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Getting Started with Wedding Photography

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Overview

AFTER THIS CLASS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

  • Start a wedding photography business and build a brand

  • Price and create photography packages that sell

  • Create a wedding photography website and portfolio

  • Get your first client

  • Shoot amazing wedding photos from pre-ceremony getting ready to the last dance

  • Pose and interact with couples and big groups

  • Edit photos in Lightroom and Photoshop to make your photos look better

  • Shoot engagement photos

  • Build the perfect equipment kit with cameras, lenses, lights, and extras

  • Grow your business and be a happy photographer


ABOUT PHILIP’S CLASS:

You're a photographer and you want to make money from your hobby and passion. Does this sound like you? If it does, have you ever thought about doing wedding photography?


Average wedding photographer's make over $3,000 per wedding. Great photographers can make $10,000+ per wedding. And money isn't the only reason to be a wedding photographer. It is an important job that helps capture a beautiful day and preserve memories for a lifetime.


If you're interested in using your photo skills to make people happy (and make money), this is a great course for you!


Will Carnahan, professional wedding photographer, and Phil Ebiner, professional wedding videographer take you through every step of becoming a successful photographer.



Why is this the course that will make you successful?


Taking online courses isn't easy. It takes work and action. This course will help you succeed by giving you concrete action items. If you follow everything that we ask of you, we promise that you'll have a wedding photography business up and running by the end of the course.


Are you ready to be successful?


Are you ready to make money doing what you love (photography)?


Are you ready to be happier because you have a flexible work schedule?


Enroll now to get going!



WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:

  • Photographers with basic knowledge of photography and equipment

  • Photographers who want to make money photographing weddings

  • Photographers interested in learning posing techniques

  • Second shooters who strive to build their own photography business


SOFTWARE USED:  

All software is optional for taking this course. (Adobe Photoshop CC 2020 or newer, Adobe Lightroom Classic CC 2020 or newer)



ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

Professional video & course creator, photographer & teacher to 1mil+ students; 10+ years experience with 1000+ videos.



Syllabus

  • What this course is about and how to succeed
  • Why you should become a wedding photographer
  • Business Section Intro
  • Building your kit
  • Where You Should Invest Your Earnings
  • Will's Wedding Photography Kit
  • Choosing Your Business name
  • Action Item - Choose Your Name
  • How to build your Wedding photography package
  • Setting Your Wedding Photography Prices
  • How to Get Your First Clients
  • Talking with Clients
  • The Importance of Contracts
  • The Wedding business workflow
  • Good Accounting Practices
  • The philosophy of a well run business
  • Wedding Day Overview - Schedule of Common Events
  • Taking care of Business before the shooting day
  • Tips for working with a wedding coordinator
  • Action item - List out the key moments - Try to memorize
  • Know what you will be photographing ahead of time
  • Conclusion to section/ recap
  • Introduction - The meat of the course
  • Equipment checklist/ cleaning lenses and cameras
  • Do you need an Assistant/ 2nd shooter?
  • Being a second shooter
  • What to wear as a photographer
  • How to shoot: Getting Ready/ Hanging out
  • How to Shoot: Dress/ Rings/ Bride details
  • How to Shoot - Groom Portraits & Posing
  • How to shoot: Groomsman
  • How to shoot: Bride Portraits & Posing Interior
  • How to shoot: Bride Portraits & Posing Exterior
  • How to shoot Bridesmaids
  • How to shoot: First Look
  • How to Shoot: Posed Couples Portraits
  • How to shoot: Walking down the Aisle
  • How to shoot: Ceremony Coverage and vows / ring exchange
  • How to shoot: First kiss and walking out
  • How to shoot: Formal family and group Photos
  • Action Item: Save your fav pose
  • Action Item: Find inspiration
  • How to shoot: Reception intro and Grand entrance
  • How to shoot: Reception Details
  • How to shoot: Reception Speeches and toasts
  • How to shoot: Reception First Dance
  • How to shoot: Reception Bouquet and Garter toss
  • How to shoot: Reception Dancing and Partying
  • Recap of “How to shoot”
  • Introduction to Editing Section
  • Photo applications and Profesional Apps
  • Organize, rate, and cull
  • Editing detail shots
  • Editing bride getting ready
  • Editing Demo: Editing Outdoor Ceremony
  • Editing single portraits
  • Editing Demo: Black and White editing
  • Editing Demo: Stylized Editing/ Finding your editing Style
  • Advice on how to edit hundreds of photos efficiently
  • Exporting your photos for client/ portfolio/ print
  • Delivering Digital images to your client
  • Intro to Succeeding in Wedding Photography
  • Being happy as a wedding photographer
  • Making it as a business and sticking with it
  • Getting Testimonials
  • Using Social Media and networking to expand business
  • How to deal with unhappy or difficult clients
  • Competing with mobile phones and family/ friend photographers
  • Working with other wedding vendors
  • Section conclusion
  • Thank you!

Taught by

Philip Ebiner

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