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NORWICH SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY

PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES

FOR BEGINNERS

Our courses are for people with little or no photographic experience. Barrett & Coe wedding and portrait photography training courses are unique. No one else has trained more than 200 people to earn their living from portrait and/or wedding photography. Incomes in excess of £40,000 in the first year immediately after a course are not unusual.

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MARKETING GROUP FOR ESTABLISHED PHOTOGRAPHERS

Revolutionise your business. Established photographers earn in excess of £50,000 a year who reach the Barrett & Coe standard may join the network.

PORTRAIT LEADS FOR ESTABLISHED PHOTOGRAPHERS

 

Emma's Diary have selected the Barrett & Coe network to be their recommended photographers in the ever increasing field of pregnancy and baby photography.

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PHOTOGRAPHY FRANCHISE

We offer a unique and exciting photography franchise that can be used to supplement your current income or as a prestigious full time occupation with high remuneration.

All our existing Franchisees had little or no experience in photography, but achieved professional photography qualifications within a short time of starting their training with Barrett and Coe.

We operate exclusively at the top end of the market so that gross margins are high and, because most franchisees work from home, overheads are low.

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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES

Digital photography courses are available for anyone whether or not they have had previous connections with Barrett & Coe.

Digital photography knowledge is an essential ingredient for success in creating a profitable photographic business.

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QUALIFICATIONS

When you complete a Barrett & Coe photography course you will receive a B & C qualification grade 1,2 or 3. Most of our students quickly achieve a licentiate qualification with the Master Photographers Association.

Click here to see some qualification panels

PHOTOGRAPHERS WEBSITE

Click here and you will be able to see the work of each of the students who following their course have joined our network of photographers. Many are now highly successful award winning photographers.

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Barrett & Coe - the UK's most successful wedding and portrait training courses for beginners

All our students knew little or nothing about professional photography before starting our course

Over 200 Barrett & Coe graduates now have a successful wedding and or portrait photography business

Listed below are the websites of just a few students who had little or no experience of photography before they came on  Barrett & Coe course:

 

Tom Murphy www.tommurphyphoto.com
Dorian Harris www.dorianharris.co.uk
Dawn Wellbelove www.flutterby-photography.co.uk
Tony Woods www.artisstudios.com
Dennis Harris www.dennisharris.uk.net
Martin Wise www.martinwise.co.uk
Andrew Banks www.andrewbanksphotography.co.uk
Peter Evans www.peterevansphoto.com
Graham Goulton www.californiaphotography.co.uk
Chris Taylor www.christaylorphoto.co.uk
Kate Evans www.kateevansphotography.co.uk
Ian Vickery www.ianvickeryphotography.org.uk
Tony Quill www.quillphoto.co.uk
Steve Clegg www.pro-vista.com

 

Listed below are the Portrait sales of our leading network members for March:

 

Portrait Sales Mth

Surname

Value £

Hale

Mierkalns

Callaghan

Evans

Hop Barn

Smith

6969.18

5855.31

5790.00

5109.00

5005.00

3860.00

 

Portrait Sales YTD

Surname

Value £

Hop Barn

Hale

Mierkalns

Anderson

Callaghan

Evans

21017.74

15215.99

14745.08

10040.00

8045.00

7942.00

 

Portrait Sales (General) Highest Mth

Surname

Value £

Mierkalns

Hop Barn

Hop Barn

1872.34

795.00

690.00

 

Portrait Sales (General) Highest YTD

Surname

Value £

Hop Barn

Mierkalns

Hop Barn

3545.00

1872.34

1750.00

 

Wedding Scoring

Each Barrett & Coe wedding is critiqued and given a percentage score by Andrew Coe and Brian Barrett based on Composition, Lighting, Expression, Posing and Space.

Below are the current scores of our top members:

 

Member # 19 81%
Member # 34 81%
Member # 52 80%
Member # 31 80%
Member # 10 80%
Member # 23 80%
Member # 17 80%
Member # 30 80%
Member #25 79%
Member # 57 78%
Member # 68 77%
Member # 59 76%
Mmeber # 35 72%

 

 

More successful course students

On finishing the course Barrett & Coe are the only people who can provide immediate bookings so that you have a profitable business from your very first day i.e. we can do all the marketing and appointment bookings for you. All you have to do is take the photographs and the money

It is not possible to learn all that is required to operate and run a professional photography business on a 2 or 3 day course. This is why our courses are spread over a 3 or 6 month period to give you the time to asimilate all the knowledge required.

The following images are all from graduates of Barrett & Coe courses. They are from weddings during 2007 in the following locations

  • The Tower of London
  • Downing College
  • Forest of Arden Hotel
  • The Savoy
  • Durham Castle
  • Bolton Castle
  • Zermatterhoff Hotel, Zermatt
  • Marriott Hanbury Manor Hotel
  • Langley Castle
  • The Ritz
  • Goodwood Marriott Hotel
  • Dalhousie Castle
  • Lumley Castle
  • Norwich Cathederal
  • Raven Wood Hall

     

We can teach you to take photographs like this by next year even through you have no knowledge or experience. Just call Andrew on 07771 880641

Please click here to view more images and venues...

 

The next Barrett & Coe Portrait and Social photography training courses begin in May 2008:

 

Places available:         Option 2 Portrait Course

                                     Option 2 Social Course

 

One Day Seminar - 30th March 2008 - Birmingham

                   Click here for more information

 

 

 

                           Spain Trip April 2008

 

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Colin Buck presenting Brian Barrett with the MPA Presidential Award in recognition of the outstanding contributions to the Master Photographers Association and the well being of the Photographic industry.

