Affordable Private Lessons to learn at your pace and skill level. Whether a shutterbug with a Point & Shoot or an advanced user with professional gear I have custom lessons just for you. We can use your gear or mine.
Any photography, editing or software topic from beginner to advanced can be requested with your choice of various session lengths. If required a model as subject can be arranged, additional fee applies. Discounted Ongoing Lessons available.
A 3 hour structured program designed for ease of comprehension blending important need-to-know camera functions with a few exciting photography techniques & basic lighting tips. You’ll leave excited with knowledge you can immediately put to use taking great pictures.
In this 3 hour program you'll learn what those sayings mean and how to work towards them. We need to as lighting is more important than camera brand, lens used or how much you spent on gear. After all, Photography literally translates to "writing with light".
A 3 hour program taught with terms and hands-on curriculum that you can easily understand. I take your learning comfort level into account as this topic is frequently very confusing to many people, we proceed as slow or quickly that's comfortable for you.
Lesson plans for both new and experienced users. These personally designed 3 hour sessions will drastically simplify the learning curve and increase your productivity. No need to waste countless confusing hours trying become self-taught. Graphic software has been my speciality since 1984 and an honorary member of NAPP - National Association of Photoshop Professionals.
Unflattering poses can make your subject look heavy, awkward, emotionally disconnected or worse. You will learn how to orchestrate the perfect pose from head to toe including natural facial expressions. This 2 hour lesson will have you posing subjects effortlessly with confidence.
Beauty & cosmetology schools teach makeup for daily wear. The type and application of cosmetics are different for photography & video. In fact, daily wear makeup often hurts the photographic results causing more retouching time. Makeup artists and models learn the products & unique contouring to compliment photographic lighting. Photographers learn what to request of the makeup artist, models or subjects to match the lighting and shot angles.
Why? Trained models can request and get higher paid gigs. How? By understanding simple posing angles, direction to turn for best lighting, how to create expressions and basic understanding of photography makeup. In short, you consistently make all photographer's images look better and increase your demand.
