Mentoring classes

Over the past couple of years we’ve received numerous requests for people wanting to learn from us through mentoring, workshops or photography classes. We love the idea of teaching and helping others fine tune their photography skills and business acumen but did not feel ready to offer anything until recently. Instead of teaching a one class fits all, we’ve decided to taylor each class/mentoring session to the needs of those seaking our advice. For those interested in one-on-one mentoring sessions we offer 2 different options:

A. 1 hour session either in person or over the phone

B. 4 to 5 hour mentoring session with a hands-on photo shoot and image critique

Feel free to contact us throught the website if you are interested in additional details. We look forward to sharing our knowledge with you and seeing your knowledge grow!

In the meantime, here are some photos from a mentoring session we did with Ryan and Liga.

James explaining his lighting set-up and posing

His resulting image:

My image from the same pose but with different light

One of Liga getting her shot

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