We sit down with one of the OG creative and wedding videography veteran Andy Yang, where he shares the moment on a morning train commute was one of the many steps to slowly leave behind a stable finance career to pursue a life behind the lens.

We dive into the evolution of the Asian Australian creative scene, from Andy's early days filming YouTube covers and touring Asia, to navigating the high-stakes world of wedding videography (The SanDisk failure...).

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Andy's Links

https://www.youtube.com/@AndyYangVlogs

https://www.instagram.com/andyyang84

/https://www.andyyangfilms.com/

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Music: aKu - Love Shine | aKu - The Final Blow

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Chapters

0:00 Intro – Andy’s videography journey

2:25 Andy’s career before filmmaking – switching industries

4:11 How Andy became a videographer – breaking into content creation

9:29 Early life, creative background, and career foundations

14:40 Wedding videographer pricing – hourly rates, market trends, OG vendors

20:51 Pricing strategy for videographers – avoiding undercutting and managing client expectations

23:58 Working with real couples – Nathan & Annette and Andy’s signature filming style

28:40 Data loss in videography – backups, workflow, and AI recovery tools

36:11 Cinematic shooting style explained – Nathan’s on‑set experience

40:42 Editing workflow for videographers – dad content, storytelling, tour vlogs

49:12 How the YouTube creator landscape is changing

53:20 Behind the scenes of wedding videography – difficult clients and real experiences1

:01:14 Dad content and lifestyle filming – meal kits, home shoots

1:07:29 What makes an ideal couple client for videographers

1:10:43 Time management for videographers – structuring a full shoot day

1:12:56 SOAB AD

1:14:26 Crew meal etiquette – what videographers and photographers should know

1:17:44 Unique vendor ideas in the wedding industry

1:21:32 Working styles and camera gear – tools for modern videographers

1:28:46 Beginner videographer advice – how to start in photography and filmmaking

1:31:46 Advice to younger self – favourite wedding trends and industry insights

1:33:40 What couples overspend on – wedding budget tips and smart splurges

1:37:37 Outro – final thoughts on videography and content creation

If you were to ask a year ago, I would've said by day, Anna works 9-5 as a finance manager, and by night, she's LateNightAnna. But since then, she is all in on LateNightAnna, cooking, creating and building a food content brand that started with a viral Basque cheesecake during Covid.

In this episode, I sit down with Anna to talk about her journey from competing in MasterChef as a teenager, to starting a home baking business from scratch, to documenting her life in her 30s through food, travel and content creation. We chat about how she balanced a corporate career with creative passion, growing up Chinese-Australian in Sydney, performing on stages from singing competitions to national finals, and what it really takes to stay consistent when you’re building something on the side.

If you've ever thought about starting a side hustle, chasing a creative dream, or just love food content, this one's for you.

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Anna's Links

Youtube Channel

https://www.instagram.com/latenightannaa

https://www.tiktok.com/@late.night.anna

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Items mentioned

Noodle bowl: https://www.amazon.com.au/Sets-Containers-Microwavable-Restaurants-Self-Adhesive/dp/B0DPJVT1NW/

What we made: https://bylatenightanna.com/fire-carbonara-instant-noodles/

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Music: aKu - Love Shine | aKu - The Final Blow

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

2:07 Background, corporate life

6:42 Anna's singing journey, different languages

10:57 The basque cheesecake, covid business

17:26 How do you make a living?

21:54 Masterchef appearance

24:18 Why food content?

26:52 Mukbang, our relationship with food

31:37 Bao bae, starting a fast food brand

35:18 Growing up with food, inspiration

39:10 How did you learn to cook?

41:24 When was enough income to replace the corporate gig?

45:12 More followers =/= More income

49:27 Pivoting to long form content

51:43 Culinary Class Wars dishes

56:29 Travel content?

59:42 What is 'latenightanna'?

1:02:04 Son of a Booth ad

1:03:34 Cooking starts

1:06:53 Light vs dark soy sauce

1:12:58 Ingredient you can't live without

1:20:56 Are instant noodles your guilty pleasure food/personality?

1:23:47 Go to dish to impress someone

1:26:47 Drawing on cups

1:29:33 Advice for other content creators

1:37:14 Outro

Weddings hit different when it’s your close friends, and even more when you’re part of the chaos behind the scenes.

We sit down with Nathan & Annette to break down their wedding day - the planning, the emotions, the cultural expectations, family dynamics… and the moments that nearly didn’t go to plan.

I also reveal a big announcement of my own...

We chat through everything from proposals and adrenaline, to budgets, vendors, tea ceremonies, first dances, and what it actually feels like once the day is over and married life begins.

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Corey's mum's catering: msbunmee

Nathan's wedding venue: Highline

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Music: aKu - Love Shine | aKu - The Final Blow

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0:00 Intro

3:11 Describe the wedding in one word

4:48 Tung's big announcement

9:07 Which knee to get on when proposing, adrenaline

14:50 Business class is crazy, having kids

17:14 How did Tung design the ring, new drip, wedding season

21:15 Picking the wedding venue

25:20 Parental input for the wedding, food choices, styling

30:54 The tea ceremony, Nathan's big reveal

37:03 Getting all the vendors, Tung becoming MC

40:52 What almost went wrong? Saving money

45:26 Consider being a celebrant

47:56 Feelings leading up to the wedding

50:23 Planning, parents inviting friends

54:29 The deck of cards

57:07 Budget, mid, high end venues, food options

1:00:28 Vendors for the wedding

1:04:58 Picking the first dance song, highlights

1:12:39 Would you change anything?

1:18:22 Planning Tung's wedding

1:20:24 How it feels to be married

1:23:14 Nerves, advice for future grooms/brides

1:26:54 BUDGET

1:29:12 Start planning

1:33:36 The photoshoot, potential destination wedding

1:39:05 Questions from viewers, engagement watches

1:42:54 Outro