The Confident Wedding Photographer
with Ebony Logins
3 WEEK WORKSHOP
$225 Full Participation | $112 Study Along
Learn how to photograph weddings with ease & confidence while providing your clients with exceptional service and imagery.
The Confident Wedding Photographer gives you all the tools you need to enjoy this rewarding and challenging genre. Whether you want to second shoot, improve your current business, or start a career in wedding photography, you will gain a deeper understanding of the industry and the little details that make a big difference. Step-by step, you will be guided through the ins and outs of planning and shooting an entire wedding day. Every detail is covered in this comprehensive workshop. You will learn how to impress every couple with your storytelling, client relations, posing, editing, and delivery. You will also learn how to be successful with your portfolio building, second shooting, workflow, websites, vendor relations, and many more facets of wedding photography. In-depth PDFs provide hundreds of pages of inspirational material and images. Daily discussions and exercises, weekly live chats, and how-to videos will help both new and experienced photographers succeed in the wedding industry. You will be prepared to document one of the most beautiful life events with ease and confidence.
PREREQUISITES
Models and booked weddings are encouraged but not required to complete the assignments for this class. A choice of shooting assignment or business assignment will be provided each week.
what you’ll get
WEEKLY LESSONS
3 weekly lesson PDFs (formatted for print or on-screen viewing).
VIDEOS
5+ videos will guide you through the weekly materials in-depth.
DAILY INSTRUCTOR-LED PROMPTS
Full participation students engage in instructor-led activities and questions to get you thinking deeply about wedding photography. Study along students have full viewing access.
LIVE CHATS
3 weekly live chats based on student Q&A (recorded).
BONUS MATERIALS
5 bonus PDFs cover contracts, SEO, shot lists, pricing basics, and more.
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT FEEDBACK & CRITIQUE
Full Participation students receive extensive personal critiques of weekly assignment submissions.
Study Along Students have full viewing access.
syllabus
Lesson One
LEARN ABOUT
Fearlessness and confidence
Gear requirement
Client Relations
Contracts & Questionnaires
Guiding clients through the wedding day timeline
Hiring and working as a second shooter
Wedding day checklist
Successful engagement sessions
Inspiring new ways to capture detail shots
ASSIGNMENTS
Shooting Track: Shooting Track: Submit a set of detail images that are shot in new and creative ways.
Business Track: Submit a client conversion email and contract.
Lesson Two
LEARN ABOUT
Inspiring new ways to capture getting ready, the first look, and ceremony
Making family portraits fun
Creatively and confidently capturing portraits and receptions
How to make the best of a bad location
Posing for authentic connection & emotion
Working fast and keeping calm
Building vendor relationships
Marketing yourself as a wedding photographer
How to differentiate yourself from the crowd
ASSIGNMENT
Shooting Track: Submit a set of images portraying authentic emotion and connection.
Business Track: Submit a vendor relationship plan and a differentiation plan.
Lesson Three
LEARN ABOUT
Elopements & destination weddings
Working with changing and challenging light throughout the day
Workflow and editing
Gallery & product delivery
Pricing basics & confidence
Websites, SEO, blogging & hashtags for success
What to do when things go wrong
Storytelling, moment anticipation, and fast-paced complex composition
ASSIGNMENT
Shooting Track: Submit a storytelling image that demonstrates strong moment anticipation.
Business Track: Submit a wedding blog post and a list of blog post ideas to set your year up for success.
about your instructor
Ebony Logins of Red Cedar Photography loves photographing people who are madly in love. She is an award-winning destination wedding and adventure elopement photographer, living on Vancouver Island with her Bernedoodle, Balto. She is known for attracting the most perfect clients and for her ability to capture authentic moments, emotions, and connection in her subjects. Her portfolio would not be complete without with forests, mountains, and oceans and her inspiration for environmental portraits comes from the beauty of the natural environment in which she grew up. Ebony is also passionate about helping and guiding others through their photography journey. She is a Clickin Moms Mentor, Click Pro, and Click Photo School Instructor.
how it works
Full Participation students engage in an interactive online classroom experience that includes instructor-led group discussions and detailed, personalized guidance for the duration of the workshop. Full participation students post their assignments in the workshop and receive critique each week.
