Shoot fewer weddings. Charge what the work is worth.
A ten-week program for working photographers, built from twelve years and 340 real weddings — not theory. Small cohorts, live shoot days, and a critique circle that outlasts the course.
Ten weeks, six frames, one real change in how you shoot.
Reading the room
Light, timing, and where to stand before you ever raise the camera.
The unposed portrait
Directing without directing — getting real reactions from people who are camera-shy.
Live shoot day one
You shadow a real wedding with your own camera. We review the take the next morning.
The edit
Building a gallery that tells one story, not eight hundred photos in chronological order.
Pricing & booking calls
What to actually say on a discovery call, and how to raise your rate without apologizing for it.
Live shoot day two & critique
A second wedding, then a full group review of both your takes, frame by frame.
Everything from the last ten cohorts that actually worked.
- Ten live weekly sessions, recorded if you miss one
- Two shadowed real-wedding shoot days with same-week feedback
- A full portfolio and pricing review, one on one
- Lifetime access to The Darkroom community
- The exact contract and questionnaire templates I use today
- A private critique channel for your cohort, open indefinitely
$2,400
or 4 monthly payments of $650
- 10 live weekly sessions
- 2 shadowed shoot days
- Lifetime Darkroom access
- 1:1 portfolio review
“I raised my day rate twice in the year after Cohort 4 and stopped apologizing for it.”
Devon Okafor, Atelier cohort 2025
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Before you enroll
You need at least one paid shoot under your belt — any kind. The Atelier is for photographers ready to specialize, not a first-camera course.
Every session is recorded and posted within a few hours. The Darkroom critique channel stays open for async questions any week.
The two live shoot days happen in and around Portland. Photographers outside the area have shadowed remotely via a shared video feed — ask on your enrollment call and we’ll work out a plan.
Yes — select the plan at checkout. Both options include the exact same ten weeks.