Elevate your luxury photography business with our bespoke, in-person workshop. Over one, two, or three days, you'll receive tailored instruction designed to fit your unique needs and address your specific business concerns. This workshop focuses on enhancing your client experience and refining your business strategies to help you succeed in the luxury market.
FEBRUARY 26: Fine art Newborn and Maternity Photography
FEBRUARY 27: Pricing, Branding and Marketing for the Luxury Photography Studio
FEBRUARY 28: Mastermind Small Group Extended Instruction (Only Available With Day Two)
2025 Workshop Dates
-Optional portfolio review prior to the workshop to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses and the areas to focus your learning on during the workshop.
-Lindsay’s workflow for creating successful sessions with a luxury experience.
-In depth description of how Lindsay poses and lights for both newborn and maternity subjects.
-Hands-on experience photographing newborn and maternity models.
-Lindsay will share her retouching process in real-time. A recording of this process will also be made available after the workshop.
-She will also share her process for preparing images for print through sizing and sharpening.
-Lunch and snacks/refreshments each day.
-A luxury goodie bag with discounts and prizes from some of her favorite vendors
-Access to A mentoring Facebook group for follow-up questions after the workshop.
Understanding of the fundamentals of photography and shooting in manual mode. You should also have some experience photographing newborns. While she loves to teach beginner photographers, this workshop will not cover these essentials. If you are uncertain if you meet this requirement feel free to email Lindsay to assess your readiness.
Basic understanding of Photoshop.
-Full frame camera
-35mm, 85mm and 100mm lens or equivalent zoom lens (or whatever your preferred lenses are)
-A laptop with Photoshop CC loaded
-Pre-workshop homework will be sent to make sure you are able to maximize your learning during the workshop.
-Addressing our fears about pricing, charging more, finding new clients, etc.
-Understanding the luxury market client and how they behave.
-Designing a luxury brand and experience that will attract the luxury client.
-Setting goals to continually elevate your brand and keep ahead of competition.
-Evaluating your cost of doing business.
-Selecting the right finished artwork for your brand.
-Pricing strategies for the luxury market.
-Creating your individualized pricing structure that will appeal to luxury clients.
-Pricing digitals images vs finished artwork.
-Strategies to maximize your sales while developing clients who will love returning to you.
-Addressing potential client objections.
-How marketing to the luxury client is different.
-How to develop a 12 month comprehensive marketing plan for the luxury market.
Homework will be provided in advance of the workshop. We recommend completing the homework and returning it as soon as possible so you can get the most out of your workshop in person.
-Laptop
-Your completed homework (will be provided once you register)
-Day 3 will be limited in size to only a few students.
-This group will receive more individualized mentoring from Lindsay to help with areas they may be struggling with.
-We will work on finishing up your individual pricing changes and marketing plan so you can hit the ground running when you get home.
-We will delve deeper into client objections, your fears and how to overcome both.
-The group will have it’s own private discussion group to help challenge and encourage each other.
-The Mastermind group will meet via zoom once monthly for 30 minutes For 3 months with Lindsay to ask questions, discuss their goals and create accountability for accomplishing those goals. If students are unable to attend the zoom meeting they will receive a recording of the meeting.
Lindsay Walden is an internationally featured and award winning fine art newborn and maternity photographer serving the Dallas/Fort Worth region of Texas.
Of all the topics Lindsay covers in her mentoring she is most passionate about helping photographers create sustainable and profitable businesses. There is little point in learning all of the other aspects of photography if you cannot earn a decent, sustainable living doing so.
Lindsay shoots Canon. In studio she utilizes strobes and a variety of light modifiers.