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The Freelance Photographer Accelerator from VSCO is designed to fast-track your business growth while aligning you with your dream commercial clients.
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What is the Accelerator?
For photographers looking to work with brands, it helps bridge the gap between creative talent and a sustainable commercial career by building the portfolio, positioning, business skills, and confidence needed to launch — and continue growing over time.
Our Proprietary Framework
For photographers looking to work with brands, it helps bridge the gap between creative talent and a sustainable commercial career by building the portfolio, positioning, business skills, and confidence needed to launch — and continue growing over time.
The Complete
Business Education
For photographers looking to work with brands, it helps bridge the gap between creative talent and a sustainable commercial career by building the portfolio, positioning, business skills, and confidence needed to launch — and continue growing over time.
Find and Book Premium Clients
Your best clients are the ones who trust your vision and come back to you again and again.
We'll help you implement a seamless process for transitioning one-off projects in long-term retainer contracts.
Deliver Campaign-Ready Projects
We'll walk you through our process for producing photoshoots whether you're given a scrappy budget or the flexibility to build a crew.
We'll help you become fluent so that you never second-guess yourself after booking the client.
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Long-Term Creative Partnerships
Your best clients are the ones who trust your vision and come back to you again and again.
We'll help you implement a seamless process for transitioning one-off projects in long-term retainer contracts.
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Expert-Led Workshops
For photographers looking to work with brands, it helps bridge the gap between creative talent and a sustainable commercial career by building the portfolio, positioning, business skills, and confidence needed to launch — and continue growing over time.
The Complete TFP Toolkit
For photographers looking to work with brands, it helps bridge the gap between creative talent and a sustainable commercial career by building the portfolio, positioning, business skills, and confidence needed to launch — and continue growing over time.
“What sets this program apart is its systematic approach to transforming artistic passion into a viable business venture.
Within six months of the program, I experienced a notable surge in paid creative opportunities, securing a nine-month retainer with a new client for ongoing social media content and specialized shoots, alongside landing my first high-value project exceeding the 5K mark for a discerning client within my niche.”
Chaz
@chazand.co
Costa Rica and Montreal-Based Portrait & Lifestyle Photographer
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Our community gets access to ongoing events that keep them ahead of the curve.
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What is the Accelerator?
The Accelerator is a platform for professionals by professionals. It's combines mentorship, trainings, tools, events, and community and acts as your career partner.
TFP Toolkit
August 12th
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Professional Community
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A Complete Business Training Curriculum
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Monthly
$249/mo
Private Portal on Desktop and iOS
Access to 50+ Hours of Training
Ongoing Live Virtual Events
Access to 50+ Professional Tools
Community Discussion Spaces
Connections & Direct Messaging
Annual Exclusive: 30-Minute 1-1 Kickoff Call With Paul Weaver
Annual Exclusive: One-Year Subscription to VSCO One ($499.99 value)
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Annual
$2,499/year
Private Portal on Desktop and iOS
Access to 50+ Hours of Training
Ongoing Live Virtual Events
Access to 50+ Professional Tools
Community Discussion Spaces
Connections & Direct Messaging
Annual Exclusive: 30-Minute 1-1 Kickoff Call With Paul Weaver
Annual Exclusive: One-Year Subscription to VSCO One ($499.99 value)
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After working with over 100 brands as a freelance photographer and videographer, Paul set out to build a platform for helping other freelancers build sustainable, long-term businesses.
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