Work through the photography course
Watch every video and go through all the content
Head over to NDP Learning and complete the photography course content. This is the NDP standard - how we shoot, the camera settings we use, and what a finished shoot should look like. Watch all the videos and go through every piece of content before marking this done.
Once you're through the content, you're ready to start tandem shooting - live, paid shoots where another Media Pro is onsite with you. You get paid for tandem shoots just like real shoots; everything is like a real shoot except there's another MP with you. Before your first one, read the Tandem Shooting Playbook - it's the next step on your timeline.
The end of the course asks you to submit a test shoot. You can shoot it at your own house or any home you have access to if you feel ready, or submit photos from your tandem shoots. Either way, your certification must be cleared before you're cleared for solo shooting - there's a separate Submit Certification Assignment step on your timeline when you get there.
Course content complete
Nice work! Next up: tandem shooting - live, paid shoots with another Media Pro onsite. Read the Tandem Shooting Playbook before your first one.
Next up: Tandem Shooting Playbook →