Sessions
Professional development is what it's all about! We're adding exclusive workshop sessions everyday. For a full list see our schedule.
Winning on the Web
David Jay knows the power of the Web. He was one of the first in the industry to use the Web as a way to show his personality instead of just his portfolio. David will demonstrate the simple yet powerful tools needed to get yourself plugged-in and your business scaling. This will be the first time David shares these new concepts, so don't miss this opportunity to learn how to avoid the many mistakes that photographers make when presenting themselves online.
Speaker: David Jay | Biography
Rockstar Wedding Photography:
Rockstar brides spend rockstar bucks. When brides feel like super models, they will indulge themselves with photographic pampering. By making them feel celebrated and beautiful through your environment, your rapport, and your service, they will gladly and extravagantly invest in their family legacies. Optimize your environment by creating a comfortable and relaxed spending atmosphere that gives brides permission to be excited about you and your work. Your interaction with brides is vital to establishing a lifetime of loyalty. Regardless of your price point, knowing your brides will allow you to maximize your profit potential and firmly establish credibility in your marketplace.
Speaker: Corey McNabb | Biography
Business 101: Structuring Your Business for Maximum Profit
Bauman Photographers has something unique in the wedding photography industry - associate photographers who book at the same rate as the main photographer. Jared will show you how he has teamed up with several photographers to maximize the success and profitability of the company. Find out how you can add both associate and partner photographers that increase the visibility, pricing, and revenue of your company. Also, learn how to build a successful business structure that will allow you to succeed financially.
Speaker: Jared Bauman | Biography
Work From Anywhere: Building a Remote Control Business
Sara will immerse you in her proven techniques for creating and maintaining a successful remote controlled business. Wouldn't it be great to have the ability to generate income from wherever you happen to be on the planet?
Sara will examine how utilizing today’s technologies will help you become more efficient, more flexible, and profitable. Looking at how businesses might evolve in the future Sara will introduce you to emerging technologies that relate to the non-location based photographer. You will learn about web-based services, social networking, utilizing devices, software, and much more.
Speaker: Sara France | Biography
The Secrets behind Mike Colón's Ten Most Successful Images
Coming Soon!
Speaker: Mike Colón | Biography
The Three P's — Passion, Presentation, Profits
Add one simple step to your workflow and communicate your PASSION in a marketable and fun PRESENTATION. This allows clients and guests the opportunity to purchase your work. The last P of course is Profits. It's the key to everyone's success, but it is our Passion and our Presentation that we must concentrate on. Engagement newsletters give you the opportunity within the guestbook of Pictage to gain email addresses of the couple's most intimate friends and family. These e-mail addresses can later be used to send out the wedding newsletter. The very first newsletter Charles sent gained him $1,200 in Pictage online sales and $800 in studio orders.
Speaker: Charles Bordner | Biography
Near Perfect in-Camera Color
Now that you've been shooting digital for a while it's time to venture away from Auto White Balance. Bob prefaces his presentation with this caution; YOU MUST CHECK YOUR SETTINGS, CONSTANTLY! This is an important discipline to adhere to, otherwise you can be shooting in Tungsten white balance outdoors and all your images will be singing the blues.
Creating the Light
This fully interactive workshop will take the mystery out of using flash. Learn tips and techniques about using multiple wireless TTL controlled from your camera with master and remote strobes.
Speaker: Bob Davis | Biography
Creating Images with Impact
This presentation will enable photographers to create better images with greater impact by broadening their understanding in the areas of depth, lighting, and perspective. Photographers who employ these creative techniques set their work apart from an ever-increasing crowd of photographers. Those who find ways to add impact in the camera will create more memorable images than those who rely mainly on post processing techniques in an attempt to stand apart. This presentation will demonstrate simple and proven techniques to enable each photographer to enhance the impact of their own images while maintaining and developing their own sense of style.
Speaker: Chris Humphreys | Biography
Getting Your Clients to Think Outside the Box (with you)
Do you wish your clients were more adventuresome, willing to try new things? Do you feel like you are in a creative rut, always having to shoot in the same locations and do the same type of shots? This session will help you, and your clients think outside the box - increasing your fun, creative possibilities, and your profit. Learn tips for booking additional pre- and post-wedding sessions, how to market destination engagement shoots, and how to get your clients to step out of their comfort zone and trust your creative direction.
Speaker: David Wittig | Biography
Get Published!
