Wedding Photography 3: Setting Up Your Business

Wedding photography is an amazing side business or full-time career. On average, wedding photographers make $3,000 per wedding. Some charge $10,000 or more per wedding. Every business has to start somewhere. In this course, we’ll show you exactly how to set up your wedding photography business from building a website and branding to putting together packages and getting your first client.

If you're interested in using your photo skills to make people happy (and make money), this is a great course for you! We recommend taking the other courses in this series - How to Shoot a Wedding and Posing a Couple for Wedding or Engagement Shoot - for a complete education in Wedding Photography.

• Course Introduction
• Project: Pick a Company Name
• What type of wedding photographer are you?
• Equipment you need to get started
• What camera brand is the best?
• Where should you buy camera equipment?
• Picking a name for your company
• Launching a Website
• Creating wedding photography packages
• Pricing for success
• How to get your first client
• The importance of contract
• The wedding photographer philosophy
• Taking care of business on the wedding day
• Overview of what to photograph
• Wedding day equipment check
• Wedding day considerations - day vs nigh
• Do you need an assistant or second shooter
• How much to pay a second shooter
• Scheduling the wedding day
• Intro to success
• Being happy - Tips from a wedding photographer
• Making it a business and sticking to it
• Building out your portfolio
• Dealing with saturated photography markets
• Competing with the family photographers for jobs
• Working with other vendors for success
• Using social networks to expand your business
• Testimonilas - Yelp, Wedding Wire, The Knot
• Thank You