Are you wondering how to teach photography? Perhaps you’re wanting to teach to beginners or be a photography mentor or business coach. If so, you’re in luck! In this blog post, we will discuss 12 different ways that you can teach photography and generate some extra income.
Teaching photography can be a great way to share your knowledge with others, and it can also be a very lucrative endeavor. But you’re probably thinking how do I even start teaching photography? If you’re ready to learn more about how to teach photography, read on! Don’t miss our large selection of already done for you workshop kits for photographers.
Teach Photography and Offer Private Lessons
You can advertise your services online or in local camera shops, and you can set your own rates. Private lessons are a great way to earn some extra income, and they also give you the opportunity to work one-on-one with students. You could become their photography tutor. Remember to charge what you’re worth for this 1 on 1 experience. This should be priced way more than a workshop class.
Remember you don’t have to just teach about how to photograph. You can also teach the business side of things and your workflow!
Pro tip: If you’re wanting to start making money by teaching photography, start posting TikTok videos! This is a great way to get a new audience with people who are really interested in learning about the topic you want to teach about.
Teach Photography To Beginner Photographers:
You can teach this class in person or online. This would go over photography basics such as settings and lighting. We have photography lesson plans and everything all included in our Workshop Kit: How To Teach Beginner Photography.
Teach a photography class to parents!
There are always parents looking for ways to capture memories of their children. You can even offer this to your current clients if you are a portrait photographer. Want the photography lesson plans already done for you? Visit our site and check out Workshop Kit: How To Take Better Photos Of Your Kids.
Teach photography to kids!
This is a great way to make extra money especially on school breaks! You could also use these lesson plans to teach a course on Outschool! My kids have taken several classes through there and they absolutely love it! We have this content already done for you in Teach A Photography Class to Kids.
Set up a content day!
What’s a content day? This is where you plan out a super aesthetic photoshoot and invite other photographers. You don’t even have to teach them anything but you can let them take photos for their portfolio! This is a great way to earn extra money!
Teach a photography class to aspiring newborn photographers!
If you’re a newborn photographer looking to make some extra money start offering this course! We have this entire course already done for you, all you have to do is promote it! You can swap out the sample photos or use the ones in the kit. This has everything you need to start teaching newborn photography.
Pro tip: You could also start taking photographs of your newborn setups and start selling them on sites like Etsy as digital backdrops.
Teach a flash photography workshop!
Are you a lighting guru? This one is for you! You can use these lessons plans to teach a workshop on how to use flash photography! This is perfect for those who want to learn more about artificial lighting and how to use it in their photography.
Find a workshop host and teach a class in a different part of the country or world!
This is a very popular option. So basically you would charge like you normally would for the workshop in that specific area. The host would be in charge of finding the people that want to take the workshop, location and food that would be involved! You could compensate the host by giving them a free ticket to your workshop. This is a mutually beneficial relationship between you and the host.
Teach a wedding photography class or a live action session.
If you wanted to go the traditional route you could have a couple dress up and you could teach wedding posing or the basics of owning and operating a wedding photography business. But let’s say someone is wanting to break into the wedding photography world and is needing real life experience. You could give them a mentoring session and also let them assist on one of your wedding events. Make sure the couple is ok with this and make sure there is contract signed between you and the assistant. Also make sure to go over any rules you have about assistants and have them sign a contract stating how they can use these images. Check out our workshop kit all about how you can teach wedding photography.
Start posting your editing workflow on socials and Youtube.
I’ve seen plenty of photographers take off by posting how they edit. You could make tutorials on how to use Photoshop, Lightroom or whatever editing process you use to get those amazing images. From there you could start teaching photography courses about these techniques in depth.
Start creating your ebooks on how to pose or how to grow your photography business.
What information are you getting asked over and over? This is great information to begin with when thinking about what courses to start offering. You could make an ebook on sites like CANVA. If you want to make a career out of teaching photography this is definitely something I would do!
Start teaching a course on boudoir photography.
This niche has exploded over the years. Now is definitely the time. There is so much to teach when it comes to posing, empowerment, products to offer, privacy and more! Want to get a head start on teaching others how to do boudoir? Check out our Boudoir Workshop Kit.
This is just the beginning of ways that you can make money teaching photography! If you have any other ideas, be sure to leave them in the comments below. And if you’re looking for more resources on how to teach photography, be sure to check out our website! We offer a variety of products, including workshop kits and online courses that can help you get started teaching photography. So what are you waiting for? Start earning some extra income today by teaching photography!
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