Understanding Exposure and Your DSLR
Without question, the most popular course ever taught on the Internet! Based in part on Bryan's worldwide best selling book-Understanding Exposure, each weekly lesson unravels the often confusing and intimidating world of exposure.
Instructors: Bryan Peterson / Chris Hurtt
US $329 (6 Weeks)
The Art of Seeing
How do you see the world around you? Do you often see what others miss or are you inclined to miss what others see? You are not alone if the art of seeing has escaped you! As is often the case, most have no idea how to interpret the world around them.
Instructors: Bryan Peterson / Chris Hurtt
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Mastering Nikon Flash Photography
Based in part of Bryan's best-selling book, Understanding Electronic Flash, here is a flash course designed exclusively for all Nikon Flash users!
Instructors: Bryan Peterson / Chris Hurtt
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Mastering Canon Flash Photography
You will learn how to flash-freeze sports action, light up the camp tent, or create a colorful effects during this course. After completing the many assignments in this short, but jam-packed course, you will know how to use your flash in many practical and creative ways.
Instructors: Charlie Borland
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Eye to Eye: Capturing the Face
This course will help you discover and develop your own personal vision and individual style and push yourself to get images you've always imagined. Capture the spirit of a person in the decisive moment. Understand the subtleties of light and shadow. Analyze your subject to know what it will take to get the look and mood you want, and produce an image that will move others
Instructor: Scott Stulberg
US $169 (4 Weeks)
iPhone Photography
In this class, we will introduce you to the magic of iPhone photography using several shooting and editing apps that will give you the ability to make your pictures sing in a fun and easy way.
Instructor: Holly Higbee-Jansen
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Posing and Directing
This course will help you discover and develop your own personal vision and individual style and push yourself to get images you've always imagined. Capture the spirit of a person in the decisive moment. Understand the subtleties of light and shadow. Analyze your subject to know what it will take to get the look and mood you want, and produce an image that will move others
Instructor: Bobbi Lane
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Photographers Guide to Travel Photography
This class is for beginning-to-intermediate photographers to understand the basics of travel photography and bring their own unique artistic expression to any situation whether you’re taking landscapes, cityscapes, portraits, and architectural images.
Instructor: William Yu
US$169 (4 Weeks)
Stretching Your Frame of Mind
Joe will help advanced amateurs and working professionals learn new tools in the ongoing process of becoming better photographers. He can't give you the 'eye', you already have that. What he can do is to help develop your 'eye' by showing you how to incorporate the important elements of design into your imagery.
Instructor: Joe Baraban
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Stretching Your Frame of Mind, Part II
Part two's journey in the four week course will begin with the 'Artist Palette', and a refresher week on implementing those 'elements' into your 'works of art' because if you remember, you're artists, your medium is now a camera, and the canvas is now electronic. This will also be a good time to resurrect the "does it" list for good composition.
Instructor: Joe Baraban
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Pet Photography
Ready to find the light and take your pet photography to the next level? This course will show you how to use light, perspective, the environment, composition, color and mood to create compelling and beautiful pet portraits. Capturing the personality and spirit of a pet with a touch of artistry is key to creating memorable portraits. It’s all about slowing down, connecting with animals and telling a story.
Instructor: Jill Flynn
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Black and White Fine Art Photography
This course will lead you down the path to creating your own beautiful black and white fine art photographs that can speak to people on an elemental level.
Instructor: Athena Carey
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Street Photography
Street photography is all about finding order in a chaotic world. It doesn't rely on pre-visulaization; quite the opposite: Street photography helps you anticipate action, interaction and humorous juxtapositions and capture those fleeting moments. By the end of this course, students will have a better understanding of what it takes to see and create successful street photos as people whirl around them in urban environments anywhere in the world.
Instructor: Mason Resnick
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Capturing the Beauty of Flowers
You'll learn the rules of composing stunning flower photos, how to isolate and simplify your flower compositions, how to use natural light to your advantage, as well as how to work around less than desirable lighting situations.
Instructor: Kathleen Clemons
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Lensbaby Magic
Lensbaby photos are everywhere! Isn't it time you found out why so many photographers are embracing the lensbaby blur? We'll show you the how, what and why you need to get you using this lens to create works of art with your camera.
Instructor: Kathleen Clemons
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Food Photography Au Naturel!
