The Guild offers a range of services for members.
Seminars, Training days, Residential Courses, Master Classes to enable you to select the most appropriate to your needs
A highly regarded training Video
Assessments leading to Certification and the prestigious award - Craftsman in Wedding Photography
An enjoyable monthly News Sheet to keep you up to date
Competitions providing unlimited publicity opportunities - and prizes too!
Professional Indemnity Insurance - essential reassurance for both you and your clients
Useful marketing accessories including a lapel badge, logos, window sticker, a large white umbrella, tasteful carrier bags for your finished work, and press releases
Recommendation service for craftsmen
The keystone of The Guild is Wedding Photography TODAY the Manual of Professional Wedding Photography. Each month you'll receive about ten pages of the manual and after a few months you will discover how these are building up into a complete 'workshop manual' of wedding photography divided into nine sections: Posing, Just Starting, Lighting, Technique, Portfolio, Marketing, Business, Miscellany and Production.
Each month you should implement some of the topics presented, whether these be on photography or marketing, simple technique or inspiration. There is enough to occupy you without overwhelming you.
What you personally derive from the manual depends upon your own present situation. Newcomers obtain basic and essential instruction. More experienced members find inspiration and the monthly nudge a cure for complacency. For those with staff or operators it is an invaluable source of training expertise. Those with an insatiable thirst for knowledge may accelerate their acquisition by the bulk purchase of monthly sections. If you opt for twenty, for example, you will receive a free binder to keep them in.