
Chapter 2 | Welcome to the Initial Meeting | Transcription
Now this chapter is all about each component that we discuss with our clients during an initial meeting.
For this, what we’re going to end up doing is discussing different key points that we want to discuss regarding the engagement shoot, regarding the mood board, the timeline. We’re going to talk about basically the first 15 minutes of the meeting. I’m kind of going out of order, but that is okay, because you can just read this in whatever order you like. This is kind of like me playing an impromptu set for you all, rather than just playing my music off the CD.
Make sense? Okay.
With all of these things, we’re going to give you discussion tips and guidance and then we’re going to show you real world examples using an actual couple. We have Dane and Jessica. They are actual clients who have been so gracious as to come into the studio and help us record their initial meeting and all those things and basically they’re designed to kind of be a mock initial just how it was when they came in initially to this studio.
We actually ended up photographing their wedding one week prior to recording this entire initial meeting and all of our walk-throughs and everything for this course. We’re using their actual materials from their mood board, for the engagement session. We’re using the actual materials from their wedding and so forth. Everything is designed to be as real as possible.
The one thing that I want to note here, which is very important, is we’re going to basically be discussing every single possible topic that we typically will talk about during an initial meeting. This means that you don’t need to talk about all those things during an initial meeting. We talk about the pieces that are most relevant to our couples. We don’t try and get through every single thing here, because that would be a two hour initial meeting and unless you and they want to meet for that period of time, that’s just unreasonable.
Communication!
- 1.1 Wedding Workshop Part One Trailer
- 1.2 Chapter 1 Intro
- 1.3 The Mission. Consistently Incredible Imagery
- 1.4 The Four Key Skills of the Successful Photographer
- 1.5 Chapter 1: Exercise
- 1.6 Three Tips For Preventing Any Client Frustrations
- 1.7 How Frequently Should You Be Communicating With Your Clients?
- 1.8 Every Client is Your Only Client
- 1.9 Chapter 1: Quiz
The Initial Meeting
- 2.1 Chapter 2 Intro
- 2.2 Know Your Audience
- 2.3 8 Keys To Building Trust With Your Clients
- 2.4 The First 15 Minutes | Part 1
- 2.5 The First 15 Minutes | Part 2
- 2.6 Five Reasons You Need an Engagement Shoot
- 2.7 Discussing The Engagement Shoot | Part 1
- 2.8 Discussing The Engagement Shoot | Part 2
- 2.9 Five Reasons You Should Have Clients Create a Mood Board
- 2.10 Chapter 2: Exercise #1
- 2.11 Discussing the Mood Board | Part 1
- 2.12 Discussing the Mood Board | Part 2
- 2.13 10 Timeline Points to Discuss During the Initial Meeting
- 2.14 Wedding Photography Timeline | 3 Tips On Managing Time Constraints
- 2.15 Discussing the Timeline | Part 1
- 2.16 Discussing the Timeline | Part 2
- 2.17 Chapter 2: Exercise #2
- 2.18 Two Reasons to Create a VIP List
- 2.19 Discussing The VIP List | Part 1
- 2.20 Discussing The VIP List | Part 2
- 2.21 Four Reasons We Love Formals Lists
- 2.22 Discussing the Formals List | Part 1
- 2.23 Discussing the Formals List | Part 2
- 2.24 Discussing Photo Versus Cinema Coverage | Part 1
- 2.25 Discussing Photo Versus Cinema Coverage | Part 2
- 2.26 10 Tips & Reasons to Hire a Wedding Planner
- 2.27 Four Reasons We Love to Promote Using Planners
- 2.28 Chapter 2: Exercise #3
- 2.29 Discussing Wedding Planners | Part 1
- 2.30 Discussing Wedding Planners | Part 2
- 2.31 Chapter 2: Quiz
Prepping for the Engagement Talk Through
- 3.1 Chapter 3 Intro
- 3.2 Post Booking Email & Requests
- 3.3 The Ideal Timeline Planning Guide | Part 1
- 3.4 The Ideal Timeline Planning Guide | Part 2
- 3.5 Preparing For The Talk Through
- 3.6 The Engagement Talk Through | Part 1
- 3.7 The Engagement Talk Through | Part 2
- 3.8 Post Talk Through Confirmation
- 3.9 Chapter 3: Quiz
Engagement Shoot Prep & Communication
- 4.1 Chapter 4 Intro
- 4.2 Preparing for the Shoot
- 4.3 Same Day Location Scouting
- 4.4 The First 15 Minutes | Part 2
- 4.5 The Foundation Posing Framework Primer | Part 1
- 4.6 The Foundation Posing Framework Primer | Part 2
- 4.7 How to Address and Resolve Shoot Concerns | Part 1
- 4.8 How to Address and Resolve Shoot Concerns | Part 2
- 4.9 10 Ways During the Shoot to Build Trust, Confidence, and the...
- 4.10 Four Reasons Why Teasers Are So Awesome
- 4.11 Delivering the Final Engagement Photos
- 4.12 Chapter 4: Quiz
Prepping for the Wedding Day Talk Through
- 5.1 Chapter 5 Intro
- 5.2 Pre-Wedding Talk Through Email
- 5.3 Preparing For the Talk Through
- 5.4 The First 3-5 Minutes | Part 3
- 5.5 The First 3-5 Minutes | Part 3.5
- 5.6 Tuning into Their Vision | Part 1
- 5.7 Tuning into Their Vision | Part 2
- 5.8 Timeline Walk Through | Part 1
- 5.9 Timeline Walk Through | Part 2
- 5.10 Discuss the Family Portraits | Part 1
- 5.11 Discuss the Family Portraits | Part 2
- 5.12 Condensed Itinerary and Information
- 5.13 Chapter 5: Quiz
Wedding Day Preparation & Communication
- 6.1 Chapter 6 Intro
- 6.2 Preparing for the Wedding
- 6.3 Our Wedding Day Arrival Policy
- 6.4 Team Planning Walk Through | Part 1
- 6.5 Team Planning Walk Through | Part 2
- 6.6 10 Ways to Amaze and Impress Throughout The Wedding
- 6.7 How to Address and Resolve Wedding Day Concerns and Case Study |...
- 6.8 How to Address and Resolve Wedding Day Concerns and Case Study |...
- 6.9 Five Reasons to Create a Same-Day Slideshow
- 6.10 Delivering the Final Wedding Photos
- 6.11 Tips On Client Satisfaction, Reviews, & Testimonials
- 6.12 Chapter 6: Quiz