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Photographic training course - TestimonialsThere are simply no other courses in Wedding and Portrait photography that enable so many students to start a successful business from home or a studio within four months of joining a course
Maggie Clothier - Portrait Course, January 2012
Sue Rollason - Portrait Course, January 2012
Ros Stephens - Portrait Course, January 2012
Hazel Faint - Portrait Course, December 2011
Sue Maisfield - Portrait Course, December 2011
Simon Brice - Portrait Course, December 2011
Alex Manciani - Wedding Course, December 2011
Russell Pieters - Wedding Course, December 2011
Kim Wright - Portrait Course, December 2011
Gregg Smith - Portrait Course, December 2011
I have found every seminar inspiring, giving me lots of enthusiasm and confidence. Andrew’s winning formula really works and to meet a top ten UK photographer was also a highlight. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the course to friends, its been worth every penny, a big thank you to the B&C team."
I am planning a move to Australia and looking to establish a photography business so I will keep in touch. Who knows what the future holds? Should B&C wish to expand in the future our paths might cross again!" Agata Sladek, portrait and wedding course, July 2011
I completed both the Portrait and Wedding courses, and am now working from my own studio a few miles from my home. The training was excellent and provided me with all the tools needed to produce professional and creative images. I have ongoing support through the Barrett & Coe mentoring program providing advanced training and marketing advice. I love the job and can't imagine doing anything else!" Heather Neudecker, Portrait and Wedding couse, January 2010
"Please find attached as promised the questionnaires completed by the couple from my first wedding. Needless to say I was delighted with the scores. The father of one of the brides (it was a civil partnership) was so impressed with me, that he's flying me over to Norway this weekend to do some work for him!
Jeff's customer said... Jeff Sham, Wedding course, January 2011
Ian Wilson, Wedding course, April 2011
Carl Reeve, Wedding course, April 2011
Natalie Bilston, Portrait course, April 2011
I had a viewing last night with a client that had already been to one of my nearest competitors (in business for over 20 years) and she mentioned during the shoot that she didn’t like the way that photographer acted with her baby. The client bought a collection 3 from our price list, has already pre booked for her baby’s 6 month birthday with me and has decided not to go back to the other photographer! I just wanted to let you know and I’m positive that the training I have received with Barrett & Coe photography training has really helped me run my own studio. " Jonathan Holt, Barrett & Coe Aberdeen, attended Portrait course October 2009
This weekend was another seminar in the Barrett & Coe portrait photography course, and an enjoyable day it was too. We covered several subjects, some of which I found to be useful revision, such as environmental photography and Hollywood makeover, some of the stuff was entirely new to me such as pet photography and scoring photographs for contests. I found learning about the scoring really useful, basically each photograph is scored based on five different criteria, and each criterion is scored separately and independently. To ensure that we got the drift of this, we each had to score several photographs, at the same time as one of the tutors, who is an experienced judge. There were prizes for the three students who scored closest to the judge. I have to admit that apart from the first and last photograph, my own views were wildly different from the judge, but for once when they tooted up my scores, I was close enough to win a prize, a ten quid voucher for use at a professional photography lab, my first photography prize, hopefully not the last. The session I enjoyed the most was the hollywood makeover session. This is promoted as an extra to the normal portrait or event photography session. It is done quickly and is supposed to lead to extra sales. The set up was straightforward enough, and we practiced on a couple of models, and I was quite happy with the results. Taken from the blog of student Luke Fisher - Portrait course April 2011 Blog address: http://fatphotographer.wordpress.com/
“I have attended other courses and wish I hadn’t wasted the money! – Should have done this one years ago. I have found the course to be comprehensive and detailed. The practical days were excellent and the structure of the exam day gave a feel of a ‘real’ wedding.” Jillian Dixon, Wedding Course, January 2011
“A great experience, giving everything you need to start professionally.” Rebecca Challis, Portrait Course, January 2011
“A relaxed but comprehensive introduction to the business of photography.” Ian Wilson, Portrait Course, January 2011
“The course has given me an amazing amount of confidence which was one of my main objectives. I have come home from each visit full of enthusiasm and confidence. The course is so practical and directly relates to real life. The staff have been lovely. The team are clearly are very experienced and knowledgeable and always happy to impart this to others. Expert knowledge and advice is worth paying for and so on this basis I feel it has been money very well spent. I would advise anyone thinking about taking the course to stop thinking about it and sign up and give it everything they can.” Catherine Price, Portrait Course, January 2011
“A fast paced, full, challenging but brilliant course. I have come away knowing so much more. Make sure you practise furiously – take a photo every day!” Liz Gladwin, Wedding Course, January 2011
“An excellent mix of practical and theory covering all aspects of photography and running a photographic business.” Stuart Turner, Wedding course, January 2011
“Excellent experience, expanded my photography knowledge yet again. 10/10” Andrew Taylor, Portrait Course, January 2011
I offered shoot and view sessions to tempt people to make the effort as they would only have to come once, and this worked well. I even did one baby sitting where the family came in off the street with no planned appointment. I did a shoot and a view and had £200 within two hours. I don't think I would have had the confidence to do this prior to our session, thanks a lot." Brian Elwood commenting on the extreme weather conditions in December 2010. Attended Portrait & Wedding Course in October 2009
Sue Burton, Portrait Course, December 2010
“I have found every member of Barrett & Coe business/network to be friendly and helpful. Your integrity and honesty come across and I also like the fact that Barrett & Coe are not hard sell merchants”.
