-: Hi, my name is Tim Shields,
and you are watching the Photography Transformation
free web class.
If you're watching this web class live, then welcome to you
and if you're watching a replay video of this web class,
then also a very big welcome to you as well.
I'm going to show you how I went from taking terrible photos
to taking award-winning photos using the same camera
and I'm going to show you how you can do the same as well.
Literally, my photos went from awful to awesome
and I can show you how you can do the same thing.
This is going to be time well spent for you
and let me prove that to you
by showing you the success of some students
who have already gone through this training.
This is Terri Martin, she's from Oregon, USA.
Terri was a beginner photographer
when she started Photography Transformation
and now she's an award-winning photographer
and she made this transition from beginner to award-winning
in just a couple of months.
This is Kit Rudd, he's from Virginia, USA
and he was already an intermediate photographer
when he started Photography Transformation.
His photography has grown by leaps and bounds
and he has doubled his Instagram presence
and he has started to sell his prints.
And this is Wendy Klein from Brisbane, Australia.
Wendy was already an advanced photographer
when she started Photography Transformation
and now she has won prestigious awards for her photography
and she's hosting her own photography workshops.
In her own words, she says that Photography Transformation
is a must for all photographers.
If Photography Transformation worked for Terri, for Kit
and for Wendy, then it will work for you
regardless if you are a beginner, intermediate,
or advanced photographer.
So who is this web class for?
If you are a beginner and don't understand camera settings
or how to frame up a winning photo, then this is for you.
If you're an intermediate photographer
and you want to create gorgeous magazine-quality photos,
you want to grow your social media presence
or start making your own prints, then this is for you.
And if you are an advanced photographer
and you want to professionalize your photos,
sell your photos and win photo competitions,
then this is also for you.
But if you are already a professional full-time photographer
making a full-time living from your photos,
then this is not for you.
So here's what you're going to learn today,
this is a typical Instagram photo of the Brooklyn bridge,
and here's the photo that you will be able to take.
And this is a typical Instagram photo
of the back of the Hollywood sign,
and here's the photo you're going to be able to create.
And here is a typical photo
of the lavender fields in France,
and here's what you can create
when you know what to look for.
So why should you listen to me?
My name is Tim Shields
and I am the founder of photographyacademy.com,
the author of "The Photo Cookbook"
and the creator of the Photography Transformation
Four-Step System.
I am an award-winning photographer
and I sell my photos around the world.
But let me tell you how I got here.
I always had a dream of seeing the Grand Canyon
and photographing it.
So back in 2008 I planned a trip with my wife and kids
to drive all the way to the Grand Canyon.
When we arrived, I was so excited
to hike out to the edge of the Canyon
so I could take some gorgeous photos
of the Canyon at sunset.
I had seen beautiful photos of the Grand Canyon
and I wanted my photos to look just as good.
So I set up my camera and pulled out my tripod,
and as the sunset on that glorious evening,
I snapped away and I took around 100 photos.
It was an incredible sunset
and I wanted to capture that moment forever
through my photos.
When I got home from the trip,
I couldn't wait to upload my photos to my computer
so I could see how they looked.
And once again, I was so excited
to see these amazing photos.
So I plugged my camera into the computer
and I waited until they were all uploaded
before going through them.
And then my heart sank, my precious photos
from my once in a lifetime Grand Canyon trip were blurry.
Some of them were blurry all over
and others had a sharp background,
but the foreground was blurry.
And then there was the sky,
the sky was either completely white
with no details in some of the photos,
and then in other photos the sky looked okay,
but the foreground was completely black.
My photos were a big disappointment and I was crushed.
I had that one chance to create my own gorgeous photo
from the Grand Canyon and I had blown it.
There was not one photo that I was proud of.
And it was right then
that I actually wanted to give up on photography.
I felt like a complete failure.
But somehow I didn't give up.
There was a full-time professional landscape photographer
who lived near me at that time
and whose photos were simply stunning.
So I phoned him up and I told him who I was
and I asked if I could buy him lunch, and he said yes.
So during lunch I told him about my Grand Canyon experience
and my horrible photos.
He started to laugh and he told me that my bad photos
were because I was not using a system for my photography.
And I said, "A system?
"What do you mean a system?"
And then he told me that he has a step-by-step system
that he uses every time he takes his photos.
Kind of like using a recipe
where there is a step one, then step two, then step three.
And that was when the light turned on for me,
this was my aha moment.
And from that point onwards,
everything changed with my photography.
I knew that I needed to create my own bulletproof
and easy to follow step-by-step system for photography.
So after that lunch meeting,
I started the single biggest research project of my life.
I watched thousands of photography videos online.
I purchased photography courses, I bought books,
I went out into the field and I practiced.
I failed.
I practiced again and I failed again.
I was obsessed with finding the answer.
And over the next 10 years,
I created a tried and true four-step system
that practically guarantees me amazing photos.
Think of it this way, world famous chefs
at the world's best restaurants create award-winning dishes
and they do this by following a series of steps
while they make these dishes, we all know that.
But what is cool,
is that anyone else can follow the same recipe
to make the exact same award-winning dish
as long as they follow the steps in the recipe.
A recipe is nothing but a series of steps to follow.
And the same can be said about photography.
It is a series of steps.
The real secret here,
is that once I started using the four-step system,
photography became easy and not complicated.
And I'm going to tell you exactly
what the four-step system is in just a moment.
