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Get paid by brandswithout waiting to be discovered.
Build proof, positioning, and systems that make brands easier to reach, pitch, and say yes to.Weekly live calls, real-time feedback, proven resources, and a clear 90-day path to help you make your next move.
Price increases every 50 members.
- Not sure which brands you should even be pitching? That is the first thing we fix.
- Weekly live sessions, not a course you never finish.
- Works whether you shoot full time or on weekends.
- 7 day full refund. Love it or leave it.
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Step 01
Great at photography.Still starting over every month.
Being good at photographyand getting paid for it are two different skills.
Nobody taught you how to get in front of a brand, what to charge, or what to do when they reply. That is the part we work on.
Step 02
Why photographersstay stuck.
01
Chase clients.
You get better at pitching, pricing and negotiating, and the calendar still resets to zero every month.
02
Chase content.
You post for years hoping the right brand happens to scroll past, with no way to reach the person who actually hires photographers.
The third option
Shoot work brands want to hire you for, put it in front of them on purpose, and know what to say when they reply.
So here is what this actually is.
Live, every week
48 sessions a year. Join live or watch the replay.
Thursday, every week
Not a course
Nothing to finish. You bring one real thing and leave with a decision.
A course
Modules you never finish.
This
One problem, one decision.
Everything I use
The workflows, systems and AI tools from my own photography business, included.
- Grading
- Pricing
- Pitching
- CRM
- AI workflows
Love it or leave it
7 day full refund, no questions. Cancel anytime after that.
Day 1 to day 7 // full refund
Real words from real photographers.
Zoe Lens, @_zoelenz
First $10k month
Ronald Wayne, @ronaldwayne_
Step 03
The 90 day pathto getting paid by brands.
Your photography business does not need more random information. It needs the right focus, in the right order.
Four moves. Position. Attract. Invest. Document. Here is how they play out over your first 90 days.
Days 1 to 30 // Position
Get brand ready.
Before trying to get more brands, make sure you are ready when they look.
Decide what type of work you want to become known and hired for.
Audit your portfolio and remove the work that weakens that positioning.
Identify the brands and client types your current work is actually ready for.
Fix the gaps between how good your work is and how professionally your business presents it.
Milestone
By day 30 you should know exactly what you are selling, who you are trying to get hired by, and what your portfolio needs to communicate.
Days 31 to 60 // Attract + Invest
Create opportunity.
Stop treating post and hope like a client acquisition strategy.
Build or refine one strategic spec project for the type of brand you want to work with.
Create a list of brands, past clients and relationships worth pursuing.
Turn your spec work and existing portfolio into assets you can actually send and pitch.
Start creating deliberate conversations instead of waiting for random inquiries.
Milestone
By day 60 you should have a repeatable way to identify, create and pursue new brand opportunities.
Days 61 to 90 // Document
Turn opportunity into business.
Getting noticed is only useful if you know what to do next.
Know what to say when a brand asks, what is your rate.
Build confidence around pricing, negotiation and client communication.
Learn how to turn one off work into deeper client relationships.
Identify AI services and extra deliverables that create more value after the first booking.
Milestone
By day 90 you should understand how to move from opportunity to conversation to paid work, and how to look for what comes next.
Position yourself.Attract the right people.Invest before you are chosen.Document what you build.That is how you get paid.
Step 04
Three waysthe work reaches you.
You do not need to figure it out alone. Coaching keeps you moving, the Lab keeps you current, and the Library keeps you from rebuilding what already works.
Every Thursday. Live.
Weekly group coaching.
Bring the business problem you are actually dealing with.
This is not another weekly lecture. Bring me what is happening in your photography business right now and we make the next move together.
- Live call
- Replay posted
- Questions ahead of time
Weekly live session // Bring one real problem
- A brand replied and you do not know what to charge or say next.
- You are getting views on your work but not enough inquiries.
- You built a spec campaign and do not know how to get it in front of the brand.
- You are raising your rate and want another set of eyes before you send it.
The goal is not more information. It is a better decision.
Bring the problem
Break it down
Make the move
Ongoing // AI for photographers
The Lab.
One new AI workflow released every month. 12 a year.
