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SMART # 1 Wedding/Portrait 5 day comprehensive course
(Start your own busines)

Learn how to...

• Shoot a complete Wedding (Pride-Prep to First Dance) Home and at Church
• Setup a photography studio (Lighting, Posing etc)
• Shoot a wedding couple in the studio (Pre-Wedding Studio Shoot)
• Photograph kids, adults and Pets at the studio
• Improve your own photography skills
• Business Know-How
• Earn a serious income
• Max 6 Students
• Learn how to get letters after your name
• £895 (£795 Winter special: £100 off)

• COURSE DATES (see below)

Mission Statement: In brief our aim is simple; we will teach you everything you need to know to help get you up and running as a professional photographer. We will teach you every aspect of shooting a wedding from start (Bride-Prep) to finish (First dance). This includes posing the Bride, Groom, Best Man, Bridesmaids and Groups etc. We will teach you how to get the best out of everyone on the day but most importantly how to take modern pictures that sell! We will teach you how to setup a studio and take stunning photographs of kids, adults and the family etc.

General Course Outline

This 5 day course is aimed at the enthusiastic photographer looking to improve their skills or a change of career. If you want to earn a serious income from your own home or small inexpensive Studio, then here is a 100% guaranteed way for you to learn how in the quickest time possible. We focus on practical 'hands on' shooting with a strong emphasis on camera handling, not sitting in a classroom learning theory.

There's intuitive instruction on every aspect of photographing a complete wedding from the Pre-Wedding shoot and Bridal prep through to first dance. Everything you need to know about running studio sessions and how to take stunning portraits. We cover the business aspects in great detail too!

DESCRIPTION:
ShootSmart Wedding and Portrait photography course is intended to impart a high level of proficiency to the proficient amateur and semi professional photographer looking to start a career as a Professional Photographer or wishing to shoot weddings and Portraits for fun.

Wedding
Shooting a wedding is a huge responsibility. You are in charge of capturing a historic day in people’s lives. You need to be a proficient camera user, be sound technically, be creative and handle the pressure of the day professionally.

Wedding photography demands people skills, being able to work under pressure, to handle any scenario, any weather condition, be versatile, flexible, adaptable, personable, engaging and well organized. It’s about summing up a scenario quickly for the best backdrop, working the light and implementing the nuances of lens perspective, depth of field and exposure options.

ShootSmart wedding photography course teaches you the skill-set to shoot at a professional level, to capture the flavour, the mood and the magic of the day. Ideally you will have done our “Love your SLR” course or be at a similar level of competency. The course is a real hands-on, and we cover every aspect of a typical wedding day, from the pre-wedding shoot and Bride prep right through to the first dance. The group will be limited to a maximum of 6 for a highly personalised training experience using models and set props to re-create real life wedding scenarios.

Portraiture
The mark of a good portrait photographer is the ability to consistently produce high quality images - getting control of light is a combination of experience, expertise, instinct and that is what this course is all about. Learn how to shoot babies, children, families, groups and friends. Learn to develop your style - whether this is creative and experimental, fun or formal.
You will learn all you need to know about studio lighting from scratch, learn typical 1, 2 and 4 light setups. Learn low and high key lighting techniques.

Photographing people in all walks of life is hugely popular yet it is usually done poorly. We train you to recognise the quality and direction of the light, to implement creative composition, to understand poses, backdrops, lens perspective, but most of all what sells!

                              No previous experience necessary

Get letters after your name
Is it important? Should I bother? Does it matter?
The answer to all of these questions is simply YES!
Letters after your name will give the confidence to your customers that you know exactly what you're doing. It means that you have been recognised for your skills by other professionals
You will learn how to produce the work necessary for this. You can see a panel of work which has been produced for this purpose.
More importantly you don't need to attend b a boring University for 3 years to get them either!

12 MONTHS FREE SUPPORT AND MENTORING! Starting your own business won’t always be a smooth process, especially in the current climate. This is why we offer 12 months free business support and mentoring. What’s the catch? There isn’t one. The success of start-up businesses is crucial – we want you to succeed. It’s as simple as that.

Requirements:

• A DSLR - mid to pro DLSR Preferred (Sony, Pentax and Olympus also recommended)
• Pro Camera available to hire £10 per day
• Memory Card(s): We recommend at least 8GB of memory cards for each full days shooting
• Spare batteries.

Max 6 Students

	Payments accepted: Cheque, Cash and all major Credit Cards