# 30 Days of Wedding Photography with Susan Stripling Canonical URL: ## Overview Success as a wedding photographer requires more than just raw talent and the desire to be a professional photographer. To survive in this highly competitive industry, you need strong business skills and a deep understanding of your craft. In this documentary wedding photography experience, Susan Stripling will teach you how to launch and sustain a successful wedding photography business. During 30 days of step-by-step instruction, Susan will show you how to: - Develop your business—everything from honing your creative vision to marketing tactics to studio management - Fundamental shooting techniques for every possible wedding scenario by inviting you along to an engagement session and wedding day and with real-life clients—not models! - Post production workflow - Marketing and sales - Album design During the start-to-finish documentary coverage of the wedding day, Susan will teach you how she handles each part of the experience, from photographic technique to client care, all with zero re-takes or re-shoots. Susan will wrap up the 30 days with detailed instruction on post-production workflow, post-wedding marketing, album design, post-wedding sales, and much, much more. By the end of this course, you will have accompanied Susan through every step of a wedding and will have the skills, mindset, and tools needed to make a living—and a name for yourself—as a wedding photographer. ## Instructors ### Susan Stripling Susan Stripling never knew that she'd end up a wedding photographer. Though she purchased her first camera in high school she went to college to study theatre and dance, obtaining a BFA in 2001. ## Pricing **Tuition:** $199