In this hands-on seminar Lauren will guide you through the steps of getting your work published by industry and wedding publications nationwide. She will go through each step from making industry contacts, choosing the images that editors look for, getting them ready for publication, writing up a story to grab the editor's attention and delivering your final submission in a dazzling way.
Speaker: Lauren Hillary | Biography
The Price is Right?
Robert once had a photographer ask him what he was doing right, as five of this person's last six prospective clients had booked with Robert...and Robert was charging more! Ever wonder why a seemingly great prospective client did not book with you? Robert will explain his technique and give suggestions for how to improve your sales presentations in or out of the studio. Ever wonder why the client booked someone else that costs MORE? Robert will explain how to confidently increase your prices.
Speaker: Robert T. Williams | Biography
Breaking Out — Principles of Building your Business
Transitioning from a full time "job' to a full time photographer can be overwhelming. Wondering where to start, how to price, what to tell people, how to spend your time and money can all be daunting to a new photographer. This presentation will be of value for all of you who are wondering if you'll ever get where you really want to be — without risking the livelihood of your family. We'll discuss the avenues and principles you can apply to build a successful business and transition to your dream career.
Speaker: Kristin Greenlee | Biography
"Inside the Success of Denis Reggie"
Coming Soon!
Speaker: Denis Reggie | Biography
Leveraging Technology to Brand Your Business
Dane's workshop will de-mystify our times and offer tangible tools to help you sort through the value filters you need to make brilliant branding and marketing decisions without ever spending a dime on advertising.
Speaker: Dane Sanders | Biography
Liana's Crazy Simple Workflow
Watch how Liana takes her photos from camera to fabulous in record time. Learn how to simplify your workflow using programs such as Adobe Lightroom and pairing with Pictage so that you can concentrate on doing what you do best! She will go through an actual workflow and will also review how to take better photos straight from the camera, starting with an end in mind, and the need for SPEED!
Speaker: Liana Lehman | Biography
Family, Life, and Photographer: How to do it all without losing your mind.
Davina will share lessons she has learned in managing a hectic home life while growing a successful business.
She will share tips on how to get away from guilt, maximize your time, and begin to think in new ways. This will be an interactive hour that will guide you to discover answers that fit your individual situation, so you can HAVE IT ALL without losing sight of YOU.
Speaker: Davina Fear | Biography
Relational Affluence: The Value of Relationships in Building your Business
Out with the old, in with the new! The old way of doing business was competition and direct mailers. The new way of doing business is communication and blogging! The old way consisted of keeping secrets. The new way consists of sharing them!
Successful businesses stem from successful relationships. Relational affluence must exist on several levels: personally, locally, and nationally. Whether it’s with a partner, a client, a vendor, or an industry CEO, each relationship is an investment vital to the growth of your business.
In their presentation, Nathan and Amber will not only share how you can develop key relationships but also how to harness the power of those relationships to further your business in the industry.
Speaker: Nathan & Amber Holritz | Biography
Spread The Love: The Power of PUG
Photographers who once viewed each other as competition have quickly become one another's greatest allies, support team and referral network. Above all else, they have become friends. Leaders of the Connecticut group, Mary & Justin will show you the top ten ways you can energize your own community to get the most out of your PUG. Whether you lead a group, are a long-time member, or have never even been to a meeting, this session will leave you feeling amped-up to take your community, and your business, to the next level. More than a feeling, that's the power of PUG!
Speakers: Justin Marantz and Mary Bess | Biography
From Model to Model Brides
Carlos has brought a unique approach to the high-end Miami wedding market by creating the "Supermodel-Bride" experience. In his presentation Carlos will explain what wedding photographers can learn from fashion photography, and how he delivers the "Diva-Bride" experience to his clients.
Speaker: Carlos Baez | Biography
Getting from "I do" to "I'm done"
Jules will share a simple workflow along with a few easy in-camera tricks that have allowed her to go from displaying her favorite images on-site at the wedding to showcasing her work in a finished album design in as little as two weeks. Brides love sharing the slideshow with their friends and have truly appreciated the amount of time her album pre-design saves them. This workflow not only allows you to showcase your best images, but it makes up-selling your albums much easier. Pictage makes this whole process simple, and Jules can show you how to make it work for you, too!
Speaker: Jules Bianchi | Biography
Real Deal Revolution, Powered by Pictage
Davide will guide you to a new simple way of thinking, marketing and working. Showing you how to make the most of the resources at your finger tips with Pictage, you can get away from the endless cycle of overwork and burnout that most photographers are falling into today. You will also learn how to start or re-craft your approach to marketing a style that will attract the right clients. This will help you build a constantly growing business that will provide you stability into the future.