AI is changing photography, content and commercial production quickly. Instead of trying to figure everything out alone, see what I am actually testing, using and learning in real time.
- One workflow a month
- Tested on real work
- What failed too
The Lab // Real workflow testing on real work
Each month I take one real problem, test the workflow on actual creative and commercial work, and show you what held up and what failed.
You get the reasoning behind the decision, so you can run it on your own work the same week instead of chasing every new tool.
This is not a static AI course.It evolves as the industry does.
Each month I take one real problem and solve it in front of you.
A workflow I am using on client work, a tool I am testing, a pitch built with AI, or an experiment that did not work and why.
You get the process, the settings and the reasoning, so you can run it on your own work the same week.
Resources // Already built
The Workflow Library.
The systems I use in my own photography business.
Grading, pitching, negotiation and AI workflows from more than a decade of shooting commercially, so you do not rebuild them from scratch.
The Workflow Library // Resources already built
- Grading + LUTs
- CRM structure
- Pitch decks
- Negotiation
- AI workflows
See exactly how I color grade my commercial photography and how I use my LUTs.
Use the same CRM structure I use to organize opportunities and client relationships.
Study real pitch decks, spec campaigns and outreach I have actually used.
Watch real negotiation material so you can see how client conversations happen.
Use my AI workflows to create new commercial deliverables from existing assets.
Access new systems and resources as I build and use them in my own business.
01
The Brand Ready Audit.
Am I actually ready to pitch the brands I want?
02
The Client Expansion Audit.
What else could I offer a client who already trusts me?
03
The Spec Deployment System.
I made the spec work. Now what do I do with it?
These are member systems and frameworks. They help you make stronger business decisions and execute faster. They do not generate leads or guarantee responses.
Step 05
Everything pointsback to getting you paid.
Four moves that get you hired, and weekly live support while you make them.
If you bought this separately
- Weekly live coaching with meMore than one private coaching hour
- Pricing, quoting and negotiation materialMore than a one off template pack
- A new AI workflow built every monthMore than a single custom build
- The full workflow library, always growingUsually sold course by course
- All of it, one membershipIncluded below
The first 50 founding members lock in $29 a month for as long as they stay. When those seats are gone, the price moves to the next wave. Same membership, higher monthly rate.
Price increases every 50 members.
About $7 a week, less than one client revision round
Founding membership
Paid By Brands
Founding rate
Locked while active
What is included
- Weekly live group coaching every Thursday, plus every replay.
- The Lab. One new AI workflow released every month.
- The Workflow Library. Grading, CRM, pitch and negotiation systems.
- The private community. Photographers building the same way you are.
- Every future release added while you are a member.
One place. One system. One monthly price.
Keep your founding member rate for as long as your membership remains active.
Here is what happens when you click.
Checkout takes about two minutes, you get access to everything the same day, and you are on this week's weekly live session.
Real results from Ronald's past one on one coaching clients
I came to Ronald burned out from chasing brands on Instagram. Two months in, I had labels emailing me first. If you get the chance to work with him, take it.
Had a great time chatting with Ron. The guy is filled with info about the YouTube space. Looking forward to chatting with him again.
Ronald told me to double my rates on a Tuesday. By Friday a client said yes without blinking. I trust his eye on positioning more than anyone I have paid.
What made the difference was Ronald actually looking at my feed, my pitches, my portfolio, and telling me exactly what to fix. Brands now reach out with budget attached.
This mentorship was very informative with how to upgrade as a photographer and grow my clientele. I would definitely recommend for anyone seeking clarity.
Ronald pushed me to stop pitching cold and start building a signature look brands would recognize. Three partnerships booked in my first month with him.
Ronald treated my photography like a real business before I did. He walked me through my numbers, my offers, and my calendar.
Every time I got stuck, Ronald had an answer within hours. Not a template, a real answer for my situation. My inbox looks nothing like it did 60 days ago.
I came to Ronald burned out from chasing brands on Instagram. Two months in, I had labels emailing me first. If you get the chance to work with him, take it.
Had a great time chatting with Ron. The guy is filled with info about the YouTube space. Looking forward to chatting with him again.
