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. With only eight photographers, I'll know every one of your images by the end.
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.
Find where your work is stuck
The Gap is a free guide that names the three skills that close the distance between what you saw and what you made, and shows you which one is holding you back.
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Work on it with me
In the Academy you get three live sessions a month, honest critique of member images on a rotating basis, and a community of photographers working on the same problems.
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Make work that matches what you saw
Over time you 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.
An artist who teaches artists
I'm Robert Rodriguez Jr, a landscape photographer and fine art printer in New York's Hudson Valley. For more than twenty years, photography has been my way of sharing a connection to the natural world, one rooted in awe and gratitude.
I've written two books on fine-art printing and I'm an ambassador for Canson Infinity and BenQ. But what I care about most is helping a small group of photographers find what they're trying to say, and say it.
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The Creative Path Academy
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 small group of photographers I get to know well.
Live sessions
Three a month on Zoom, with every past session recorded and organized by topic.
Honest critique
I critique member photographs on a rotating basis, showing what's working, what isn't, and what to try next. Academy Plus members also get a private monthly session with me.
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 Case for Committing
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Why I Don’t Make the Picture (90% of the Time)
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