So I spent years after that point,
battle testing my knowledge of the four-step system
in every corner of the world,
on mountaintops, in the valleys, beside the ocean,
at sunrise, at sunset, even in the middle of the night.
And then my life started to change.
My photography started winning photography competitions
and people began asking to buy my photos.
And I can tell you that felt really good.
I was awarded the title of Nature Photographer of the Year
from Master Photographers International
and I was able to begin a full-time career
doing what I love,
which is landscape and travel photography.
As a footnote, in 2018 we went back to the Grand Canyon.
At the time, my wife had just recovered
from a life threatening surgery and it was sunrise,
I was taking photos, I looked up,
there she was, right on the horizon line silhouetted,
I snapped this photo and it is so meaningful to me
on so many levels.
So I chose it to be the cover photo
for the Photography Transformation
Four-Step System Masterclass.
And whenever I see this photo
it reminds me of where my photography is now
compared to where I came from
and all because of the four-step system.
Now over 80,000 photographers from around the world
have used my photography courses and products
and the testimonials I have received from my students
are outstanding.
And that is how I know
that you can start getting amazing results with your photos
if you use this same four-step system.
So not only has the four-step system worked for me,
but here's a quote from Chase Wotring
who is using my four-step system.
Here's what he has to say about his photography now.
He said, "I've paid for classes before,
"but this was and is the most all encompassing class
"on the art of photography I have ever taken.
"Thanks Tim."
So here is what we're going to be covering
in this web class.
These are my three secrets to taking gorgeous photos.
Secret number one,
how to take your own magazine-quality outdoor photos,
even if you don't know where to go or what's a photograph.
Secret number two,
how to create photos that are super sharp and in focus
even if you don't understand
how to choose the right settings for your camera.
And secret number three,
how to add amazing drama to your photos
by painting with light,
even if you have no experience in photo editing.
So let's get started and look at secret number one,
how to take your own magazine-quality outdoor photos,
even if you don't know where to go or what to photograph.
Let me start here with a quick story.
More than a decade ago,
I was with my family on a vacation in Las Vegas
when I walked into an art gallery
that was owned by Peter Lik.
Now he is perhaps the most famous landscape photographer
in the world.
Peter Lik is originally from Australia
and he has galleries worldwide.
His landscape photos are beyond belief in their beauty
and they sell for thousands of dollars each.
That day in Peter Lik's gallery,
I saw a photo of a rock arch and I was mesmerized by it.
The rock arch is called Mesa Arch
and it is located in the state of Utah.
And from that very moment,
I knew that I had to make a pilgrimage to this arch
so I could photograph it myself.
I wanted my own photo of Mesa Arch
where the sun was rising right under the middle of the arch
and I wanted my photo to be as good as Peter Lik's photo.
So years later in 2016,
I planned a trip to travel to Mesa Arch with my wife.
We flew to Las Vegas, rented an RV
and drove to Canyon Lands National Park in Utah,
which is where Mesa Arch is located.
Early in the morning while it was still pitch black,
we got out of our RV and walked along the trail
that led to the arch.
When we arrived in front of the arch,
there were three photographers there already
and I stood beside one of them
and began setting up my camera.
It was still too dark to see.
So I said hi to the guy next to me
and when he said hi back,
I could hear that he had an Australian accent
and somehow I instantly knew
that the guy beside me was Peter Lik.
He was there with two assistants
and obviously he was there to photograph the arch at sunrise
on the very same day that I was.
The first emotion I felt
when I realized I was standing beside
perhaps the best landscape photographer in the world
was one of fear.
"Oh no, what if I mess up this photo shoot?
"My mission here will be a failure
"and I will look totally incompetent in front of Peter Lik."
But I was armed with my new secret weapon
because I had a four-step system to use.
So here's the question,
why was the world's greatest landscape photographer
at Mesa Arch on the very same morning that I was?
Was it just a coincidence?
No, not at all.
And this brings me to step one of the four-step system,
which is how to be in the right place at the right time
to get the perfect light.
You see, I had already completed step one
of the four-step system
before I arrived at Mesa Arch that morning.
Step one is how to use free online apps
and simple tricks that told me exactly what day of the year
I needed to be there
so the sun would rise exactly under the middle of the arch.
And not only that, step one also told me
what time the sun would rise.
And even though I had not been to Mesa Arch before,
I already knew exactly how I wanted my photo to look
because I had made comparisons
with existing photos of the same place
using easy online searches.
There was no guessing for me
because step one told me what day to be there,
what time to be there,
and what my photo needed to look like once I arrived.
So back to the story, the darkness soon became light
and the sun was just about to rise over the horizon.
I was standing there with my wife on one side
and Peter Lik on the other
and this incredible rock arch was in front of us.
I leaned forward
and looked through the viewfinder of my camera.
Now the old me would have been asking,
"How do I take this photo?
"Where should I place the rock arch
"in the viewfinder of my camera?
"Where should the horizon be?"
But step two of the four-step system covers this.
Step two is how to choose a composition
that is appealing to the eye.
Now a composition is specifically knowing
what to point your camera at
so your photo will look its best.
There are two important things to know about compositions.
Number one, there are tried and true rules of composition
that have been used for hundreds of years
by the classic painters.
And when you use these same rules
of composition in your photos,
you will always be assured
of taking a photo that looks exceptional
and you can use these rules
even if you're taking pictures with your iPhone.
The real secret here,
is not to use just one of the classic rules of composition,
but to use as many as possible inside the same picture.
