It Just Got a Lot Easier to Turn Your
Photos into Cash …
Even with
No Experience
and Just
a Little Spare Time
Over 3 Days in April, We'll Show You How …
The Ultimate Money-Making Photo Workshop
April 16-18, 2010
Nashville, TN
Dear Photographer,
I'm so confident you can easily use your camera to turn your spare time into money-making time -- and have fun doing it -- that I'll help pay for your flight to Nashville to show you how it's done.
Join our experts in person there, and I guarantee: You'll not only have a wonderful time … but you'll come away with the skills you need to turn your photos into cash, and even walk away with the photos you need to get started, right there in your hands. You'll …
- Discover the single, easy, lucrative secret to selling your images online. You don't do ANY marketing. They sell themselves 24 hours a day, even while you sleep. And they can be photos of anything from your houseplant to the Eiffel Tower.
- Find out how to gain "instant global reach" with your photos -- with the simple push of a button. With this trick, you can put a photo online once and sell it in 25 different marketplaces -- automatically. You instantly expand your buyer base and gain the potential to pocket double, triple, even four or five times as much on any given photo … . with essentially no extra work.
- Get the fast, simple formula that makes your photos attract more buyers, almost magnetically. This trick is in how you describe your images. We'll hand you the "keywording tool" that works like magic.
- Come away with photos you can sell the very next day. You'll shoot professional models with an expert at your elbow -- and be grabbing top-quality shots before you go home.
- Cheat your way to pro-level editing in three days flat. The pros "doctor" their shots. Get hands-on practice with an expert guiding you. You'll have in hand images you can sell (even if you’re using a simple point-n-shoot camera).
- Find out how your hometown, your pets, your kids, your vacations can all be photo goldmines. And discover how (even in your spare time) you can take $200 - $700 photographs right in your own back yard …
It doesn't take any special equipment. Or years of experience. In fact, if you can snap a simple photograph, you can do it.
It's just a matter of learning a few easy secrets about what sells best. And let me assure you: It's not rocket science.
This April 16-18, 2010, I hope you'll meet me in Nashville, TN to learn exactly how you can quickly, easily, and enjoyably turn an interest in photography — even if all you've ever done is take family shots at holiday time or on vacation — into fast, fun, easy cash.
In your spare time. No experience necessary.
It's perfectly reasonable to think you could go out and snap photos a handful of hours a week — maybe just Saturday mornings, if that's what you wanted — and earn a few hundred or even a few thousand dollars a month for your efforts.
This Year, Selling
Your Photos
Just Got a Whole Lot Easier
Meet Shelly Perry: To most travelers, a vacation is a time to relax, take in a few museums, enjoy coffee in an outdoor café, eat out, and meet new people. But to Shelly, a vacation is also the ticket to some easy cash …
Take Paris, for instance. She enjoyed the cafes … the lavish meals … the leisurely strolls along the Seine. And she snapped pictures as she went--just like we all do when we're on vacation.
Only Shelly didn't just slide hers into an album when she got home. She sold them. In fact, she's still selling them. And she's spending zero time doing it.
They sell themselves. Even while she's sleeping. And she just collects the checks.
Shelly's photos have shown up all over the world — in glossy magazines like Oprah, Good Housekeeping, and Redbook. On a poster-size ad in a bank window in Chicago. In a coffee-table travel guide to Paris. Even at the American Music Awards – flashed behind Chris Daughtry during one of his live performances …
All because she put them in an online stock photo agency … which is something you can easily do, too.
Meet Holger Mette: Beaches in Honduras … temples in Bangkok … pyramids in Egypt …
Holger Mette is on his way around the world -- a trip he's funding entirely by selling the photos he takes along the way. And he's NOT a professional photographer. In fact, he's an attorney.
About four years ago, he decided to take a sabbatical and travel around the world. He'd always liked taking pictures. And he figured if he could sell some, he could at least get part of his extended vacation paid for. Well, it worked.
And suffice it to say: The sabbatical has turned into more of a lifestyle. He checks in at home in Australia for a few months at a time. But he's back on the road these days. And this trip he's paying for entirely with income his photos are generating along the way. And even better: He doesn't do an ounce of selling. He just enjoys taking the pictures, exploring, meeting new people, seeing the world …
It means he can go snorkeling in the turquoise waters off Utila in Honduras' Bay Islands, snap a shot of a red starfish on the beach, and that shot will sell itself.
