351: Cat Ekkelboom-White – How to build a profitable adventure elopement photography business

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Cat Ekkelboom-White of www.wildconnectionsphotography.com is an ex-ski and snowboard instructor. Born and raised in the UK, she took a trip to the Austrian Alps and never left. Since then, she's married, lives in Innsbruck, has built a photography business serving adventurous couples and capturing their elopements and weddings in the most beautiful and wild locations. She says on her about page: I'm just as at home skiing down the slopes with you on your wedding day as I am hiking to a peak whilst helping you with your wedding dress. Judging by some of the locations I've seen where she's shooting, this has to be 100% true. Her website is filled with, in-love couples amongst crazy-beautiful backdrops and it's immediately obvious she offers a special kind of photography service for a very particular kind of people. In an email exchange before setting up this interview, she told me: I want to challenge the wedding industry view that elopements are predominantly low-budget, last-minute weddings with couples who don't value photography. In this interview, we do exactly that as Cat shares how to build a profitable, adventure elopement photography business. Here’s some more of what we cover in the interview: What’s on Offer for Premium Members If you’re a premium member, you should have received an email with links to your version of this interview – the full length and more revealing version where you hear the absolute best tips and advice from every guest. If you’re on the fence about becoming a premium member, join with the $1 trial today and get access to the FULL interviews each week, get access to an amazing back catalogue of interviews and ALL future interviews delivered automatically to your phone or tablet. Plus special member-only interviews. An elopement or getting married doesn't have to include a celebrant or a registrar and witnesses. Sometimes it's the emotional part of getting married that is what they want to celebrate. – Cat Ekkelboom-White You'll also receive access to the members-only Secret Facebook Group where you can connect with other Premium Members and interview guests to help, support and motivate you to take ideas you hear in each episode and put them into action. There are also FB live video tutorials, role-play interviews and special live interviews happening in the group. You will not find more friendly, more motivated, caring and sharing photographers online. Joining a Mastermind Group (encouraged by Andrew) has been incredibly valuable and fun, I look forward to connecting with my group members every week. Jina Zheng, Premium Member and Melbourne Children photographer. Seriously, that's not all. In addition to everything above, you'll get access to and instructions on forming or joining a MasterMind Group with other premium members. These groups are super motivating, make you accountable and build friendships with other pro photographers with similar motives to you – to build a more successful photography business. What is your big takeaway? Following this interview, I’d love to know if you're taking anything away from what Cat shared. Is there something you heard that excited or motivated you to the point where you thought, yeah, I'm going to do that! If so, let me know by leaving your thoughts in the comments below, let me know what your takeaways were, what you plan to implement in your business as a result of what you heard in today's episode. Price really wasn't a factor. They needed me because they saw that or they b...