And the second important principle to know
about getting great compositions
is using storytelling through your compositions.
And what do I mean by that?
Well, every good story has a hero
and that hero usually has friends
and there is always a villain.
So when you look at a scene, you need to identify the hero,
identify any villains, and identify any friends of the hero.
Then when you look through the viewfinder of your camera,
you want to tell that hero's story
by cropping out the villains
and including the hero's friends.
So back at Mesa Arch,
when I used the tried and true rules of composition,
and when I applied storytelling to my photo composition,
I knew exactly how to frame up my picture in the viewfinder.
There was no guesswork and no head scratching.
Step two of the four-step system was done.
So the sun began to rise up over the horizon.
By that time, there were about 75 people there at the arch
to photograph the sunrise.
You can imagine how intimidating it could be
to be standing beside the best landscape photographer
in the world as I took my photos,
but I felt good and I felt confident
because I had a step-by-step system to use
and I didn't need to worry
about being embarrassed in front of him.
As the sun rose, I started taking photos
that were directly into the sun.
Normally this is something photographers avoid,
but step three of the four-step system
ensured that I knew exactly how to adjust the camera
so that the photos were sharp
and the sky would not be washed out and white.
That's step three.
Step four was for later.
This is how to add drama to the finished photo
using my computer, but more on that in a few minutes.
When the photo shoot was over,
Peter Lik posed for a photo with me
and he also posed for a photo with my wife Leah
and then we went our separate ways.
So here is my photo that I took on that morning.
I love this photo and I'm proud of it.
I printed it large,
and to this day, it's on the wall here in my studio.
And what is even more important for me personally
is that I like my photo more than I like Peter Lik's photo.
And this is important because your photography is your art
and you need to do it for you and not for anyone else.
I used a four-step system to take this photo
and it's like following a recipe for success
that I can use every time I take pictures.
I already introduced you to my student Wendy Klein
from Brisbane, Australia.
Wendy uses the same step-by-step system
to take all of her photos.
She just follows the steps
and what results, are absolutely incredible photos
and now she is teaching others how to do the same thing
and you can do it too.
So here is the undeniable truth for secret number one,
taking amazing photos
is all about using a repeatable four-step system.
It is the formula for success.
Secret number two, how to create photos
that are super sharp and in focus,
even if you don't understand
how to choose the right settings on your camera.
Many people think I'm not good at technical stuff
and don't fully understand
how to use the settings on my camera.
Well, I'm here to tell you that this is not your fault.
I'm here to take that burden off your shoulders.
You don't need to know it all.
There are just two goals you need to achieve
through your camera settings.
The first goal is getting a sharp photo
and by sharp I mean a photo with no blur.
And the second goal of camera settings,
is getting a correctly exposed photo.
And by that I mean not having areas of the photo
that are too bright or too dark.
Those are the big two goals you need to achieve
when you take a picture, sharp and correctly exposed.
But here's the thing, you just need to be shown
how to let the camera do the heavy lifting for you.
Your camera has a computer inside it
and you can use that computer to your advantage
to get correctly exposed photos every time,
by taking control of your camera
and getting it out of auto mode.
Let me tell you a story, five years ago it was autumn
and the fall colors were out in full force,
so my wife and I decided to go to a local park
that has excellent fall color foliage
so that we could get some new fall color photos.
Leah wanted to come home with an amazing photo,
but she was intimidated by camera settings
and found them confusing.
She loved the creativity aspect of photography
but didn't like learning about technical camera settings.
So we drove to an ornamental garden park.
It was bursting with reds and yellows.
The sun was shining, the sky was blue.
We each had our own cameras
and it was the perfect time of year
to get these type of great photos.
But Leah's camera was in auto mode
and all her pictures were coming out with a washed out sky.
And by that I mean a sky that is so bright
that it looked pure white.
Washed out skies are the number one frustration
of outdoor photographers.
So Leah tried to use manual mode
and everything was either too dark or far too bright.
In frustration, she put her camera away
and pulled out her iPhone
and began taking photos with the phone.
This is why I created step three of the four-step system,
which is how to use your camera in an easy and simple way.
I saw what was happening
and I asked her if she would like to learn an easier way.
It's called aperture priority mode.
I call this, letting your camera
do the heavy lifting for you.
A camera is, as I mentioned, just like a computer.
It just needs to be guided by the user,
depending on the type of photo the user wants.
Using aperture priority mode is an easy two-step process.
First, decide how much you wants to be in focus.
This is called depth of field.
Do you want everything in focus
from the foreground to the background
or do you just want something in the foreground
to be in focus and you want the background to be blurry?
She quickly saw that by choosing a small aperture number,
she could focus on a small detail in the foreground
such as a flower, and have everything in the background
out of focus.
This is one way of creating contrast in a photo.
And when she saw that it was like a light went on,
it was her aha moment.
Then she discovered
that by choosing a higher aperture number
she could get both the foreground
and the background in focus.
The photo would be sharp in the foreground
and in the background.
And finally she learned how easy it is
to use a little button called exposure compensation
to darken a photo that is too bright
or to brighten a photo that is too dark.
When Leah discovered how easy it was
to let her camera do the heavy lifting,
it changed her photography forever from that day on.
She started running around those gardens with her camera
looking for super creative compositions
and then she found this one.
She ended up taking this photo on that day.
She loved this photo so much, we got it printed
and it's hanging on our living room wall even today.
And isn't that what photography is all about?
