The Composition Masterclass
Ten weeks live on Zoom with me, Tuesdays from 3 November. Learn to compose with intention, then bring your photographs together into a body of work.
A method you can learn
I've been teaching photographers to see for fifteen years, and what I bring you is a method rather than a bag of tips: a way to look at images, to study how painters and photographers before us solved the same problems, and to bring what you find into your own work.
Take the free composition course
Intro to Strong Composition is seven short lessons by email, a few days apart, each with one simple thing to practice with your own images.
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Join the Academy
Three live sessions a month, honest critique of your images, and a community of photographers working on the same problems as you.
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Make work that matches what you saw
Build a body of work you trust, from the frame in the field to the finished print.
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Without a method the gap stays where it is, and you keep making technically fine photographs that don't feel like the moment you were standing in.
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Where photographers become artists.
The Academy is where the learning happens, month after month. Three live sessions with me, honest critique of the photographs you're working on, and a group of photographers working on the same problems.
Live sessions
Three a month on Zoom, with every past session recorded and organized by topic.
Honest critique
Send your photographs and I'll show you what's working, what isn't, and what to try next.
A community
Photographers who share work in progress and help each other see it.
I've been taking pictures for over 20 years, but it wasn't until I found you that I started seeing images.
He worked with me on improving my approach to composition, light and feeling. It was terrific. His ability to understand what I was seeking and his mentoring on what I need to look for was extremely helpful.
It's clear that I'm learning not merely the mechanics of image editing and creating a print, but the esthetics of the output, showing me elements in my photographs that had escaped my very own vision.
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Intro to Strong Composition: A Free Course
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The Camera Sees Less Than You Do
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