1 - Alain Briot One on One Phone Mentoring and Consulting Program
This program is designed to provide you with in-depth help and evaluation of your photography. It is the perfect preparation, or complement to a photography workshop. This one-on-one mentoring / consulting program is very popular and results in dramatic improvements.

This is how the Mentoring program works:

A - After our initial contact over email, over the phone or during a workshop, we schedule a date and time convenient for both you and I. My normal business hours for mentoring are 9am to 5pm, Arizona time. This appointment can be done over the phone, or in my studio near Phoenix, Arizona ( Studio Consulting details are at this link) The appointment can be for 1 hour (our minimum appointment time), or several hours, as necessary to give you the help you need.

B - if you want me to review your prints or digital files you will need to send me a selection of your photographs either as jpegs over email, via Dropbox, on a CD / DVD or USB card, or as prints. You can send as few or as many images as you like. There are no minimum or maximum number of images.

If the consulting is about other areas of photography, for example marketing and selling your work, or working on a project, designing a personal style or other, you will need to send me a list of the questions you want answers to regarding the subject of your consulting call.

C - Before our meeting I will review the photographs, or the questions you sent me. At the appointed time I call you at the number of your choice. The cost of the call is included in my fee.

D - During our meeting we address any and all areas of concern to you in regards to your work. These can include, among many possibilities:
- Print quality
- Color calibration and monitor, scanner or printer profiling
- Composition, use of light, "meaning" and other aesthetics aspects of your work
- Paper choice
- Dry mounting your work
- Matting and framing your work
- Marketing your work
- Working on a project: including project conception and completion
- Developing a personal style
- Selecting and using a RIP
- Paper and canvas selection for specific ink and printer combination
- Spray Coating selection for specific canvas (or paper) and ink combination
- Taking into consideration your specific intended use when selecting paper, inks and coating
- Studio set up and installation, either for a complete studio or for specific equipment
- Any other photographic area of interest based on your unique needs

E - At the end of our mentoring / consulting appointment you have the option to continue doing mentoring work with me by enrolling in my long term, one on one 7 sessions mentoring program. Details of this program are provided below.

Here are some examples of how your initial Mentoring call can be tied to my 7 sessions mentoring program:

- If you want to work on print quality I can reprint your digital files in my studio after making contrast, color, profile and other corrections to your images. I will then ship you my prints so that you can compare them to your prints. This comparison is one of my most popular aspects of my one on one mentoring. It results in dramatic improvements in your ability to print your work to the highest standards as you benefit from my 25+ years of experience printing my work, first in the darkroom and now in the digital darkroom. It will save you years of frustrating trial and error and will place you immediately in the upper echelons of the photography printing world.

- If you intend to start selling your work, or if you intend to increase the marketability of your work, starting a longer mentoring program is the best decision you will ever make. A long term program will allow you and I to work together towards developing a unique marketing plan to fit your needs and your goals. If you are just starting it will allow you to get a head start on the competition by learning in a few months what took me over 15 years to learn! Furthermore, this program will allow you to avoid making the mistakes everyone makes when they start selling their work. It will prevent you from having to attend what I call "The school of hard knocks"! Overall it will save you both time and money.

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I wanted to let you know that you have sparked a firestorm in my brain. I am very pleased with how the project is coming. Actually, I'm bursting at the seams with it! Keron Psillas One on One mentoring Student

2 - Seven - Sessions One on One phone mentoring program
Certain specific difficulties can be troubleshooted and resolved in an hour. However, when faced with a more challenging situation, or when you are working on a long term project or desire to seriously improve your work, start selling your work, or design a marketing program, a longer time period is necessary.

This is a long term, one-on one-mentoring program which is designed to be sharpen your skills in specific areas of photography. During your seven sessions program we will prepare then implement a program designed to address your unique needs.

Seven sessions provide enough time to work in depth on specific areas of your choice. The first call will be used in part or in whole to discuss your objectives, set specific goals, define a work and study program, create a schedule and set deadlines to achieve your goals.

Your sessions will be scheduled every three weeks. We will accommodate your schedule as much as possible but keeping the sessions spaced three weeks apart is important for the program to be successful. At the scheduled time I will call you at the number of your choice. The cost of each call is included in my consulting fee. Return shipping of prints sent to me is not included in my fee.

Below is a short list of subjects that can be covered during long term, seven-sessions, one on one consulting:

A - Marketing
Selling your work - in this program we develop and implement a marketing program specifically for your work. This program is designed to teach you how to market and sell your photographs. It is based on my personal experience marketing my work very successfully for over 10 years. This program is designed to help you reach the level of success I am enjoying as well as teach you how to avoid the many pitfalls, mistakes and hurdles that await your Competitors.

