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.
Start with the free guide
The Gap names the three invisible skills that separate what you saw from what you photographed, and it will show you where your own work is stuck.
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.
Make work that matches what you saw
Build a body of work you trust, from the frame in the field to the finished print.
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.
Choose your path
Everything I teach sits on one path. Start where you are, and go as far as your work asks you to.
See the gap first
Two free ways in, no account needed.
The Gap →
The guide: why your photos don't match what you saw
Free Fine-Art Printing Course →
Eight lessons on turning a file into a print
Master the tools
Two self-paced courses, at your desk, when you have time.
Lightroom Masterclass →
Organize, edit, and bring your images to life in Lightroom Classic
Printmaker Masterclass →
The art and craft of fine art printing, from file to finished print
Learn with me, live
Ongoing membership, or ten focused weeks with a clear end.
Creative Path Academy →
Monthly critique, print lab, courses, and community
The Composition Masterclass →
Ten weeks, one body of work, starts 3 November
Work with me one to one
For the question your work is stuck on right now.
Breakthrough sessions →
Ninety minutes on the one question your work is stuck on
Three-month mentorship →
Six sessions, custom assignments, sustained guidance
Where photographers become artists.
A mentorship community for photographers who want to develop a real creative voice and make work that resonates with others. Live sessions with me every month, honest critique of your images, and a place to share the work in progress.
Clarity
Understand what you're trying to say and why it matters
Confidence
Trust your creative decisions from capture to print
Community
Learn alongside photographers who share your values
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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The Case for Committing
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Learning to See Is a Skill, the Slower Kind
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The Camera Sees Less Than You Do
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The Most Powerful Tool is Subtraction
There’s a moment we’ve all experienced—standing in front of an image that isn’t quite working, that feeling of almost but not quite. The subject is…