Join Elena S. Blair and Sandra Coan to learn how to build your family photography business into something that will prosper and thrive! Family photographers create memories and heirlooms for their clients, and you should value what you do for your families. In this class you’ll get off on the ground floor with some business basics, then move on to learning how to build your brand, develop a social media presence, get your website working for you, and put it all together to execute a solid marketing strategy. You have to do the work to promote yourself, but with the right pieces in place you’re on the road to success.

Capture dazzling Milky Way landscape photos in a single exposure! Join Erik Kuna on location as he goes through every step in his workflow to incorporate low level light painting into his Milky Way landscape photographs. No compositing required! You’ll learn about the essential gear, the camera settings, how to scout your locations, how to set your camera and lights on location, and how to finish it in post processing. Once you learn the steps you’ll find it is easy to repeat in other locations and foreground subjects.

Join Glyn Dewis in this eye-opening class as he unveils the essential gear for the modern iPhone photographer. From must-have lenses that enhance your perspective to crucial accessories that elevate your mobile photography game, Glyn shares his secrets for creating stunning images with just his iPhone. Gain an in-depth look into the gear that fuels his creativity and gets results. Whether you are a seasoned photographer or an iPhone photography enthusiast, this video provides valuable insights and inspiration to optimize your iPhone photography setup.

Make the most of your studio space! Join Frank Doorhof in his Netherlands studio space as he shows you how he has built his studio to maximize every nook and cranny to make it work for his business. Whether you have a large space or a small space it is all about making the most of what you have, seeing things with a photographer's eye, finding the right angles, being creative, and having fun. As Frank takes you through his studio he demonstrates how he shoots tethered for more control, how he uses venetian blinds as a prop, how to shoot in tight spaces, and how to be efficient with the space you do have. By the end of the class you'll be itching to start building new sets in your own studio.

There’s always something to photograph when you’re with Jeff Leimbach! Following up from his first class on this topic, Jeff shares even more ideas for what to shoot, new tips to help you have fun while you improve your photography, creative ways to use your camera, more places to consider photographing, and wraps up with ways to get motivated and keep shooting, even when there’s nothing to shoot.

Join Larry Becker and Eddie Tapp for an in-depth look at how to take advantage of the Platypod range of tools in professional product, food, and people photography setups. Through a series of live shoots with a variety of subjects, Eddie demonstrates creative approaches to using these tools. After each shoot Larry breaks down how each piece of equipment was used to create the final photograph. This class is loaded with techniques, tips, and tricks that teach you new ways to use these versatile tools to create your own dynamic images!

Our world is such an extraordinary place. As photographers, we are lucky to have the ability to capture and share it with those around us. Creating an emotional response begins with you, and the world is best observed with a curious mind. Join Elia as he shares his secrets to creating impactful travel photos.

Any successful photographer's path is shaped by a mosaic of strengths, determination, skill, tenacity, personality, business acumen, and just plain luck. This class will explore the life of a working photographer—the highs and lows, the strategies, and the knowledge base that continually enables the image maker to find pictures where there are none, to acquire and keep clients, establish repeat business, and succeed in the field. A lively hour with pictures from simple to complex, and frank discussion of how to succeed, find work, and keep your eyes alive and your heart excited to pursue the next photo.

Get ready for an epic landscape adventure! Join Karen Hutton as she teaches you how she makes the most out of a travel location. With scenic Colorado as the backdrop, Karen teaches you her techniques, practices, and mindset for maximizing a landscape photography destination. From epic landscapes to intimate macros Karen shows you things you may not have considered before with the hope that when you put it all together it can really take your photography to the next level.

Break out your flashlight and join Dave Black for some lightpainting fun with flowers, models, and more. You may know Dave Black as a sports photographer, but he has taken the art of lightpainting to new levels from years of practice, experimenting, and getting creative. Dave begins the class with a daytime walk scouting for small world subjects to photograph, and then takes you step-by-step through his process for lightpainting small world scenes in daylight. From there, Dave heads into the studio for a stunning series of lightpainting portraits with a talented ballerina. Dave wraps up the class with a large scale lightpainting scene during twilight with a model on a very cool outdoor set. From daytime to night, indoors and out, Dave teaches you new ways to see the world and photograph it using creative lightpainting techniques.

Cliff Mautner shares his personal tips, tricks, and photographic techniques that he's mastered throughout his career to capture beautiful portraits of the bride with each and every shot (no matter the location). In this course, Cliff discusses the importance of putting the bride at ease, how he positions himself and the camera while shooting, staging scenes in order to capture the best light, and much more. Cliff also shares his personal camera setups used at his own wedding shoots. If you're a wedding photographer then this is a must-see course!

Make your photo shoots more successful by being a better coach for your models. Join Frank Doorhof in his studio as he shares his tips and techniques for how to put your model at ease before the shoot, on how to give more effective directions to your model, on multiple ways to pose both male and female models, and so much more. Frank believes that light is the language of photography, and as a photographer you need to be control of your lighting, so Frank also takes some time to share his lighting setup as well as some of his secrets for adding depth and dimension to your photos with shadows. Knowing the importance of having a variety of interesting props, Frank also shares some tricks of the trade for how you can get or create great looking props without breaking the budget.

Use weather creatively in your landscape photography! Join Ian Plant to learn why weather is critical to your success, how to become a weather master, which weather events to incorporate into your photography, creative weather compositions, and a few digital darkroom techniques for enhancing the scene. By the end of the class you’ll have the tools to bring the landscape and weather together to create photographs that standout and get noticed!

Get the inside scoop on photographing iconic Washington DC from a local! Join John Dukes and Larry Becker for a behind the scenes tour of this amazing city. John starts the class getting you oriented, sharing the gear he uses, and teaching you how to get around. From there, you will be introduced to the best times and vantage points for photographing all of the must see destinations as well as a few places only the locals would know. Be sure to download the PDF containing all of the names and addresses of the locations discussed.