He can relax in a cafe on Santorini in Greece, and as the sun sets snap a photo of the whitewashed buildings against the darkening sky. And that shot will sell itself.
He can wander the expanse of stalls at the market in Otavalo, Ecuador, take a photo of a fruit stand stocked with apples and bananas. And that shot will sell itself.
What Holger is doing isn’t anything you can’t learn to do.
And this year we’re going to give you two extra tools to make selling your photographs even easier. One tool will help you upload your photographs to multiple stock photo agencies at the same time (helping you work a whole lot less and make a whole lot more). And the other will help you ensure your photos will be found by photo buyers looking to spend cash on a photo they need for their website design, greeting card cover, billboard and more.
Our Past Workshop Attendees Have
Enjoyed Incredible Successes … Fast
Sue W. attended our workshop in Paris and sold more than $1,500 worth of photos in less than three months of returning home.
Two years ago, Didem L. attended our workshop in Austin. She took a picture of one of the models appearing to have a headache at one of our studio shoots. Health and wellness photos are a hot niche these days and that single photo has now sold over 60 times on istockphoto.com.
Shannon Twiss is another example. After attending our workshop in Paris, she sent me this note …
Five hundred dollars from a single trip. Now that's a great way to defray your travel costs. And it's easily something you can do, too.
Mary Ann Hamilton attended our Paris photography workshop too, and when she returned home, she promptly got three photos shown at the Annual Holiday Members show at the Arts Center of St. Petersburg.
Brenda McGill, one of our workshop graduates from Washington, DC, put what she learned there into action. And soon after, she'd earned her first published photo credit and by-line at SensibleLife.com.
Signe Bucholz, a workshop attendee from Austin, TX started with Big Stock Photos within weeks of the workshop ending, and had her first ten photos accepted …
And the success stories go on … and on …
You'll be Impressed With the Experts Leading
this One-of-a-Kind Workshop, too —
Smart, Generous, and Accessible
David Morgan is a freelance travel writer, photographer, and copywriter based near Knoxville, Tennessee. After college, David back-packed through Asia for six months with little photography experience and a cheap SLR camera and ended up selling his collection of photos for $6,000 when he returned home. Since, his photographs have been published in textbooks and newspapers in the U.S. and abroad and his articles have appeared in Lonely Planet and International Living, among other places. He’ll share how he got started and how you can pair photographs with your travel articles to increase your profits.
Rich Wagner has images hanging in public corporations and private foundations from the Americas to the Far East, but he makes the most money selling photos of his own hometown in Connecticut. Years of experience have made him a master at teaching just about anyone with any kind of camera how to take better pictures and sell them. Rich is the main author of our photography program, Turn Your Pictures Into Cash.
Shelly Perry, from Portland, Oregon, specializes in stock photography. Her images have been seen all over the globe on music CD covers, books, magazines, catalogues, websites, ad campaigns, and even on TV. Just recently, Shelly received an award from Getty Images for her editorial photography work in Istanbul.
Jennifer Stevens is the author of The Ultimate Travel Writer’s Program. In Nashville, she will share secrets for writing saleable travel articles and selling them to editors as well as share insights on what editors are buying now and how you can ensure they’ll buy from you.
Adrian Hitt is a professional pet photographer. She makes a living traveling around the country capturing images of people’s dogs. Her photos have been featured in Pedigree advertisements and magazines like People and Professional Photographer. In Nashville, Adrian will talk about pet photography and turning your hobbies and special interests (like pets) into photography income.
Holger Mette is a travel stock photographer from Australia. After taking a sabbatical from his career as an attorney to travel the world, he figured he could sell some of his travel shots to fund his wanderlust, saw that it worked, and hasn’t stopped traveling and taking photographs since. He’ll talk about travel stock photography, share his most successful images, explain how his days play out in terms of shooting, talk about what he looks for when he gets to a place that’s new to him, and more.
And more including one hobbyist photographer who sold his photos to an airline in-flight magazine to accompany his wife’s travel article and another pro photographer who turned a love of food into a full-time photo business.
This really is your best opportunity yet to jump into the photographer’s lifestyle …
Whether you're interested in adding photos to your travel articles … or you're looking for a way to turn a "hobby" into an income-producing pastime … or you're interested in, quite simply, learning and perfecting a skill that can provide you endless enjoyment, prestige, and fun …
… then I encourage you to join me and my colleagues April 16-18, 2010 in Nashville, TN.