It's about creating your own work of art
that you will be proud of for years to come.
So people will come over to our home and visit
and look at that photo and say, "Wow, Tim.
"I really like that photo."
And I proudly tell them that it isn't my photo,
it's Leah's photo.
I always look over at Leah when I say that
and I love to watch the smile on her face.
It's a good and healthy thing
to be proud of the artwork that you create.
And hanging your photography on the wall at home
is a great way to do that.
Listen to what one of my students had to say.
Her name is Meryl Furey-Contreras
and she's from California, USA.
She said, "It was like a light clicked on.
"After struggling with the exposure triangle,
"I took your lessons
'and turned a passion of mine into an art."
Some photographers might think
that learning camera settings takes hours and hours
of sifting through a boring camera manual,
but this isn't true.
Using one simple setting on your camera
and making quick adjustments
can be taught to you in one sitting.
And this will work for 95% of the photos you take.
Or you might also be thinking
that while fiddling with camera settings,
you will be so distracted,
you will miss the shot that you want to take.
Not true.
The settings I teach you to use
are like a set it and forget it type of setting.
You will be able to take control over your camera
while at the same time allowing your camera to do the work.
So here's an absolute truth,
you can use a simple camera setting
so your camera will do the heavy lifting for you.
You do not need to be a technical person
to create beautiful photos.
Secret number three, how to add amazing drama to your photos
by painting with light,
even if you have no experience in photo editing.
Many photographers find that editing a photo on a computer
is confusing and overly complicated,
but I am going to show you an easy way to paint with light
so you can add drama to your photos the easy way.
Let me give you an example of what I mean.
When I first began editing my photos
many years ago on the computer, I used Photoshop.
All I wanted to do
was to make my photos look professional and dramatic
and I didn't want to be working on my photos
for hours at a time.
But I found Photoshop to be difficult to learn,
overly complex and too expensive.
This is because Photoshop was not made for photographers,
it was made for graphic designers.
And then I discovered Lightroom.
It is made specifically for photographers
and now you can get it for only $9.99 per month.
I began learning Lightroom
and I found it so much easier than Photoshop.
But my photos still didn't look as good as I wanted them to.
Then I discovered how to use Lightroom
to paint in light into my photos
and this changed everything.
Let me show you what I mean.
Here's a photo of birch trees that I took.
I wanted the photo to look dramatic and engaging.
So I used the paintbrush tool to paint in light
in the spaces between the trees.
And presto, the photo instantly became more dramatic.
Here's the before again and the after.
Before,
and after.
I submitted this photo to a photo competition
and it won an award.
And then there is this photo of a Japanese maple tree.
The photo on his own was nice but not dramatic.
So I used the brush tool to paint in light
only on the trunk and branches of the tree.
Look at the result, here's the before and after.
Before,
after.
Such an incredible difference
and only through painting in the light.
I submitted this photo to a large photo competition
and it won eighth place out of more than 2,400 entries.
I was super happy with that
and all because I used that one simple brush tool
to paint in the light.
Listen to what one of my students said
after learning this technique.
Her name is Rachel Myers from the USA
and she was so excited to learn this new way
of editing her photos.
She wrote, "The brush, the brush, the brush.
"This is now permanently embedded into my brain.
"Such a wonderful tool you introduced me to in Lightroom.
"I wish I would have known how to use this
"on some of my pre-class photos.
"I'll have to go back and re-edit them using this new tool.
"So grateful for you Tim, our awesome instructor."
So here's the truth,
once you understand how easy it is
to use the brush tool inside Lightroom,
you can add drama to all your photos
by painting in the light,
even if you have no experience with photo editing.
If I can do it and my students can do it,
then you can do it too.
So let me ask you a question,
are you enjoying the webinar so far?
I hope your answer is yes because I have shown you
that you can create the gorgeous photos
you have always wanted.
And the reason I know this is because all my other students
have been successful just like you can.
So here's what we've covered so far,
secret number one,
how to take your own magazine-quality outdoor photos,
even if you don't know where to go or what's a photograph.
Secret number two, how you can create photos
that are super sharp and in focus
even if you don't understand
how to choose the right settings on your camera.
And secret number three,
how to add amazing drama to your photos
by painting with light,
even if you have no experience in photo editing.
So here is the question,
do you want to take your photos to the next level?
And I hope the answer to that question is yes.
So I want to introduce you
to the Photography Transformation Masterclass.
This is the four-step system
to create your own magazine-quality photos.
This is the four-step system
that helps you create your own award-winning photos
that make people ask, "Wow, did you take that?"
I show you how you can do this
without complicated photo editing,
without confusing explanations,
and without wasting money on new camera gear
that doesn't result in better photos.
So here is what you're going to get
because we have put together an amazing bundle offer here
that you're not going to believe.
So this is the four-step transformation photography system.
In module one of this masterclass,
it's perfect planning and research.
This is how to be in the right place at the right time
to get the perfect light.
Module two, is concrete compositions.
This is how to know what you should point your camera at
to get the most beautiful photos.
Module three, crushing camera settings.
This is how to use very simple camera settings
that are going to allow you to take tack sharp photos.
Module four, professional post-processing.
Even if you have never post-processed a photo before
or edited a photo on a computer
or even if you have been doing it for years,
this is the easy way to add drama and lights and darks
into your photo to make gorgeous photos.
Bonus module number one, is how to make prints that pop.
So actually how to export your photo
and get it out of the computer
so that you can print your photo large
and put it on the wall at home.