This extremely thorough course is jam packed with everything you need to know to get started in the world of food photography. Forget all of the technical jargon explaining the theory of light, cameras, or lenses. In this course we get right to the point and give you all of the practical information that you need to create stunning images; all in the convenience of your own home, without a lot of expensive equipment.
Instructor: George Crudo
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Creating Compelling Compositions
Good composition can seem a little bit like magic sometimes, but it can be learned and is an expression of your natural sense of design. This class will help you create images to express your artistic vision and produce outstanding, magical images.
Instructors: Donna Eaton
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Fine Art Nature Photography
What exactly is fine art photography? How do you create nature images that are considered fine art? How can you move from making documentary images to those that express more of your own creative vision? This class will answer these questions and more!
Instructor: Kathleen Clemons
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Fine Art Nature Photography 2- the Sequel
The work produced in Kathleen's original fine art class has been phenomenal, and demand for another class with more ideas and challenges hasn't stopped since the class was introduced, so Kathleen is back with a follow up class!
Instructor: Kathleen Clemons
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Fine Art Nature Photography 3
Kathleen Clemons' Fine Art Nature Photography classes 1 and 2 are among BPSOP's most popular, and due to student demand for more, she is happy to announce the third class in the series!
Instructor: Kathleen Clemons
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Photoshop Layers Fundamentals
The key to unlocking Photoshop's secrets lies in understanding layers, selections, and layer masks. This course is designed to lead you from a basic understanding of layers to more advanced applications of layers in image compositing and special effects!
Instructor: Lee Varis
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Understanding Close-Up Photography
How do you see the world around you? Do you often see what others miss or are you inclined to miss what others see? You are not alone if the art of seeing has escaped you! As is often the case, most have no idea how to interpret the world around them.
Instructors: Bryan Peterson / Chris Hurtt
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Portraits Unplugged
This class will help develop your ability to 'see' the quality of light and apply it to 'real' people. We don't scout locations, we scout light and make the location work. We put our people in the light, critically aware of the direction as well as the quality, to create our interpretive portraits.
Instructor: Bobbi Lane
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Understanding Color, Seeing Color & Composing Color
If you are familiar with Bryan’s work then you are fully aware of his love of color and it is in this course where you will discover, time and time again, how to SEE and COMPOSE color, while at the same time, understand not only its impact on your mind and emotions but also why in the arena of composition, the placement of color is vital, so critical to the success of the overall composition.
Instructor: Bryan Peterson
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Portrait Retouching Fundamentals in Photoshop
This course to designed to give you the knowledge of those special techniques and secret tricks that can make professional retouching easy for even the artistically challenged.
Instructor: Lee Varis
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Get great travel shots using any camera! This course is for beginners and advanced photographers of all ages. Enjoy the freedom to use any camera, including a point and shoot camera or your phone!.
Instructor: Brit Hammer
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Lightroom Quick Start
Do you want to learn to create images that show the beauty of the scene you saw when you took the photograph? Do you want to learn the other essential side of digital photography, photo editing and get up to speed quickly?
Instructor: Holly Higbee-Jansen
US $99 (2 Weeks)
Lightroom Presets
Are you looking for a way to bring your pictures from good to great in Lightroom? Lightroom is loaded with preset features that will simplify your workflow. In this two week class, we will show you how to create your own presets to use over and over and create your own signature style.
Instructor: Holly Higbee-Jansen
US $99 (2 Weeks)
Celebrate Your Life in Beautiful Images
In this course Brit shows you how to celebrate the moments of your life in your images and will encourage you to go out into the world to find new experiences to capture. She'll also gently nudge, poke, and prod you to open up your eyes to see the potential shots waiting just for you!
Instructor: Brit Hammer
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Celebrate Your Life in Beautiful Images Part 2
Do you wish you had images of your loved ones that capture who they are as a person? What about a series of images that portray your life as nicely as a wedding photographer portrays a wedding? Get ready to have fun creating lifestyle photos that you can’t wait to share with your friends and family. This course delves into creative ways to capture even mundane moments and beautifully photograph even camera-shy loved ones. They’ll finally stop saying they don’t like seeing themselves in photos! You’ll learn my secrets and get plenty of creative inspiration. Best of all, you’ll have the freedom to use any camera, whether that be your phone, point & shoot, or DSLR
Instructor: Brit Hammer
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Starting off as a stay at home mom of two boys, Stephanie loved taking pictures of her children’s every move. Well, maybe not their every move, but of every milestone and every special moments. With every photograph taken, Stephanie got better and better with the help of reading a few of Bryan Peterson’s books. Now, an award winning and published photographer herself, Stephanie has taken the art of photographing her children to a new level.