Ronald told me to double my rates on a Tuesday. By Friday a client said yes without blinking. I trust his eye on positioning more than anyone I have paid.
What made the difference was Ronald actually looking at my feed, my pitches, my portfolio, and telling me exactly what to fix. Brands now reach out with budget attached.
This mentorship was very informative with how to upgrade as a photographer and grow my clientele. I would definitely recommend for anyone seeking clarity.
Ronald pushed me to stop pitching cold and start building a signature look brands would recognize. Three partnerships booked in my first month with him.
Ronald treated my photography like a real business before I did. He walked me through my numbers, my offers, and my calendar.
Every time I got stuck, Ronald had an answer within hours. Not a template, a real answer for my situation. My inbox looks nothing like it did 60 days ago.
Try it for 7 days.Full refund if it is not for you.
You are allowed to start before you feel ready.
No questions and no forms. Send one message inside the community or by email and you get your money back. I would rather you leave in week one than stay in a membership that is not moving you.
Ronald Wayne
Commercial photographer · Founder of Paid By Brands
Why monthly and not one big payment
Your portfolio changes.
Your clients change.
Your pricing changes.
Your goals change.
Your bottleneck changes.
AI changes.
The industry changes.
A large upfront payment moves all the risk onto you on day one. A monthly membership keeps the risk on me, every single month.
If a month does not help you move, you leave. That is the deal, and it is why the sessions have to stay useful.
Stay while it is helping you move. Cancel when it is not.
I am not teaching thisfrom theory.
Eleven years shooting. A studio with my name on the lease. Then the quiet calendars, where I was excellent at the craft and completely exposed by the business side of it.
So I learned it. Pricing, pitching, positioning, spec campaigns, AI workflows, client expansion, content and assets I own. That is what this membership is.
Who this is for
This is for you if...
- You shoot regularly and you want the business side to catch up to the work.
- You have brands you want to work with and no reliable way to reach them.
- You send quotes and wonder afterwards if the number was right.
- You have finished shoots sitting in folders doing nothing for you.
- You want to test AI on real client work instead of reading about it.
- You will bring one real thing to a live session and act on the feedback.
This is not for you if...
- You want a list of brands handed to you every week.
- You are looking for one prompt that replaces the work.
- You only want gear reviews and camera settings.
- You want someone to write the pitches and send them for you.
- You will watch the sessions and never change anything.
Before you ask //
That is the most common starting point. Bring your portfolio to a live session and we look at what your work is currently ready for, and which brands and client types make sense to approach first.
No. Position is the first move for a reason. We work on the shooting, the lighting, the editing and the AI workflows that raise what you can deliver, then we get that work in front of people who can hire you.
That is Attract. Spec work aimed at brands you want, a real list of people worth contacting, and outreach that starts a conversation. Bring your portfolio and your last few messages and we fix what is stopping replies.
You get real pricing and negotiation material plus live feedback on your actual numbers. Bring a quote to a session before you send it and we look at it together.
No. It is a business membership for photographers. Brand work is one part of it. The rest is craft, positioning, pricing, AI and building more from work you have already done.
This is not a course. There is nothing to complete. There is a live session every week where you bring one thing and leave with a decision.
Every session is recorded and posted, and you can submit your question ahead of time so it gets answered whether or not you are there.
One live session plus a couple of hours of implementation is enough to move. Each session ends with one specific action rather than a reading list.
No. AI is one lever. The Lab keeps you current as the tools change, and the rest of the membership makes sure that capability turns into paid work.
No. Working photographers get the most out of this, because you already have past work, past clients and real relationships to expand.
No. Some members shoot full time and some shoot on weekends around a job. Every stage of the path still applies.
Yes. Cancel anytime in two clicks, and there is a 7 day full refund if it is not for you. Your founding rate stays at $29 for as long as your membership stays active.
Your camera got you here.Now build everything around it.
You did not get into this to send quotes and wonder if the number was right.
You got into it because you are good at this, and you wanted the work to pay like it.
That part is learnable. It just was not taught to you.
Get better.Get booked.Get paid.Build more.
Start Thursday.
$29/month
- Billed monthly
- Cancel anytime
- 7 day full refund
$29/mo