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Have you ever looked at the images other photographers are making and just thought, "How the heck are they doing that? My images don't look like that. Is it the camera? Is it something magic in post-production? I don't get it!" You can nail the technical stuff and get it all "right" and still not make your images look the way you want them to. And if they don't look that way, they won't feel that way.  ImageWork is an 18-lesson video series about the aesthetics of photography. In other words, what decisions can we make to make images look the way they do? There are a lot of answers to that question. Some of them involve depth of field, and some come from our choice of shutter speed or the way we use our optics or where we put the camera (this is a big one!). Others have to do with our choices in the digital darkroom. But most of the time it's the combination of all those things and more. And it's never a result of following the manual.  One of the problems with learning photography is that we too often start with the technical stuff. We need that. But it's not a very creative approach. Your photographs can come out of the camera technically perfect—and perfectly bland. So can mine.

At some point, we all need to step back and say, OK, but why does this photograph look the way it does? What makes the image work? What choices were made with the camera to make the most of the light, time, or space that the photographer had to work with? And what was done in post-production to make it look so much better than the lackluster RAW file that came out of my camera? ImageWork will teach you to do that and find more creative possibilities in the answers.

18 Powerful Video Lessons

Join me as I unpack 18 photographs and discuss every intent, every decision, and every technique that makes the image work. We'll talk about depth and energy, about the use of time and space, the behaviour of focal lengths, different kinds of contrast, visual mass & the engagement of the viewer, dodging and burning, brilliant black & white conversions, and so much more. This unique course combines in-camera decisions and techniques with those made in Adobe Lightroom, to focus on the full creative process of making your photographs.

And if you combine ImageWork with my ImageStory course (keep scrolling), it's enough insightful training to keep you honing your craft for a long time at a price that won't be offered again. Enroll now and all 18 lessons and bonus resources are yours immediately, and they're yours forever.