Fundamentals of Photography
John Greengo
Sal Cincotta presents an intensive workshop covering all aspects of starting, running, and growing your wedding photography business.
In this course you'll learn about:
Software Used: Adobe Lightroom 4
Engaging and highly recommended for anyone starting any kind of a business.
Love it! It changed my approach to my clients and my business in general.
Sal incorporates the all-important business perspective into this teaching. Without good business skills, we can't survive in photography. Shooting is also covered. Sal's goal is consistent, reproducible work and income, with minimal time lost on non-income-generating activity. Good, frank teaching, and helpful downloads. Everyone will learn something helpful from viewing and studying the videos and materials!
Love Sal he is real and says things as they are. Also amazing content.
Great workshop, Great Teacher ! Sal knows how to explain things. This workshop is a mine of gold!
Once again.....Sal proves he's the man! Wow. What a great wealth of knowledge. I wish I had seen this a few years ago when it was fresh. It makes me cringe at all the money I have left on the table. Thanks to Sal and Taylor for being so open and sharing their business model with us. I hope to have great report to share with you in 2019 as I put a lot of this class to work in my business.
This class is Gold!!! This class is a must, I have purchased around 20 CreativeLive classes, I'm building my own curriculum, but I did purchase this class because of Sal Cincotta's name, little I knew how good it is, it's a mind blowing and it contains so much key information to be a successful photographer. I was still a little "afraid" to start my business, but after this class, I feel confident because it was like put the puzzle together. Yes, Sal really insist in his blue print, how he calls, to implement in your business and you will be successful, and I do believe that. However, I can't do that at moment, because I'll need more money then I have, but I do believe I can implement the idea and slowly works towards implement all his system. Yes, in this class you'll have all, from engagement section, to bride reception, to SEO, everything you need. Sal is a Genius, an amazing mind, I truly admire him as a person, artist/photographer, amazing Educator, but man, as a business man, he is just a mind blowing, I mean, look at him, he had practically built an Empire in only 10 years and that's enough for me to listen to this guy. With all he has, he could just quit photography for good, he totally don't need, but he is still behind the camera, and that shows how much he really love photography. Totally recommend this class, it will change your life, and I mean it. I just wish CreativeLive would do some update, even if is just in pdf, because a lot of recommendation he does in the course does not apply anymore, website does not exist, the iPhone app does not exist, etc... just an update it would be truly appreciated. And that goes for all classes, you guys could just contact the educators and ask them for an update in those areas, that's all.
While I've only watched the business stuff it has helped me book a couple more weddings at a higher price point. Some of the info can be updated as this workshop is a little dated, but it's worth every cent - even if I didn't purchase it at a discount!
I wish that I had been able to purchase this class when it played live. I think a lot has changed since it first aired. He mentions lightroom presets, and that some are free, some are $69 or $79, but the only ones I can find are $149. Overall it's a great course, but I wish it was updated for 2018.
Sal is a genius when it comes to marketing! i did everything he said to do and my client was more than happy, even excited to purchase my top package, no matter what the price!
The video on wedding booths is worth the entire cost of the course. Awesome!
I bought this course awhile ago and just watched it over and over. A year ago, I finally made the jump to start photographing weddings. Thank you Sal, Taylor and cL for putting this class together and taking all the guess work out for a first timer. The information in this class is amazing, I would not be where I'm at today without it.
I picked up a camera 5 months ago. I said I wanted to learn wedding photography. I don't think I could have watched a better class. Awesome.
Overall the course is invaluable! As a special bonus, Chapter 34, 17 minutes in provides the best piece of advice you could have.
Not your client! Run! I will remember this and keep reminding me whenever and wherever doing my client pitch! Greatest Course from CL!
Absolutely amazing course that has taken the fear out of jumping out of government service in Japan and taking off with 24 years of photography on the side to the full world of photography and business. If it wasn't for Sal...we would probably have very little confidence and hope for college for kids, retirement and a house... we were hoping to just survive one day at a time. Thank you!!!! oh...and yes...I am a Marine and had tears at the end. AWESOME!!!!
Sal and Taylor were awesome and I'm glad that I purchased this class. I just shot my first engagement about two weeks ago. I love the fact that I can keep watching the videos over and over. There was so much information that you have to watch them over to pick up on everything they bring to the table. Thanks cL for great classes!! David Luoto
The class was great and I learned a lot from Sal. I especially learned a lot about marketing and the business side of things.
Amazing class! Changed the way we run our wedding business! You have to follow the steps to make it work but it is life changing!
This class was awesome! Sal & Taylor break down everything you need to know to jump into the wedding photography business. One of the best investments I made in my first year of business.
In 2016, I decided to try and start photographing weddings. I've been a wedding videographer for 16 years now, and have consistently been asked to do this, but never have. Last year, the number of requests was unusually high, and so I decided to explore what all is involved in doing wedding photography. I actually bought Sal's 30 day photo business class here first. Watched it over and over. There were principles in that class I was able to apply to video. Great! I then decided to buy this class to get the actual "day of" mechanics down. I've watched this over and over as well and started wading slowly into the wedding photo waters. I have the benefit that my second shooter, is actually a photographer and has been shooting all his life. So, having him to back me up with his already trained and creative eye is a huge benefit on the day. (We do the one camera has a wide angle, one camera has a telephoto technique like Sal discusses, and it works amazing) So far in 2016, I've shot one wedding for $350, the next one for $1,000, and now I'm up to $2,000 on my third for just basic stuff. Incredible. Working on moving into IPS, but right now I'm focused on making sure we're capturing the right shots and doing great impressive edits for marketing , and that's already paying off. I had 4 requests yesterday! Thanks to Sal and CL for helping jump start me on this amazing journey!
This is the second class from CreativeLive I have taken and so far they are wonderful classes! Sal and Taylor's wedding bootcamp is definitely a great investment! I'm just starting out as a professional photographer after being a hobbyist for years and wanting more!! Sal is an incredible business man and very sensible, he certainly knows people!! Thank you Sal and Taylor for an excellent class!!! If you ever do a hands on class/bootcamp, I would love to learn more, even if I have to travel to OFallon, IL!
This is the best investment I have made. He delivered all the information that you will need to go into wedding photography. I have learned a lot from Sal. I want to be like him...a successful businessman first then a photographer.
I am getting into wedding photography and this is the best and most comprehensive that I have seen. I learned a lot from Sal. Money well spent
Great course, I'm a second shooter wedding photographer and have learned so much! Thank you for sharing your techniques, knowledge and insight. I feel better equipped to complement my primary photographer. Thank you!
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