Lessons
Day 1
1Class Introduction
27:11 2Introduction to Sal Cincotta Studio
22:02 3The State of the Wedding Industry
29:37 4Legal Entities
20:04 5The Business Plan
41:05 6Marketing Plans
17:01 7How Brides Find Photographers
1:05:29Pricing
27:10 9Packages
49:01 10Bridal Shows
33:15 11The Booth
28:17 12Bridal Show Q&A
27:44 13The Initial Consultation
24:39 14Live Consultation with Engaged Couple
27:22 15Consultation Q&A
21:40 16Shoot: Engagement Session (Alley, Available Light)
45:25 17Shoot: Engagement Session (Alley, Off Camera Flash)
19:14 18Shoot: Engagement Session (Interior Location)
25:52 19General Q&A
22:01 20Introduction to Sal Cincotta 2
09:07 21Wedding Timeline Review
38:19 22Post Production: Engagement Shoot
24:59 23Engagement Sales Session
43:00 24Shoot: Bridal Prep
1:17:45 25Shoot: Groom Prep
47:21 26Introduction to the Wedding Day
34:47 27Hand Signals for Silent Communication
08:40 28Shoot: Ceremony
52:41 29Discussion: Family Portraits and On Camera Flash
16:23 30Shoot: Family Portraits
19:45 31Shoot: Creative Portraits
35:30 32Special: Creative Portrait Session
07:22 33Shoot: Reception Details
23:29 34Shoot: Cake Cutting and Dance
34:18 35Same Day Slideshow
25:06 36Introduction to Post
15:36 37Post Wedding Discussion
25:55 38Post Wedding Workflow
44:02 39Search Engine Optimization
18:55 41Post Wedding Sales Discussion
31:45 42Post Wedding Sales Session
33:39 43Album Design
27:27Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Lesson Info
Special: Creative Portrait Session
all right guys uh south and kata here we are outside creative live and you know and understand the restrictions of when you're doing a live broadcast so I convinced amanda she is not the evil emperor she is really good she gave us some ability to come out here and do this and so what I'm going to do is show you I'm gonna try I hope time me eliza I want to try and keep this session toe under ten minutes so even if you only have ten minutes with your bridegroom you can still be creative tight middle wide seventy one hundred thirty five millimeters two hundred millimeters go vertical go horizontal have the couple look at each other look at the camera kiss each other look away and I promise you you're going to get the stuff you need in less than ten minutes so game on let's go let's go over here and just so everybody understands my settings come on across we don't anybody get killed all right I'm gonna put you guys right here and of course we're looking for some a little bit more urban a l...
ittle bit more gritty so you guys stand on this dry road okay you're gonna be here you're gonna be here face each other drop your dress for me and what I want you to his face each other good holding hands you have put your right hand around his neck love that and what I want you to do for me chris's kick that leg out for me just give me a little curve your body love it may keep here how about we let this fall back here okay and then I want you looking at each other and that's what we're gonna start off okay and just everybody at home knows what we're doing I'm not a two point eight eyes so two hundred they want something a little bit more urban a little bit more gritty chris where I want you to know I don't like the way that bouquets looking bring it in the way you had it there you go looking at each other giving each other a kiss guy give each other a kiss both you looking at me there you go lynn push your face this way yeah both you're looking to me leaning to each other at the temple beautiful little tighter now now I'm going vertical love it you guys stay there with it looking at each other again give each other kiss comeback vertical do a little something different with my composition you smiling at both you're looking at me love it guys I'm just mixing up my composition now I want to go guys for me a favor separate from each other holding hands look may slide this way a little bit keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going good lin you look great dude chris take another step good spread your stands popped out hit bam poppet towards lind bam love it good get to give me your hair half and half here we go come on back I need sassy mean mugging your mean mugging you're sassy there you go uh chris change away holding up ok hold it straight up your ass right there beautiful chris here we go looking at me looking at each other no smiling land you're mean magnetic go baby good smiles at each other good going vertical now looking to me if you look in a different direction yes love it you too awesome getting to each other people are probably freaking out because I'm moving so quick chris what I want you to put your arms around his shoulders yes switch the bouquet make you go the other way no there you go beautiful you're looking right at me len you're looking right chris there you go chris awesome give me a little giggle love it close your eyes for me beautiful stay there good job I'm going to switch sides land you're looking to make it there you go actually rotate form right there right there body beautiful chris I want you looking right in lin you go good give me a good smile and there you go beautiful guy stay there glad holding her back I love that all right now with my time I'm goingto off camera flash turned out bad boy on on camera okay I'm going to I so low that stop I'm going too f eleven I'm going minus one okay on flash I'm going plus one there we go all right you two here's what I want to know I'm gonna photograph