This program is designed to teach you how to market your photographs. It is based on my personal experience marketing my work very successfully for over 10 years. This program is designed to help you reach the level of success I am enjoying as well as teach you how to avoid the many pitfalls, mistakes and hurdles that await your competitors.

• Do you want to start your own photography business?
• Do you need help getting started selling your photographs?
• Do you wonder where you can sell your work?
• Are you looking for the very best locations to sell your work?
• Do you need help deciding whether to offer limited editions or not?
• Do you need help deciding the size of your limited editions?
• Do you want to get started selling your photographs?
• Do you need personal, one-on-one help getting started selling your photography?
• Do you want to learn the 10 mistakes every photographer makes when they start to sell their photographs?
• Do you want to know why it takes, on average, 10 years before most photographers start making a profit from the sale of their work?
• Do you want to learn how to make a profit from your photographs now?
• Do you want to build your own web site?
• Do you have your own web site but are not getting the results you expected from it?
• Do you want to learn how to price your work?
• Do you have other questions regarding how to market your photographs?

If you answered yes to any of these questions you will benefit from my one on one photography marketing consulting program. Your photography is important to me and I can help you avoid the 10 mistakes all photographers make. I personally made all these mistakes myself and I wasted a lot of my time and money in the process. Learn right away what took me 23 years to learn. You don't have to go to "the school of hard knocks" the way I did. Instead you can "pick my brains" and save yourself a lot of time --and money!

During our initial consultation we design a program which targets your goals and addresses your unique needs and concerns and start working on marketing your photography right away.

During the following sessions we work closely together towards implementing and fine-tuning a unique marketing program which will enable you to reach your goals.

B - Aesthetics of Photography
• Aesthetics of photography Program (based on my current series of essays)
• Building a portfolio
• Developing a personal style
• Getting ready to organize an exhibition of your work
• Getting started with 4x5 large format photography (camera and lens choice, camera operation, film and metering, camera movements, etc.)
• Building a home studio, part one: building a digital darkroom: equipment selection, equipment setup, Storage options, printing options, computer options, profiling, troubleshooting, studio layout, etc.
• Building a home studio, part two: matting and framing setup: learn how to cut and design your own mats, how to assemble your mats, how to select frames and mat board, how to frame your work professionally.

C - Photographic and digital techniques
• Selecting and using a RIP
• Paper and canvas selection for specific ink and printer combination
• Spray Coating selection for specific canvas (or paper) and ink combination
• Taking into consideration your specific intended use when selecting paper, inks and coating
• Studio set up and installation, either for a complete studio or for specific equipment
• Much more (contact me with your specific needs)

"First off, this was the absolute best money I ever spent! Your knowledge and experience AND your true interest in the customer provided me with insights I'm not sure I would have gotten anywhere else. Each of the sessions brought to light areas I hadn't considered and your generous advice was very welcome. I'm doing my first show in about 2 weeks and I can honestly say I feel very prepared, something I don't think I would have said without these sessions. From vendors you recommended to ideas on booth setup to pricing to web site contents, you brought your experience to bear in all the areas that determine how well a photographer succeeds. Thanks again and I look forward to working with you in the future." Angelo Micheletti Bend, Oregon

3 - Registration
My mentoring/consulting fee is $450 per hour for one hour sessions. If you register for the 7 Sessions Mentoring/Consulting program my rate is only $395 per hour (12% lower).

To sign up for this unique opportunity simply use the Paypal buttons below. You will receive an email notification after you complete your registration and you will then be able to schedule your appointment for the dates of your choice.

1 hour Phone Mentoring / Consulting Session: $450

7 Sessions Phone Mentoring/Consulting Program: $2800 (7 x $400) You save $350 !

If you prefer not to use Paypal, or if you have questions that are not answered here, simply email us at alain@beautiful-landscape.com or call us at 928-252-2466 (International) or 800-949-7983 (United States).

