Reply To: Am I flooding the market by teaching photography?

[mortalexander]

I’m not entirely sure what the college goals are, as long at the students seem happy and we keep getting to come back I think that makes the college happy. These are not part of any course where you would earn a degree but we do have them fill out “feedback” and submit that to those in charge. I have come across several talented photographers and I do encourage them. When I hear someone ask about wedding help I politely tell them that I cannot answer their questions without asking them some very advanced questions first which they can never answer (like are they using continuous or available light or ocf and they understand then that they are way over their head) and am always quick to explain that you only have one chance at a wedding!

This class does lead into a part 2 Intro class but we don’t do any portraiture/lighting in there either. It’s really a more in depth look at the setting we went over in the first class like in week 4 we go over white balance but in the week 4 part 2 class we go over custom white balance and so on.

What I need help with is, how do I get across to them in the first class that they should not be starting a business and charging until they are much better?