ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING SESSIONS

Ever wish you could sit down with a photographer and pick their brain, asking whatever you want?

Workshops can be great, but in the formative years of our business, one-on-one mentoring yielded immediate growth in our shooting and business. If you’re looking for guidance on what it takes to build a thriving photography business, we’re opening up our studio/home for a limited number of mentoring sessions this year. We LOVE other photographers and think we all have a lot to gain by joining forces and sharing knowledge. We care about your success, and we want to pass on what we’ve learned in our 9 years of business. ALSO, IT IS A BLAST OF A TIME.


Each mentoring session is a fun experience laced with food, good chats and tangible steps to get you focused on the road ahead. We work with you beforehand to completely customize the content of our time together. Everything is catered to exactly where you are.We offer sit-down mentoring, mock shoots, or a combo of the two.Mentoring (in person or via Skype) :
Discovering your signature style
Attracting your ideal client
Having vision
Branding
Portfolio building
Pricing for profit
Our equipment list
Constructive image critique
Website analysis
Social media strategy
E-mail templates
Client questionnaires to optimize your shoots
Workflow
Editing
Setting of tangible and immediate goals
Budgeting
Anything you want to know!

Mock shoots:
Let’s shoot together! See how we work with real clients in real time, asking questions whenever you want. We’ll tackle technical aspects of your equipment, how to choose the best light, posing, how to make your clients comfortable, etc. We can even tackle flash and studio lighting if you’d like!

We’re here for YOU whether you’re a high school student trying to choose a career path, a photographer in the trenches but not really getting what you want out of your business, or anyone in between.

We could actually call it TWO-on-one mentoring, since you get both of us. :) Shoot an e-mail to hi@carlylovesamos.com and we’ll send you our current offerings!

Here’s to  Y O U  and your success!

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Words from our mentees:

“Before we met with Carly & Amos, we really had no direction for our business. Not only in where we wanted to truly see our business grow in the next year, but also in shooting technique and in our over all branding. The moment we stepped into their home, we felt super comfortable and like we had been friends forever. They challenged us in asking good questions regarding our brand and shooting style, and then worked with us to improve some of our shooting and lighting techniques. Not only did we leave with full hearts (and full stomachs – small plates & gelato, hello?) but we left really excited to begin to implement what we learned into our business. I highly recommend spending some one-on-one time with Carly & Amos. It will be a huge benefit to your business. Not only will you learn a lot, but you will have a TON of fun.”
-Ashley + Ryan Ham, Florapine Photography

“Carly and Amos are the type of photographers I aspire to be like–their work is amazing. I recently had the awesome opportunity to participate in a mentoring session with both of them in their BEAUTIFUL space.  In my photography, I really struggle with pricing; how much do I charge for a session? Carly and Amos helped set me on the right path and developed a good pricing strategy compatible with my skill and comfort level. Another area I struggle with is nailing down the correct skin tone/white balance. I brought in some digital images I had previously edited that I just wasn’t happy with and couldn’t seem to get the skin tones to work. Carly uploaded them in Lightroom and walked me through how she would have edited the images. Learned a lot of new Lightroom techniques I now implement in all my work. It was very cool to have this mentoring session, then 4 days later, be a bridesmaid in one of the weddings they were shooting. I was able to see how the two of them coordinated group shots/ composed the reception lighting and set up, and so much more. If you are a photographer trying to get more into the business, book a mentoring session with these two amazingly talented people right now!!”
-Whitney Ledger, family photographer

“As a high school student, it’s hard trying to determine what career path to choose. The possibilities are endless! Photography has always been an interest of mine, but of course, there are things to consider when thinking about making photography a reality. (Will I be successful? Am I creative enough to stand out to others?) Carly + Amos totally put my mind at ease and were encouraging enough to convince me that I can create the life I want. They explained the realities of photography while also explaining what makes photography so great. I loved getting to talk with them on a personal level and seeing what their life is like behind the scenes. I also had the opportunity to go out shooting with them, which gave me TONS of new knowledge on my camera and how to use it to the best of my ability. They completely revolved the session around me and my interests and talked to me a lot about my personal style/how to enhance who I am through my photos. Although I walked in with an uneasy feeling about my future, I left feeling completely inspired and ready to get started on my career. It wouldn’t have been possible without these two!”
– Mara, high school senior