WELCOME HOME 2014 (NEW DATES!)

I can't believe it's that time again.. this year is going SO fast.. but we now have some new Welcome Home dates as a few of you have been asking when and where the next ones will be happening.. soooo.. we have two new dates for you!

We had quite a few suggestions about where to hold the workshops so we've tried to go for the easiest and most central for everyone.. (fingers crossed!)..

TUESDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2014 - BIRMINGHAM

10am - 7pm

Venue - TBC

Price £400

Includes lunch

THURSDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2014 - LONDON

10am - 7pm

Venue - TBC

Price £400

Includes lunch

The Welcome Home workshop will focus on developing your artistic voice, finding your niche market, understanding and developing your brand, valuing the client experience, managing expectations and staying inspired.

Within these topics we will also be covering...

- Artistic Style

- Attracting your ideal client

- Understanding your 'why'

- Marketing

- Shooting

- Post Processing

- Pricing

- Workflow

- Client relationships and experience

There will also be a shoot in the afternoon so feel free to bring your cameras.. :)

To have a sneak at what Welcome Home is like then you can have a little watch of the stop motion video below.. and we also have a new Facebook page with updates and images from each workshop.

But it's not just about what you experience on the day.  Welcome Home has become a strong community of supportive photographers who share advice and experiences... they second shoot for each other and are even shooting each other's weddings.  We're proud to be a part of such a wonderfully supportive and positive bunch of mo fos.. 

So if you decide to come along.. (apart from the awesome day we have in store for you).. Welcome Home also gives you..

• Immediate access to the Facebook group

We now have a total of 140 homies in the group.  They chat every day asking questions and offering each other advice and have been on hand for each other whether that's a pricing issue or needing to borrow kit for a wedding... oh and they also like a good laugh and a good dance.. :)

• An invitation to the amazing Welcome Break next April

This 2 day retreat was born out of the homies wanting to get together.. especially as many of them attended different workshops but felt like they knew each other from the FB group.  So in April it was Welcome Break time!  We headed to a wonderful farm in Warwick and slept in Yurts and teepees.. ate good food, played rounders, danced and did the conga.. and then hated it when we had to leave.  It was better than we ever could have imagined and we can't wait for the next one!

• Exclusive opportunities for one to one mentoring sessions

Soon we will be offering homies one to one mentoring sessions as part of Welcome Home.  After the workshop it's always incredible to watch attendees build, develop and make changes to their businesses and I think a natural progression is to spend some time looking at the effect of these changes.. what's working.. what maybe isn't working so well.. and why.  These sessions will be tailored to you and will be offered exclusively to attendees of Welcome Home.

Both Birmingham and London workshops are limited to 15 places and you can book your spot HERE.

Instalments

A few of you have emailed to ask if you can pay in instalments so we wanted to let peeps know that if you'd like to come and join us then you can secure your place now with a £200 deposit with the remaining amount due by the 1st September 2014.. :)

If you would like to pay in instalments then please email at info@emmacasephotography.com.  Also if you're worried about where you're at with your business and if the workshop is right for you, then... don't.. :)  Just drop us an email (I promise we don't bite) and we can go from there.. :)

We look forward to seeing you there!!!

WELCOME HOME // BELFAST

The more times we get to do Welcome Home and the more people we meet doing this job the more I realise how important it is to embrace the fun, treasure the connections and be grateful for everything and everyone that walks in to your life.

Always make sure you enjoy the anticipation of what's to come.. enjoy the moments while you're there.. and take time to look back and appreciate what you've achieved.. together..

There will always be a special place in our hearts for Ireland and in particular,  Belfast.. and we are most definitely coming back..

A huge thank you to our wonderful friend Fraser who put this incredible stop motion film together from the day.. this makes me smile SOOOOO much...





And another massive thank you to the incredible Mel and Dave.. our gorgeous couple who came to model for us on the day.  It's funny how.. the very second they walked in.. we felt like we had asked our mates to come help us out for the day.. all that normal 'we're actually strangers and have never met' is just nowhere to be seen.. and what's there instead is just a feeling that we've actually known each other for ages.. we just haven't got round to meeting up yet.. :)

Mel actually wrote the most beautiful blog post about the workshop and how they felt being 'the couple'.. and for me this is just the icing on (an already pretty awesome) cake..

http://melwiggins.wordpress.com/2014/06/06/welcome-home/

We'll be looking at some new Welcome Home dates over the next coming months so if you fancy becoming a homie and want us to come to you then let us know!

WELCOME HOME 2014

Over the past couple of months we've been up and down the country with our Spring Welcome Home Workshops. We've been up to Leeds and down to London and we've now welcomed another 40 homies in to the family and we still have another workshop over in Belfast this week.. (which we're super excited about!!)..