Bonus module number two,
savvy social media, contests, and sales.
And here we're talking about
growing your online social media presence, your Instagram,
how to enter contests, how to win them,
and how to sell photography.
And bonus number three, is more on photo editing
to add drama to your photos.
So with this masterclass, you will get your own login
so that you can watch the video content just like Netflix.
You can watch the videos from any device,
including your phone, your tablet, and your computer.
It's just like watching Netflix
because you can watch for 30 minutes one night,
then you can stop, you can come back to it later,
watch the same part over and over
and you will have lifetime access to all of these videos.
So here's what you're going to get with this masterclass,
there is over eight hours of video content.
You will get lifetime access.
You can watch the videos from any device.
There are closed caption subtitles in English
on these videos.
If you sometimes don't have access to the internet,
you can download the lessons if you wish.
You can also watch question and answer sessions
at the end of each video lesson.
Also, after each lesson there is a skill assignment for you
and it's a challenge for you.
In these videos I'm going to push you
and I'm going to push you
so that you will follow all the way through
from taking a photo to printing your best photos
so you can put it on your wall at home.
So here's proof, Terri Martin from Oregon USA
wrote in and said, "I wasn't pleased with my photographs
"and had no path forward to the next level.
"Tim's videos guided me to making photos I am proud of.
"His course made everything literally click.
"My friends are now saying my photographs should be printed
"and hung on my wall."
And Terri Martin has gone on
since she wrote this testimonial
and she has won photography awards with her photography
and she gives credit
to the Photography Transformation Masterclass
for her photography success.
So here's another testimonial from Dmitry
who took the masterclass.
He just wrote this testimonial yesterday.
He said, "A bit more than six months ago,
"I took Tim's course.
"Before that, all my images were sitting on my hard drive
"and I had 20 followers on Instagram.
"Now, I have several awards from different websites,
"I have 300 plus followers
"and today I put up my first exhibit in a local coffee shop.
"Thank you, Tim Shields."
I love this testimonial.
It's really exciting because I'm seeing Dmitry's success
and I know that if you apply yourself to this training,
you can have the same success as well.
And here is a personal message I received through Facebook
from Candy.
She said, "I cannot tell you how happy I am,
"I signed up for your classes.
"I've been so inspired and learned so much.
"I use Lightroom like I never have before.
"My portraits are even so much better.
"I am spending so much time looking back through my trips
"and editing photos and loving them.
"Thanks."
So who does this work for?
Well, this works for people who are beginners in photography
and who want to create their own stunning photos.
It also works for experienced photographers
who want to take their photography to the next level
and win photo awards.
And it works for advanced photographers
who want to create a body of fine art photography
that sells.
Now, I have spoken with thousands of photographers
in the course of teaching this masterclass,
and I've had so many people tell me
that they'd been doing photography for 20 years, 30 years,
40 years, all the way back to the dark room days,
and still this masterclass has helped them
advance their photography to new levels
that they never thought were possible.
So the number one reason why people don't get started
is that you might be thinking you can't get started
because you don't have time,
but you can take this training at your own pace.
Even if you are on holidays,
you can watch the course content on your phone,
wherever you are.
The number two reason why people don't get started
is that you might be thinking you can't get going
because you're not traveling,
you're staying at home right now.
Well, this training will show you
how to take your own amazing photos at home in your backyard
and how to find fantastic photo locations
that you don't even know about close to where you live.
So here's what you're going to get so far
and stay with me because there's lots more coming.
You're going to get the landscape Photography Transformation
four-step system and it has a value of $997.
But you are also going to get access
to the Landscape Photography Mastermind.
Now this is a private closed group
that you will get access to.
It will be your support community
for the duration of the masterclass
and it is where you will post your assignments
from the masterclass.
So you will be able to with this mastermind group,
share your experience with other students,
get feedback from me and other community members,
share ideas and creativity,
get inspired because a rising tide lifts all boats,
ask questions in a safe and respectful closed group setting.
And we have just one common goal within this closed group
and that is to help you get your photography
to the next level.
So with this mastermind, problem solved,
no more losing motivation because you feel alone.
No more giving up because you have a lack of motivation.
No more asking questions online
only to be met with silence or sarcasm
and no more not knowing who to ask.
This is about saving time and saving money
because it speeds up your photography development.
You don't waste unnecessary finances on gear
that really is not going to improve your photography.
You save yourself years of failures as a lone wolf learner,
and you get access to a powerful community
so you can get the help you need, when you need it.
You might be thinking
that you don't like to participate in groups,
but that's not a problem because even if you choose
not to post your work in the group,
you will learn from the comments and photos
of everyone else in the group.
You might be thinking that you can't use the group
because you are already so busy,
but that's not true because you can ask questions
24 hours a day and get responses at your convenience.
So the value of the Landscape Photography Mastermind
is $497.
So here's what we're at so far,
you're going to get the masterclass
and you're going to get access
to the closed group, the mastermind,
and the total value of this is $1,494.
But stay with me
because I have some really good news coming right up.
So you are also going to get
as part of this masterclass bundle,
the photography post processing tools bundle.
Now what are these post-processing tools?
These are presets.
Now these help you in such a dramatic way
to edit your photos using Lightroom
quicker and easier than ever before.
Sometimes with only one click.
So here's an example, here is a before on the left,
a before the preset was applied,
and then we applied a preset
and that's the after on the right hand side.