“I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed joining you to take the portrait course. I really miss coming up to Norwich for seminar days!”
"A big thank you to everyone involved in the Portrait training for all the terrific hard work and organisation that went with it. It was once again a lively, fun and very informative day. The location was excellent”.
“It is very rare that I feel strongly enough to put pen to paper (computer keyboard in this instance) but I feel obliged to do so today.
Since my first attendance at Norwich all members of Barrett & Coe have been helpful, accommodating and approachable making my experience pleasurable.
People are all too quick to criticise and slow to praise but I feel no amount of praise high enough to thank you all”.
“I confess I was slightly hesitant as I set out at 5.30am on Friday morning wondering if I could actually become a wedding and portrait photographer. However, by the end of Saturday I began to realise that if I listened and watched, then I could learn enough to actually become what I desire to be. All of the sessions were very good, but if I had to pick two that stood out for me it was the session “Mentally preparing for a Wedding” – that was just so helpful; and the session that we had ion the church where in two hours I learnt more about taking people pictures than I have going to other courses over the last two years”.
I still consider myself very much a rookie in photography and its a daily learning experience, but I once again want to say thanks for the fantastic experience I enjoyed at Barrett & Coe for it made a major impact to my photography. I have held on to many principles taught to me and was recently in London doing a feature on the Chelsea pensioners. I photographed the top model Caprice this morning and the first thought that came into my head when taking the photographs was what I was taught in Norwich on my very first day. There are countless other things that I come across and thanks to my trips to Norwich, I can put them into practice. I enjoy a good salary and enjoy taking photographs for others and myself. I can trace that first step into a professional photography career to Barrett & Coe." Gavan Caldwell, Wedding Course
“Barrett & Coe is an outstanding company. They not only share their knowledge and experience with all their students but also show dedication to the work they do. As a pupil there is so much I have learnt and feel they have given me outstanding help”.
At the time you wonder is the Barrett & Coe wedding course worth the money but it has proved invaluable for the weddings, and you realise how good the practical day was. It is a great asset that you can get very successful franchisees to offer support and are good role models”.
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"Thoroughly enjoyable. It pushed and challenged us from day one but at no point did I feel it was unachievable. I felt we were in the hands of experts and as I’m taking on a Franchise, have no doubt that I’ll get the support I need."
"The course was proved very informative about the wedding process from start to finish and how to plan and undertake a wedding professionally."
"Great to have a mix of technique and commercial side of running a business in one course. I feel I’ve learnt a lot about how to make a profitable business from Photography."
"The course provided me a very comprehensive introduction to portrait photography which was inspirational. The balance between practical and business advice was just right and has left me feeling very confident about my future options." 
"Another very enjoyable, positive and relevant learning experience which has provided a good balance between practical portrait photogrpahy, theory and business management. I shall miss Sunday meetings in Ware each month. Thank You." 
"Whether or not you intend to make money out of photography, if you are taking photos of people you'll love this course! Thanks very much." 
"It was very enjoyable and I learnt so much. I'm looking forward to attending the Portrait course." 
"The course was excellent. I now have the knowledge to be comfortable shooting a wedding." Paul Brooks - Wedding Course, December 2011
"Having never used a camera before the day I arrived to start my course, I feel having completed my exam, excited at the potential in photography before me. I felt on the day of taking my exam that everything started to click together and I can really start to enjoy taking pictures. The most important bit for me was on the practical side - taking the practice photos. Plus critique of homework was invaluable."
"Greatly informative - learnt a huge amount." 
