对话嘉宾 | Panelists

David Lau：独立婚礼摄影师 / Independent Wedding Photographer

Essie Chang：GoldenLove创始人 / Founder of GoldenLove

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开场 | Opening

David Lau：

今晚我们探讨的主题，就是一个摄影师未来可能的发展方向——是像我这样做一名独立摄影师，还是像你这样组建庞大的团队，做成全亚洲第一的视频团队。

Tonight's topic is about the possible future paths for a photographer — whether to remain an independent photographer like me, or to build a large team like you did, becoming the number one video team in Asia.

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EssieChang：

咱们的视频团队和摄影师的工作模式天生有点不同。视频拍摄的瞬间，需要固定一个人在对应位置，去捕捉完整的瞬间，它是连续的决定性瞬间；但照片不一样，一个瞬间拍下来，咔嚓一下作品就成型了。所以视频想要拍得好、价格提上去，天然就需要多机位拍摄。

From our video team's perspective, the working model is inherently different from photography. Video requires a fixed person at a specific position to capture complete moments — it's about continuous decisive moments. But photography is different: a single click captures a moment, and the work is done. So if you want to shoot great video and raise your prices, multi-camera shooting is naturally essential.

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从1500起步 | Starting from 1,500

EssieChang：

我入行的第一张单就是1500块，和DON合作拍了一场性价比很高的婚礼。那是我第一次做婚礼跟拍的拍照机位，拿着5D3体验婚礼跟拍的工作。之后我开始在网上做营销，接到了这张1500块的单子。也是从这张单开始，除了我自己，我还叫了另外三个人到现场。

My very first booking was 1,500 RMB. I collaborated with DON on a high-value wedding shoot. That was my first time working as a photographer at a wedding, holding a 5D3 and experiencing wedding photography for the first time. After that, I started marketing online and got this 1,500 RMB booking. From this job onward, besides myself, I also brought three other people to the site.

其实那几个人完全不会拍视频，没有任何相关拍摄能力，但我还是让他们带上机器到现场，想着能拍到什么算什么。我自己也不知道当时为什么会做这个决定，可能是天生就喜欢团队合作，并不是那种绝对侧重个人能力的人。这张单子也从原本的单机位，拍成了双机位的效果。

Honestly, those people had no idea how to shoot video — zero relevant skills. But I still had them bring their gear to the site, thinking we'd capture whatever we could. I don't even know why I made that decision back then. Maybe I'm just naturally inclined toward teamwork, not someone who relies solely on individual ability. Unexpectedly, that single-camera booking ended up producing footage that looked almost like it came from a dual-camera setup.

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打怪升级之路 | The Journey of Leveling Up

EssieChang：

之后我就慢慢发展，从单机位接了几张1500块的单子，逐步升级到2000多、3000多的双机位，5000左右的三机位，8000的四机位，再到2万多的四机位，一直到现在最新的收费价格17万。

After that, I gradually developed. From several single-camera bookings at 1,500 RMB, I progressively upgraded to dual-camera at 2,000–3,000 RMB, then triple-camera around 5,000 RMB, quad-camera at 8,000 RMB, then quad-camera at over 20,000 RMB, all the way to my latest rate of 170,000 RMB.

现在我的团队收费3万起，还有6万、7万的档位，出了广东省，全国都是统一报价，就是这样一步步打怪升级过来的。

Now my team's rates start at 30,000 RMB, with tiers at 60,000 and 70,000 RMB. Outside Guangdong province, we have unified pricing nationwide. That's how we leveled up step by step — like fighting monsters in a game.

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抗风险能力：婚礼行业的核心 | Risk Resilience: The Core of the Wedding Industry

EssieChang：

我觉得摄影师想要把这份工作做好，首先要考虑几个核心点：婚礼本身是充满意外性的工作，我们作为从业者，自身也会遇到各种意外情况，而婚礼是最忌讳意外的。比如交通迟到、身体状况不佳导致的工作失误，这些意外对客户来说都是致命的，绝对会影响从业者后续的发展和行业口碑。

I believe that if photographers want to excel in this work, they need to consider several core points: Weddings themselves are full of unexpected situations. As professionals, we also encounter various unforeseen circumstances — and weddings are the most taboo setting for accidents. For example, traffic delays, physical discomfort leading to work errors — these accidents are fatal to clients and absolutely affect the professional's future development and industry reputation.

所以在婚礼拍摄里，单机位本身就是一个不合理的概念。我甚至觉得，如果客户花钱只请单机位拍摄婚礼，这说明他对自己的婚礼不够负责。如果实在是预算有限，只有800块请单机位，那也只能自己承担相应的拍摄风险了。

Therefore, in wedding shooting, the concept of a single camera is inherently unreasonable. I even think that if clients only hire a single camera for their wedding, it's somewhat embarrassing — it shows they're not taking responsibility for their own wedding. If the budget is truly limited, only affording 800 RMB for a single camera, then they'll have to bear the corresponding shooting risks themselves.

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多机位的价值 | The Value of Multi-Camera Setup

EssieChang：

作为行业内的专业人士，想要走得远、做出名头、取得一点成就，真正热爱摄影、视频和婚礼拍摄这份工作，就必须拥有搭建抗风险能力的心态。

As professionals in the industry, if you want to go far, build a reputation, achieve something, and truly love photography, videography, and wedding shooting, you must develop a mindset of building risk resilience.

多机位拍摄，首先是对自己、也是对客户的双重负责；其次，多机位能让作品呈现更多拍摄角度，哪怕你的拍摄技术再厉害，也会有客户不喜欢单一的拍摄角度，如果没有其他角度的素材，客户就会不满意，最终也会导致口碑问题。

Multi-camera shooting is, first and foremost, a dual responsibility — to yourself and to your clients. Secondly, multi-camera setups allow your work to present more shooting angles. No matter how skilled your shooting technique is, there will always be clients who don't like a single angle. Without footage from other angles, clients will be dissatisfied, ultimately affecting your reputation.

所以说到底，多机位是这个行业的基础。从收费提升、抗风险能力搭建、作品出品效果，再到行业人才培养等多个角度考虑，只要想把这份工作做好，多机位的团队作战模式就是必不可少的。

So at the end of the day, multi-camera is the foundation of this industry. Considering multiple perspectives — fee increases, risk resilience building, work quality, and industry talent cultivation — if you want to do this job well, a multi-camera team-based operational model is essential.

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核心总结 | Core Summary

EssieChang：

我从一开始聊到现在，核心都围绕着“抗风险”这三个字。抗风险，一方面是为自己的职业发展抗风险，另一方面是为客户的婚礼体验抗风险。风险越少，踩的坑就越少，职业道路才能走得更快、更稳。

From the very beginning until now, everything I've discussed revolves around the core concept of "risk resilience". Risk resilience means, on one hand, protecting your own career development from risks, and on the other hand, protecting your clients' wedding experience from risks. The fewer risks you encounter, the fewer pitfalls you fall into, and the faster and more steadily your career path can progress.