How to Organise and Run Successful Wedding Day
09-30 – 17-00 hrs
£275.00
Why do most business’s fail ?
According to statistics published in 2019 by the Small Business Administration about twenty percent of business startups fail in the first year. About half succumb to business failure within five years. By year 10, only about 33% survive.
This course will equip you with all the knowledge, tips and tricks to ensure a wedding day runs smoothly.
Thanks so much for your interest in our course. When I started wedding photography 25 years ago I invested heavily in my education and training. I wanted to learn from those who had a proven track record. Looks like you are doing the same.
Set out to win, to be successful and reap the rewards of a great business start up program.
Wedding photography has changed my life, I am control of when I work, I earn a very good income and best of all, the freedom to spend it. Please fing below the program of study.
Setting Up and Maintaining a Successful Wedding Photography Business
Course Number 1
PROGRAM OF STUDY
9:30am Start
Please arrive early as we shall be making a prompt start – we have a lot to get through!
Bring along something to make notes on (pen, paper or laptop) and your camera.
9:30 – 10:30
It’s All About YOU
Welcome to the course – get to know the tutors and other students
Why do you want to become a wedding photographer?
Are you the right person for this job?
Is there such a thing as a USP?
The good, bad and the ugly of being a wedding photographer
10:30 – 12:30
Building Your Brand
Identifying your target audience
The competition and how to stand out from the crowd
Building your brand
Designing your website
Social media presence
12:30 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 14:00
How To Get Your First Wedding
Investing in your advertising
Marketing
Wedding fayres and networking
14:00 – 15:30
Running Your Business
Studio management and knowing your business model
Responding to enquires and follow up procedures
Pricing structure
Selling and upselling
Dealing with customers and building a client base
15:30 – 15:45
Break
15:45 – 16:45
The Boring, But Very Important Stuff
Tax
Insurance
Creating a Contract
16:45 – 17:00
Overview, Questions and Photography Chat
Whilst your here, do you want to book on any of our other courses ?
We have carefully planed the program to teach you ALL you need to know over three one-day cousrse. You will beneifit most if you attend all 3 and become equiped with the knowledge of how to start up and maintain a succesful wedding photography business.
Book all three courses for £800 and save £100.
We recommend you do the courses in order but it’s not essential. Once paid for you can choose the dates you want to do each course. We are very flexible.
Add on our Assistant Photography Course at the same time and get all 4 courses for £1100.00
A total saving of £125.00
Day Course 1
The Business Side
Have you got what it takes? advertising marketing, building a web site, social media, networking, studio management, pricing, selling and up-selling, using a data base, tax insurance and contracts.
Cost £275.00
Day Course 2
The Wedding Day
The pre-meet, equipment, camera settings, raw v jpg, developing a style, posing and composition, typical order of a wedding day, essential shots, B&G portraits, group shots, posing and composition, directing people, understand lighting. Practice shooting with models lasting 3 hours.
Cost £350.00
Day Course 3
After The Wedding Day
Backing up your files,Sneaky peeps, keep them keen, stick to you delivery date, workflow, culling, editing,and enhancement of images, Adobe Bridge Lightroom and Photoshop, selling prints and canvas images, album design, online galleries, up-selling, reviews and testimonials.
Cost £275.00