PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM

Tuition: $500
What: 4 Week Program
Location: Online
Instructor: Carly Dame (@carlydame)

This program isn’t about creating nice photos. It’s about creating a photography aesthetic that breaks people’s hearts. It’s about getting to shoot the models that were once just faces on your mood boards, and getting to shoot them for your favorite brands. It’s about getting lost in a photography vision until 3am and then sleeping in until whatever time you want the next day. Everyday. Not having to get up and go to a job that doesn’t inspire you. Or waking up early and watching the sun rise with a hot cup of coffee and working on your passion. It’s about making more money from one photoshoot than you did in an entire month at your old job. It’s about shedding old, insecure patterns and finding a deep confidence in yourself and your work. It’s about feeling completely free for the first time in your life - financially free, free to hop on a plane whenever you want, free from the pressures of a boss and deadlines, free to pour your heart into photography every day, free to sculpt your own future instead of having someone else do it for you. It’s about doing whatever you want, but doing it with intention, and meeting incredible, magnetic souls along the way that end up becoming lifelong friends.

This self-paced course is modelled off of my 1:1 photography mentorship program. I wanted to create a more affordable option for those who still wanted to make changes in their life, but didn’t have a few thousand dollars to spare.

I’m tired of there being no relevant, meaningful resources for new photographers. Trust me. I’ve looked. Two years ago I left my career as an accountant to pursue photography full time. I had no connections in the industry, no money, no one to ask questions to. I was totally lost and never knew what my next step should be. I didn’t know one single other photographer who was making a living doing what they loved. All I had was a vision and my $25 film camera from the thrift store. It was scary as hell for the first year but I was tired of people saying it wasn’t possible and I was determined to figure it out for myself. So I did. If you can work through your fears, push yourself and stick with it, the other side is paradise. It’s about changing the entire trajectory of your life so you can look back on it without regrets and live an adventurous, rich life on your own terms.

I’m not going to spend time trying to sell you on why you should be a part of this. You’ll know deep down whether this is for you or not. Your old life will always be there waiting for you, so what do you have to lose? Better yet, what do you have to gain?

Topics Covered:

1. Redefining your photography aesthetic to catapult you into a new league

2. Finding your vision as an artist and creating a legacy

3. Improving your technical abilities in easy, free ways

4. Reaching out to models and getting them on board with your vision

5. Doing a life audit: shaking up every element of your life and starting again with what works

6. Clearing away self doubt and self-sabotaging patterns (aka getting out of your own way)

7. Creating a daily practice to prime yourself for success (the thing I can attribute any recent success to)

8. Understanding key points about your photography that make you wildly valuable

9. Creating your dream life on your own terms and starting to live it right now

10. How and where to find clients who are the perfect fit for you

11. Bringing a professional shoot together - where to find models, where to shoot, hair and makeup? styling?

12. Transitioning from hobbyist to professional photographer and getting taken seriously

13. Developing photoshoot concepts from scratch (where photographers stumble the most)

14. How to pick yourself up when you’re feeling uninspired and unmotivated, and create opportunities for yourself out of nothing

15. Entering the scene with a powerful project that gets you noticed

16. When to say no

17. Creating a compelling series that gets picked up by magazines

18. Rewiring your brain to think beyond what most photographers are doing

19. Why photographers think making a living from photography is hard and how they’re blocking themselves

20. Communicating your value in a way that gets you hired

21. Lining up photoshoots with models and brands in other cities

22. How to price your work and create multi-tiered pricing packages

23. Managing your own time wisely - what should you do all day?

24. Booking high paying jobs - no more $300 portrait session

25. Waking up to a full inbox and proposals from people you actually want to work with

26. Learning to manage expectations and pressures from others (family, friends, bosses)

27. The 5 core elements of a beautiful image and what your work is missing (and how to fix it)

28. Making passive income as a photographer (aka making money while you sleep)

29. Lining up free locations to shoot in in every city

30. Getting on the radar of your favorite brands and how to manage those relationships

31. Defining the perfect clients for you and how to approach them

32. Directing models naturally and effortlessly so your images tell a story and don’t feel posed

33. Film photography basics - cameras, film, how to get your images online etc.

34. Creating an efficient workflow and other boring, but useful, things like this (:

…and many other tips, stories, thoughts, frameworks, templates. Insight into all the mistakes I’ve made, how I booked certain clients and lost out of others (like a giant department store that wanted me to shoot a campaign including billboards, bus ads, 175 store front displays etc. and how I screwed it up before it even happened) things I wish I did differently, important decisions I made at key points in my career, personal stories about leaving my job, what ended up mattering and what didn’t at all, real examples of emails and pitches I’ve sent, what was going through my head during many moments in my journey. Essentially, things I would have killed to have known when I was starting out that will make things much simpler for you.

I know most photographers are scared to give away this type of information. If you’ve ever messaged a photographer asking them a specific question about their work, chances are you’ve been ignored. They don’t like to give away their secrets. But I truly believe that the more people I can empower, the better off our industry will be. There’s room for everyone so I’m laying it all out there for you in this program.

Now it’s up to you. If you want to be in this program and you’re willing to work hard, I want you in it. No excuses. Ask yourself if your future is worth $500. Hint: it is, and you’ll made 5x that back on your first paid photoshoot from the content in this course.

This is the standardized content I deliver in my 1:1 mentorship program that sells out each season at $5000 a person.

Logistics

This program has been split in 10 in-depth workbooks covering 100s of topics. You will receive a new workbook via email every 3 days. Work on them at your own pace, and feel free to email me with questions you have during the program. The program is designed to last 4 weeks, but you’ll have the workbooks to keep forever.

Thank you so much for your continued support. It’s because of you that I get to do what I love. This is my way of giving back! I want you to have a program you can pour your heart into over the winter. I want you to feel like you’re actually making progress in your passion and not just spinning your wheels. I want us all to live happier, healthier and with purpose. Scroll down to sign up.

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Fee: $500 CaD