Speaker: Davide Greene | Biography
Second Shooters:
Most of us want them, but how do we use them?
Second Shooters. Many of us use them. Most of us want them. Your "Second" can prove to be an amazing asset to you. On the other hand, if not given the correct direction and the right tools, they may prove to be an unwise investment. As delivered at the Chicago Partner Conference, Garrett will cover hot topics like: duplicate perspectives, image rights, wardrobe, etiquette and protocol with guests and the client, equipment standards, media provisions, etc.
Speaker: Garrett Delph | Biography
Network Marketing
How do you grow? Building and capturing your potential network is one of the biggest keys in a successful business. Learn how to fearlessly promote your business while exciting those around you. Jefferson will cover some ideas of how you can turn every point of contact with your current or future clients into a marketing opportunity. Taking advantage of word-of-mouth marketing styles will help get your clients and their friends excited about buying more — and best of all, telling others about your business. Your clients want to feel like rock stars, so let’s give it to them!
Speaker: Jefferson Todd | Biography
Time to Play on The Wedding Day - Setting Yourself up for a Successful Shoot
This program will educate photographers on how to get more time with the bride and groom before the ceremony and build a relationship. This allows photographers time to be more creative and capture images in stress free, relaxed environments; as well as how to educate their couples on how to run on time and how to make sure their families are on time as well. It will also cover the language to use when you need to change a couple’s mind about seeing each other before the wedding.
Speaker: Robert Evans | Biography
Kick Ass Photographs from the Heart
This presentation explores the similarities between editorial/corporate and wedding photojournalism. With 40 years of street experience and insight into our psyches, Barry will guide attendees on how to be in the right places at the right times to get the right photographs.
Speaker: Barry Staver | Biography
Join The Blog Revolution
Have you noticed that your expensive ads in magazines aren't leveraging as much business as they used to? Times are changing and more and more people are tuning out interruption-based advertising. Instead of relying on ads, people are increasingly trusting their relationships and the reliable word-of-mouth their friends offer. Blogging is an effective way to leverage this change in our business culture. And the best part about blog-based marketing — IT'S FREE! Don't be left behind — come hear how Melissa Jill has used blogging to successfully boost her business to the next level in just one year.
Speaker: Melissa Jill | Biography
Getting Things Done: The art of stress-free productivity
Today's world is complicated; with input coming from email, voicemail, text-messages, IMs, the mail, or in person. We're no longer living in an age where work and personal lives are defined. Kevin will show you how to implement David Allen's GTD system which allows you to focus and make trusted choices about what to do (and not do!) at any moment. Capture anything and everything that has your attention. Define actionable items into concrete next steps. Organize reminders and information in a streamlined way, based on how and when you need to access them.
Speaker: Kevin Swan | Biography
Pursuit of Online Wealth
How to make the highest Web sales possible.
Speaker: Katie Van Buren | Biography
Meet More Brides, and Book More Weddings
How to use Pictage's marketing materials to expand your reach.
Speaker: Adam Linke | Biography
Understanding Your Online Profits This Holiday Season
Understanding your net profits by utilizing the statement reporting tools available online, will give you a greater insight into the products and services you should be offering to your customers. To ramp up for the holiday season this year, Shelby will highlight how to understand the full statement view and use the reporting features in the new online statement interface. In addition, she will highlight consumer holiday promotions and best practices to increase and measure net profits through the end of the year.
Speaker: Shelby Pollock | Biography
How to Take Sexy Images That Sell
Richard Emmanuel will share his "E-Manuel Mode" tips and techniques on being a better Pro photographer. This seminar will concentrate on the workflow of how to achieve photographs that the client will absolutely fall in love with.
Every bride has sex appeal - the question is how do you turn it on and photograph it at the same time, Richard will share this information plus more including the "Emanuel Mode" Shoot & Twist, directing and other great Photo tips.
Speaker: Richard Emmanuel | Biography
"I Don't Know How You Do It!" -
Five figure weddings with zero employees and plenty of free time
Travis will speak about running a boutique wedding photography studio and catering to high end clientele with zero employees. He will cover how he manages to get everything done on a timely basis and continue to exceed his clients' expectations. Not only are his clients happy, but they're in love with the pictures and product he delivers to them. With a willingness to spread the word, Travis' clients are his biggest marketing evangelists. Learn how Travis avoids workaholicism and manages to keep a date night with his wife, attend fitness classes, and have "a life!"
Speaker: Travis Broxton | Biography
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