Create & Connect: A Wedding Content Experience

Styled Shoot • Networking • Social Media Seminar
Build your portfolio. Grow your business. Connect with your community.
About this Event

Join Shayna Hansen Photo and Kendall Suljic, business owner and marketer, for an immersive experience created specifically for photographers, content creators, and wedding industry professionals who want to elevate both their portfolio and their marketing.

This isn't your average styled shoot.

Throughout the day you'll photograph three professionally designed wedding-inspired installations, connect with fellow creatives and vendors, and finish with an interactive social media marketing seminar where you'll learn how to turn your new content into real business growth.

Whether you're just entering the wedding industry or looking to refresh your portfolio, you'll leave with stunning content, valuable industry connections, and an actionable marketing strategy.

What You'll Experience

📸 Three Editorial Styled Shoot Stations

Each station has been thoughtfully designed to provide a variety of content, storytelling opportunities, and portfolio diversity.

Station One

Denim & Diamonds Bachelorette Party

Capture a modern luxury bachelorette celebration featuring:

• Bride & bridesmaids

• Airbnb-inspired bachelorette setup

• Balloon installation

• Champagne & cocktails

• Bachelorette games

• Lingerie gift opening

• Lifestyle moments and candid content

Perfect for photographers and content creators wanting fun, editorial wedding weekend content.

Station Two

Traditional Wedding Couple

A timeless editorial wedding featuring:

• Bride & groom

• Romantic ceremony backdrop

• Luxury drapery installation

• Chandelier

• Floral arrangements

• Vintage European mobile bar

• Elegant tablescape

• Flat-lay styling

• Checkered dance floor

• Cake cutting

• Classic bridal portraits

Station Three

1920s Inspired Elopement

A modern take on vintage romance featuring:

• Bride & groom

• Convertible getaway car

• Art Deco-inspired styling

• Burgundy and ivory color palette

• Cake cutting

• Marriage license signing

• Editorial bouquet moments

• Flat-lay styling

• Romantic couple portraits

✨ Optional Add-On: Getting Ready Experience

Want even more portfolio content?

Arrive early to photograph authentic getting-ready moments inside the venue's beautiful bridal and groom suites.

Capture details like:

• Hair & makeup

• Bridal robe moments

• Dress details

• Champagne toasts

• Bridal party interactions

• Groom preparations

• Emotional storytelling moments

This optional session is designed to give photographers even more variety for their wedding portfolios.

Social Media Marketing Seminar

After the styled shoot, join Kendall Suljic, business owner, marketer, and content creator, for an interactive marketing workshop designed specifically for wedding professionals.

Creating beautiful content is only half the battle. The real challenge is knowing how to use that content to attract your ideal clients.

Instead of leaving with hundreds of photos sitting on your hard drive, you'll leave with a strategy for turning them into meaningful marketing.

Together we'll cover:

✔ Defining your ideal client and what they're actually looking for

✔ Creating a personalized content plan using the content you captured during the event

✔ Building a content strategy that feels authentic to your brand

✔ Developing on-brand content ideas that attract inquiries

✔ Using AI to streamline your workflow and brainstorm content

✔ Editing and organizing your photos and videos for social media

✔ Understanding trends without sacrificing authenticity

✔ Live Instagram audits with personalized feedback

This is a hands-on workshop, so you'll have the opportunity to begin planning and editing your content during the seminar while receiving real-time guidance.

Networking

One of the most valuable parts of this experience is the opportunity to build relationships within the wedding industry.

Meet photographers, videographers, planners, florists, makeup artists, bridal boutiques, rental companies, content creators, and other local wedding professionals in a collaborative environment designed to foster genuine connections.

Whether you're looking for future collaborators, referrals, or simply new friends in the industry, this event was created with community in mind.

Ticket Options

Full-Day Styled Shoot + Marketing Seminar: $500

Perfect for photographers and content creators wanting the full experience.

