Summary

Adventure Wedding Academy is a photography education website created by the British-born photographer Cat Ekkelboom-White from Wild Connections Photography. Cat was one of the pioneers of adventurous weddings and elopements in Europe, and she shares her knowledge and experience on building a niche wedding and elopement photography business on the Adventure Wedding Academy website.

Adventure Wedding Academy has many articles on the website that offer photographers free resources to help them build a successful photography business. They also have online courses and templates to purchase, as well as selling 1:1 mentoring.

Business Information

Business Name: Adventure Wedding Academy
Industry: Wedding photography education & mentoring
Founded: 2018
Headquarters: 6082 Patsch, Austria
Ownership: Sole-Trader. Registered with the WKO as a professional photographer and media agency.
Owner:

Services

Free Educational Articles

  • Free resources in the way of blog posts for elopement photographers
  • Software & hardware reviews
  • Business tools and workflows for photographers

Mentoring for Photographers

  • 1:1 mentoring sessions for photographers

Podcast

  • Photographers for People & Planet podcast discussing themes around sustainability and ethics in photography

Target Audience

  • Photographers in the wedding industry
  • Photographers looking to specialize in outdoor weddings and elopements
  • Professional photographers

Differentiators

  • First photographer specialized exclusively in Adventurous Weddings & Elopements in Europe
  • 10+ years in the photography industry, with multiple awards and published features
  • Studied Sustainable Marketing & Media with the Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership

Awards & Recognition

  • Cat has been named as a Fujifilm X-Photographer
  • Guest on multiple photography podcasts
  • Speaker at Way Up North
  • Has won many high-profile wedding photography awards, including: Junebug Weddings, International Wedding Photographer of the Year, Wandering Weddings, Rangefinder Wedding Photography Award, Elopement Legend Awards, Internationl Food Photography Awards (category: weddings), Looks Like Film.
  • Has been featured in many high-profile publications, including: Junebug Weddings, Wandering Weddings, Dancing with Her, Love My Dress, Rock My Wedding, Boho Weddings, Style Me Pretty, Magnolia Rouge, Rangefinder, HuffPost, The Knot, and many more.

Additional Notes

  • Cat is a certified Animas coach & mentor to photographers, a public speaker in photography education spaces
  • Cat founded the European Elopement Guide – Europe’s #1 wedding & elopement planning website
  • Certified Carbon Literate & IEMA Associate Member.
  • Celebrates inclusivity & diversity