And this was like literally a one-click photo edit
once the preset was applied.
Here's one more example,
or actually there's two examples here.
On the top left, Moraine Lake before,
top right Moraine Lake after.
And on the bottom row, before and after of a Paris photo.
This is after a preset has been applied to Lightroom,
which is the photo editing software.
And it just makes photo editing so incredibly easy.
So as part of this little tools bundle,
you get one set of mobile presets.
These are presets
that you can install into the Lightroom app on your phone
if you want to.
And then you get three collections
that you would install into Lightroom on your computer.
The one on the right
is my signature Lightroom presets collection.
I have sold well over 6,000 of this collection on its own.
I can't say enough good things
about this preset collection over on the right
because it helped me literally win the award
of International Nature Photographer of the Year
with Master Photographers International.
I came home from a one-month long photo trip with my wife,
and I wanted to enter this prestigious awards competition.
I only had days to do it,
so I had to filter through thousands and thousands
of photos from the trip.
I had no time and I'd filtered through it with the presets.
I applied presets to what I thought were the best photos.
I entered those photos
and I ended up winning that incredible award.
These presets really, really work.
So you get three presets collections as part of this bundle.
So these photography post-processing tools, these presets,
create beautiful photos faster and easier than ever before.
You save time with your post-processing,
you save yourself the pain
of moving endless sliders in Photoshop,
and it jump-starts your photo processing.
So you might be thinking that Lightroom is too complicated,
but these presets remove the stress
of needing to learn a new program.
With the mobile presets, you can even do this on your phone.
So the value of the photography post-processing tools bundle
is $540 for these four collections that you're going to get
as part of the bundle that comes with the masterclass.
So here's what you're going to get so far.
There is the masterclass,
and then you have the closed group, the mastermind,
and then you get this collection
of four different collections of post-processing tools
and the total value is $2034.
But I'm including even more,
you're also going to get the jumpstart bundle.
Now this is especially relevant and important
if you are a beginner photographer.
Take a look at the class on the right,
Photography Jumpstart.
This is a standalone photography course that I created.
That will take you from being a beginner
to a very solid intermediate.
And on the left there is Lightroom Jumpstart.
If you have never used Lightroom before,
this takes you from being a beginner
again, to becoming a solid intermediate Lightroom user.
And even if you are already an experienced photographer,
these two courses just give you an awesome brush up
on all the skills that you need for camera settings,
compositions and then over on the post-processing side
using Lightroom.
So the jumpstart bundle helps you master the essentials
of photography and camera settings.
And you can also copy
my simple step-by-step photo post-processing in Lightroom.
So let's hear what Wendy Klein has to say about this.
She took the photography jumpstart class
and she wrote in and said,
"This course is for everyone who is wanting to learn
"from basics right through to more advanced.
"It is the best explained photography course I've seen.
"I highly recommend this course
"as you will not be disappointed."
So the jumpstart bundle,
you may be thinking that you can't use it
because you already know the basics,
but it's not an issue because these trainings serve
as the perfect brush up for the advanced photographer.
The total value of both of these courses together is $297.
So here's where we're out so far,
we've got the masterclass,
then we've got the close group, the mastermind,
we've got the collection of four post-processing tools
and the jumpstart bundle.
And the total value here is $2,331.
I'm also including something else
to really sweeten the deal here
and make this just an irresistible offer
that's going to help you so much.
I'm including my set of three, the easy way classes.
So we've got how to create an HDR Panorama
faster and easier, that's the one on the left.
The second one is Photoshop editing the easy way.
And the third one is how to use presets
to create stunning photos the easy way.
So these are step-by-step tutorials that use my system
so that you can learn the easy way.
I am excluding all the technobabble
and the extra extra details
that are usually in photography courses
so that you will just learn easy techniques and tricks
that are normally complicated.
You only learn the need-to-know items.
I get straight to the point and the classes are bite-sized,
so you can watch them in one sitting.
You might be thinking that you can't use this
because you don't have the time or money
to travel to interesting locations.
But that's not true because you can use this system
to create extraordinary photos anywhere,
even if you are staying very close to home.
So the total value of this collection
of the easy way classes is $290.
To take a look at everything that's included,
we've got the master class, the closed group mastermind,
the post-processing tools, those were the presets,
the jumpstart bundle of those two courses,
and then the easy way classes.
The total value is $2,621.
So here's the question, if all this program did
was help you create stunning pieces of artwork
that helped you win photography awards and sell prints,
would it be worth it?
If all it did was help you overcome
your own internal doubts and fears
about not being able to create
beautiful quality photography, would it be worth it?
And if all this did
was help you create consistently exceptional photographs,
even when you are taking pictures with your phone,
would it be worth it?
Now, obviously I'm not going to charge you $2,600
but if I did charge you that much
and all I did was to show you exactly
how to create stunning landscape and travel photos
that you will want to print and put on your wall
for the same cost as a good camera,
would this be worth it to you?
So I had two choices
when I was putting together this masterclass bundle.
I could either make it cheap or I could make it valuable.
Now here's another question, if you were able
to create magazine-quality photos,
what would that be worth to you?
It's an open-ended question.
How about if you could create photos
that helped you win photography awards or make sales
or just make yourself incredibly proud of your own artwork,
what would that be worth to you?
So this Photography Transformation Four-Step System
has a $2,621 value.
The regular price on it is $997
but I am going to give you a scholarship today
because you are here with me on this webinar.