More New Instructors, More Models
and a Bigger Studio — A Rare and Exclusive
Opportunity to Get Pro-Level Instruction in an
Amazing, Professional and Fun Environment
We’re bringing in the models and the studio lights again for this event — just like we did last year. And just like last year, Shelly and our other lead photographers have helped us define trends that are selling right now in the stock photo business (which in and of itself is insider info worth thousands of dollars!).
But instead of just telling you what's working, we're going to make those images come to life for everyone who's at this workshop.
You'll get a chance to work with live models and use your own creativity to come up with images that are perfectly targeted to sell for stock.
We're literally taking all the guess-work out of it. And we'll have on hand these amazing, working photographers who are going to guide you every step of the way.
What’s more, once you finish the studio shoot, you can step into any of the Photoshop lab sessions we’ll have set up and edit your photos on the spot. We’re expanding these sessions to be bigger and better than ever. No experience necessary. And I mean that. We're going to have a pro in each room. And they're going to walk you through every step of the way.
No reading a manual. No staring at the screen trying to figure out what to do next. We'll have somebody on hand to show you exactly how the technology works. That way you'll know exactly how to take an ok shot and turn it into one you can sell for easy cash.
Our experts are going to show you what you need to know — and what you can just ignore. They'll do it in plain English. And they'll shave hours — arguably weeks or months — off your learning curve.
That's what this whole thing is about, really. The idea is that you can come with no experience at all. Just a simple digital camera. And in three days, we'll show you exactly what you need to know to turn photos of your next vacation … your own hometown … and even your pets … into fast, fun, easy cash. In your spare time. No experience necessary.
Comments From Attendees of Previous Ultimate Events
”Every presenter was amazing! I feel I got way more than my money’s worth from this workshop. You packed into three days everything I ever wanted to know about the business side of photography and I learned so many wonderful new technical skills! I’ve had a wonderful time and loved every minute.
“Can’t thank you enough everyone at AWAI! I thought it would be a great conference and it turned out to be even better -- fabulous -- and beyond what I was expecting.
“I’d recommend this workshop to others in a heartbeat! You offer so much, it’s all very well organized, and the depth and detail are impressive! I’ve been a published newspaper writer and photographer and public relations/media relations specialist for the last 27 years. You had so much to teach me about this whole other field and I’m terrifically glad I came.
“I loved your whole format. My first in-person experience with your organization. Each person was super helpful and responsive.”
“I loved this workshop. Lots of excellent information, and easy to understand. And I can put it to use immediately! Thank you, thank you, thank you!”
“It’s a total experience -- lots of learning, lots of socializing, extremely professionally done. You don’t let us down in any area.”
“You were able to take a complex subject and break it into manageable parts that don’t send you into overload. Staff was amazingly helpful. Food was GREAT!! Staff exuded their enjoyment of each other and working together to provide us with a memorable experience.”
“Just great as always. I always learn something important to change the way I photograph. It motivates us to do things on our own and opens our eyes to possibilities available in the world.”
“Everyone is gracious and helpful! This was a wonderfully positive experience. All presenters were very attentive to my questions and needs. Thank you! This was delightful, instructive and energizing. I hope to put what I learned to good use.”
“Mounds of practical information, usable immediately, and variety -- it’s applicable to different levels of experience. Fun, energetic staff, truly committed to members. And very little ‘back of the room’ sales approach. And zero pressure.”
“Lots of good information and the workshops were appropriate for beginners. I was afraid I would be overwhelmed but I was not. The AWAI folks are terrific -- very approachable and helpful.”
“I got exactly what I needed and wanted. I also appreciate the AWAI staff support and community and know that I can get my questions answered. I’m so glad I found the AWAI community - it’s a terrific resource overall and I love the staff’s commitment to their customers.”
“It’s so hands on with simple learning techniques. Great people and all instructors are so nice. I didn’t realize I would love it so much and I can’t wait ‘till the next one!”
“Thank you for a great, well-put together, organized event. This was my first workshop, likely not my last.”
“Lots of bang for the buck. Excellent instructors, well designed programs and amazing food!”
“The value is excellent. I can’t imagine a better way to jump start a career, such sincere, energetic, qualified and friendly lecturers, along with presentations by real world regular people with inspiring and attainable success stories.”
