How Do You Get a Blurry Background? Aperture, Distance, and Zoom
You focus on your friend, and the parked cars and fence behind her look just as sharp as she does. A softer background would keep the eye on her. The…
Are Photography Classes Worth It? What a Class Gives You That a YouTube Video Does Not
A video plays the same way for everyone who watches it. In a class, the instructor looks at the photos you took last week. That difference is so important and…
Signs You’ve Outgrown Digital Camera Basics
You took a digital camera class, learned aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, and you're out of Auto mode for good. Photos are sharper and more deliberate. Then, a few months…
What Photoshop Actually Adds to a Lightroom Workflow
You already have Lightroom Classic, or you're about to start using it, and somewhere online someone mentioned you'll need Photoshop too. That's possible, but let’s look at how the two…
What to Look for When You Search for a Photography Teacher
Type "photography teacher near me" into Google and you get a map full of pins. Proximity is the easy part. What that map can't tell you is whether the person…
What Actually Happens in an Online Photography Class
Search "online photography classes" and most results show a library of pre-recorded videos, watched alone and rarely finished. That is not how Eliot Cohen's photography classes work. His sessions run…
What to Know Before You Sign Up for Photography Classes
You already own a camera. Maybe you've had it for a year, maybe longer. You can point and shoot. But you keep running into the same wall — the photos…
Why a Digital Camera Class for Beginners Changes How You Shoot
Most people who are new to photography and buy a digital camera start by using it in auto mode because it seems easier. They think the camera will make “smarter”…
Your Photos Are Piling Up. A Lightroom Class Can Fix That.
The shoot went well. You got home, imported the files, and now you have hundreds of photos from one afternoon event in a folder called "New Folder." You know the…
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