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Allison Redmon of www.allisonredmonphotography.com is an American expat, documentary day in the life (DITL) film & stills photographer based in Saudi Arabia. In this interview, learn her beautifully seamless way of using photography classes to book portrait clients for her family photography and film business.
Allison and I started chatting via email and in one of those messages, she said something that had me requesting this interview immediately afterwards. She wrote…
Andrew… Wanted to tell you about something that I'm doing now that would apply to literally ANY type of photographer out there. I'm running a Beginning Photography Workshop for Moms and Dads here in Saudi Arabia.
I put out the word to see if there would be any interest and got a huge amount of positive response. So at the end of the month I'm running 3 workshops, with 10 people in each, at $100 a head!!!!! So amazing! Especially at this time of year in Saudi where it is too humid to do any type of outdoor sessions.
Anyway, just thought this tip might be good for other photographers like me who have dead months throughout the year.
Since that email, Allison has joined Courtney Holmes (from interview 211 of the podcast) who she says she LITERALLY changed my photography business.
I was making films before, but after taking her in person workshop, my business has changed entirely as her approach is just so much more artistic and my client base loves these films.
I’m now fully booked for family films through January 2019! Crazy.
And in other good news, I’m now partnering with Courtney and teaching a course for her on choosing music for family films in her online school.
It was your interview that really got me into falling in love with Courtney Holmes’ approach. And now she is hiring me!! I’m literally speechless!
In this interview, Allison shares exactly how she's generating an income by teaching photography classes and in those classes, converting students to photography clients in a natural, seamless and beautiful way. I love everything about her approach and know you'll get a ton from this interview and the ideas Allison shares.
Here’s some more of what we cover in the interview:
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It is not just snippets of what's happening during a day with a family. It's finding the story and what's important to that family in each scene, then editing in a way that tells that story in a really cohesive and beautiful way. – Alison Redmon
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What is your big takeaway?
Following this interview, I’d love to know if you're taking anything away from what Allison shared. Is there something you heard that excited or motivated you to the point where you thought, yeah, I'm going to do that! If so, let me know by leaving your thoughts in the comments below, let me know what your takeaways were, what you plan to implement in your business as a result of what you heard in todays episode.
I am friends with the husband or wives of every single film (video) client that I've worked with. And I become friends with them on Facebook before I work on their film or do their shoot and that's really important to me. – Allison Redmon
If you have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Allison or if you just want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them in the comments area below.
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I like smaller groups. I like showing them my approach and being very personal with them when I'm teaching and I think ten to eleven people is a good number for that kind of thing. – Allison Redmon
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Links to people, places and things mentioned in this episode:
Fearless and Framed Profitable Photography Workshops
FilmingLife Music and Audio Masterclass
Most Family by Allison Redmon on Vimeo
Rytting Family by Allison Redmon on Vimeo
Mottern Family by Allison Redmon on Vimeo
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Thank you!
Thanks again for listening and thanks to Allison for coming on and sharing so much about her thoughts and ideas on developing a successful photography business based on teaching, connection and telling beautiful family stories through video and stills.
I think it is so important that your kids, have you in their photos when they look back at these photos 20 years from now. – Allison Redmon
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That’s it for me this week, hope everything is going well for you in life and business!
Thanks and speak soon
Andrew
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