- The one who asks the juicy questions
- Chicago, IL
- Cabernet Sauvignon
About Robin
Robin is the Founder and Host of The Uncorked Project.
After 15 years in the wedding industry as a photographer building Riverbend Studio and talking to over 500 clients, she realized that planning a wedding is anything but perfect—it’s challenging, it’s funny and it’s complicated.
It killed her to see the disconnect between what the wedding industry shows and what real couples experience while planning. So she started a new kind of wedding community for couples to hang out and feel like they belong.
Inspired by the show Drunk History, she wanted to share real stories and advice, from hilarious to horrific, straight from those who’ve lived it.
Her Favorite Video & Why:
“This video makes me tear up every time I watch it. Anthony & Jeff have such a unique perspective. They tell both their personal story and share professional advice from years in as wedding planning pros.”
~ Robin
- The one who asks the juicy questions
- Chicago, IL
- Cabernet Sauvignon
About Robin
Robin is the Founder and Host of The Uncorked Project.
After 15 years in the wedding industry as a photographer building Riverbend Studio and talking to over 500 clients, she realized that planning a wedding is anything but perfect—it’s challenging, it’s funny and it’s complicated.
It killed her to see the disconnect between what the wedding industry shows and what real couples experience while planning. So she started a new kind of wedding community for couples to hang out and feel like they belong.
Inspired by the show Drunk History, she wanted to share real stories and advice, from hilarious to horrific, straight from those who’ve lived it.
Her Favorite Video & Why:
“This video makes me tear up every time I watch it. Anthony & Jeff have such a unique perspective. They tell both their personal story and share professional advice from years in as wedding planning pros.”
~ Robin
2 comments
I have been asked this so many times... does the wedding industry inflate prices when they hear it's a wedding?
Here is my honest answer (as a former wedding photographer)... NO. Did I charge more for a wedding than a 50th birthday party or a family portrait session? Yes, absolutely. I charged A LOT more for a wedding.
Was I taking advantage of the emotional sell? Absolutely not.
The main reasons I charged more for a wedding were: the unseen amount of work involved in the 12+ months leading up to the wedding, the skill level needed on the day, the INTENSE pressure to create perfect "portfolio level work" no matter what the reality of the situation- but mostly it is to compensate for the time AFTER the wedding in post production.
Little known fact about wedding photography - the real job is sitting at a computer editing photos. Photographers spend many hours behind the computer carefully selecting and editing photos. They make adjustments, crop, and adjust colors to ensure each image it's best. Don't forget the time it takes for batching, renaming, importing, exporting and uploading the photos and preparing them for delivery.
Do you think this justifies why photographers charge more for weddings than for other types of shoots?
Couldn’t agree more! And on the videography side its an absolute ton of data + editing discipline.
Its a double sided coin- weddings are extremely high pressure but also high reward when we nail it.
Our products (photo video) in particular are the only thing that genuinely will last forever . Having fun and ALSO nailing the product is worth the price of entry and frankly more.