"A great course, I've learnt so much about photography, my camera and setting up a business. I'm really pleased with my results. My advice to future candidates would be keep practising the homework shots." 
"I will be taking the next step in becoming a professional photographer and joining the Barrett & Coe franchise. They have provided the support and advice complete with confidence building training to help fully support the set up and successful running of a fully running studio. The two words of advice I can give if you're looking for a career in wedding or portrait photography is DO IT." 
"Enjoyable, informative, inspirational." 
"Course far exceeded expectations. I arrived as someone with a very good understanding of the technology (camera's etc.) but knew so little about performing a professional shoot." 
"After just two days the course has imparted a great deal of knowledge. The method is simple (relatively) and is obviously tried and tested. The pace of the course is fast and the practical sessions invaluable. Thank you for all the expert tips." 
"Informative, challenging and exciting - can't believe that in only two days I have been able to generate excellent portrait images." Bernie Ramsay, portrait course, October 2011
"Excellent! Even better than the wedding course - would definitely recommend both to others. I enjoyed it so much I have bought a franchise and can't wait to open my studio." 
"Amazed, astounded in fact!. The amount of information I have learnt and how much my images have improved since the beginning. I have loved every minute of it (including the real time exam tension!) and feel completely confident taking the next steps to launch into my photography career. The course has given me such a broad spectrum of the type of portrait images I can take and importantly how to apply sales and marketing techniques to really make it a profitable business. 
"I found the whole course excellent, a well balanced combination of practical photography skills with essential business knowledge."
"The course is over and I would like to thank all B&C team for a fantastic time. You made me feel welcome and I really learnt a lot. Special thanks to Andrew who convinced me to join the course. 
"I used to work in Marketing for a software development company, designing websites, literature and organising exhibitions. Having always loved photography I wanted to turn professional but found the prospect daunting. I came across Barrett & Coe which seemed to offer the perfect balance of guided support within a franchise framework and having my own business.
"A great introduction to studio portraiture. I now feel confident that I have a base from which to build my skills in lighting, posing and getting expression from my clients"
"A well run course that manages to impart a large amount if useful information to anyone to start a portrait photography business"
"I couldn’t have done my first wedding without this course. Understanding the timings of a wedding was useful, and being told to have confidence and not to undersell yourself was really beneficial"
"Forget what you already know, be open minded and prepared to learn!"
"A great stepping stone to learning photography with a business in mind"
"The course really de-mystifies the wedding to a level that means I can confidently talk to prospective clients. I’m now impatiently eager to do my first wedding rather than being quite apprehensive.
"I am amazed at some of the shots I am producing as I started here without ever touching a camera, I only bought my camera two days before the start of the course." 
"I have found the course a lot of fun. The first day I arrived was daunting, I arrived home saying I would not go back, lots of keen photographers with a lot more knowledge than me. Boy, am I glad I went back! I have loved it. I met a tremendous bunch of people, all very different. With each session my confidence grew until I was confident enough to ask friends and family to model for me. As the course progressed so the exam day loomed. When it finally arrived I was so absorbed by what I was doing any nerves I had went unnoticed!" 
"I'm amazed at how much I salvaged from last week. Many of the outlying villages are still cut off and all the businesses in town suffered really badly. I think the sessions we have had have played a huge part in me rescuing the situation. 
Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the finals weekend and the challenging day of photography with 3 sets of wedding models - although it might not have looked like I was enjoying it at the time! 
“The essential first stop for anyone starting a career in photography”
“I did a viewing today that generated £1,030 and another of £585. This is a great start to my part-time photography business”.
“You may be interested to know that I did my first Emma’s Diary sitting last week and the viewing this afternoon. Mum and Dad both cried and ordered a Collection 3 at £295. It is a great confidence builder to get such a positive reaction on my first outing”.
“Rapid fire information in setting up business as a photographer. The course teaches you how to make money from the start, whatever your level”.
“Great blend of practical, theory, marketing and business”.
“I just got home and checked my emails and I’ve won a Silver and 3 Bronze awards for images entered in the November SWPP competition!! This is on top of getting a Level 1 Barrett & Coe Diploma on the Portrait course this weekend – am ready to take on the world!”
“Very good, lots of practical work”
“October saw me getting closer to my goals for two studios. I did £9,450 in Baby sittings alone plus weddings and family sittings”.
“I have really enjoyed the buzz of assisting at weddings. I have really enjoyed the experience and it brings back memories of the buzz I had working as a runner for a film company.
“Enjoyed seeing my experience gain momentum and enjoyed the experience of the course tutors”.
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