Archives: Courses
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Goal Setting
How are your finances? How are your marketing goals? Do you even know? If not, it’s okay! For a long time, I just ran my business month to month. I had no concrete goals, and no roadmap to achieve them. I started by creating some spreadsheets, making some lists, and ended up with my Business […]
Weekly Q&A’s — Inaugural Members
This page is for members of The Wedding School who enrolled during the inaugural 8-weeks in February 2016. You have questions, Susan has answers. Each week Susan will be recording a special Q&A sessions to answer questions from the Facebook group or posted as comments in the individual course segments. This is where those Q&A videos […]
Reception: Dances and Toasts
One of the parts of the wedding day that tends to make most photographers nervous are the reception dances and toasts. Wedding receptions are fast-paced, sometimes stressful, and always fun – but how do you know how to approach them? What lenses? How do you light them? Where do you even begin? Wedding photographer Susan […]
Family Formals
Family formals are an important part of any wedding day! Even if your wedding photography style is largely documentary in nature, family formals is a must-shoot part of any wedding photography coverage. How do you make this part of the day easier for everyone involved? How do you know who should be present for the […]
Wedding Couple Portraits
At almost every single wedding day that you photograph, you’ll be called on to take portraits of the wedding couple. Whether or not your style is largely documentary in nature, portraits of the wedding couple together is an important part of any wedding photography coverage. In this hour-long video, Susan Stripling will walk you through everything you’ll […]
Bridal Portraits
Photographing bridal portraits is a crucial part of any wedding day. As a working wedding photographer, it is important that you learn how to create elegant, technically superb, and creative bridal portraits for all of your wedding clients. This class by award-winning Brooklyn wedding photographer Susan Stripling will help you learn everything that you need […]
Bride or Groom Getting Ready
Photographing a bride getting ready is something that all wedding photographers have to learn how to do. No matter what your style of photography, getting-ready images are part of every wedding day coverage. How do you document them? What lenses do you use? What settings? How do you position your subjects? How do you interact […]
Wedding Day Details
Shooting wedding day details requires a wedding photographer to understand many things. The most important parts of shooting wedding day details are: How to properly light your subject How to compose a compelling image What lens to choose when shooting small details What lens to choose when shooting larger details When in the wedding day […]