Calumet and 3 top pros offer fabulous 2-day wedding photography workshop

Written by Matt Kimberley. Posted in News

If you are looking to start a wedding photography business or wish to take your existing wedding photography business to the next level, brush up on your photographic skills and super charge your marketing & business acumen, then this 2-day workshop is not to be missed. In conjunction with Calumet, three absolutely brilliant wedding photographers share with you their tips, tricks & techniques of their complete wedding work flow, equipment you need, software you require and much much more, including an overnight stay and access to six models to practise your technique with, with close help and advice from three of the top pros in the business. Click through for more details!

Find pricing details and register here: http://www.calumetseminars.co.uk/birmingham/281-the-art-of-wedding-photography-woburn-bedfordshire.html?storelocid=1

Who should attend…

What’s included…

- Breakfast / Lunch / Evening Meal

- 1 night accommodation at The Woburn Inn (http://www.woburn.co.uk/inn/)

- Access to the private grounds of the stunning Sculpture Gallery (http://www.woburn.co.uk/weddings/sculpture-gallery/)

- 6 models to photograph on Day 1 (3 couples)

Schedule…

Day 1

All hands-on practical sessions. You will be at The Sculpture Gallery to photograph in the stunning surroundings. You will have almost 6 hours of shooting time and will be in small groups. Crash, Jayce & Uzair will showcase & demo their own unique shooting styles and the equipment they use at a wedding.

Day 2

You will be in the seminar room to learn everything you need to know about Wedding Photography, post-process the images shot on Day 1. Special emphasis will be on marketing & branding your business on this day.

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The Business of Wedding Photography

In these tough economic climate with so much competition out there, you need to stand head & shoulders above your competitors. This workshop is all about how to get leads, market yourself, convert the leads into bookings, offers, pricing & products. You’ll learn some cool marketing tips & strategies to take your wedding photography business forward.

Plus you’ll learn how to organise a wedding from the initial inquiry, sending quotation, making a booking, receiving payments, invoicing, things to remember and to do. How to create your individual work flow for your business easily & effortlessly.

Engagement Photography

Engagement photography is the easiest way to showcase your talent, your creativity and your brand in front of your potential clients. E-sessions are a perfect way to have high conversion rates from leads into bookings. There is a simple process to it. If followed, you will achieve amazing conversions like you never did before. You’ll learn how to, when and where to schedule your sessions to create stunning results. Images which will have your clients booking you up straight away!

Off-camera flash at Weddings

Crash, Oz & Jayce share with you their own individual styles and ways to use off-camera flash creatively and effectively to shoot incredible images in all kinds of conditions. You’ll see images shot in extreme conditions and temperatures with minimal equipment, learn how to balance flash with available ambient light, whether to use flash as a main or a fill light, the lighting kit which requires minimal set-up and is very portable, infra-red v radio triggers and much much more. Even if you are new to off-camera flash, this session will get you started and give you the confidence to use off-camera flash in a very creative way.

How not to forget key shots at a Wedding

How to document a wedding from start to finish to give a beautiful & complete story of the day. You’ll see examples of images taken right from the bridal preparations till the first dance to tell a unique & complete story of the day.

Work flow, editing & post-processing

Wedding photography is all about work flow. Shooting, editing & post-processing. The work flow dictates whether you make a profit or a loss on a wedding. Take too long in front of the computer and all your profits will drain away. Are you confused whether to shoot 500 images or 2000 + images at a wedding, well you’re not alone on this. So many photographers take unnecessarily high number of images which pretty much locks them in front of the computer for a week!

How to set your website for Google

Vast majority of photographers have set up their websites & blogs which do NOT tick all the boxes for Google. Secondly and most importantly, they don’t know what keyword research is all about. In this webinar, you’ll learn some amazingly simple tips on how to turbo charge your website & blog for higher rankings, how to beat your competitors in search rankings and how to promote your website for free.

Biographies:

Uzair Kharawala - Based in Leighton Buzzard, Beds. Uzair along with his wife Farzana runs SF Digital Photography.
He is currently one of Nikon UK’s ‘Evangelist’ and is a regular ‘Guest Speaker’ at major photography conventions, trade shows & fairs in the UK, at Apple’s flagship store in Regent Street London, Focus on Imaging, PhotoVision Roadshows

Jayce Clark - Jayce is based in the North West of England and runs a successful photography business covering weddings & portraiture. He is a regular speaker for Calumet UK and runs a series of seminars & workshops for them, which are in very high demand.

Crash Taylor - In only four short years as a professional photographer Crash Taylor has become one of the world’s finest wedding photographers. In 2009, he was voted one of the UK’s top 10 winter wedding photographers by Professional Photographer magazine.

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