by Brit Hammer | Sep 21, 2020 | Blog
This is a re-post from BPSOP instructor Brit Hammer’s blog How it all started In 2014 my filmmaker husband, Armand Dijcks, and I teamed up with Athena Carey to film a fine art landscape photography tutorial. She’s a brilliant photographer and instructor, and...by Monika & Patrik Banas | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog
We love sharing the best work of our PHOTOGRAPHING FLORA students. In this class we talk a lot about the importance of the background and how a bad background can steal the thunder of your main subject in the photo! And while we definitely encourage our students to...by Holly Higbee - Jansen | Sep 10, 2020 | Blog
One of the reasons why I am such a Lightroom Classic fan is the organizational options. It can be a monumental task of managing a large collection of photos. I know this because I have over 70,000 images now in my Lightroom catalog. You may wonder how I keep track of...by Joe Baraban | Aug 28, 2020 | Blog
I talk to my online classes with the BPSOP, and in my “Stretching Your Frame of Mind” workshops I conduct throughout the world about the importance of a gesture in your imagery; it’s one of the ways to create Visual Tension. The actual definition of a gesture is “a...by Brit Hammer | Aug 20, 2020 | Blog
What makes an image quiet? In Finding Beauty we approach creating quiet, minimalist images from different directions. One of the ways is contrast. The crux of creating a quiet image is to reduce the contrast. That contrast can take many forms, including color,...by Joe Baraban | Jul 24, 2020 | Blog
There are many aspects involved in taking a photo that you’ll remember and that will stand the test of time; or perhaps just another background memory clouded by the passing of our daily lives. Since I enjoy the game of golf and I often play (I’m a much better...BPSOP is dedicated to bringing you the best online photography learning experience. We have gathered some of the top photographers in their respected areas and brought them together here for you. If there is anything that would make your online learning experience better just let us know.