Study Along students have access to all materials and are able to view all content and conversation in the main workshop. Study along students will not be able to ask the instructor questions or request instructor feedback on their assignments, but they can follow along with instructor critiques of the Full Participation assignments.
START LEARNING
Class content is organized into simple steps as part of a clear, self-guided pathway inside your private online classroom, so you can check off each interactive step as you go.
GET WEEKLY LESSONS
Each week, you'll receive a set of course materials, which typically includes written & video content. All course materials are yours to download and keep.
STUDY & ASK QUESTIONS
You'll get access to a private online classroom for sharing and discussion. The instructor is present every day to answer questions and offer encouragement.
COMPLETE WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS
Students receive an assignment to complete each week; full participation students will receive instructor feedback on submitted assignments.
This is ONE OF THE BEST wedding/couples photography workshops out there. And I completely mean it! I have witnessed Ebony’s teaching in the past as well (in person as well as took her couples breakout) and I was mind blown!! She’s honest with her writing and very practical. I am very new to weddings although I have been photographing couples for over 5 years now. I had no idea where to even begin when I was semi considering getting into weddings and this workshop had just opened up for registration. I am so glad I decided to sign up and learn from her. This workshop is not just about ‘how to shoot in a wedding’; so do not be mistaken thinking its not applicable to you. It is for everyone who is even remotely considering shooting couples and possibly a wedding and how to get yourself prepared for it, the gear, the technicalities, finding your ideal client, sample contracts – I mean there is a lot of information for the business owner as well! I walked away not only learning so much; but def being more confident and in control should I ever want to shoot a wedding.
Take it from me; this workshop is worth every penny and is pure GOLD!
Aww, you’re so very welcome, Jyo! Thank you!
This class is amazing – thorough, very confidence-building. Ebony is incredibly knowledgeable and helpful in all areas of wedding photography (even some you haven’t thought of) and she’s a very devoted, responsive instructor to her students. I don’t do many weddings but after this course I feel well-prepared to take them on when asked to.
Thank you so much, Leslie!
This is an amazing class for anyone who wants to learn about weddingphotography. I had so much help from this class during my busy season this summer. Ebony is very attentive to her students and she shares so much info. Weddings can be hard work, but Ebony breaks it down and shares her workflow in a really great way! I always found weddings very scary, so it is very good to have a plan going into it. This class is not just about weddingportraits, but the whole process from inquiry to booking to shooting and delivery. I was very happy with this class and I would really recommend it.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Jenny!
thanks for sharing this class. exactly what I was looking for. Looking forward to the next blog.
You’re welcome!
I really wanted to do the full course but I was worried about keeping up with assignments and discussions since I have a baby. I did the study along instead a month before my partner and I shot our first wedding. I figured weddings couldn’t be that hard (lol)…but this course prepared me for everything I didn’t know was going to happen. I am so grateful for the shot lists, checklists, and the various pieces of information that only years of experience could have taught me. We are lucky to have photographers like Ebony out there sharing their experience and information to accelerate our ability to shoot and take better photos.
Thanks Ebony!
Thank you Steph & Kati!
I love this class and Ebony! Ebony is a wonderful instructor who really cares about her students. This course is so much more than “here’s how to shoot a wedding”. Right from the start she builds you up and gives you the confidence to get past your fears of wedding photography. I shot my first wedding shortly after this class and despite the chaos of the day I felt prepared, calm, and collected. My clients are so happy with their images and I’m excited to shoot another wedding!
If you are considering getting into wedding photography this class is a must!
Thank you, Michele!
This is a great class – regardless of whether you’ve yet to shoot your first wedding or you’re a couple of years in like myself. Ebony is a very hands-on instructor and covers such a breath of topics in these 2 weeks – from preparation, gear, shooting, posing and post-processing to loads of info to identify and attract your ideal client and build a thriving wedding photography business.
I’m entering my 2nd year shooting weddings and took so much away from this class. Even a simple change to how I respond to inquiries, which I learned in this class, lead to me booking a top package wedding with an ideal couple at a dream venue.
If shooting weddings is something you’re even remotely considering – and if fear’s the only thing standing in your way then you absolutely should cause they’re so rewarding – then sign up for this class ASAP!!
Thank you so much, Gen!