You have demonstrated that you are an action taker
and I want to see you transform your photography.
So I made this bundle as affordable as I possibly could.
Today, the Photography Transformation Four-Step System,
you're not going to pay $2,621 which is the value,
you're not going to pay the $997 regular price,
the special price is $297.
Now this is valid for the next 60 minutes
and then the price goes up
to the price that is on my website right now, which is 397.
If you go to photographyacademy.com
you will find this course for $397,
but for the next 60 minutes you will be able to get it
at $100 off that price for just 297.
So you have two choices here, you can either do nothing
and your photography is not going to change,
your photos are not going to change.
You're still going to have the same doubts and fears
and hesitations about photography
and maybe creating photos you're not overly proud of.
Or you can take action right now,
put your best foot forward
and actually get started right away
to make a massive change in your photography
and take the photos that you have been dreaming of
for your entire life.
Now here's what's really beautiful about this,
you have nothing to lose.
You have no risk whatsoever because of my guarantee.
If the Photography Transformation Four-Step System
doesn't help you create magazine-quality photos
that you are proud of
without paying exorbitant amounts of money
for a new camera gear, then I will refund your money
within 60 days of purchase.
I'm taking the risk.
So the real question is,
is it worth gambling a few minutes of your time
to check this out, even if it only does half
of what I'm claiming today, it will pay for itself
with time saved and gorgeous photos gained.
So I'm going to sweeten the pot just one last little bit
and make this an even more amazing offer for you
because I'm adding on one final bonus
to this masterclass bundle.
So the bonus is this series of six classes,
it's called my start to finish classes.
And in these classes I take you out with me in the field,
I show you how I find my composition
for each of the photos that are on each of those boxes there
and how I set up my camera
and then exactly how I did the post-processing.
So here are the first three, how to shoot fireworks photos,
how to capture sunburst
and how to find a composition in a busy forest.
This is such an important skill to know
because it's oftentimes so difficult
to find a good composition when things are busy.
The other three classes
are how to create natural looking HDR photos,
a simple camera trick that creates stunning foregrounds
and how to create fog and sunbeams
even when there is no fog.
So these six photography from start to finish classes
that I just showed you, is where I show you
from field to finish, how to find compositions,
how to make the camera settings, how to choose focus points
and how to do the post-processing.
I break down the exact process I use
to create award-winning photography.
You might be thinking you can't use this
because you don't have a professional grade camera
like I do, but the truth is,
that these start to finish expert master trainings
apply to any type of camera or gear
and the value of them is $582.
So here's what you're going to get in total.
We've got the Photography Transformation
Four-Step System Masterclass,
we have the closed group, the mastermind,
we've got all the presets,
those are the post-processing tools,
We have the two courses, photography jumpstart
and Lightroom Jumpstart, that's the Jumpstart Bundle.
We have the three photography, The Easy Way Classes,
and finally the six photography
From Start to Finish Classes.
And the total value of all this is $3,203.
So I hope that you're going to get started now
and really start to transform your photography right away.
This is not going to be a long process for you
once you get going on the masterclass.
I've seen dramatic turnarounds in people's photography,
students that have taken this masterclass
in just weeks and not months.
So I'm going to answer a couple of questions for you.
The first question that I get a lot
is regarding the devices.
"How do I watch these classes?"
Well, these are classes that are on video.
You will get a password and a login link,
very similar to Netflix so that you can log in
using your phone, log in using your tablet, your iPad,
or log in using your computer or all three of them.
You can watch the classes at any time.
You can come back to them.
You have lifetime access.
And it is, as I've said before, like watching Netflix
because you can watch a little bit one night,
come back to it the next night,
you can wait a week and then come back to it
and watch it again.
So you have lifetime ownership.
Another question I have is regarding closed captioning.
Do we have subtitles?
Yes, you can turn on or off subtitles in English
that are closed caption.
Another question is, regarding travel
that sometimes people say, "Well, it's really great Tim,
"that you've been traveling, but I'm staying close to home,
"I don't want to leave home
"and how am I going to be able to find good photos?"
Well, great question.
And I address this in module number one of the masterclass.
This is what module one is all about.
It's about doing research in a specific way,
using free apps and tools online
so that you can find places and locations
that are close to home
that you probably don't even know about
so that you can get out there at exactly the right time,
to catch the beautiful light
and capture some amazing photos.
It is truly amazing what you can capture near home
and even at home, even in your backyard,
especially in the summertime when flowers are out
and you don't need to travel far from home
in order to be able to get great photos.
So another question, "What about wildlife photos?
"What about quick shots from a moving car,
"do I address that?"
Yes, I most definitely do.
All of the teaching applies to wildlife photography
or even people photography.
Any type of photography really is for the most part,
covered in the class.
Now the class does not go into detail on portrait photos.
This is not a class about baby photography,
but it is a class about general outdoor photography,
travel photography, taking photos of wildlife
or any type of an outdoor scene generally.
Next question, "I'm a beginner, will this help me
"because I don't really like the technical stuff,
"I don't like camera settings and I don't understand them?"
Well, this is a course that you are going to find so helpful
if you are in that situation.
Even if you don't understand the technical stuff,
I explain all of this in such a way
so that anyone can understand it
and without all of the technobabble
that you normally hear in photography courses.
I simplify it
and teach you just the stuff that you need to know.
Next question, "I am an advanced photographer,
"will this help me?
"I already think that I understand everything."
