Wedding portfolio building course
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There are some FAB ones being advertised all the time in one of the Facebook forums I'm on, in Greece, some in Estonia and one (gone sadly) in London recently - so mid Med/Eastern Europe any good for you ???
If yes I'll see if I can post a link
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The trained eye in bucks are good. But like all portfolio days all you'll get is well dressed models, in ace locations posed for you while you're told what settings to use. Learning anything is forgotten
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Don't be so harsh Hugh, the OP hasn't said he wants to learn anything. He just wants some great looking pictures for his portfolio.
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I'm very strongly disagree with this concept.
Its misreprentation and possibly fraud to fill your a portfolio with images not taken in context. And to display them anywhere or to show them to any prospective bride or groom etc. and giving them even an inkling of an idea that you have shot more weddings than you have is simply dishonest.
And taking a few photos of models in no way will prepare you for anything that is involved in an actual wedding.
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Its misreprentation and possibly fraud to fill your a portfolio with images not taken in context. And to display them anywhere or to show them to any prospective bride or groom etc. and giving them even an inkling of an idea that you have shot more weddings than you have is simply dishonest.
And taking a few photos of models in no way will prepare you for anything that is involved in an actual wedding.
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Fraud eh? You sure about that?
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Well you could argue that if you utilise those images to:
- Suggest that you had shot a wedding at a particular venue
- Had created particular lighting or maybe group arrangements when you were just part of the pack shooting a setup made by the instructor
- Claimed that you had shot more weddings counting the "brides & grooms" from your courses
Courses should be used to:
- learn new techniques
- practice
- have images that you can show prospective clients as examples of what you *might* be able to achieve
Personally I'm against portfolio building courses for the purpose of adding images to pad out your site/book. I'd rather people used the time, and the cost of the course to work with a client that might not have been able to hire them and use that quid-pro-quo to get some real images, at a real wedding.
I know I can spot portfolio course images a mile off. Brides are getting more savvy, they'll see the same woman on many sites with the obvious absences (real ceremony, guests, meals etc) and you could well get caught out.
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This^
A training course should be just that, a place to learn stuff.
If a photographer hasn't got the wherewithal to organise a tfp or even paid shoot to create beautiful photographs to adorn their site, then they're nowhere near able to get those shots at a real wedding.
However, I do wonder whether a potential customer could spot portfolio shoot images, no matter how much they're obvious to us.
A training course should be just that, a place to learn stuff.
If a photographer hasn't got the wherewithal to organise a tfp or even paid shoot to create beautiful photographs to adorn their site, then they're nowhere near able to get those shots at a real wedding.
However, I do wonder whether a potential customer could spot portfolio shoot images, no matter how much they're obvious to us.
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As Meonshire says.
If at any point you attempt to dupe a customer into thinking you've shot something in a capacity you haven't it can be fraud.
This includes weddings that arn't really weddings.
Or for example if you shoot a product / building / model in a personal capacity you need to ensure customers understand thats what it was.
To say or even imply that you shot a coke bottle for Coca Cola when you shot it simply for your portfolio off your own back would be fraudulently misleading.
If you were to arrange a shoot of a couple in wedding attire off your own back, there would be nothing wrong in saying you'd setup a personal portrait shoot for example. At least it demonstrates your capabilites to a degree in the field of portraiture but of course that has nothing to do with weddings.
However if you are not even setting the shoot up, and being totally directed by an instructor then you can't even claim that. You have to be totally honest and say thats what happened, if not its clearly a fraudulent claim to say you know what you are doing 100% totally in control in any situation, just like a professional wedding photographer needs to be.
If at any point you attempt to dupe a customer into thinking you've shot something in a capacity you haven't it can be fraud.
This includes weddings that arn't really weddings.
Or for example if you shoot a product / building / model in a personal capacity you need to ensure customers understand thats what it was.
To say or even imply that you shot a coke bottle for Coca Cola when you shot it simply for your portfolio off your own back would be fraudulently misleading.
If you were to arrange a shoot of a couple in wedding attire off your own back, there would be nothing wrong in saying you'd setup a personal portrait shoot for example. At least it demonstrates your capabilites to a degree in the field of portraiture but of course that has nothing to do with weddings.
However if you are not even setting the shoot up, and being totally directed by an instructor then you can't even claim that. You have to be totally honest and say thats what happened, if not its clearly a fraudulent claim to say you know what you are doing 100% totally in control in any situation, just like a professional wedding photographer needs to be.
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What always amazes me with these threads, the OP hasn't been back here for any of this sage advice - he last visited before post #5 was written.
How many people ask questions that take up the time of members here and don't care enough about the answer to come and read the advice - let alone thanking people for their input.
How many people ask questions that take up the time of members here and don't care enough about the answer to come and read the advice - let alone thanking people for their input.
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for the Trained Eye.
Can I ask you a question about The Trained Eye? I am a deaf person, so do they "talk" too much during the course? I would like at least 90% visual. Do you recommend me to attend TTE?