“It is PRACTICAL!! And the content aimed at helping you make money at something you LOVE to do is great -- whether fine art, stock, or magazine publications. There’s something for everyone.”
“Rich Wagner has a refined passion for photography. He not only loves and knows his stuff, his passion resonates, and he really gets you to understand and appreciate whatever it is that he’s teaching. He was awesome! He knew and lived all of the stuff that he taught. He was fun and lively, but his passion for photography was serious. He’s an awesome teacher!”
“Rich tells it like it is, for instance, he tells the class what is truly necessary to be a good photographer and dissuades the class from spending too much money on expensive equipment, etc. His choice to sell photos as fine art is an angle that I enjoyed hearing about.”
“Shelly’s relaxed style and the amount of technical expertise in all aspects of working with microstock photography was such a blessing! I felt she gave us so much -- the real inside story -- and how to succeed. She was so available for questions -- in and out of class. She’s organized and takes the intimidation out of considering pursuing a dream like this.”
“Shelly’s a dynamo in a small package. So genuine. She shares everything she knows so willingly.”
“Shelly is so approachable and enthusiastic about sharing her knowledge with beginners. With her experience in fine art and microstock photography, as well as image processing, she is a fountain of information.”
This program really, really works. And I'm not just saying that …
10 Reasons Why You Won’t Want to Miss this Ultimate Money-Making Photography Workshop
10.If you like taking pictures of your family or snapping vacation photos on your vacations, then you've got the basics to make it in this business. All you need to do is turn your interests and habits into income-earning tools. And that's exactly what our experts can show you how to do this April in Nashville.
9. We’re bringing in live models and studio lights — even more than last year at our highly-successful workshop in New Orleans. Our professional stock photographers have helped us define trends that are selling right now in the stock photo business and we’re going to make those images come to life for everyone at this workshop. Attendees will get a chance to work with live models, use their own creativity to snap saleable images, and they’ll gain hands-on practice with professionals there to guide them.
8. Once you finish the studio shoot, you can step into any of the Photoshop lab sessions we’ll have set up for you to edit your photos on the spot. No experience necessary. You’ll get hand-on practice AND you’ll leave with professional looking (and immediately saleable) shots.
7. A glossy magazine photo can earn you anywhere from $200 to $1200 … if, that is, you know what photo editors are after. And that's just one of the important secrets you'll learn at this event.
6. Our newly added advanced sessions are focused on fun and lucrative niches you may never have considered before. In Nashville a whole new world of opportunity will open up before you. If you’re looking for a new sideline career or a career change altogether, you won’t want to miss this event.
5. Who better to know what it takes to break into the stock photography market than a stock photography photo inspector (that’s someone who is paid to analyze the photos that are submitted for stock and either accept or reject them). We’ll have one on hand at this event.
4. The Ultimate Money-Making Photography Workshop is NOT your standard-fare photo workshop. It’s true you'll spend some time listening to our seasoned pros divulge their secrets … but we've also arranged for you to put what you've learned into practice. You'll be shooting in the studio, getting the "in the trenches" experience you need. And your Photoshop lessons will all be hands-on. That's unlike anything else you'll find on offer. .
3. There’s no other event like this … anywhere. And at these workshops, we make it our business to let you know exactly what editors, photo buyers and stock agencies want. You can’t find this information on the street and it would take you years of trial-and-error to learn it for yourself. There IS no better way to get started.
2. Don't forget the money: You'll find out exactly what you need to do to make your photographs saleable in addition to all the sessions you’ll get on improving your photography from the start.
And the #1 reason why you should attend this event:
Because you can’t afford not to.
This really is your best opportunity yet to jump into the photographer’s lifestyle …
Whether you're interested in adding photos to your travel articles … or you're looking for a way to turn a "hobby" into an income-producing pastime … or you're interested in, quite simply, learning and perfecting a skill that can provide you endless enjoyment, prestige, and fun …
… then I encourage you to join me and my colleagues April 16-18, 2010 in Nashville, TN.
The registration fee for the workshop, which covers admission to three days of intensive (but downright enjoyable, too!) class sessions geared to produce saleable photographs … access to the studio shoots … signed model releases from all our models … help from the staff … is just $1,697 per person.
What's more, no matter when you sign on, if your spouse or a guest would like to join you, he or she can do so for just $999.
There’s no better time than right now to get a second income stream set up through photography…and The Ultimate Money-Making Photography Workshop is also quite possibly, the most affordable photography event you’ll see on our roster. Because I’m going to help you pay for your airfare.
