Events Portrait Photographer
Closing Date of Opportunity: 8/20/2021
Name or Organization: Our Lavish Guests
Contact Email: info@ourlavishguests.com
Website: http://www.ourlavishguests.com
Post Content: Our Lavish Guests is looking for portrait photographers and editors to join our team.
We specialize in high-end black and white portraits at events and weddings. We are looking for photographers who are comfortable directing portraits, who are motivated to enter the events industry and are open to learning the business side of photography. We want to mentor motivated individuals who love photography and want to grow their skills working in live events.
Requirements:
- capture portraits at live events, galas and weddings
- train on our editing and retouching techniques
- assist in set up and take down of the portrait station
needs to drive their own vehicle
- all equipment is supplied by Our Lavish Guests
- must be available evenings and weekends, including holidays
Starting hourly rate:
$40/hour, range of pay per event $200 to $400 depending on the length of the event. For mountain-based events we compensate for travel and mileage.
Once you are trained and working independently we increase compensation and provide opportunity to pick up additional work that you feel might round out your skillset.
Insta: @ourlavishguests
website: www.ourlavishguests.com
Email: info@ourlavishguests.com
Erin and Andrew have over a decade of experience photographing weddings and live events. We created Our Lavish Guests because we saw a gap in photography coverage at weddings and wanted to provide classic black and white portraiture of wedding guests and loved ones who wouldn't normally receive portraits from the wedding photographer. First launched in 2018, Our Lavish Guests is now a preferred vendor at some of Alberta's top venues and we work with some of Calgary's top wedding planners and vendors regularly. We have done over 100 events and expect 2022 to be our busiest year yet. We are looking to train individuals who want to enter the live events business and have trained in the art of photography but haven't been exposed to the business side of the trade yet. We want to mentor individuals in how to run an efficient, profitable business while providing paid experience photographing live events. We wish we learned the business side of photography before we jumped right in ten years ago. So, we'd love to help motivated newcomers in building their own sustainable business that supports their lifestyle and helps them plan for the future. We believe there should be no such thing as a starving artist. Calgary has an incredible live events community we want to introduce you to.