Instructor: Stephanie E’amato
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Long Exposure Photography
You are about to embark on the exciting journey of Long Exposure Photography! Your technical skills and your creative eye will both be honed as we move through the lessons to an understanding of the why, when, and how of long exposure photography. You will first learn the nuts and bolts, then moving on to the creative decisions. The assignments will challenge you to practice the technical skills while at the same time considering the aesthetic side of the images, and the images you submit will be critiqued on both of these levels.
Instructors: Beth Ruggiero-York
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Sports Photography
Sports photography is about capturing moments—of skill, jubilation, strength, dejection, grace, beauty, the big hit and the winning goal. Whether you are photographing your child’s first year of peewee football, or their performance in level 10 gymnastics, or perhaps you find yourself at the Super Bowl, these moments are fleeting, often unexpected and difficult to capture. This course will introduce you to the technical skills, the mindset and the preparation required for creating great sports photos.
Instructor: Russ Isabella
US $169 (4 Weeks)
50 Photoshop tips and tricks
This two-week class consists of 50 video tips, 25 each week, designed to improve your photos with just a few clicks of the mouse. You can select either the Adobe Photoshop Elements videos or the Adobe Photoshop videos; that choice is yours. All of the videos were made using Photoshop Elements 13 and Photoshop CC, but be assured that most, if not all of these tips work with earlier versions of Elements and Photoshop CC.
Instructor: Roger Morin
US $99 (2 Weeks)
Star Trails and Night Photography
Nightscape photography, which combines compelling landscape subjects with carefully choreographed night sky objects, has recently burst into public awareness and soared in popularity. Here you will learn the fundamentals of nightscape photography in clear and easy to understand language.
Instructor: Mike Shaw
US $169 (4 Weeks)
The Art of Printing and Selling Your Art
It has been said that the print is the ultimate expression of the photographer’s art. Truly great prints are the result of a convergence between technical excellence and strong artistic vision. Having someone else print your work means relinquishing a portion of the technical and artistic control needed to realize your vision, unless you are prepared to spend hours, or days working collaboratively with a truly good commercial printer. Assuming of course that you can find one willing to take the time to work with you to help you realize your artistic goals.
Instructor: Mark English
US $99 (2 Weeks)
Wildlife Photography
Think you don’t have lots of wildlife around you? Then be prepared as we will unlock the secrets that will help you seek out that wildlife as well how to photograph birds and animals that you can find once you learn the secrets to locating and identifying them.
Instructors: Robert La Follette
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Wireless Flash Techniques for Outdoor & Nature Photographer
Are you a landscape, nature, or adventure sports photographer and if so, are you happy with your photography? Have you tried various techniques to make your outdoor photography stand out, only to be disappointed? Are you looking for ways to add that special sauce to your photos? Well, If I could show you some techniques that take your outdoor and nature photography from ho hum to wow, and at no risk to you, wouldn’t you want to know about it?
Instructor: Charlie Borland
US $169 (4 Weeks)
How to Be a Professional Outdoor and Nature Photographer
Do you love nature photography and wish to make money from it? Would you like to make outdoor and nature photography a full time endeavor? Ask any full time professional outdoor photographer and they will tell you that this is no easy task. It takes devotion and hard work, yet there is no more fulfilling of a "career" than being a full time Outdoor and Nature Photographer.
Instructor: Charlie Borland
US $169 (4 Weeks)
Mastering Photography for Architecture & Real Estate
The markets for skilled architecture photographers are huge. Business is booming again in commercial and residential construction. Home builders, property managers, construction companies, hospitals, retirement communities, manufacturing facilities, magazines, and real estate ventures all have a use for architectural photography. That means there is business for photographers who can shoot quality photographs of homes, real estate properties, or a high rise building for an architect.
Instructor: Charlie Borland
US $169 (4 Weeks)