Space is limited, so I encourage you to sign on now. And because it’s the biggest photography event of the year — we expect this event to fill up quickly.
So please, register now or call the Travel Division Office at (202) 370-6459 or toll-free at (866) 415-1425 email: lori@thetravelwriterslife.com
* Other discounts may apply.
Oh, and I nearly forgot …
A special cocktail party
(a reunion for past participants, too)
We love to mix work with pleasure. We believe firmly that whatever work you do should be fun. (That's what photography is all about, after all — you're sort of stretching the definition when you call it "work.")
That’s why I hope you'll join me at a very special cocktail party Friday night, April 16. (Of course, this is included in the price of the workshop.) If you've been to one of our programs before, this is your chance to swap stories and catch up with friends from a previous workshop.
Or, if you’re new to this, you will never have felt so much at home, meeting new people with many of the same interests and tastes that you have — especially when it comes to our two favorite things: traveling and photography.
Not to mention that it will be another chance to talk with our panel of experts as well as other professional photographers, to ask any questions you may have — and get them answered.
You'd be surprised at how many gems get passed along in casual conversation … how rubbing elbows with the experts really can help elevate your own status from amateur to pro.
Register NOW for the Ultimate
Money-Making Photography Workshop
in Nashville, April 16-18, 2010
Time is of the essence! This workshop is just days away so please, get your calendar out, circle April 16-18, 2010, and click below to register today.
There's no more efficient way to channel your passion for photography into a lucrative sideline — fast. Why wait – when you can make it happen now …
We’ll show you how this April in Nashville. So join us! I am really looking forward to seeing you there!
Sincerely,
Lori Allen
Director, AWAI's Travel Division
AWAI’s Photography Workshops Are Worth Every Penny,
but Don’t Take Our Word for It …
“I absolutely got what I came for – it was positive, encouraging, supportive and I’m thrilled.”
“I learned so much without feeling intimidated by the instructors. Everyone was so easy to talk to and that helps people who are naturally shy.”
“I learned a ton! I will need to go home and practice, practice, practice – but at least now I know what to practice doing!”
“It’s very beneficial if you want to use photography in any way. It’s good for all levels of experience.”
“You all did a great job of providing informative, hands on assignments and you made it fun! I also think you made the expectation for this type of work realistic. This far exceeded my expectations – Thanks!”
“After the ‘Getting to Know Your Camera’ session on the first afternoon, my choice to travel the globe for a photography workshop was instantly validated. Considering the fact that we hadn’t even started taking pictures yet, that’s pretty amazing. Also, since we all arrived with different levels of experiences and equipment, these opening sessions helped to level the playing field, so we could all successfully move forward.”
“This was probably the best workshop I’ve ever attended. The speakers kept my interest throughout the program, even with the jet-lag & late nights. Thanks.”
Pricing and What's Included
Ultimate Money-Making Photography Workshop
– April 16-18, 2010 in Nashville
PRICE: $1,697
- Three full days of intensive class sessions
- Marketing advice from professional photographers Rich Wagner, Shelly Perry and other professional photographers
- A special photographer’s cocktail and past-attendee reunion Friday evening
- Assistance throughout the program from our staff
- Access to the studio shoots
- Signed model releases from all our models
* This price includes the workshop only. The cost of your transportation to and from Nashville, your in-town transportation, meals not listed above, and your overnight accommodations, is extra.
PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT: We strongly suggest you protect your investment by purchasing trip-cancellation insurance, and we would be happy to recommend a policy to you. Please ask us about it when you sign up.
CANCELLATION POLICY: The Ultimate Money-Making Photography Workshop is non-refundable. If you cancel due to medical reasons that are covered by your purchased travel-insurance policy, we will advise the insurance company that your travel and conference fees are non-refundable.
Travel Details
Hotel Preston
733 Briley Parkway
Nashville, Tennessee 37217
For reservations call: (615) 361-5900
www.hotelpreston.com
When making your reservations, make sure to say you're part of the "Ultimate Photography Workshop" group.
Questions?
Call the Travel Division Office at …
Phone: (202) 370-6459 or toll-free at (866) 415-1425
Email:lori@thetravelwriterslife.com
American Writers & Artists Inc.
245 NE 4th Ave., Ste 102
Delray Beach, FL 33483
(561) 278-5557 or (866) 879-2924
www.awaionline.com