The Studio Bulletin is BACK! Here is the latest Studio Bulletin featuring Elaine Sheppard’s visit…
Overall, clients are booking much later than previous years. Possibly due to the insecurity of the job market, It seems they are hanging on to their budget until they absolutely have to make a commitment. To accommodate this, it may be necessary to change the usual payment schedule.
On the other hand, there are still some couples who are booking 18 months to 2 years in advance!
Wedding fayres and venue referrals are by still the greatest source of bookings. Enquiries still come via the web but conversion rates are much much higher via referral – 90%.
Good wedding photographers should be able to build up a solid business within 3-4 years of starting with most of their business coming from referrals.
The market place for Venues has become very competitive with more and more getting their wedding licences. Many have dropped their package prices to be more competitive but some are looking for value they can add – this is where our corporate packs come into their own.
The pictures shown below were taken by ex student Martin Wise who runs a Barrett & Coe studio in Bristol.
Photographed by ex student Martin Wise |
Photographed by ex student Martin Wise |
Photographed by ex student Martin Wise |
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Andrew Coe
Andrew Coe is great grandson of Albert Edward Coe who founded the Coe photography businesses 150 years ago. He is recognised as one of the leading teachers of wedding and portrait photography in the UK having been commissioned by City & Guilds to write the first module for the Higher National NVQ Diploma in Portrait in this field. He has also been commissioned to give seminars in New York, Las Vegas, Madrid, Cologne and many other international venues. He owns the franchise for the largest group of wedding and portrait studios in the UK which has photography contracts with many national retailers and other major brand names. He founded the first chain of one hour mini labs in the UK (all with wedding and portrait studios attached), the largest advertising and commercial studio in East Anglia, a leading professional colour lab and has trained more people to become full time photographers than anyone else in the UK.
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