How to Make Money Photographing People
Cheltenham Film Studios
Saturday 3rd July 2010
10.00am - 4.00pm
Cost only £35
Want to know how to make money from your photography?
Want to know whether you can start your own business?
Wnat to know if you should shoot portraits, models and weddings?
This intensive, wide-ranging presentation will give you a fast, to the point, grounding in everything you need to know.
Told to you by someone who's built a business from scratch in the last 10 years, from home working to full-time studio.
Your information will be current, meaningful and up to date.
Learn to avoid the pitfalls and mistakes.
Learn how to be effective in starting and building your business
COURSE CONTENTS:
- Business Opportunities
- Wedding Photography
- Family / Portrait Photography
- Model / Portfolio Photography
- Equipment requirements - fundamentals and nice-to-have's
- Cost of Business - what haven't you thought of, just how expensive is it?
- Running a studio / Hiring a studio - which route, if either
- Dealing with accounts & VAT - it's not as painful as you think
- Marketing - what works, what doesn't, what it costs
- Pricing - how to price to make a profit
- Workflow - how to have a life
- Presenting Images so they sell without you selling
- Selecting Products that clients want to buy
"quietly encourages you, never talking down, and almost without realising it you have been treated to a wealth of practical advice", Martin Smith
The day is full-on - be prepared for a massive dump of information.
A full copy of the course will be available on CD as well.
Tea / Coffee / Sandwich Lunch will be available.
About Simon Q. Walden
Simon is an award winning professional photography whose work has been exhibited worldwide and appeared in many UK magazines.
He operates a full time studio business.
In a past life he was marketing director of an international software company.
He has written and been featured in several books and has produced a DVD series of training programmes for photographers.