The Art & Business of Wedding Photography

Class Description

Learn the business of photography in this 2-day intensive wedding workshop designed to focus on finding your style, building a brand and expanding your creativity to unleash the artist in you. We will detail how to build a successful brand from your personal style and how to effectively communicate your brand to build your wedding business. We will show you how to make an ordinary wedding scene into a work of art. We will be photographing live with styled tables as well as bride/groom models for a hands-on experience of a real-life wedding day.
Everything for the Perfect Wedding Provided by: Johnny and Dottie - Lisa Gilbertson, event design and planning.

Ashley Fox Designs - Flowers
Dena Swenson - Paper Goods
Breanna Sturgeleski - Hair and Makeup
Linen Effects - Linens and Table Rentals

Topics that will be discussed and demonstrated:

You will walk away with a grasp on your personal style and how to implement that into a successful wedding business
You will understand that basics of running a wedding business – from how to write up a contract to the obtaining the necessary equipment and working with a bride
You will gain a better understanding of marketing and branding for a wedding studio – using social media such as blogs, facebook and twitter AND more importantly you will walk away with a list
More importantly you will walk away with a list of GOALS on how to implement the information in the class into making your dreams of becoming a wedding photographer a reality!