Online Fine Art Photography & Photoshop Course 2021

I’ve earnt my living as a professional photographer for forty-years, that’s a lot of experience to pass on that younger tutors who have not done photography as a commercial full-time career, simply don’t have. Indeed, many tutors have no ‘real-world’ photography experience except for teaching courses.

One to one tuition means learning at your own speed, making learning more relaxed, enjoyable and less stressful. A better financial investment because you learn far more in less time; having your time and money invested in only your progress. One to one tuition is a personal service to your home.

The course creates 27-hours of personalized recordings to continue learning after the course. Every step of the workflow is documented in fine detail for your reference later. Zoom video documentation makes the course a great long term investment for the future, long after the course finishes.

Artistic, photographic and retouching knowledge all on one course makes the course unique and comprehensive. By learning the complete workflow from one tutor, makes the knowledge consistent and flow seamlessly. This means no workflow knowledge gaps or confusions remain afterwards.

Invest all your time in one composition. Use a tripod so the exposures align in Photoshop. Take the best single image possible, then imagine that image on a gallery wall. Ask yourself: What would this image need to be improved? Then take additional technical and artistic exposures for those improvements.

When at home use the same process as shooting. Edit the exposures to find the best single frame. Everything you do not like about that image, you find a solution to in your additional exposures. Once edited, all the components are composited to create one perfect single frame as if taken by the camera.

The ‘perfect single image’ is cleaned of any dust and unwanted objects then sharpened. Next, contrast is adjusted on three levels: Global, local and detail followed by enhancing objects to give them a three-dimensional feel. Finally, spatial-depth is created to give the picture a feeling of space and volume.

Two steps remain. Give the picture a cohesive quality so the content works together as a unified, harmonious image without conflict. Finally, create the light, mood, drama and atmosphere to bring the picture to life which creates the emotional connection. Your personal artistic statement is completed.

Photography is divided into two subjects. Aesthetics: ‘The Art of Image Making’ and the technical side: How to use your camera to capture the highest quality raw files. Online the subject is discussed in detail showing examples. In-person workshops the subject is practical and demonstrated taking real photographs.

Online photography course: I send you all the base files and masks to create the ‘Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic’ photograph shown on this page. We work through the process of creating this image step-by-step together. In-person workshops: We work on the photography taken on the workshop.

Online photography course: Every session is video recorded live, giving you a total of 27-hours of recording to continue your learning after the course ends along with all the working files used. In-person workshops: Written notes and working files are created as we progress through the photography workshop.

After completing the online photography course or in-person photography workshop, I am always available to answer your questions and queries free of charge. In addition, follow-up training is available if you wish to continue your progress further or polish any weak areas that may remain a problem.