Seacoast Photography School

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERCLASS

6 Week Session

Sundays May 7th  – June 4th / Noon – 4:00

In Class Biddeford Location

$1250.00

Sunday May 7th 12noon - 4PM

Module 1

Essentials & Overview

Business basics

Time investment -

Human relations

Red flags

Responsiveness & Communications

Referral circles

Catalogs and price lists

Contact form replies

Web sites

Social Media

Marketing 101

Venue relationships

Insurance

Sticky situations avoided

Timeline planning

Timeline development

Sunday May 14th 12noon - 4PM

Module 2

Before the wedding

Setting expectations

Pre-wedding tips

Gear preparation & essentials

Engagement sessions

Delivery of engagement images

Having a second photographer

Planning for the wedding day

What happens if….?

Notional plan for wedding day

Sunday May 21st 12noon - 4PM

Module 3

Wedding day minute-by-minute walkthrough

Ten hours condensed to an afternoon of learning and seeing

Arriving ahead

Scoping out first look and other key locations

Weather backup plan

Being a calming presence

Shooting details

Handling candids

Two photographers’ assignments

Shot lists

Artistic set: where your creativity shines

Gathering the wedding party

Making up for delays that are out of your control

Ceremony - where to be, what to do, what not to do

Cocktail hour

Prepping the interior ballroom

Flash photography 101- on camera

What to never photograph during the reception

The dance party

Adding time at the last minute

Sunday May 28th 12noon - 4PM

Module 4

After the wedding

Backup techniques

Lightroom catalogs

Off site backups

File renumbering on import

Backing up the Lr Cat

Culling

Delivery - under-promise and over-deliver in qty

Lr masking

When is PhotoShop needed?

Post-processing, basic & advanced photographic corrections

Delivery - turnaround time 

Sunday June 4th 12noon - 4PM

Module 5

Posing 102

Flash photography 102- advanced off camera flash

Being the best second photographer

Drone photography as an extra offering

Differentiation

Ps editing 102

Module 6

One-on-one 30-minute mentoring

with Russell Caron on a mutually-chosen

later date and time

Instructor: Russ Caron

In 2022 Russ became only one of 16 people in the world with the Master of Wedding Photography degree from the world’s oldest and largest photography organization, the Professional Photographers of America. This adds to his original Master Photographer Degree, Certified Professional Photographer, Certified Drone Photographer and twice named Maine Wedding Photographer of the Year. Russ has photographed nearly 1,000 weddings and has traveled all over the world to do so; Italy, Belize, the Caribbean to name a few..

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