Wedding Photography Workshop #1 - Wedding Business Basics and Setting Yourself Up for Success

Class Description:

In?part 1 of this workshop (morning),?we will be covering the basics of the wedding camera kit and lighting kit you need to get into weddings. We will go over the camera skills needed to get started in the industry. We will also cover the basics of setting up your business, contracts, how to work with vendors, how to present yourself at weddings and how to hand all the image files at the end of the wedding. Bring your questions! Lots of time will be set aside to address anything you want to ask!

Topics Covered:

• Basic Business Set Up

• Basic Wedding Gear Kit

• General Contract Considerations

• Skills Needed to Capture a Wedding

• Places to Learn Wedding Photography

• Getting Started as a 2nd Shooter

• How to Dress

• How to work with other Vendors

• Customer Service

• Overview of Delivery and Storage of Images

In part 2 of the workshop (afternoon), we will discuss setting, meeting and exceeding client expectations is what makes a successful wedding photographer. In this course we will cover the basics of a Wedding Timeline, setting clear expectations with your clients and troubleshooting challenges that come up at each point of the day. By looking at real raw weddings we will address how to preplan and fix common challenges you will see during a wedding day.

Topics Covered:

• Setting up a Wedding Day Timeline

• Anticipating, preventing and handling challenging situations

• Raw wedding review to illustrate challenges with solutions

Date: Saturday 16 March, 2024
Time: 10:30am - 5:30pm

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