this way ok rotate towards me this way keep going I love the way you're holding each other uh chris put that hand on his chest no stop rotating come this way now perfect perfect I want you looking at each other okay this will be my last shot here glad looking at each other good good and my off camera flashes here I want you up high come on come get in a little bit closer a little bit closer good good right there and I want you to get forehead to forehead and lynn I don't know if you can do this for me I've got thea her dresses wrapped around your ankles body you fix that melissa go plus two all right boys here we go boys and girls that fire eliza okay here we go yeah that dress is giving us trouble yeah robert around the front there you go looking right out each other give me a kiss go plus three elissa it's not hitting them hold on hold on kiss changed zoom here we're changing the zoom give us a little more power okay hold it up high I get a little closer and move to your left eliza beautiful go ahead looking right out of you kissing each other love it one more everything is looking good on my end last one both you looking at me good smiles one to both you looking towards the flash yeah it's no smiling on this one lin one two hold on one too and last one you guys and we're done so I don't know how much time I took eight minutes how do you know for sure you timed it eight minutes I'm not gonna say what I want to do next but eight minutes we didn't really quick we got images that we need in less than ten minutes and you'll see those images popping on the screen so I hope you guys enjoyed that but that just goes to show you you can move quickly efficiently and still get the creative shots you need and not have an hour and a half of time I hope you guys enjoyed that
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Ratings and Reviews
Carlos Rosa
This class is Gold!!! This class is a must, I have purchased around 20 CreativeLive classes, I'm building my own curriculum, but I did purchase this class because of Sal Cincotta's name, little I knew how good it is, it's a mind blowing and it contains so much key information to be a successful photographer. I was still a little "afraid" to start my business, but after this class, I feel confident because it was like put the puzzle together. Yes, Sal really insist in his blue print, how he calls, to implement in your business and you will be successful, and I do believe that. However, I can't do that at moment, because I'll need more money then I have, but I do believe I can implement the idea and slowly works towards implement all his system. Yes, in this class you'll have all, from engagement section, to bride reception, to SEO, everything you need. Sal is a Genius, an amazing mind, I truly admire him as a person, artist/photographer, amazing Educator, but man, as a business man, he is just a mind blowing, I mean, look at him, he had practically built an Empire in only 10 years and that's enough for me to listen to this guy. With all he has, he could just quit photography for good, he totally don't need, but he is still behind the camera, and that shows how much he really love photography. Totally recommend this class, it will change your life, and I mean it. I just wish CreativeLive would do some update, even if is just in pdf, because a lot of recommendation he does in the course does not apply anymore, website does not exist, the iPhone app does not exist, etc... just an update it would be truly appreciated. And that goes for all classes, you guys could just contact the educators and ask them for an update in those areas, that's all.
KR Productions
In 2016, I decided to try and start photographing weddings. I've been a wedding videographer for 16 years now, and have consistently been asked to do this, but never have. Last year, the number of requests was unusually high, and so I decided to explore what all is involved in doing wedding photography. I actually bought Sal's 30 day photo business class here first. Watched it over and over. There were principles in that class I was able to apply to video. Great! I then decided to buy this class to get the actual "day of" mechanics down. I've watched this over and over as well and started wading slowly into the wedding photo waters. I have the benefit that my second shooter, is actually a photographer and has been shooting all his life. So, having him to back me up with his already trained and creative eye is a huge benefit on the day. (We do the one camera has a wide angle, one camera has a telephoto technique like Sal discusses, and it works amazing) So far in 2016, I've shot one wedding for $350, the next one for $1,000, and now I'm up to $2,000 on my third for just basic stuff. Incredible. Working on moving into IPS, but right now I'm focused on making sure we're capturing the right shots and doing great impressive edits for marketing , and that's already paying off. I had 4 requests yesterday! Thanks to Sal and CL for helping jump start me on this amazing journey!
Paul Marcus
Once again.....Sal proves he's the man! Wow. What a great wealth of knowledge. I wish I had seen this a few years ago when it was fresh. It makes me cringe at all the money I have left on the table. Thanks to Sal and Taylor for being so open and sharing their business model with us. I hope to have great report to share with you in 2019 as I put a lot of this class to work in my business.
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