Photography Mentoring
Take your Photography Journey from the Superficial to the Sublime.
Photography, at its heart, is far more than a technical pursuit—it's a profound reflection of our inner world.
Every time we raise our camera to frame a shot, we are creating images imbued with our subconscious thoughts, emotions, memories, and perspectives, often revealing aspects of ourselves that words alone cannot articulate.
My greatest joy is to assist photographers in merging their photographic mastery with their innate wisdom to ensure not only they survive but thrive.
If you are a seasoned professional, have a photography business that needs a reboot, or are passionate about photography and would like to fast-forward from where you are now to where you want to be, I would love to help you move forward with confidence.
It is my joy to offer you the fusion of twenty-four years of photography experience and ten years of coaching, to support photographers of any age or at any stage in building their business, refining their vision and voice, standing out in a crowded field, and fostering unshakeable belief in their work.
Sometimes it's the small shifts, leaning into what we love, that can catapult us to where we want to go.
For years, I wrote a photography blog called Carla Loves Photography, sharing and encouraging other photographers on their own journey when the internet was in its infancy.
I love to help photographers see their own light and follow their own magic instead of looking outside of themselves and being influenced by those around them.
I look forward to hearing your story, what drives you, and where you want to go.
For now, here’s a little bit about my photography journey and the different types of photography I have done:
- My Beginnings - Twenty four years ago, I started in photography, what some may consider late but it was an explosion of love when I finally entered the world of images.
- Magazines - Studying in Florence, Italy, I had my first lifestyle and travel editorial work published in Marie Claire and soon after in Italian fashion magazine Collezioni and I’ve worked with some of the most beautiful magazines on the planet, including Harper's Bazaar, Gourmet Traveller, Vogue Entertaining + Travel, Collezioni, and Inside Out.
- Books - I published my first book, Italian Joy, with Penguin Australia in 2005, and I’ve photographed and authored a further two books of my own, Chasing A Dream and Paris Tango and co-authored five, including My French Life, Naples: A Way of Love, Made In Italy, and My Amalfi Coast.
- Portrait Business - I let my imagination run wild and created a fashion inspired portrait business in the way I worked with magazines. When the craving came years later to photograph with more authenticity and voyeurism, I pivoted again! I gave myself the gift of creating images in a way that made my heart sing like watching a black and white film made in Paris!
- Limited Edition Prints - A trip to the Amalfi Coast back in 2014 was the spark to start my own limited edition photography series that has since morphed into working with two galleries in Australia and Canada and having my own online shop and a sell out series called Young Girl in Bloom.
Your journey will be uniquely yours and my mission is to use my twenty-four years of photography experience and ten years of coaching to help you get where you want to go with joy and success.
All sessions will have a questionnaire that will assist me in getting to know your queries and problems before our time together. This method would make the best use of our sessions.
Photography Mentoring - Breakthrough
8 Private Sessions & 8 Weeks of Support
When you’re aiming for a breakthrough like trying to organise your work for an exhibition, articulate your style or brand, or advance your photography to a new level, this package gives you the time to make it happen.
This format ensures you not only set clear goals, but also take action, come back with results, and receive feedback along the way.
You will receive accountability during the time in between our sessions so that by the end of our time together, you have achieved something new and complete.
✦ 8 weeks to achieve your specific goal
✦ 8 private one-on-one 1.5 hour sessions
✦ Personalised workbooks
✦ Weekly accountability
✦ Recorded session
✦ Email contact between sessions
Photography Mentoring - Fast Track
12 Private Sessions & 12 Weeks of Support
If you want a deeper dive into restructuring your photography business, learning manual photography and possibly creating a body of work, you may like the fast track that gives you an extra amount of time to overhaul a part of your photography life that has been holding you back.
Twelve weeks ensures you not only set clear goals but also take regular action, coming back each week with results, and receive feedback along the way.
You will receive accountability during the time in between our sessions to stay on track so that by the end of our time together you have been fast tracked to a place that you have been able to achieve on your own.
✦ 12 weeks to achieve your specific goal
✦ 12 private one-on-one 1.5 hour sessions
✦ Personalised workbooks
✦ Weekly accountability
✦ Recorded sessions
✦ Email contact between sessions
How it all comes together:
01. Book a call or email us to see if this is the right fit for you.
This way I can answer any further questions you have and I can ensure that we are the perfect fit.
02. Tell me your challenges and what you want instead!
Before our mentoring sessions start, you will receive by email a questionnaire to give me a background on where you are at, what lights you up, what is holding you back and where you want to go. This will help when we start our work together so that our time is focused and productive.
03. We meet via Zoom!
Find yourself a quiet and private place to meet on Zoom where in the first week, you will define your goal, and then each week thereafter, we will jump into your photography dreams and make them happen. I am all yours for our time together and there is nothing you can’t ask me. You will receive the recorded session via email soon after.
04. Receive your action plan.
After we finish each session, you will receive a follow up email that outlines a clear action plan to move forward that week. Each week we will build on this and I will hold you accountable to ensure your implementation happens and you get where you want to go. Joy and success guaranteed.
Is it the right fit for you?
Book a call or email us here at hello@carlacoulson.com.
CHOOSE THE PLAN THAT FITS YOU BEST
Breakthrough
8 Private Sessions for 8 Weeks
€2,400 EUR
Paid in Full
OR 3 PAYMENTS OF €820 EUROS*
Fast Track
12 Private Sessions for 12 Weeks
€3,600 EUR
Paid in Full
OR 3 PAYMENTS OF €1,220 EUROS*
*If you're opting for the Payment Plan, please reach out to us directly at hello@carlacoulson.com.
What My Previous Coaching Clients Say
When we started working together, I was lost about who I was as a photographer. It wasn’t my best work that I was putting out there, just an emulation of what clients wanted, or so I thought.
Carla hasn’t only helped me to find my focus and my mission, she also helped me reach out to my ideal client, transform my income, re-design my portfolio, create tailor made packages for my clients, a marketing plan and boosted my confidence.
Her enthusiasm will lift you up when faced with tough situations; she won’t hesitate to kick your butt to do the work and guide you in the right direction, understanding your strengths and helping you in your weakest area. Carla gave me the confidence to lift my rates and I have just had my biggest sale ever of £2700… My life has changed so much since working with her!
— RACHEL VOGELEISENMy dream was to get published and having an exhibition when I first started to work with Carla. One and a half years later I can proudly say my pictures are featured in the National Geographic traveller and in The South China Morning Post.
I hear you thinking: 'And your exhibition?' That also happened! And it was successful, I can proudly say that many of my artworks are now hanging in people’s home. I am so proud of that.
Working together step by step with Carla made me overcome my fears and kept me going in the right direction. Every time I said, 'I don’t think I can…' Carla challenged that, dug deep into why I was fearful, and that helped me to overcome hurdles that would have been hard to take all by myself.
Carla stimulated my creativity whilst brainstorming and although she never pushes in a direction, after every session I feel energised and I have a great sense of where I am at and where to start from.
If you have a creative project you would love to realise I can highly recommend the process of working with Carla.
— SASKIA WESSELING