In person sales is an extremely polarizing topic in the photography world...one side is saying that photographers who are all inclusive are "shoot and burners" who are ruining the industry with too-low of pricing -- while the others will point at IPS photographers akin to sleazy car salesmen, gouging prices and doing more work than they need to.
But what if there was a different way?
A way of doing IPS that doesn't feel stuck up, pushing thousands of dollars worth of prints, and dare I say....fun?
If you've tried IPS before and it didn't work for you, or maybe you've been solidly in the anti-IPS camp and have swore up and down that you'll never consider it -- do me a favor and take thirty minutes to watch or listen to this incredibly eye opening video from a photographer who not only does IPS right, but has a genuine relationship with each family she photographs.
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This month was EYE OPENING for me (Rachel here) and I have been sharing pretty much every aspect of my business -- and life -- with you guys since I started photography back in 2008. Anytime my world gets rocked, the first people I want to tell is you guys, so this month's video with Kelly --and the lightbulb moments that went off for me -- is one that you really just need to watch for yourself!
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If I had to pick one thing about being a photography educator that I love, its watching the light bulb moments during workshops…but the worst part about workshops is the fact that they’re limited to one to two days. Can you imagine if, as a child, you had one day to figure out cursive writing? Or in high school they introduced the Pythagorean Theorem on Monday, and by Wednesday you were tested on it and moving on to the next chapter?
It’s 2023, so a year of college courses covering photography probably is excessive (and most likely would be wrought with outdated teachings), but what if you could get a grasp on the fundamentals of photography — specifically in this course family photography — in two months?
Last year, I rolled out my first ever 60 day intensive Newborn Bootcamp, and I don’t think I could have dreamed how perfect it was going to go. Each student submitted specific lighting, posing and styling images for a pre-class assessment, and I reviewed each and every image giving feedback and most importantly, goals to set for our 2 month long course.
I was blown away by the transformations, whether it was the graded work, weekly access to me through video office hour calls, or piece by piece, broken down videos building on skills to transition into the next steps, in nearly 15 years of teaching, I had never seen growth like I was seeing with the first 40 students in the Newborn Bootcamp.
So now it’s time to apply the same educational structure to one of my favorite topics -- lighting non-newborn subjects and how that ties into location scouting and in home shooting. Then following that up with a family posing flow that makes sense for all families and photographers, along with interacting, prompts for different ages and stages, and then finally editing.
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I was so tired of struggling with posing, lighting, confidence in myself, my work...every session was so stressful. I had been following Rachel's work for years and purchased a few of her other videos so I jumped on the opportunity to have constant learning! I was instantly in tears when things just started clicking..lighting was the biggest struggle for me. After watching the lighting video it just clicked and I haven't struggled since! Posing was another stress. Then she starting doing the deconstruction series and everything just made sense! And lastly her unsoothing method..game changer... would panic if baby wouldn't settle..now I get excited lol I love what I do again. I'm confident in myself now. I don't get stressed
-Ashley Kinney | Collective Member
"The Collective
saved my business! I was at the brink of calling it quits"
I was so tired of struggling with posing, lighting, confidence in myself, my work...every session was so stressful. I had been following Rachel's work for years and purchased a few of her other videos so I jumped on the opportunity to have constant learning! I was instantly in tears when things just started clicking..lighting was the biggest struggle for me. After watching the lighting video it just clicked and I haven't struggled since! Posing was another stress. Then she starting doing the deconstruction series and everything just made sense! And lastly her unsoothing method..game changer... would panic if baby wouldn't settle..now I get excited lol I love what I do again. I'm confident in myself now. I don't get stressed
-Ashley Kinney | Collective Member
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