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Basics of Camera Settings

Overview of Aperture, Shutterspeed and ISO

photography mistakes to avoid

Common Beginner Errors and how to avoid them

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Starting a Photography Business

Are you ready to turn your photography skills into a profitable business? This 101-page guide takes you step by step through the essentials of building a photography brand, attracting clients, setting profitable prices, and marketing yourself effectively.
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Savvy Shutterbug Session Day Shot List Cheat Sheet

Feel confident and prepared at every session with this handy cheat sheet created exclusively for Savvy Shutterbug students.
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Your 30-Day Content Marketing Plan

Struggling with what to post on social media? This 73-page guided workbook will help you plan, create, and execute a full month of content marketing to attract more photography clients!
$10.00

Pricing Mindset Worksheet

Pricing your photography isn’t just about picking numbers from thin air. It’s about understanding your costs, valuing your time, and believing in what you offer your clients.
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The Difference Between Booking Clients and Building a Photography Business

Something happens to photographers around the time they start getting consistent bookings. They expect to feel like they’ve arrived. They’ve done the work. They’ve built a portfolio. They’ve figured out pricing. They’ve had real clients, delivered real galleries, received real positive responses. The bookings are coming. The calendar is filling.

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What Makes a Photography Business Actually Sustainable

When photographers talk about wanting to build a sustainable business, they usually mean they want to be fully booked. Full calendar. Steady income. Consistent clients. That image of sustainability feels like the destination — the place where the uncertainty finally ends and the business starts to feel real. But sustainability

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How to Build Your First Photography Offer Without Overcomplicating It

There is a specific kind of procrastination that new photographers fall into, and it looks a lot like productivity from the outside. You’re working. You’re busy. You’re making decisions and refining things. But what you’re actually doing is designing the packaging before you’ve figured out what’s inside. You’re building a

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Why Photographers Avoid Selling (And What’s Actually Going On)

There is a pattern that shows up again and again among new photographers, and it goes something like this. They want clients. They would genuinely love to be booked consistently. They put real effort into their work, they care deeply about what they create, and they have something worth offering.

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How to Talk About Your Prices Without Feeling Awkward

There’s a specific kind of dread that comes right before you have to say your price out loud. Someone has asked what you charge. Maybe it’s a direct question — ‘What’s your rate?’ — or maybe it’s softer, ‘I’d love to book you, what do you charge?’ Either way, the

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