These workshops have literally blown our mind.  When we started them just over two years ago I knew we wanted to give two things.. the practical help.. so the tangible tips that can be applied to their business.. but.. much more than that we wanted them to go away with those butterflies.. that feeling in the pit of your stomach that makes you excited.. that pure drive, that confidence, that positivity.. the feeling that there is literally nothing stopping you.

I'm going to be totally honest.. what we've ended up with is something that takes those butterflies and multiples it by 1000.  The journey that we all go on on the day.. the connection.. the realisations.. the confirmation.. the freedom.. the answers.. the release.. I actually feel a bit stupid writing it.. but it's been incredible .. and if you're a homie.. you know exactly what I mean… :)

It's become about something so much more than photography.   So much more than how to market your business.. or what to charge.. it's about all that important shit that you push to the side.  All the stuff that you forget about when you have emails and deadlines and clients… it's about the stuff that really matters..

We're so grateful that we get to share Welcome Home with a bunch of the most amazing people.  And that's what they are.  A>M>A>Z>I>N>G.  They walk in and they give and they share and they're open and they're honest and they let that guard down and they are themselves and because of that, this family of peeps just gets better and better..

So.. what do we get up to?  Well there's a lot of talking.. (and quite often a few tears).. but there's also some photo taking too.. so here's some of all three gorgeous couples that came to be manhandled in front of a group of strangers for the afternoon.. :)

First up we had the lovely Chris and Gillian travel all the way down from Glasgow for our Leeds workshop..

Then Michelle and Colm came to Belt Craft in London and rocked it…

Then we had the infectiously happy Georgie and Alice at our second workshop in London.. (Georgie also wrote a blog post about the workshop from her perspective and it's pretty awesome.. go take a read)

..and of course, some Polaroid love..

..and here's some of the behind the scenes photos from three awesome days…

thank you to Anna Taylor Photography for these shots of the London workshop at Belt Craft Studios..

..and the lovely Hannah-May Photography for these gems..

..and the one and only Chris Barber for these…

..and not forgetting Scott and Kristene from Blue Elephant Photography who came all the way from Oklahoma.. yup.. Okla - friggin' - homa to come to Welcome Home!..

Oh and there's always time to fit in a Welcome Home Selfie..

..then we headed over to Battersea for our second Welcome Home in London..Thank you Inta Photography for these lovely photos..

This is most definitely my happy place.. (thanks to Sarah Aylward for this photo!)

So.. we're heading to Belfast this week for our final Welcome Home for the spring! We still have a couple of spots free so if you would like to join us, the workshop is on THURSDAY 8TH MAY 2014. Just pop us an email at info@emmacasephotography.com.  We'd LOVE to see you there!!

We also have an official WELCOME HOME FACEBOOK PAGE! Woop! Where you can find more photos.. blog posts from homies who have attended and we'll also be keeping peeps up to date with any news on there.. so go 'likey'.. ;)

NEW Welcome Home Workshop dates!!

So far we've had a total of six Welcome Home Workshops hosting two at our office in Brum and have travelled to Edinburgh, Bristol, London and across the water to Dublin.  We've had a total of 63 homies join us on this crazy adventure and it's been incredible to watch them all grow their own supportive community in the facebook group speaking and offering each other daily support and advice.  Back in April we also had our first Welcome Break.. a two day retreat where 33 of us spent a few days laughing, dancing, eating good food and simply getting back to what's important...

  

Welcome Home has become so much more than a workshop and we want others to have the opportunity to be involved in this growing family too.. :)

So what is the workshop about?

The Welcome Home Workshop will focus on developing your artistic voice, finding your niche market, understanding and developing your brand, valuing the client experience, managing expectations and staying inspired.

Within these topics I will also be covering...

- My artistic Style

- Attracting your ideal client

- Understanding your 'why'

- Marketing

- Shooting

- Post Processing

- Pricing

- Workflow

- Client relationships and experience

To have a little look at some of the workshops that have been before have a look HERE... and HERE!

On top of all that.. attending Welcome Home will also give you...

• Immediate access to the Facebook group
• An invitation to the amazing Welcome Break next April
• Exclusive opportunities for one to one mentoring sessions

We are SO excited to be opening two new dates so BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW!!!!!

TUESDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2013 - MANCHESTER

10am - 7pm

Venue - TBC

Price £400 (inc VAT)

Includes lunch

THURSDAY 10TH OCTOBER 2013 - LONDON

10am - 7pm

Venue - TBC

Price £400 (inc VAT)

Includes lunch

To book your place and find out more information about the workshops then click HERE

Martina Capodanno

Martina Capodanno

If you have any questions then feel free to ask away.. info@emmacasephotography.com

Soooooo... what ya waiting for??? We CANNOT WAIT to meet you all!!!!! :)

If you think that your city would make a good location for Welcome Home and you think there would be enough interest then please get in touch.  We're always open to ideas and if we have a group of peeps that want us to come to them then who are we to argue.. ;)