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Professional Wedding Photography Course £395

If you want to become a Professional Wedding Photographer, this is the course for you.

Taking you through all the material that you will need to start and run your own photography business. On this course we cover all aspects of this valuable part of Professional Photography, from starting your business to equipment selection. The course is set in the marvellous surroundings of Ingatestone Hall. Again we are grateful to Lord Petre for giving us use of his family seat. This means we have around 1000 acres of parkland and 16c house at our disposal, giving us a wonderful opportunity to take some beautiful shots of models who will act as Brides and Grooms, so you can start to build your own portfolio.

• .............. Models on all 3 days,
• .............. All aspects of professional wedding photography covered
• .............. Colour printed course notes
• .............. Photo opportunities from the ‘Brides House’ to ‘Cutting the.cake’
• .............. All shots you take are yours to use in your own portfolio
• .............. Meals and refreshments included
• .............. Maximum of 12 delegates

Below is outline timetable which will give you an idea of the way we deliver the course.

You will receive a binder with colour printed notes and you may download other material, such as cash flow forecast and contracts*, business plan details and other business material. This means you can amend the forms for your own use. Click here

Business

  • The Wedding Business
  • Business Start Up
  • Marketing
  • Sales Interview
  • Creating Proofs
  • Forms, contracts and paperwork
  • Pricing

Photography and Equipment

  • Equipment Choices
  • Introduction to Photography
  • Exposure Control
  • Aperture Control
  • Shutter speed choice
  • ISO
  • Lenses
  • Using Ambient Light and Flash

The Wedding

  • Standard shots
  • The Professional Approach
  • The wedding sequence:

Albums

  • Album Choices
  • Creating Albums
  • Creating Pages

As usual lunches teas and coffees are provided.

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Course Scheme - subject to change.

Monday

  1. Short Introductions and announcements
  2. Earnings from Wedding Photography
  3. First Assignment with model

Lunch

  1. Pricing Weddings
  2. Technical 1 Exposure, Focus, Shutter Speed and ISO
  3. Tomorrows Assignments - Discussion - Any Questions
  

Tuesday

  1. Announcements
  2. Marketing and Sales
  3. Second Assignment with model

Lunch

  1. Running your business
  2. Technical 2 'Photoshop'
  3. Tomorrows Assignments - Discussion - Any Questions
  

Wednesday

  1. Announcements
  2. Creating your business
  3. Third Assignment with models

Lunch

  1. Third Assignment with models
  2. Albums, Proofs and presentations
  3. Software and workflow
  4. Discussion - Any Questions
 
*We have used the contract for some years without problems, however we cannot accept any liability for it or encourage you to use it in your own business.  

 

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Professional Photography Courses

From our base in Ingatestone Essex, we run a series of Photography Training courses. These range from Introduction to Studio Photography through to Professional Wedding Photography. All have two things in common. They are presented by professional tutors and photographers and they are aimed at photographers who want to become professional photographers.

If you are looking for other types of training, check out the training-classes.com directory of art training seminars