https://visualeducation.com/class/still-life-pasta-food-art/

 

In this still life photography class, Karl shows you how to create a striking piece of art using very simple ingredients.  After spending some time perfecting his composition, Karl moves on to lighting. To simulate sunlight and achieve a graphical, hard-light effect, he uses a very particular modifier: the Flooter Fresnel attachment.  The Fresnel results are excellent. But Karl also demonstrates how to achieve a very similar effect with a much simpler and more affordable bare-bulb studio light combined with a standard reflector.  You’ll also discover how to use flags to reduce exposure in specific areas, and learn about the properties of collimated light.

https://visualeducation.com/class/luxury-watch-shoot-2/

 

Photographing a TAG Heuer dive watch, Karl demonstrates another lighting setup and shares some top tips for capturing advertising-style watch shots.  Starting with his shooting angle and lighting setup, Karl explains his setup and the lights he uses to create the final image. With four important areas to light — the watch face, strap, base surface and background — you’ll see what modifiers Karl uses, how he controls the reflections in the shiny metallic surfaces, and how he controls the gradient lighting in the shot.  Finally, Karl experiments with adding water droplets to the shot, explaining the trick he uses to carefully manipulate the drops and control them for the best results.

https://visualeducation.com/class/cycling-photography-specialized-racing-bike-shoot/

For this product photography class Karl photographs a Specialized time-trial racing bicycle to demonstrate how to light and photograph complex products that have multiple different textures and small important details.  Throughout this step-by-step shoot, Karl explains the concept for the shot, his composition decisions, background choice and techniques for controlling the lighting. As he gradually builds the lighting setup, you’ll learn techniques for lighting matte products, how to reduce flare, and see exactly how important the position of the light is.  This detailed class covers multiple techniques that could be applied to numerous different products and clearly demonstrates the value of methodical work practice and deliberate problem-solving.

https://visualeducation.com/class/working-to-a-photography-brief-challenge-2/

In this live show, Karl launches our second Working to a Brief assignment: a wine bottle shoot.  He explains the visual sketch as well as the reference mood board images, outlining what is expected in the final image. He also shares some useful tips and pointers that will help you achieve the correct result.

https://visualeducation.com/class/cosmetic-excellence/

How do you make a small, everyday object look like a work of art? Successful advertising photography requires empowering your subject to give it presence and desirability. There are also lighting considerations, camera angles and techniques that will help make it work.  In this product photography class, Karl creates a powerful, dramatic advertising image of a pair of lipsticks. In doing so, he demonstrates how to photograph small products, what impact background choice can have on the final shot, and how to create beautiful gradient lighting for products with metallic textures.  Shooting small objects such as this requires precision and patience. As Karl builds his shot up light-by-light, you’ll see how even the smallest changes can have a big impact.

https://visualeducation.com/class/photoshop-demonstration-colour-techniques-2/

Colour is an important part of photography, so knowing how to control and manipulate it in the post-production stages is a useful skill to have.  This live session, which builds on our Fundamentals of Post-Production and Live Photoshop Demonstration shows, goes into great detail about colour, how we can adjust, but also why and when we may want to adjust colour.  Throughout the show, Karl discusses four distinct points: Reasons to change colour; the importance of selections and masks when changing colour; colour reality; and ways to change colour.

https://www.karltayloreducation.com/class/macro-photography-at-home/
In this class Karl is in the studio using an entry level DSLR with an 18-55mm lens and a simple flash gun to give you even more ideas for your macro photography. Karl creates some really eye catching images of Kiwi Fruit in this chapter with very minimal gear- But you’ll learn that you can use this set up to easily create similar images at home that reap equally amazing results.

https://visualeducation.com/class/members-picture-critique-animals-macro-photography/

 

In this live critique show, now available to watch as a replay, Karl reviews animal and macro images submitted by members. Looking at each of the submissions, he gives his feedback and advice. He also demonstrates some simple post-production tips that can easily be applied to any image, and shares a number of tips for photographing macro shots of nature or animals. These include using extension tubes, compositional techniques, and how to achieve sufficient depth of field.