Patricia Martin Photography
If you have any interest at all in school photography, buy the Lunch Box. I did a preschool in February and had I read this first I’m certain I could have doubled what I made.
Her workflow is stellar and her ideas for marketing yourself, getting the parents involved, and delivery are rock solid.
She even shows you step by step how to set up Studiocloud a free (ahem, yes I said free) client management database.
The Stinky Cheese book is A. Dorable. I can’t wait to have one of my teachers translate it into Spanish for next year! Deji Queso!
I have not gotten to the templates for marketing but I’ve seen a little in the PDF and I’m confident that they will be of the same caliber as the rest of the materials.
If there are still 40% offs to be had! Go get em’ even at full pop I wholeheartedly believe this is worth it!
Danielle Mavrick Photography
I don’t have time to go through everything right now, but I have to say I am impressed. I scoured CM and google searches looking for reviews, but I didn’t come up with anything. I downloaded anyway, and W.O.W. I’m a teacher (who’s going to turn SAHM) next year. I want to break into our local daycares and private schools, but they all already have someone else. I’ve spent plenty of nights lying awake in bed brainstorming how I should go about “challenging” the current photographers. Get Schooled provides EVERYTHING I need and more. I cannot imagine any director turning this package away. She even gives prop set up, posing ideas, some lighting ideas, package ideas, presentation of packages, reminders for photo day…ideas for the faculty and staff members who help out on photo day. It is a COMPLETE guide. I can’t imagine the amount of time that went into this. She has done all the work perfecting the process and laid it all out for us.
I also have to say as a teacher…this is soooooo organized. I mean, think about it…you could photograph hundreds of kids…that’s a lot to organize. GS gives you a step-by-step (and I mean step-by-step) how to.
Have I said that I’m impressed? There might be a few 40% off coupons left, but this is TRULY worth full price. Plus, you get access to a private blog with even more info! I think (once more CMs jump on the wagon) GS is gonna be as big as Easy as Pie.
featured photographer friday! portrait guide
We here at Get Schooled Photo – School Portrait guide want to share with you the real people out there making it happen. Photographers that are shooting schools and make money, having fun and changing the face of school portraiture! We are so happy they have found our tools helpful in creating school portraits that parents are thrilled to purchase.
First would like to welcome Nicki of Nicole Denae Photography!
we loved hearing from her and knew you would too.
I used the original “Get Schooled” marketing set when I first started and it was invaluable to me as it really gave me a direction and steps to take to get started.
URL: www.nicoledenae.com
Length of time in Business: 3 years
Primary business focus: children, family, seniors
How long have you been capturing school portraiture? 2 years
How many schools do you work with each year? 4
When does your school portrait shooting season begin and end? In the fall the schools start in September and end in October, in the Spring I do shoots in March and April.
What equipment do you use to shoot a school portrait session? At several of my schools I use natural light so it is me & my Canon 5d Mark II with the 24-70 2.8, at indoor shoots, I have my camera plus 2 Alien Bees.
What have you found to be the biggest challenge of school portraiture? Warming up to the little kids in a shorter window and trying overcome their shyness can be a real challenge.
What is one tip you can share with our readers, that may be considering expanding into the school portrait genre? Do you research on good print companies that support the school portrait industry, they will have tips and products that are specially designed for pre-schools and schools.
Where do you find inspiration for your school portrait business? Pinterest and magazines.
In what ways do you feel adding school portraiture to your portfolio has helped your business? In addition to creating a different avenue of income I have also gained many clients from the work I have done at the schools.
Do you take an assistant to your school portrait shoots? Only if there are more than 100 kids.
What is one of the biggest mistakes you have made when shooting or marketing school portraits? Not turning around images quick enough, I have since learned that the schools need to have the images/proofs in hand within 2 weeks or parents forget or aren’t as excited.
Nikki we are so overjoyed that the school portrait guide was a help to you in starting your school portrait business.
want to rock the school portraits like Nikki? Creating extra revenue for your business? The Get Schooled School Portraiture guide has your back!
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