5 - Cancellation policy
All monies are non-refundable. If you cancel participation in a consulting/mentoring session your registration fees may be transferred towards registration in another Beaux Arts Photography consulting/mentoring session under certain conditions. Transfer of fees to another consulting/mentoring session is not automatic and is decided solely by Beaux Arts Photography as a courtesy. We reserve the right to decide whether to transfer your fees to another consulting/mentoring session or not. Not finding the weather agreeable, forgetting your equipment, being unwilling to follow the recommendations we make are not valid reasons to receive a refund or transfer to another consulting/mentoring session. You must register for a consulting/mentoring session within a month from the starting date of the consulting/mentoring session or program you originally registered for. If the consulting/mentoring session fee has increased the difference in cost between the two consulting/mentoring sessions will be charged to your credit card when you notify us that you want to sign up for this other consulting/mentoring session. If you are rescheduling a single session a ten percent transfer fee will be applied at the time of transfer. If you are rescheduling a single session a ten percent transfer fee will be applied at the time of transfer. If you are rescheduling the seven-sessions program a thirty percent transfer fee will be applied at the time of transfer. In order to get a transfer credit you can only cancel one consulting/mentoring session per calendar year. Your registration is guaranteed only when we have payment in full. We cannot transfer consulting fees towards any workshop registration or product purchase. Therefore consulting/mentoring session fees cannot be transferred towards field workshops or Summit registrations and cannot be used towards purchase of products such as mats, portfolio cases, CD or DVD tutorials, prints, portfolios, or other. Consulting/mentoring session fees cannot be transferred towards purchase of the Mastery Workshop on USB or DVD. If your consulting/mentoring session is cancelled by us you will be asked if you want to reschedule it or if you prefer a refund. By registering for a consulting/mentoring session or program you agree to this policy. We do reserve the right to change this policy at any time without notice.

6 - Liability Limitation
Beaux Arts Photography, Beautiful-Landscape.com, Alain Briot, Natalie Briot, guides and cooperating agents aim to provide every participant a safe, educational, and enjoyable experience. We act solely as agents for you regarding accommodations, special activities, and travel, by any means, and assume no liability for any act, error, omission, injury, loss, delay, mishap, or damage to persons or property arising from any cause during the course of the consulting/mentoring session or in transit thereto. We can accept no responsibility for losses or additional expenses due to delay or changes in the services to be provided. We reserve the right to change our arrangements should conditions necessitate, or to cancel any aspect of the consulting/mentoring session due to exceptional circumstances. In the event that we deem it necessary to cancel the consulting/mentoring session we will provide a full refund which the participant(s) acknowledges as full and final settlement. In the event of a consulting/mentoring session cancellation airline tickets, car rentals and hotel reservations associated with participation in this consulting/mentoring session will not be refunded. We recommend you purchase refundable airline tickets and make refundable car and hotel reservations. We also recommend you carry travel and camera equipment insurance.

As there is always an element of risk in any adventure associated with the outdoors, participants must read this form carefully. This liability release will certify that the participant is physically fit and capable of participating in outdoor photography exercises in field locations, and is fully and completely aware of any associated risks created by field locations and weather.When doing marketing mentoring, keep in mind that we cannot guarantee that you will generate a specific income in regards to your business endeavors. We provide you with solid advice based on our many years of experience, however, your specific business income is dependent on many variables that are not within our control. These include, but are not limited to, the locations where you decide to sell your work (such as shows, retail locations, etc.) changes in the economy, competition, political changes, suppliers, personal business arrangements, motivation, workload capabilities, and numerous other variables. However, in our experience, we have noticed a definite relationship between hard work and positive outcome. Students who work hard and spend the required amount of time marketing their work (this amount of time is discussed during our mentoring) regularly fare much better than students who work less and spend less time on their marketing.

By joining this one on one program you acknowledge that you have read the above information concerning responsibility and release Beaux Arts Photography, Alain Briot, Natalie Briot, their guides, instructors and any cooperating agent from any liability. Beaux Arts Photography, Alain Briot, and Natalie Briot will assume no liability for injury, illness, or loss of personal property, income or expenses thereof associated with participation in this program. You also acknowledge that Alain and Natalie Briot have the right to refuse service to anyone at anytime and that these policies are subject to change at any time without notice.

7 - Marketing Consulting Limitation
Students who enroll in marketing consulting for the purpose of earning money through the sale of their photographs, workshops, tutorials, or other photographic products or services, do so with the understanding that generating an income from these products and services is challenging and can result in a loss of income or in the failure to generate a profit. By enrolling in this marketing consulting program students implicitely agree and understand that Beaux Arts Photography, Alain Briot and Natalie Briot cannot guarantee that they will make money selling their products and services and that it is possible they lose money in the process. Students also implicitely agree that Beaux Arts Photography, Alain Briot and Natalie Briot cannot guarantee they will earn a specific income and cannot provide them with customers, sell their products, represent them or act as agents, representatives or resellers. By enrollling in this program, students agree to not seek refunds, compensation or damages in case they do not reach their financial goals. Students also agree that income from business activities are dependent on many variables that Alain and Natalie Briot cannot control including, but not limited to, market conditions, constant marketing efforts, positive relationship with customers, pricing, policies, personal taste and more.

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