Courses

Photographic training courses

Andrew Coe & Brian Barrett - Recognised as two of the leading teachers of wedding and portrait photography in the world today.  Discover contemporary, reportage and hip photography from the masters.

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

Our courses are unique:

• Many students have earned their course fees back before the end of the course, sometimes achieving portrait sales in excess of £1,000. (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.
• No other social photography course has achieved such an outstanding record of success.
• We have researched many ex students and their average is over £2,000 per wedding.  
  We have many with portrait sales in excess of £70,000 per year in addition to weddings.
• Groups are usually about 6 to 8 and include one-to-one sessions with Brian Barrett and Andrew Coe.  Also included are sessions where you can accompany a Barrett & Coe photographer on real wedding and portrait shoots.
• To see qualifications attained by ex-students, usually completed soon after finishing a course, click here.
• 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.

Students from far and wide

In the last 12 months our students have come from as far away as Russia, Norway, Bahrain, Scotland and Ireland.  All have been so impressed that they returned for a second course. (We do one Wedding and one Portrait course). 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.

Examples of student success

During the past year graduates form our Wedding course have photographed weddings 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 with in a year even if you have no previous photography knowledge or experience.

Potential earnings from running your own business

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.

Below are last month’s Portrait sales of some of the graduates from our courses: