KelbyOne Courses
The Complete Guide to Fall Photography
What is fall color to you? Join Karen Hutton in the Eastern Sierra Mountains as she chases fall color while exploring what fall means and how to tell its story. From planning and preparation to shooting on location, Karen shares her thoughts, process, and techniques while challenging you to find ways to put yourself into your art, explore the relationships between your subject matter, and follow what you love.
Our Treasured Lands: Bringing Home the Memories
We are incredibly fortunate to have some amazing national treasures all across the land. Some like Yellowstone, Yosemite and Grand Canyon are well known. Others like the Redwoods, Badlands and others are not so well known. Let's take a photographic journey through these lands and talk about planning, best times, best locations, hidden treasures and making the iconic shots so we can bring home the memories and share them!
Getting Up To Speed Fast On The New Stuff In Lightroom & Photoshop 2023
Adobe MAX has begun and that means new versions and new features for Lightroom Classic, Lightroom, Camera Raw, and Photoshop. With even more powerful ways to create masks, better retouching tools, and so much more. Join Scott Kelby as he gets you up to speed fast with the key features that are sure to take your workflow to the next level!
Portrait Photography: Mastering Hard Light
Master hard light in the studio! Join Frank Doorhof in his studio to learn what you can do with smaller light sources to create dynamic photographs with stunning shadows that are the hallmark of hard light. In this class you'll learn how to use reflectors, grids, flags, projectors, gobos, and more to light your subjects as creatively as your imagination allows. Frank wraps up the class with some retouching examples to demonstrate his approach to enhancing his photos to finalize his original vision.
The Ultimate Guide to Photographing Kids
Photographing kids can be challenging on many levels. Join Gilmar Smith on set for a series of child-themed photoshoots as she shares her techniques and tricks for making connections and capturing each subject’s personality. Gilmar’s ultimate goal is incorporating a sense of wonder into her photographs to preserve that magical time of childhood. From working one-on-one with kids of various ages to a wild group photo shoot Gilmar walks you through each step of the shoot. At the end of the class Gilmar reviews her favorite photos from each shoot and demonstrates some of her post processing techniques.
Gilmar Smith
Release Date 2022-10-05
Great Photography Starts in Your Own Hometown
Great travel photographs start right in your hometown! Join Rick Sammon in his hometown as he shows you how to practice photographing different subjects and different lighting situations. The more you practice at home the higher the number of keepers you’ll get when you photograph on your travels, and this is especially true when you have new gear. In this class Rick looks for new challenges and new photo opportunities for landscapes, wildlife portraits, including people in the scene, capturing the flavor of a city, and much more. Through each lesson Rick packs in endless tips, techniques, and easy to remember tricks to help you have rewarding and creative experiences no matter where you find yourself with your camera.
Retouching in Lightroom: It's All in the Details
Portrait photographer, Tracy Sweeney, will share with you her “It’s all in the details” approach to crafting captivating, creative portraits in Lightroom Classic. In this session you’ll focus on texture and clarity sliders in Lightroom Classic, and learn how to elevate your portraits with simple techniques that will enhance details and diminish distractions, resulting in wow factor photos.
Portrait Photography: One Prop, Unlimited Possibilities
Maximize how you use a single prop in your portrait photo shoots! Join Frank Doorhof as he demonstrates how he uses several different props to create a wide range of looks and effects. From room dividers to lightbulbs to the common chair and fabric, you’ll be amazed at the possibilities that can be achieved from a creative approach with the props you may already have on hand.
Travel Photography: Post Processing Interior Images
Wrapping up this two-part series, Scott uses Lightroom Classic and Photoshop to show you how to bring back the best pictures you’ve ever taken while traveling. Using the photos he created in Travel Photography: Capturing Beautiful Interiors Scott demonstrates his post processing workflow for overcoming tricky lighting, lens and perspective distortions, removing distractions, enhancing sharpness, and a whole lot more. Through each lesson Scott works through the challenges each photo presents while sharing killer tips, tricks, and techniques to bring out the very best in each picture.
Travel Photography: Capturing Beautiful Interiors
Create epic interior photographs while traveling! In this first segment of a two part series, join Scott Kelby as he photographs museums, cathedrals, palaces, and other stunning locations around Prague. Scott starts off with a discussion of gear, settings, and strategies before heading out to a variety of locations to demonstrate how he overcomes the challenges each location presents to capture beautiful photographs.
The Keys to Running a Successful Photography Business
Rick and Susan Sammon, who had early careers working in Madison Avenue advertising and public relations firms, have been running their photography business since 1991. Their business workflow includes: organizing photo workshops, giving seminars, marketing on social media, recording on-line classes, writing books and magazine articles, getting commercial assignments, getting sponsors and more. In this class, the dynamic duo covers everything you need to know (including the ups and downs) of running a business, including diversifying, dividing responsibilities, networking, invoicing, paying taxes, keeping a low overhead, the work of running a photo workshop, and much more. The Sammons’ hard work has allowed them to travel to more than 100 countries, illustrating the adage: "Hard Work Pays Off.”
Crafting Better Portraits in Photoshop
Create a magical storybook image! Join Kirk Nelson as he takes you from a blank canvas to a stunning final composition with the approach of a traditional artist. Using photo elements from a portrait session, additional visual elements, and some special Photoshop sauce, you can use the practice files to follow along or practice on your own after the class.
How to Use the Canon R3 Like a Pro
Join Erik Kuna to learn the ins and outs of the amazing Canon EOS R3! If you’ve purchased the R3 or are considering adding this to your kit, then this is the class for you. Join Erik as he shares his experience with using the R3, discusses what type of photographer will benefit the most from what this camera has to offer, and then takes you on a deep dive exploration of the buttons, dials, and menus to help you get the most out of Canon’s most high performance mirrorless camera to date!
Getting the Most Out of Your KelbyOne Membership
Make the most of your KelbyOne membership with this class from Scott Kelby and Erik Kuna! Whether you are a new member or a seasoned KelbyOne veteran this class is for you. Join Scott and Erik as they take you through a complete tour of all the content, features, and perks your KelbyOne membership has to offer. Get the inside scoop on navigating your Dashboard, finding classes that fit your interests, the various ways you can watch your favorite instructors, how to get involved with the best community on the web, and so much more!
Best Kept Secrets to Amazing Dog Photography
Go in-depth into the world of dog photography with Kaylee Greer, a private and commercial pet photographer. Learn to create photos of your dog that are worthy of a cover shot by learning the tips and tricks Kaylee uses to bring out the best in each subject.
Everyday Sports Photography with Your iPhone
Capture life’s most active moments with your iPhone! Join sports photographer, Rob Foldy, at Safety Harbor Park to unlock hidden features and make the most of your iPhone for photographing sports and action. In this class Rob explains key settings, features, options, lenses, and shooting modes on your iPhone to help you create dynamic photographs of your friends, family, athletes, and regular people just having fun on the move.
Travel Photography: Photographer's Guide to Prague
Take a photographic tour of one of the most beautiful cities in all of Europe! Join Scott Kelby and Larry Becker as they walk you through all of the locations a travel photographer would want to visit in the photogenic city of Prague. Scott shares his recommendations for the gear to bring, how to plan ahead for the photo locations you’ll want to include, and then gives you the inside scoop for how to create the best photographs of each of these iconic locations. Scott even prepared a PDF of all his top locations you can download and take with you!
Designing a Kick Butt Photo Workstation
Whether you’re shooting tethered in your studio or out in the field and coming back to your desk to do your post-processing—your workstation matters. In this class, Terry will explore all the pieces that go into a kick-butt photo workstation so that you can work better.
Getting Up to Speed with Boris FX Optics 2022
Get your visual effects on! Join Erik Kuna as he gets you up to speed with Boris FX Optics 2022, a plug-in for Photoshop and Lightroom Classic as well as a standalone program. Boris FX has been a leader in visual effects for video and now for stills. In this class you’ll learn how to perform color grading, lighting effects, light leaks, particle generations, and more using Boris FX Optics. Starting from Lightroom Classic and Photoshop, Erik takes you step-by-step through different example workflows, from basic to more and more advanced, to help you create photographs that more closely match what you saw in your mind’s eye or even your imagination when the photo was created.
The Top 20 Lightroom Classic Questions Answered
Get your Lightroom Classic questions answered! Join Scott Kelby as he clears up the confusion and keeps you moving forward with confidence by answering the most frequently asked questions from the Lightroom Conference. You can watch through all lessons in order or just skip to the topics that you want to learn. Scott covers everything from catalog management tips to finding your photos to shooting tethered to solving common problems and so much more.
Landscape Panoramas and Timelapses
Take the mystery out of creating panoramas and timelapse movies! Join Erik Kuna out in the beautiful landscape of Arizona as he breaks down the essentials for creating breathtaking panoramas and captivating timelapse movies. Starting with no frills set ups, Erik teaches you the lingo, the gear, and the settings to make these creations come alive, as he builds on each lesson to increase your skills and your options.
Selling Fine Art Landscape Prints Online
Learn how to sell your fine art prints online! Join Craig Alexander as he shares the tactics and techniques he’s used to sell thousands of prints online. Craig starts with a history of how he got started and then dives into his process for discovering what sells, various methods to enhance your volume of sales, and a step-by-step look at how to set up an online listing. By the end of the class you’ll have a roadmap to follow to get started selling your art online.
Craig Alexander
Release Date 2022-06-08
Land to Sea and Everywhere in Between
Join Nikon Ambassador, author, and travel photographer Deborah Sandidge as she guides you through capturing experiences and creative imagery, giving you a sense of being there in the moment. Through this presentation, Deborah will share the conceptual elements of her imagery and how the art and technique of photography can bring an image to life. Deborah’s approach through photography is to create an image that conveys what it feels like to be there—in other words, making it more of an experience. Learn how she envisions and creates shots in the dark, photographing stars and the rushing tide of the ocean, well before sunrise. Master details that engage the viewer and allow you to enjoy creative and alternate photography options through long exposure, infrared, and multiple exposures. Deborah will share many tips and techniques that add depth and dimension to your imagery. Deborah invites you to join her. You’ll have fun and come away with fresh ideas and new techniques that you can apply to your own creative landscape photography.
Getting Up To Speed Fast with ON1 Effects Plugin
Take your finishing moves to the next level with On1 Effects! Join Scott Kelby as he shows you exactly how he uses Effects in his workflow. Whether you start in Photoshop or Lightroom Classic, you’ll learn how to take your photo into the plugin. Within Effects you’ll get up to speed on using presets, combining presets, customizing filters, working with layers, applying masks, making selective edits, and then bring the finished copy back again. By the end of the class you’ll be able to incorporate this cool plugin into your own workflow.
Making Logos in Photoshop
If you have Photoshop you can make a logo! Join Dave Clayton for a fun introduction to creating logos in the Swiss Army knife of programs, Photoshop. You’ll learn how to use type, custom shapes, combine shapes, put type on a path, create mockups, export your finished logos, and a whole lot more. Dave packs expert tips and tricks into each lesson and eases even a beginner into the tools and process of creating a logo from scratch.
Uncovering the Magic of the Golden Hours
Learn how to capture your best photographs during the best time of day! Join Rick Sammon as he uncovers the magic of photography during the golden hours. In this class Rick shares tips for shooting before, during, and after sunrise and sunset, as well as his post processing techniques for making photos look their best. You’ll learn how to make the most of that warm golden glow, those long dramatic shadows, and the cool blue time that comes before sunrise and after sunset.
Lightroom Tips & Tricks You Never Knew
Both Adobe Lightroom and Lightroom Classic are pretty straightforward, but there are several little known features and tips and tricks that most users will never find on their own. In this class, Terry White does a rapid-fire session fitting as many tips on both versions in an hour as he can. If you’re a Lightroom or Lightroom Classic user you don’t want to miss this one!
Planning & Scouting Your Landscape Photography Adventure
Plan your next photography Adventure! Join Ramtin Kazemi as he teaches you all the essential steps for planning and executing a successful landscape photography expedition. Rammy shares the gear he uses, his process for pre-scouting the location, how to scout on location, how to find the best compositions after you arrive on site, the settings he uses to capture the images, and how to post process the final results in Lightroom Classic and Photoshop.
Master Headshot Photography Lighting
Take your headshot game to new levels! Join Peter Hurley for a complete walk through of his signature lighting techniques for men and women. In this class Peter walks you step-by-step through three different lighting setups with two different models in studio. You'll learn about the gear he uses as well as how to make a lighting setup with the gear you already have. Get a front row seat as Peter works with each model to dial in his light and bring out the very best poses from his subjects once he gets them in the zone!
10 Exercises to Spark Your Photographic Creativity
Break out of a creative rut with a series of exercises to boost your creativity! Join Dave DeBaeremaeker as he shares, demonstrates, and illustrates 10 exercises to that will help you master your gear, gather ideas, and learn the benefits of limiting your choices. By the end of the class you’ll be able to put these exercises into practice toward expanding your own creative efforts!
Dave DeBaeremaeker
Release Date 2022-04-13
Top 20 Portrait Tips
Join Scott and open the door to his top 20 portrait tips and tricks—that make you faster, and more efficient. In this session you will learn how to keep everything on the set moving forward with tips on how to work with your subject to things you can do right during the shoot in post that make a big difference. This is a super fast-paced class packed with lots of info that will make your photography sessions more fun and productive, and help make your portraits look like the pros.
How to Use the Nikon Z9 Like a Pro
Join Moose Peterson for a masterclass on the Nikon Z9! If you’ve already purchased this camera or are planning to in the future, then this class is for you. The Z9 is an amazing camera, and only made better when you can customize it to fit your photography like a glove. In this class Moose gives you the information you need to get started, a PDF download of the settings he uses, and then he walks you through all of the key buttons, menus, and settings you need to know to get the most out of this powerhouse of a camera.
Getting Super Organized in Lightroom Cloud
If you’re using the cloud based Lightroom (or considering it in the future), then this is the class for you! Scott has adapted his SLIM organizational system from Lightroom Classic to work with the newer cloud based Lightroom with the same focus on keeping it simple. There are 5 key steps to this process, and Scott’s breaks down each one, teaching you the tools you need to know and providing a common sense framework that you can adapt to the subjects you photograph. Scott wraps up the class with a start to finish workflow that puts all the concepts together to show how well it works.
Shooting and Compositing Your Own Special Effects
Learn how to create and capture dynamic visual effects at home! Join Kirk Nelson for a truly fun and practical class on shooting and composting special effects that you create in your own home or backyard. With lessons on water splashes, smoke, steam, and fireballs, made from props, materials, and equipment you may already have or can acquire at a local store, you’ll be ready to get started right away. After walking through how to create and capture the effects, Kirk takes you through his post processing workflow and demonstrates how to composite these effects into photographs.
How to Print Like a Pro
In this class you’ll learn the step-by-step process of how to prepare your images for print using Lightroom Classic (including why you should use Lightroom Classic instead of Photoshop). You’ll unlock the power of Lightroom Classic’s Print Module for creating really cool multi-photo layouts, plus Scott covers everything from which printers to consider, which paper to use (and why), how to evaluate your prints, how to get your prints to match what you saw on screen, and more.
Lighting for Beverage & Splash Photography
Take your beverage photography skills to the next level! Join Aaron Van, an Orlando-based commercial food and beverage photographer, for a complete behind-the-scenes look at everything you need to know to create pro-level photos of beverages. To begin, Aaron takes you through the tools, props, glassware, and light shaping tools he uses every day. From there you’ll join Aaron in the studio for a series of shoots where changing up the lighting allows for a variety of creative looks that help to tell a story. Through each lesson, Aaron shares tips and techniques for elevating your beverage photography higher and higher. Aaron wraps up the class with a discussion of flash duration for stopping motion in liquid before putting it all together in a final shoot.
Photographing Winter Landscapes
Head north to the scenic shores of Lake Superior for some amazing winter landscape photo opportunities! Join Ian Plant on location in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as he shares his favorite tips and techniques for creating dynamic winter landscape compositions that draw the viewer deeper into your photographs. Along the way Ian teaches you how to keep your gear and yourself safe and warm while shooting, how to find the best subjects and light, and then puts it all into practice through a series of on location shoots in lakeside ice caves.
Travel Photography: A Photographer's Guide to Route 66
Join Jefferson Graham on a 240-mile journey that steps back in time exploring historic Route 66! One of the first major paved roads, Route 66 is chock full of photo ops, roadside attractions, and endless photo opportunities. Jefferson shares the gear he uses, tips for capturing the best photos in the daytime or night, post-processing techniques, fascinating Rt 66 trivia, and a list of all the most important sights to see along the route.
Your iPhone as a Second Camera
Sometimes we overlook the camera we have with us all the time—right in our pocket! Join Erik as he shares tips and techniques for making the most of your iOS or Android phone to make awesome professional quality images. He’ll go over how to shoot in RAW, and how to use computational photography. He will also teach you how to capture amazing images without having to lug around extra gear or spend extra time editing. From long exposure to shooting the Milky Way to shallow depth of field and macro, so many things are possible. What better time than now to get ahead of the game and start using your mobile device as your second camera? Who knows, it might just become your primary camera one day!
Unlocking the Power of Photoshop's Layers
Take your understanding of Photoshop’s layers to a whole new level! Join Scott Kelby as he helps you unlock all the creative power of using layers to their fullest. Layers are one of the most important aspects of using Photoshop. Scott starts the class helping you understand the concept of layers and the fundaments before moving onto a series of project-based lessons that show you how to use layers like a pro. In this class you’ll gain an understanding of blending modes, layer masking, working with type layers, keeping your layers organized, adjustment layers and so much more!
Becoming Your Own Best Photo Editor
Learn how to become the best photo editor of your own work! Join Ibarionex Perello as he provides a clear understanding of the role of the creator and the editor in the photographic process. He goes beyond discerning which images are “good” and “bad,” and instead shows photographers how to think of their images as bodies of work that express ideas, themes, and narratives. Using Lightroom Classic as its starting point, Ibarionex demonstrates how he initially gathers images into categories based on the subject matter, and graphic elements of ideas found in their photographs. From there he shares his process for narrowing down that selection, using Lightroom Classic’s various tools, to end up with a tight selection of images for a portfolio, web gallery, or book.
Enhancing Your Backgrounds Using Photoshop's New Neural Filters
Learn how to take a so-so photo to a stunner using Photoshop’s neural filters! Join Kirk Nelson as he takes you step-by-step through a project using one of his photos that leverages the power of multiple neural filters and other Photoshop tools to transform it into a masterpiece. In this class you’ll learn all about what neural filters are, where they are found, how to apply them to your photos, and then how to take them to a whole new level using smart objects, depth maps, and other Photoshop tools.
Scott's 20 Top Travel Photography Tips
Join Scott Kelby in this special session from the Travel Photography Conference as he shares his top 20 tips for travel photography. Scott’s traveled all over the world for work and for pleasure and now you can learn from his experience as if he was giving advice to a friend. In this class you’ll learn how to remove tourists from a scene, get sharper photos, make your own reflections, how to show motion, handle bad weather, and so much more!
Just One Flash - Updated
If you want to take great portraits with just one flash, this class is for you! Join Scott Kelby as he teaches you a simple system that works in studio and on location. Starting from scratch, you'll learn the camera settings, flash settings, and core gear you need to get consistently great results. At the end of this class you're going to be able to create amazing portraits with confidence!
Photoshop Tips and Tricks for Designers
Add new techniques to your creative arsenal! Join Dave Clayton as he walks you through five of his favorite Photoshop tips and tricks. In this class, you’ll learn how to create patterns, shapes, color themes, and gradients from photos, how to organize your libraries, leverage the Frame tool, take advantage of Layer Comps, create cool effects, and so much more!
Unlock Your Photography Creativity: A Step by Step Guide
Join Rick Sammon as he takes you through 21 steps to unlocking your photographic creativity! From setting goals to making more prints to the importance of your own physical health, Rick illustrates each step with photographic examples, stories, and his own brand of wisdom and humor. No matter where you are in your photographic journey, this class is an opportunity to take your skills and ways of seeing to the next level!
Creative Night Photography on Your Mobile Device
Join Russell Preston Brown as he discusses how he pushes the boundaries of mobile phone technology to capture long exposure night photography. Russell leaves DSLR cameras behind and only travels with his iPhone and an iPad. He will discuss how he captures the night sky with an iPhone. He will cover setting up the phone preferences and the various applications he uses. Plus he will cover some of his favorite tips and techniques for capturing city lights, stars and star trails, light painting, and more.
Creative Family Portraits for Special Occasions
Step up your creativity in your family portraiture! Join Gilmar Smith as she walks you through a series of super fun and imaginative photo shoots with families and kids. In this class you’ll learn what goes into the set up of each scene, how to make it flow with adults and kids, get everyone engaged with a concept, and ensure everyone has a great experience. The first shoot involves a family in a holiday themed shoot, the second has a magical theme for a youth portrait, and in the final shoot Gilmar engages her own kids in a fantastically creative shoot with a unique concept.
Gilmar Smith
Release Date 2021-12-02
Creating Content for Instagram with Photoshop
Put the power of Photoshop into your Instagram game! Join Dave Clayton as he takes you through a series of projects for creating compelling content for your feed. Dave starts with a firm foundation in what's involved, and then takes you step-by-step through creating panoramic photo carousels, photo collages, and telling visual stories with individual images. You'll gain a thorough understanding of Photoshop's Artboard feature, how to create template files, and save time with Crop tool presets. Whether you're a business owner or casual content creator you'll come away with valuable skills you can start using now.
How to Ignite Your Photography Business
Get your ducks in a row with this photography business bootcamp! Join Alex Cearns as she shares her wisdom and experience from getting her own pet photography business off the ground to the successful business it is today. In this class you’ll gain tips on how to choose a solid direction for your business, strengthen your client reach, focus on branding, skip common mistakes, and learn how to run your business more effectively!
Macro Photography: Up Close and Personal
New to Macro? Not so new, but want a new way to approach it? Professional Fujifilm X-Photographer Karen Hutton shares her secrets to success. She’ll show you what lenses to use, what aperture is best, whether to use handheld or tripod, what to do if you’re stuck at home, how to use storytelling to make an amazing image, how to use natural light to your advantage, and the right lenses for the job. With her help you too can become “the Macro Whisperer”. That is, one whose photographs at first glance inform, but at second glance touches deeply, revealing the whisperings of Mother Nature herself—up close and personal.
Advanced Milky Way Photography Post Processing
Take a deeper dive into post processing your Milky Way photos! Join Erik Kuna as he teaches you how to decrease the noise and increase the signal to bring out the very best in your astrophotography. Erik walks you step-by-step through his workflow for dealing with noise, nailing the white balance, reducing light pollution, adding depth and dimension, enhancing the Milky Way core, and a series of finishing moves to really make things pop.
Unpacking the New Masking Features in Lightroom
Are you ready to take your Lightroom skills to the next level? Join Scott Kelby for an in-depth exploration of the brand new Masking feature, which gives you precision control over editing your photos like never before. Learn the five key things you need to know and discover how to take advantage of the latest updates to Lightroom Classic's Metadata panel. With these powerful new tools at your fingertips, your photos will look better than ever before. Enroll now and take your Lightroom game to the next level!
Transform Your Portraits Using Creative Lighting
Use color to evoke emotion in your portraits with creative lighting techniques! Join Mary Bel as she demonstrates a variety of budget friendly ways to introduce color into your portrait lighting. Starting with gels, Mary walks through several live shoots to demonstrate how you can use color to tell a story. From there, Mary shows how she carves light using tools like flashlights, plastic rulers, and other dollar store finds. Mary wraps up the class with a demonstration of how to incorporate several of these techniques into a single shoot for truly dynamic results.
Putting Emotion Into Your Wildlife Photography
Kristi’s years of photographing personal projects and conservation work have taught her a unique way of seeing emotion and have forever changed how she approaches photographing wildlife. Animals have a different way of showing and expressing emotion. How do you take an emotion and make it two-dimensional? How do you get people to connect and feel when they look at an image? Kristi will answer those questions and more. In this session you’ll learn tips and tricks on how to put more emotion into your wildlife photography, ultimately creating a more impactful image.
A Photographer’s Guide to B’nai Mitzvah
Considering adding photographing b’nai mitzvah to your income stream? Join Jefferson Graham to learn all the fundamentals you’ll need to get started with this lucrative event photography opportunity. In this class you’ll gain an understanding of what a bar or bat mitzvah is if you’re unfamiliar, how to pose subjects indoors and out, the key moments to add to your shot list for the ceremony and party, post event considerations, how to get your foot in the door for being hired, and so much more. Jefferson even brings in the perspective of another professional bar and bat mitzvah photographer to gain further insight.
Photography and the Principles of Art & Design
Join Richard Bernabe as he unravels the mysteries of visual aesthetics! In the late 19th century, artists sought to formalize what was then known about art and design to better understand why some art was pleasing to the eye and some was not. As photographers, understanding these core principles of art can help us to see differently, improve our craft, and create order from chaos. Join Richard as he breaks down each of the principles with stunning examples, diagrams, and careful explanations to help you create art that is even more pleasing to the eye.
Turning Your Photography into a Side Hustle
If you’re thinking about how to earn side income from your photography then this class is for you! Join Dave Williams as he shares his experiences, insights, techniques, and wisdom learned from taking his photography from a side hustle to his full time income. In this class Dave discusses what it means to freelance, how to examine the fears that hold you back and use them to your advantage, the importance of your web and social media presence, as well as exploring the potential revenue streams found in stock photography, event photography, travel photography, and more. As Dave says, if he can do it, so can you!
The Infrared Landscape
Infrared photography is a wonderful way to broaden your photographic horizons and expand your creativity! Join Deborah Sandidge as she introduces you to the fundamentals of infrared photography. Nothing can quite compare with the surreal factor of bright white foliage, a dark sky and how beautifully infrared light is reflected and absorbed by different surfaces. In this class Deborah introduces you to the types of infrared photography, the gear you’ll need, what to look for when shooting infrared, and inspire you to open yourself up to a new outlet for artistic expression.
The Time-Traveling Photographer
Did you know your camera can act like a time machine? Join Frederick Van Johnson as he shares his unique philosophy on this topic. In this class he explores three different techniques—multiplicity, cinemagraphs, and adding motion to a still image—that you can incorporate into your photography. Starting with the fundamentals, Frederick discusses the tools he uses, and then steps through a series of demonstrations involving on location shoots and in-studio post-processing to teach you how to accomplish each technique from start to finish.
Scanning Images Using Your Camera
Let your digital camera breathe new life into your archive of negatives, slides, and prints! Join Jack Reznicki as he shares the process he uses to digitize his huge archive of work from his days of shooting film. You don’t have to compromise between speed and quality, and Jack demonstrates the tools and workflow he’s found to give him amazing results. Once the pictures have been digitized Jack explains his post processing workflow in Lightroom Classic and Photoshop to convert negatives to positives, correct color, and fix problems you couldn’t fix before. Your film archive is a treasure trove, and you’ll love going back through your pictures to find memories, complete stories, and possibly share them with others to make new connections.
The Biggest Mistakes Wildlife Photographers Make and How to Avoid Them
Join Juan Pons to learn how to avoid the most common mistakes made by fellow wildlife photographers. By learning what to avoid we put ourselves in the best possible position to do all the right things when photographing wildlife. Juan pulls from his decades of experience leading photographic workshops to share stories, examples, and sage advice on how to create the best photographs you can while enjoying and savoring the experience of being out in nature.
Working a Scene: Building with Small Flash
"Lighting tools have evolved to a place where even small, hot shoe style flashes can be brought to bear in complex ways to create an entire scene that has nuance, color, depth, and dimension. Environmental portraiture and the idea of lighting an entire place was often regarded as the province of big flash. Not so anymore. In this session, our unique studio (formerly a bank) is transformed via small flash into a complex dramatic location photograph. Every person or situation that presents itself in front of the lens to photographers is unique and demands equally unique solutions and reactions at the camera. But often in the tumult of an actual assignment, there is no time to parse out the exact look of an umbrella, a softbox, or a beauty dish, or how all these can work together in concert. In this fast-paced session, we'll take light shaping tools, and work with the same face, in the same environment, and observe."
A Photographer’s Guide to Model Release Forms and More
Join Jack Reznicki & Edward Greenberg for a close up look at releases used in photography. Commonly referred to as model releases, but it would be more accurate to think of them as person releases, which can apply to anyone from a professional model to your neighbor down the road. Jack and Ed discuss the laws that cover releases, various types of releases, exceptions to those releases, what makes someone recognizable in a photo, as well as their thoughts on photographing in public places. Be sure to download the provided files to add to your photographic toolbox.
Copyright and Copyright Registration
Join Jack Reznicki & Edward Greenberg, a photographer and a lawyer, to learn the key facts you need to know about copyright. Copyright can be one of the most confusing aspects of photography, but it is absolutely critical for all photographers to understand. In this class Jack and Ed give you the history of how copyright law came into existence, your rights under copyright law, a step-by-step walk through of how to register your copyright, an examination of fair use, the role of watermarks, and much more! By the end of the class you’ll know exactly what you need to do to protect your own copyright and the steps you can take.
Travel Photography: A Photographers Guide To San Francisco
Join Jefferson Graham for this photographic exploration of San Francisco. Visit iconic locations around the city as Jefferson offers his advice on when and where to set up in order to get the best shots. He also shares some gear recommendations and suggestions on great places to eat.
Lighting for Food Photography
Join AaronVan, a commercial food and beverage photographer, as he teaches you the fundamental skills to capture amazing looking food in the studio. Aaron loves telling stories with food, and starting with the basics in camera gear, lighting, and settings, he'll take you step-by-step through his process of creating stunning food shots from a variety of angles. Each lesson builds on the concepts of the previous lessons as he changes out subjects, lighting, modifiers, and camera angles to give you the foundational skills to make informed decisions in your own shoots. You'll even learn how to stop motion with flash! Be sure to eat before watching this class, as it will leave you hungry for more.
From Concept to Creation: Making Impactful Fashion and Beauty Portraits
Join Lenworth Johnson, a beauty and fashion photographer, as he takes you through his process for creating fashion portraits with impact. In this class you’ll learn how to develop your concept into a visual message, the importance of building a team to support your creative efforts, how to convey your ideas to your team, the tools you need, how to get your light right, how to work with models on set, and many more tips to help you elevate your craft! You’ll get to see it all come together in three separate shoots as Lenworth transitions his concept from the basics to extravagant.
Lenworth Johnson
Release Date 2021-07-02
Astrophotography for Beginners
Expand your photographic horizons with telephoto astrophotography! Join Erik Kuna with another astrophotography course with a focus on photographing nebulas, star fields, the moon, and the planets from a beginner’s perspective. You probably have all the gear you’ll need (except for a star tracker), and Erik will take you through the fundamentals to get you out shooting. In this class you’ll learn the terms and considerations for deep sky astrophotography, the importance of starting simple, how to select a star tracker, planning for the weather and moon phases, focusing for sharpness, mastering exposure, dealing with light pollution, stacking final images, and so much more!
Introduction to Compositing in Photoshop
Compositing has never been more popular than it is today, and thanks to Photoshop’s tools, it’s never been easier. In this class, Scott will teach you how to make great selections, match the direction of light, hide edge fringes, add shadows, unify all of the images, and all the other key techniques for creating amazingly realistic composites.
Unlocking Your Creativity
Learn how to get more creative and make photos you love! Join Sam Haddix as he takes you through a pragmatic approach to expanding your creativity. No matter where you are on your photographic journey you can always benefit from techniques that can help ignite new passion for your work. Sam’s approach incorporates the power of analog technologies and your own powers of analysis, so grab a pen, some paper, and a willingness to exercise a creative muscle you didn’t know you had.
What to Shoot When There is Nothing to Shoot Part 2
There’s always something to photograph when you’re with Jeff Leimbach! Following up from his first class on this topic, Jeff shares even more ideas for what to shoot, new tips to help you have fun while you improve your photography, creative ways to use your camera, more places to consider photographing, and wraps up with ways to get motivated and keep shooting, even when there’s nothing to shoot.
Creating the Ultimate Handheld Panorama
Learn how to capture and create the ultimate handheld panoramic photograph! Join Ramtin Kazemi as he takes you through planning and selecting a location, things to consider in your composition, gear and settings advice, methods for merging the individual frames, adding color, adding depth, and a few special finishing touches to bring it all together. By the end of the course you’ll know exactly what you need to do to create a massive panorama with or without a tripod.
Introduction to Toy Photography
Unlock story telling with toy photography! Join Dave DeBaeremaeker to learn how to get started photographing toys indoors and out, using the gear you already have, to bring concepts from your imagination to life. Dave takes you through the gear he uses, considerations for choosing toys as subjects, tips on posing, and demonstrates his workflow from shooting the scene through post processing to creating the final image. By the end of the class you’ll be able to take what you’ve learned and start telling your stories.
Dave DeBaeremaeker
Release Date 2021-05-20
Architecture Photography Basics
If you’re considering going into architectural photography, then this is the class for you! Join Jeff Leimbach as he lays out the fundamentals of his process for capturing, editing, and delivering finished files to his clients. In this class you’ll learn about the essential gear you’ll want to have with you, the key lenses to consider adding to your kit (and why), the settings and steps Jeff follows for capturing the raw images used to create the final photos, and his process for delivering those files to the client. By the end of the class you’ll have a firm grasp of the basics of commercial architectural photography and how to start applying those fundamentals to residential, real estate, and other related fields.
Creative Portraits with Everyday Objects
Learn how to incorporate your personality into your portraits and let it shine through the camera! Join Mary Bel as she walks you through how to take everyday materials and turn them into something different that can give your photography a beautiful elevated feeling. Making something from nothing is super fun and completely attainable, and by the end of the class, you’re sure to take away inspiration, ideas, and tips that you can apply to your own creative journey.
Photoshop for Beginners
If you’re new to Photoshop then this is the class for you! Join Scott as he takes you through the 12 essential techniques and concepts that you need to know to get started using Photoshop. Once you’ve got these under your belt you’ll be ready to head off into any Photoshop direction you choose. In this class you’ll learn the essentials for opening and navigating around photos, using panels, using the most common tools, making selections, removing things from Photoshop, using brushes, using filters, and much more. These are exactly the techniques Scott would tell a friend to get them up and running with the most powerful image editor ever created, and by the end of the class you’ll feel confident to start diving deeper into more advanced techniques.
Travel Photography: A Photographer's Guide to LA
Learn how to photograph LA like a pro! Join Jefferson Graham as he takes you on a tour of the most iconic spots in and around Los Angeles to photograph. You’ll find out how to get to the best spots for epic travel and street photography, where to shoot the Hollywood sign, where to go downtown, insights to photographing the most iconic buildings and landmarks, and even a look at surf photography. There’s no shortage of subjects and locations, and Jefferson helps you avoid the most common mistakes and leaves you brimming with ideas for your next trip to the city that launched the movie industry.
Advancing Your Photography: Making Photos People Will Love
Make photos that people will love! Join Marc Silber as he walks you through the same cycle of photography that past photography masters and professional photographers use today. Throughout the course Marc shares inspirational interviews, quotes, examples, tips, and his decades of experience to help you take your photography to the next level. By the end of the class you’ll have a better understanding of your camera, have stronger visualization skills, have a better understanding of composition, know how to process your images, know what to do after you’ve crafted an amazing photo, and so much more.
Lighting Portraits for the iPhone Photographer
Learn how to take your iPhone portraits to the next level! Join Scott Kelby as he takes you through the camera settings, lighting options, subject positioning, lighting positioning, accessories, and more, to create professional looking portraits with your iPhone. Using small high-powered lights, minimal accessories, and your iPhone you’ll learn how to mold light, create shadows, and make your subjects look fantastic indoors and out on location.
Working Smarter & Faster in Lightroom
If you want to get twice the work done in half the time, you won’t want to miss Terry White’s class on working faster and smarter in Lightroom Classic. Terry pulls together his favorite productivity tips for boosting your workflow. From importing through making selects, to editing and export, you’ll find new ways to improve your experience. Once you get up-to-speed on these techniques, you’ll wonder how you got along without them.
Personal Brand Photography: Going Beyond the Headshot
Learn how to incorporate personal branding sessions into your existing photography business! Join Gilmar Smith as she gives you an introduction into the importance of personal branding, how it can help your customers, and how it can help you stand out from competitors. Gilmar begins the class with a look at what goes into a personal branding session, tips for adding it to your offerings, and then takes you through a three-part personal branding session with a client wanting photos with a seasonal theme. Gilmar wraps up the class with a look at her post-processing workflow in Lightroom Classic and Photoshop.
Gilmar Smith
Release Date 2021-03-25
How to Customize Photoshop Like a Pro!
Make Photoshop your own! Join Terry White as he digs deep into all of the various ways you can customize Photoshop to make it work better for you. You’ll learn how to customize the Toolbar, menus, keyboard shortcuts, panels, workspaces, and more. Terry will show you what preference settings you can leverage to change the interface colors, font sizes, and even certain application behaviors. By the end of the class you’ll be excited and ready to set up Photoshop like a pro!
iPhone Photography: Taking Natural Light Portraits Like a Pro
Take your iPhone portraits to the next level! Join Scott Kelby as he shows you how to get the most out of Portrait Mode on your iPhone. Natural light can be found indoors and out, and with each situation there are challenges to overcome. In this class Scott will show you how to use the settings within the iPhone camera for the best results, share compositional tips and tricks, demonstrate techniques for shooting indoors and out, as well as teach you about different accessories that can save the day in a variety lighting situations.
The Personal Side with Peter Hurley
You’ve undoubtedly heard of Peter Hurley as the king of headshots, but there’s so much more to his story than that. From his early days as a competitive sailor to his modeling career to how that led to him having another career on the other side of the camera, join Kalebra as she sits down with Peter for an hour of insightful conversation about his life choices, pivotal moments, and his continued love of sailing.
Mastering the Adjustment Brush Tool in Lightroom
The Adjustment Brush is the tool to take your editing to the next level! Join Scott Kelby for an in-depth look at everything you need to know about using the brush whether you are using Lightroom Classic or the cloud based Lightroom. The Adjustment Brush is part of a family of local adjustment tools that includes the Graduated and Radial Filters, and you’ll learn about all three in this class, and how to use them together. From learning the nuances of the brush settings to pro-level tips and tricks, as well as a variety of techniques for masking your brush strokes, you’ll come away from this class knowing what works, what doesn’t, and how to get the most out of this powerful suite of tools.
Hands-On with the Nikon Z6 II: Everything you Need to Know to Get Great Shots
If a Nikon Z6 II is on your shopping list or in your camera bag, then this class is for you! Join Larry Becker as he gets you up to speed with everything you need to know to start using it to its full potential. After starting with some quick tips to get you going, Larry takes a deep dive into the buttons and dials, as well as the settings and functions you can change, such as drive mode, focus mode, focus area, and much more. Larry wraps up the class with a rapid fire round of features that power users will want to know. Due to the similarities in form and function with the Nikon Z7 II, folks with that camera can benefit from this class too!
Enhancing Landscapes with Color Tools in Photoshop
Learn how to bring harmony, color harmony that is, to your landscape photos! Join Rami Kazemi in a class entirely dedicated to adjusting, adding, and tweaking the colors in your landscape photos to take them to the next level. In this class you’ll learn about what color harmony is, how to expertly use the different targeting and adjustment tools in Photoshop, and then work through a series of projects that demonstrate how to employ powerful techniques to a wide range of photographic situations.
The Personal Side with Kaylee Greer
You probably know Kaylee Greer as that awesome dog photographer, but there’s so much more to her than that. Join Kalebra Kelby as she sits down with Kaylee for a delightful interview that delves into what Kaylee was doing before photography, her deep love of animals (especially dogs), how she continues to follow her heart to lead her forward in her career, along with being introduced to the supportive family members who are such an important inspiration to her every day.
Creating Magical Child Portraits on your iPhone
Learn how to create the best portraits of your kids with your iPhone! Join Tracy Sweeney as she dives deep into all of the key and hidden settings to help you make the most of the built-in camera app that’s found on every iPhone. In this class you’ll learn all the different ways to trigger the shutter, lock focus, dial in exposure settings, use grid lines, capture fast moving kids, and take advantage of Live Photos and Portrait Mode. If you’ve got an iPhone there’s a good chance it is always within arm’s reach, so learn how to use it to its fullest as a camera for documenting the life of your family.
Backyard Bird Photography and Beyond
Learn how to get great bird photographs at home and anywhere else in the world you may go. Join Rick Sammon as he shares over 250 tips, tricks, and techniques on photography, wildlife, and Photoshop to help you create the best bird photographs of your life. Bird photography can be challenging, but the bigger the challenge the bigger the reward, and after learning from Rick you’ll be prepared to photograph birds in any location.
Photographing the Arctic and the Aurora
Learn how to get the best photos possible in a hostile environment! Join Dave Williams in arctic Norway as he shares his tips and techniques for planning, preparing, and keeping himself (and his gear) safe in extreme conditions. You may head above the arctic circle with the goal of photographing the aurora, but Dave explains how to be prepared for shooting the wildlife, water features, snowy scenes, and not so snowy scenes you may encounter along the way. Dave wraps up the class with lessons on knowing how to find, prepare for, and shoot the northern lights.
Creating Landscape Composites: Advanced Techniques
Go beyond what your landscape images are, and imagine what they could be! Join Bret Malley in the follow-up to his <a href="https://members.kelbyone.com/course/bret-malley-landscape-composites/">Creating Landscape Composites</a> class with a more advanced look at new features, cool effects, and fun techniques that allow you to unleash whatever you can imagine. From starting with a good foundation to incorporating a range of new elements to replacing the sky and making it all look like a coherent piece, Bret will pique your interest in playing with your landscape images in new and exciting ways using Photoshop.
Photographing Wildlife in Winter
Learn how to take care of yourself and your gear in a cold climate with Moose Peterson! Join Moose as he breaks down all the components you need to understand to be comfortable and prepared for photographing wildlife in winter. Moose covers all that’s important for you to know so that you can have a great time viewing and photographing birds and mammals in their winter environments. All of the core photographic principles still apply, but this class gives you the fundamental tools for putting them into practice in cold and snowy conditions.
Lightroom Classic: Importing Like a Pro
Become a master of the Lightroom Classic import process! Join Scott Kelby as he demystifies the Lightroom Classic import window, explains the core workflow, orients you to all of the options, and shows you methods to make this process more efficient and reliable. Once you fully understand this aspect of the workflow it will make your Lightroom Classic life so much easier!
Hands-On with the Canon EOS RP Everything You Need to Know to Get Great Shots
Get up to speed on the Canon EOS RP with Erik Kuna! If you’ve purchased the RP or are just curious about what it has to offer, then this is the class for you. Join Erik as he shares his experience with using the RP, discusses what type of photographer will benefit the most from this new model. From there, Erik takes you on a deep dive exploration of the buttons, dials, menus, and video functions to help you get the most out of this amazing full frame mirrorless camera.
Speed-learning Advice for Making Awesome Images
Get ready to have fun and learn a lot with Rick Sammon! Join Rick for his 20th class on KelbyOne and learn the origin of Sammonisms; those easy to remember photo tips that he is so well known for sharing. Rick has a gift for distilling these important points down into bite size chunks that are easy to remember when you’re out in the field doing what you love. Get comfortable, and be sure to download the PDF he provided so you won’t even have to take notes.
High-End Skin Retouching in Photoshop
It is time for frequency separation 2.0! Join Kristina Sherk in a completely updated class on high-end skin retouching. A lot has changed in the 5 years since her original class came out, and Kristi has completely rebuilt her process from the ground up to utilize the new features and functions in Photoshop. Learn how you can get the same awesome results, using the latest tools, in much less time!
Hands-On with the Canon EOS R5 Everything You Need to Know to Get Great Shots
Get up to speed on the Canon EOS R5 with Erik Kuna! If you’ve purchased the R5 or are just curious about what it has to offer, then this is the class for you. Join Erik as he shares his experience with using the R5, discusses what type of photographer will benefit the most from this new model. From there, Erik takes you on a deep dive exploration of the buttons, dials, menus, and video functions to help you get the most out of this amazing mirrorless camera.
Shooting on Assignment
Go on assignment with Bob Holmes for a front row seat to how he works in the field. Bob Holmes is joined by Marc Silber, as he prepares for and heads out on an assignment to photograph California wineries for an upcoming book. Throughout each lesson Marc asks Bob the questions you would ask as they encounter a wide variety of shots and locations. You’ll get an in-depth look at how Bob prepares, visualizes his shots at different locations, works with people to get the best out of them, overcomes the normal challenges each location brings, and so much more! By the end of the class you’ll have a new appreciation for a day in the life of an assignment photographer as well as all of his tips, tricks, and techniques for creating amazing photos along the way.