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Amy has been a part of the wedding industry for over four years, carving out a space where creativity, authenticity, and human connection come together seamlessly. Specialising in capturing the raw emotion and beauty of a couple’s most important day, she’s built a reputation for her ability to document moments that feel both timeless and deeply personal.Though weddings are the heart of her business and her primary focus, Amy also enjoys stepping into other areas of photography, including family portraits and branding work. These sessions allow her to explore different dynamics and creative challenges, keeping her inspired and constantly evolving as an artist.Throughout the growth of her business—through trial, error, and plenty of learning—Amy has remained grounded in one core belief: that photography is about so much more than just images. For her, it's about capturing the true essence of people and the connections between them. That intention has guided her from the very beginning and continues to be the foundation of everything she does.

Alex Vita runs a website called ForegroundWeb.com which is all about photography websites.Alex started out as a photographer himself, and has experienced the struggles of finding work, shooting weddings, having his own portrait studio, and learning to build photography websites through firsthand trial-and-error. Since then he's been a successful freelancer, gathering experience from over 200 projects, both small and large, everything from beginner photographers to full-time pros and large agencies.He help photographers grow their photography business with a stellar web presence, in two ways:He either build websites for them, he have almost twenty years of experience, having worked on over 200 websites for photographers from 25 countriesor he helps to teach photographers how to improve their online business themselves:a ton of educational content (articles, newsletter, resources)website teardowns and SEO audits, showing them where they need to improveconsulting & strategy callsAlex's clients are pro or semi-pro photographers selling licenses or photo-based products online (prints, calendars, books, workshops, photo tours, etc.)

Johl has successfully operated both wedding and portrait photography studios for over 20yrs and has now turned his hand to helping other photographers grow their passion into a fulfilling & thriving business.Now a full-time mindset and business coach Johl helps ambitious photographers build highly profitable businesses by creating a sales & marketing engine as well as completely rewiring their subconscious programming & limiting beliefs. It is a process that is designed in a particular order to slowly move his clients through changing habits, routines & thought patterns so new opportunities & ideas surface and their businesses start to thrive. It’s a holistic approach that reduces stress, achieves balance, enhances fulfilment & brings about wild business success.

Luke is a Toronto based wedding photographer and has been photographing love stories since 2013, and is very much a self proclaimed romantic. He runs his full time photography business Cleland Photographs with his wife Allie. Luke is passionate about giving his clients a fine art product that is both authentic and timeless. Some of his favourite weddings to photograph have been located close to home in Toronto, and in South Carolina where he met his wife in University. He has also had the privilege to travel across the globe to Paris, London, New York City, Los Angeles and Hong Kong capturing beautiful love stories. While he photographed his first wedding in high school, he didn’t realize this budding photography career was a viable option. But throughout his BFA in Graphic Design, he continued to build his photography skills and portfolio, and by the time he graduated in 2013, he had a summer full of weddings to shoot and never looked back.Recently, he has started a Youtube channel where he educates photographers not only on how to be a wedding photographer, but to learn how to shoot weddings while thinking like an artist.

Jeff Brown is an International Photography Business Mentor and Best Selling Photography Business Author, having delivered courses and workshops around the world, Jeff works closely with photographers from all niches and photographic backgrounds.He personally mentors photographers in over 20 countries worldwide, helping them develop their brand to become the “Go-To Photographer” in their niche and achieve the success they deserve. Part of Jeff’s major focus and teachings are in the areas of Mindset, Self Belief, Goal Setting and Consistency. It’s essential to have a mindset for success and a clear path to follow, no photographercan grow or succeed without goals, direction and a positive mindset to achieve.Jeff has written 4 best selling photography books – The Photographers Missing Link-edIn The Ambitious Photographer’s Journal Help My Photography Website Needs More Customers The Photographer’s Gratitude & Mindset JournalHe writes for several photography magazine and associations and is also an ambassador for OM System, The British Photography Awards, Studio Ninja, The Societies of Photographers, President of The BIPP, and the UK and US Brand Ambassador for The Shutter Studio App.Website:www.thephotographersmentor.comFacebook:www.facebook.com/JeffBrownThePhotographersMentorLinkedIn:www.linkedin.com/in/thephotographersmentorAmazon:https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jeff%20Brown/author/B09M76J1XK

Having founded her business in 2017 after turning to photography as a way to help recover from postnatal depression; Lauren Chambers quickly specialised in wedding photography. Growing up and living on the iconic Causeway Coast of Northern Ireland, it's no surprise that Lauren quickly started shooting elopements. Combining her love for capturing moments and landscapes Lauren's style has earned her recognition with awards, but it's the feedback and connection she gets from her couples that brings her the most joy. She has built a business that is rooted in her core values and allows her to be a mum to her two children. Lauren also hosts and runs Capture Love; a retreat and workshop for women in the wedding photography industry. She is extremely passionate about supporting other women in the industry and building community. Lauren loves the business side and believes that you can have a values based business that is profitable. In a time of uncertainty she has diversified her business and strengthened it. She shares how she has done that whilst staying true to her core values and ensuring her businesses work for her. https://litphotographyni.com/capture-love-northern-ireland-elopement-workshop/

Starting as a political news and celebrity portrait photographer in DC, Sam was instantly drawn to wedding photography as a space to promote more inventive ideas. Sam’s focus is on photographic techniques that are deceptively simple but have the potential to transform difficult or uninspiring shooting environments into one-of-a-kind opportunities for every photo made.

Faye Cornhill is a business coach to the wedding industry. With her signature mix of positivity, motivation and common sense, she specialises in helping aspirational business owners follow their dreams of making it in the world of weddings. Faye's career as a business coach follows a decade of hands-on experience as one of the UK's leading fine art wedding photographers. Today, as well as working one-to-one with many of the wedding industry's movers and shakers, Faye also runs The Wedding Business Club. This private members club has become a thriving community of wedding professionals from all across the globe. Faye firmly believes that mindset is the foundation for any successful business. Her followers praise her ability to inspire and energise and she is commended by prominent figures in the industry for leading by example. Find out more at www.fayecornhillcoaching.co.uk and www.theweddingbusinessclub.com or on Instagram www.instagram.com/fayecornhill

Adam is based in the county of Staffordshire in the United Kingdom where he operates his down-to-earth wedding photography business. Adam has lofty dreams of where he wants to take his business but unlike most, they don't involve working too far from his hometown. He values connections with everyone he meets and even more so his friends and family hence the local focus of his brand/business. With the help of his vast array of Insta360 cameras and his super likeable personality Adam has become widely known as "Mr Behind the Scenes". A business niche which was nurtured by his love for organic growth within his Instagram and now TikTok. If you haven't seen one of Adam's Behind the Scenes videos then check out this one.If you'd like to hear more about Adam and his passion for Behind the Scenes content then you can actually go and see him talk in person at this year's Click Live Expo in Coventry, UK on Sunday, June the 23rd at 12:00. You can read more about Adam's appearance at Click Live and the multitude of other educational offerings Adam is working on via dropping by his Education side of his website.