 



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Visit our Portrait Photography website


All photographers featured are graduates from our portrait or social photography course

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Andrew Coe & Brian Barrett - Recognised as two of the leading teachers of wedding and portrait photography in the world today.  Contemporary, Reportage and Hip photography from the masters.

Andrew Coe; "We teach a skill, and how to make money out of it as fast as possible."

We have trained over 200 people from all walks of life, who are now making a good living from their professional wedding and portrait photography.

Many students have earned their course fees back before the end of the course, sometimes achieving portrait sales in excess of £1000. (click for an example)

Following completion of your course your weddings and portraits will look like you have been a professional photographer for 10 years or more. (click for an example)

Nationally renowned judges for the Master Photographers Association and the British Institute of Professional Photographers, George Dawber, Peter Ellis, Ray Lowe, Llewellyn Roberts and many others have said that licentiate qualification panels from Barrett & Coe course attendees are of a consistently higher standard than the other panels they judge.

To view recent qualification images click here.


No other social photography course has achieved such an outstanding record of success.


To view recent testimonials click here.

To view recent letters from students click here.

See what Bride's say about our students wedding photography click here.


Course benefits include:

  • The facility to accompany and/or assist top photographers at real weddings and portrait shoots.

  • One to one consultancy to help you start up your business.

  • Continuous critiquing service throughout the course.

  • Option to join the Barrett & Coe Network which will supply you with the following to enable you to launch a profitable business from month one:

  • Weddings leads.

  • Portrait leads.

  • Discounts with album manufacturers, laboratories, yell.com and confetti.co.uk

  • Promotional literature, price lists and vouchers.

  • Ongoing training in the latest digital technology, reportage and hip photography styles.

  • Training and assistance to gain qualifications and awards.

  • Sales aides.

  • Exclusive, cutting edge and innovative products not available to other photographers.

  • Unique software and digital systems to increase profitability.
  • Training photographic trips to Italy, France and Latvia with local models in stunning locations with Brian and Andrew helping you add to your skills.
  • Visits to top photographers including Henk van Kooten, European Photographer of the Year. To visit Henk's website click here.

  • Presence on one of the leading wedding websites in the UK receiving on average more than 300 visits per day.  Presence on one of the leading portrait websites in the UK.  All enquiries received immediately forwarded straight to the nearest photographer in the group.


    All of the above is available to all those completing one of our courses.



 

LATEST NEWS

 

All photographers featured are graduates from our portrait or social photography course

 

 

 

 

Bride of The Year 2007

Bedfordshire Franchisee Richard Clark's customers Mr & Mrs Pinkney have won the Barrett & Coe Bride of The Year Competition 2007. The couple will receive...

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Barrett & Coe Franchisee of The Year

This award goes to Suzanne Stinton-Heeley for the outstanding progress and sales she has made throughout 2007. Suzanne has won...

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Wonderful Christmas Gift for Carol

Carol Woodland of Bridgewater received the pefect gift for herself and husband Gary Bishop when she won the Barrett
& Coe wedding photography competition that featured in Perfect Weding Magazine...

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Distance is no object for Sarah!

There are not that many people who would see a 6000+ mile round trip - that takes 14 hours each way - once a month for 3 months for training -- as a simple process...

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Spain Photography Trip

Having presented successful and enjoyable photography workshops in Naplaes for the past 2 consecutive years, Barrett & Coe will be hosting this years' trip to Melegis, Spain.

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Franchisee Success!

Leicestershire based Barrett & Coe franchisee Adam Smith celebrated last week after achieving his BIPP Licentiate award and receiving great reviews from the panel of judges...

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Latest Training Course

Our latest Wedding and Portrait training courses started in July and run over 1 Sunday a month until December...

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Fantastic Photography

Barrett & Coe is a carefully selected group of elite photographers who have all completed training courses in Norwich...

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Wedding Training Day

There are 4 wedding training days and 8 portrait training days a year for Barrett & Coe members...

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National Publicity

A Barrett & Coe wedding was featured in the September edition of Perfect Weddings magazine...

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Barrett & Coe and Daley Thompson

Two times Decathlon gold medalist Daley Thompson, one of the greatest atheletes of all time coached a group of budding 2012 Olympic hopefuls from Milton Keynes Athletic Club...

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Emma's Diary Partnership
Emma's Diary have selected the Barrett & Coe network to be their recommended photographers in the ever increasing field of pregnancy and baby photography....

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Fantastic Sales
Suzanne Stinton-Heely, from Hereford, who trained on the Barrett & Coe portrait course from June to December 2004 and took a franchise in January 2005, has had record sales to start only her 3rd year as a photographer....

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THE ITALIAN JOB - FANTASTIC PHOTOGRAPHY AND A LOT OF FUN!

The Barrett & Coe Naples trip from Thursday 27th April to Tuesday 2nd May which was hosted by the Sarlo family, was a hugh success.  This excursion was part of the ongoing programme of intensive workshops aimed at ensuring that all Barrett & Coe members are 'fantastic photographers.'

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ABOUT US

Brian Barrett and Andrew Coe have an outstanding record of training people to become accomplished award-winning wedding and portrait photographers.

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CASE HISTORIES

Our franchisees and students come from many different backgrounds.

During the last four and a half years we have trained more than 200 people to earn a full or part time living in Photography.

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HISTORY

Barrett & Coe are using the same studio that was used by Albert Edward Coe to photograph the citizens of Norwich in 1863.  It is the oldest surviving purpose-built studio in the world.
Andrew Coe is the great great grandson of Albert Coe.

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Barrett and Coe Limited is registered in England and Wales - Company No. 02751893 - VAT Registration No. 595 3171 19
Registered Office - Bank Chambers, Market Place, Reepham, Norfolk, NR10 4JJ.

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