Family Photography Classes

Photography classes for the Family Photographer who wants to expand their skills and learn from an expert.

Are you ready to take your family photography to the next level? These courses are all designed to help you grow both creatively and technically and are suitable for family photographers that are just starting out - or those that are more experienced but looking for an inspiration boost.

Learn how to capture authentic moments with children, master light or refine your editing workflow for timeless images. Whether you’re looking to develop your own lifestyle photography style, build a thriving family documentary business or take compelling portraits, these classes give you the skills, confidence, and inspiration to create family photos that truly stand out.

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WITH Bec Griffiths

The Art of Marketing

Learn how to create marketing that works, feels authentic and you can get excited about. This class is for the photographers that want to make art, share art and make a living without selling their soul. 

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WITH Carolyn Fong

Naturally Lit

Forget feeling dependant on golden hour or window light - learn to create beautifully lit images anywhere, anytime using off camera flash. Naturally Lit is designed for natural light photographers ready to expand their toolkit - without compromising their style.

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WITH Cornell Watson

Composing the World You See

Composition is the sauce to creating art and the key to consistency.  In Composing The World You See, you will learn to build, stretch, challenge, and flex your composition muscles to consistently create your new favorite photos.

WITH ALICE CHAPMAN

Get Real

This course will teach you how to see that nothing is better than real life. You’ll learn how to apply the principles of photojournalism to family photography. Content includes documentary lighting, composition and editing as well as how to tune into different real life moments so you can make impactful and meaningful documentary photographs.

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WITH Celina Bailey

The Basics of Photography

Take control of your camera to bring forth your vision with confidence. Whether you’re a beginner or having been taking photos for years in auto mode, mastering manual photography and understanding how your camera works will allow you to consistently take perfectly exposed photos in any situations and allow for more creativity in your work.

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WITH Didi Von Boch

EGO TRIP

This class isn’t about rules: it’s about breaking them. EGO TRIP is an invitation to create photos from your soul. Images that feel like you—unfiltered, intuitive, and alive.
EGO TRIP pushes beyond assumption and expectation into the landscape of obsession, passion, and vision.

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WITH Hailey Bartholomew

Film-Making

This class is all about making great films with emotion and heart, for yourself or your clients. If you've always wanted to make films with your DSLR or your phone, or perhaps you have been dabbling in video, but want feedback to help you make them better this class is for you. Content caters to all levels of experience.

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WITH Iris Hu

Layers of Love

Master the four key elements to create storytelling images: light, environmental elements, connections, and compositions. Allowing you to confidently navigate both in-home and outdoor locations, creating artistic and meaningful images for client and personal work.

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WITH Roxanne Bryant

Editing for Artists

A color theory intensive.The key to confident editing is understanding why color behaves the way it does. In this intensive class, you will gain insight on how color theory creates richness and depth, conveys mood, illuminates focal points and composition, and directly communicates your story.

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WITH Summer Murdock 

The Magic of Light

A guide to understanding the best of the light around you. The Magic of Light will push you to slow down, open your eyes and really SEE the light with fresh eyes and get those images that are stuck in your head out into your camera.

WITH summer murdock

The Magic of Motion

Stillness only goes so far. This class explores how movement brings photographs to life. Through blur, slow shutter, panning, and intentional camera movement, photographers learn to guide subjects into embodied motion while loosening their grip on perfection and creating images that feel more alive.

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How class registration works

Enrolment for our interactive classes opens three times a year—based on US seasons and dates:

  • Winter - January 7th 2026

  • Spring- March 25th 2026

  • Fall - August 26th 2026

All interactive classes offer two learning options:

Guided Seats

Guided Students get tailored guidance from the teacher including direct feedback on images and exercises as well as personalised feedback videos on assignments.

Independent Seats

Independent students have full access to class content and can participate in class discussions —they just don’t get teacher critique and feedback on images or assignments.

Both learning options offer a rich and inspiring experience and are open to students all over the world.

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Next registration for interactive classes opens March 25th 6pm EST

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