Doire Photography

My afternoon meeting on Saturday was with another very talented Ottawa photographer.  Melanie Doire, of Doire Photography.  Melanie started her photography career in Kingston, Ontario before moving up to Ottawa.  She told me that being in Ottawa has been very good for her, business is blooming as she is coming up on her 5 year anniversary in October!

Melanie told me that she is really looking forward to attending a workshop with Jerry Ghionis, in Toronto this summer!  Catch her while you can!

From Melanie:

My goal as a photographer is to create lifelong memories and build lasting relationships with my clients.  For many of my clients I tend to become the photographer to capture all the major milestones in their lives, and I want to make good photography financially available to people while still earning a living myself.

“How to get free photography for life”

I started a referral program to encourage word of mouth advertising for my past clients. 

For every successful referral (4 or more hours wedding booked) they give to me, my referring client receives a free 1 hour photo session that they can use towards any style of photography.  This way, a small but steady supply of referrals would pretty much give my past clients free photography for life.