Includes:

• Access to all three styled shoot stations

• Networking

• Social Media Marketing Seminar

• Content planning workshop

• Live Instagram audit opportunities

Half-Day Styled Shoot: $375

Designed for photographers and content creators who want to participate in the styled shoot portion only.

Includes:

• Access to all three styled shoot stations

• Networking during the shoot

Optional Getting Ready Add-On +$75

Arrive early to capture authentic bridal and groom getting-ready moments before the styled shoot begins.

This session includes exclusive access to the venue's bridal and groom suites and provides additional storytelling content that photographers and content creators won't want to miss.

Networking + Marketing Seminar: $165

Designed for wedding industry vendors who don't need portfolio images but want to strengthen their marketing strategy and connect with other professionals.

Includes:

• Networking experience

• Full Social Media Marketing Seminar

• Content strategy workshop

• Live Instagram audit opportunities

Virtual Marketing Seminar: $150

Can't make it in person? Join us virtually for the Social Media Marketing Seminar from anywhere.

You'll receive access to a live Google Meet where you'll be able to watch the presentation in real time, hear audience questions and discussion, and follow along as we build marketing strategies specifically for wedding industry professionals.

Your ticket also includes a downloadable PDF workbook that you can print or complete digitally during the seminar, allowing you to work through the same exercises as our in-person attendees.

Includes:

• Live virtual access to the Social Media Marketing Seminar
• Audience Q&A and discussion
• Downloadable PDF workbook
• Actionable content and marketing strategies you can implement immediately

Please Note: A Google Meet invitation, workbook, and additional event details will be emailed to you closer to the event after purchasing your ticket.

Who Should Attend?

This event is perfect for:

• Wedding photographers

• Wedding content creators

• Videographers

• Florists

• Wedding planners

• Hair & makeup artists

• Bridal boutiques

• Rental companies

• Stationery designers

• Cake artists

• Wedding venue owners

• Anyone looking to grow within the wedding industry

Why This Event Is Different

There are plenty of styled shoots that leave you with beautiful photos.

This isn't one of them.

Most photographers and wedding vendors leave a styled shoot with hundreds of incredible images... only to have them sit on a hard drive because they aren't sure what to post, how to tell the story, or how to turn that content into actual bookings.

Our goal is to change that.

Unlike traditional styled shoots where everyone crowds around a single setup, this experience is intentionally designed with multiple editorial stations and dedicated time to create, experiment, collaborate, and build meaningful connections.

You'll leave with:

✨ A diverse portfolio featuring three professionally designed wedding concepts

✨ Additional getting-ready content if you choose the optional add-on

✨ Real relationships with photographers and wedding vendors throughout Utah

✨ A personalized content strategy built around your business

✨ Practical marketing tools you can begin using immediately

✨ Confidence in how to use the content you created to attract your ideal clients

Whether you're trying to book more weddings, break into the wedding industry, refresh your portfolio, or simply meet other creatives, this experience is designed to help you grow both creatively and professionally.

Because creating beautiful content is only valuable if you know how to use it.

We can't wait to create with you.

Additional Information

🍴 Light refreshments will be provided. Enjoy snacks and a light dinner while you create, connect, and network with fellow wedding professionals.

📸 Photographer Image Submission

To help us showcase future events and support our vendor team, photographers are required to submit 5-10 professionally edited images from the styled shoot within the timeframe outlined in the event agreement. By attending, you agree to allow these images to be used for event marketing, social media, and promotional purposes, with photographer credit whenever possible.

📝 Event Agreement

After purchasing your ticket, you'll receive a participant agreement with additional event details, expectations, timelines, image usage information, and important logistics. Please review and complete the agreement prior to the event.

Contact [email protected] for questions + payment plans

Agenda

🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Attendees Arrive
🕑: 01:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Styled Shoot Rotations
🕑: 03:30 PM
Cake Cutting
🕑: 04:00 PM
Mix & Mingle / Break
🕑: 04:45 PM - 06:45 PM
Marketing Seminar
🕑: 07:00 PM
Event Ends