving on to next?

New Service: Planning And Coordination

SPEAKER_03 35:19

Um I think that there's something very hot right now, apprenticeships and you know, going to university. So yeah, that's a topic that we're going to go into because it's quite interesting. You know, finances are going up. Uh, there's a lot of pressures going on in that industry uh in the education system. So I just wanna, yeah, we'll just we would die dive deep into it because you're an apprenticeship coach by practice. Um we've both been to through the university education.

SPEAKER_00 35:55

So we also feel like even what we do, we you know, we have training, you know, we train people as well, like photo, photos and everything. So yeah, it's we're gonna go deeper and in our next one on those topics.

SPEAKER_03 36:09

And again, because we've got kids, uh, you know, we've got kids of our own that we're going to progress, and the you know, these are conversations we are having like you know, aggressively in the house about because I I don't want my child to you know have so much debt.

SPEAKER_00 36:25

Exactly.

SPEAKER_03 36:26

Um I went into my account the other day and checked how much debt I have just because I went to school. Um it's it's it's disgusting.

SPEAKER_00 36:34

That you have to be paying back.

SPEAKER_03 36:35

Yes, it's disgusting. So yeah, and yeah, guys, stay stay blessed, stay blessed, guys, until next time.