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The Adventure Workshop

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Creating Value for a Brand

Alex Strohl

Outdoor > The Adventure Workshop > Creating Value For A Brand

The Adventure Workshop

Alex Strohl

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Lesson Info

31. Creating Value for a Brand

Lessons

Class Trailer
1

Introduction

03:09 2

Gear

26:41 3

Aperture, Shutter Speed: Knowing Your Camera

04:53 4

Shooting at Blue Hour

01:34 5

Creating Harmony

04:54 6

Conveying Emotions

04:14 7

Telling Stories & Developing a Personal Style

06:30 8

Staying Motivated & Pushing Past Creative Blocks

12:32
9

Trip Planning & Location Scouting

13:16 10

Field Day: Working with Models

18:08 11

Get Out & Shoot

01:54 12

Pre-Shoot Prep

01:49 13

Transferring Files & Making Selects

11:37 14

Editing Part 1

19:49 15

Editing Part 2

27:18 16

Instagram Carousel

06:19 17

Masking

04:28 18

sRGB vs Adobe RGB

05:55 19

Presets: Switzerland

12:06 20

Presets: Iceland

19:50 21

Presets: Desert

11:57 22

Phone Editing

04:29 23

Archiving & Online Backups

02:35 24

Delivering Files to Clients

07:15 25

Develop Your Style

00:56 26

Managing Your Life Budget

05:08 27

Building a Solid Portfolio

10:55 28

Ad Agency vs Client

02:09 29

Finding Brands That Fit You

06:59 30

Talking To The Right People

09:07 31

Creating Value for a Brand

03:12 32

Saying No

01:53 33

Getting What You’re Worth

09:49 34

Paid To Travel The World?

01:18 35

Decks & Moodboards

04:42 36

Taking Steps to Accelerate Your Career

01:45

Lesson Info

Creating Value for a Brand

(light music) (camera click) I wanna tell you about going the extra mile, and going beyond what is required. So I have a client who needs new wall art for their office. They're a big corporate company, and I know that it's the little things that'll get them on board with my prints. So what's required from me is that I send them a folder with photos and just patiently wait for them to make selects, but I wanna make a difference. I wanna go the extra mile, so what I did is made an online gallery that each of the people working at the company can sign up to and make their own favorites on their back end. So then I'm seeing all these favorites being populated on the back end, and I went ahead and had these printed, as 8 by 10's with different papers and different sizes, and I had them shipped to the office. I sign one of them just for fun, put a little note, hope this helps you, had it shipped to them. I'm using this as an example of all the opportunities you think you're doing your best...

, but you actually aren't. So even if the sale doesn't go through, you know you did all you could to get it. So the point is don't only think social. Social media's huge, it's changed a lot of lives including mine, but there's so much more mediums, and as a story teller you wanna focus on all the mediums, not just social. You wanna be able to talk different languages. You wanna be able to approach a magazine with a story. Diversify the outlets for your work. So expand your network, reach out to magazines internationally, YouTube accounts, online TVs, because you're solving a bigger problem. And the bigger the problem you solve, the bigger the reward you get. And it's not only money, it's feeling that you made a difference in that brand's story. I wanna talk about having a different perspective, and seeing things from the brand's perspective. You're approaching them with your idea. Do they see the value in your work? Is it clear what they're getting out of that? If it's not clear, there just not gonna buy it. I wanna talk about perceived value. I often hear people tell me, hey I reached out to this brand, and I told them about my story, and what I wanna do, and they didn't seem excited. They didn't want to buy it, and that mostly happens because they didn't see the value in your work, or they didn't need it. Most of the times it's value. So how do you get the brand to perceive value? You can provide value in many ways. Either by being entertaining, or making something beautiful, or educational teaching things, but you gotta give something to the brand, to that audience of the brand. And if that's not clear to you, it's even more unclear to the brand. So make sure you're providing value. (upbeat music)

Class Description

Alex Strohl brings his Adventure Photography Workshop to CreativeLive to explain his approach to photography, editing and the sometimes overwhelming but super important business side of things. In this workshop- Alex takes you on a journey through his shooting process, developing your own style, editing your images and then strategies to get yourself noticed and grow your career.

You’ll learn:

  • Basics of camera techniques and making memorable images
  • Developing your own workflow and style
  • Getting noticed and working with brands
  • Taking action to accelerate your career

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David Corrochano
 

There's a lot of useful information on how to start up your bussiness or your carreer as a photographer. Great advices, he shows his personal workflow, from the beggining of a shooting till the end. That was what I was looking for. The editing process maybe could be reduced in only one chapter. Worth it.