MENTORING

Running a business can sometimes feel like one of those fancy labyrinth hedge mazes you often find in stately homes, where you know your goal is to get to the centre, but there are so many ‘this way or that way’ decisions to make along the route and you can’t see over the top to work out if you’re still going in the right direction. You could spend all your time and energy exploring all of those options for yourself, stay overnight and try again the next day. OR, you could ask for directions from someone who’s already navigated their way successfully through the maze, reaching you goal significantly faster.

Investing in mentoring is the business equivalent of ‘asking for directions’, a period of dedicated time spent working ON your business, rather than IN your business, supported by someone that is a little further down your chosen career path than you currently are right now. That person might not know the entire route to your goal, but they’ve already explored the next 5-10 choices in direction you’re about to make, and can save you a lot of time and energy (and potentially even money) as you embark on this adventure.

Here’s the great thing about 1:1 mentoring sessions: they can be tailored directly to you and your unique needs. So, whether you…

Have decades of photography experience behind you and want to fill in a few knowledge gaps.

Are running a profitable business already and want to level up your brand, either financially and/or from a customer experience perspective, in a way that works for you.

Have found your style and now want some support to refine your techniques, improve your retouching and build time-saving presets/actions to improve continuity in your work.

Are thinking about adding boudoir, burlesque and/or empowerment portraits to your list of services.

Are thinking of making the leap from hobby to side hustle, or quitting that day job to pursue photography as a full-time career.

Are brand new to photography and want some guidance to get you on the right track

 …1:1 mentoring sessions give you the perfect opportunity to fill the gaps in your knowledge by learning from someone who is already successfully doing your dream job.

As long as it is business-related, and not covered by an NDA, you’re welcome to ask me about anything you like. We can talk about photography tips, tricks and techniques that will help improve your photography. We can take a deep dive into the art of retouching and how Lightroom and Photoshop can be used to enhance your images. We can explore your ideal client and look at ways you can curate a luxury, empowering photography experience that attracts clients willing to pay what you’re worth and return to have their photograph taken by you on a regular basis. We can geek out over CRMs, tech stacks and websites, We can talk about money and money mindset. We can talk about self-confidence and self-worth. And yes, we can also cover all those burning questions you REALLY want answers to – the ones you haven’t been able to find answers to on Google and have felt too embarrassed to ask publicly in community groups.

In exactly the same as any other course, workshop, styled shoot day or event you may have attended in the past, showing up is one thing, but you need to actually go home and DO THE DAMN THING. I will make you a promise to be an open book during our mentoring sessions, giving you access to my skills, knowledge and experience gathered over more than a decade in the photography industry, but you are the one that needs to hold yourself accountable and adapt and implement the information into actionable steps for your own brand that leads you in the direction you want to go. So the question, really, should be “are you committed to showing up for yourself and putting in the work?”