Even if you are an advanced photographer,
you are going to be pulling nuggets of gold out
of this class and it's going to teach you things
that you just aren't aware of now.
It's the old saying, you don't know what you don't know.
And the older I get, the more I realize that I don't know.
I can think that I know a lot about everything,
but in reality I don't.
And it is of great benefit
to have someone who has already done the research,
put in the time and who has the experience,
who can show you the quick and easy ways
to turn around your photography
and get it to the next level.
So even if you are advanced, like in the case of Wendy Klein
who I showed you at the very beginning of this presentation,
she was already an advanced photographer
and yet she still got amazing value out of the masterclass.
Next question, "I don't have time to watch this."
Well, that's not a problem at all.
You can watch 10 minutes one night,
wait a few days and watch another 10 minutes,
then watch another 10 minutes.
So even if you don't have time,
you can always find the time to take in this video content.
Even if you are lying in bed watching it on your phone,
you can easily find the time
to get through the video content.
You don't have to do it in a week.
You have lifetime access.
You can do it whenever you feel
that you have the opportunity.
Next question, "Do I need to have Lightroom?"
And that's a really great question.
You don't need to have it.
If you want to take your photography
really to the next level and add drama to your photos
and make your photos pop,
then you do need to start learning to use
some type of photo editing software.
Now I have found that Lightroom is the easiest to learn.
It's very cheap.
I show you where you can get it through Adobe
for only $9.99 per month.
And if you use other types of photo editing software
such as Luminar or ON1
or any of the others that are out there,
the tips and techniques that I show you
in the post-processing module can be easily used
on those other types of photo editing software
such as Luminar.
I specifically made the post-processing module
so that regardless of which post-processing software
you are using, you are going to find great value
out of the techniques that I'm showing you.
And last question, "The price?"
$297.
"Is this a good price?"
Yes, this is a screaming deal, is what it is.
If you compare in photography, this $297 price
with what you can buy in terms of photography gear,
it makes this purchase a no brainer.
You can't even get a cheap camera for $297.
You can't get a good lens for $297,
you can't get a very high quality tripod even for $297.
In my view, this $297
is the best money you will ever spend on your photography
because being a good photographer
and being able to create amazing photos
has very little to do
with the gear and equipment that you have.
But it has everything to do with your own knowledge
of how to use your camera and how to do the post-processing
and most importantly,
how to find a beautiful composition,
how to be at the right place at the right time.
So for the next 60 minutes, this will be on sale for you
with the $100 off scholarship for just $297.
I want to show you what some of my other students have said
about this master class.
So if we go to my website, which is photographyacademy.com,
and you click on reviews up here in the top
and just scroll down just a little bit
past the video reviews.
Now these are the reviews that have come in on Facebook,
from students
who have taken the Photography Transformation class.
I'm not going to take up all of your time
by trying to read a lot of these,
but just look how many there are.
These are verified reviews from real people just like you
who have taken this masterclass
and who have found amazing value from it.
Just look at them all.
So many of the comments that are...
Really the same theme is coming out
like, "This is amazing value for the money."
"It's money well spent."
"It has improved my photography."
"It's not just information, it's a transformation."
Or the ones that I really love hearing like,
"I was a beginner and now I've won photography awards
"or now I'm selling my work."
It's gratifying for me
as the creator of this four-step system
to read these types of testimonials.
And since we're here,
let's just talk about the presets for a second.
These are reviews that have come in from Facebook
just on the presets collection
that is included with the masterclass.
Just read some of these headlines that we have here,
like, "What an amazing bundle."
"Wow, what a difference."
"I'm very happy about these."
"What a time saver for me."
"Love it."
"I purchased your presets and must admit they are amazing."
So these are the reviews just on the presets.
I love this one, just a one liner "Love them."
So powerful.
And then remember we had the photography jumpstart class
that's included with the bundle.
Well, these are reviews that came in
just on that one course alone
because I sell it on its own.
And little one liners,
"This course is excellent."
"Really enjoyed this course."
"Great information."
"A lot of useful information."
"This is a very good course."
"Great information and techniques."
"This course is awesome."
So that's on the photography jumpstart class.
And then if I scroll down a little more,
we've also got some reviews
on the Lightroom jumpstart class.
"Awesome course, I learned so much."
"Tim's Lightroom course is fantastic."
"Take your course is the best thing I've ever done.""
"I'm so happy I signed up,
"I see a massive improvement right away."
So these are the type of reviews that as I mentioned,
they come from real people just like you
and I have no doubt that if you apply yourself
to the training, you are going to be able
to experience the exact same transformation
in your photography that all of these other photographers
have also experienced.
Now, here's one way of looking at this transformation
and it's the concept of time versus money.
Here's the thing, every month money replenishes, right?
But this is the key, time does not replenish, it disappears.
So you could go out and spend months or years
of your valuable time to figure photography out,
but you will never get that time back.
Instead, you could save that time and effort
because I have already spent it for you
and you can work directly with me instead.
It will cost you a bit of money to get started
and I should say it'll cost you a lot less
than even the cost of a new camera lens,
but that money will come back, it replenishes.
Whereas, the time away from your family
in trial and error trying to figure out photography
and post-processing, is wasted and it's gone forever.
Work with me and let me help you save time.
You will save years of time
through this four-step transformation system.
Another thing is that habits are really hard to change.
I could leave the webinar right now
and enjoy the rest of the afternoon.
I am already successful with photography
and this is already working for me,
but this is not about me, it's about you.
If you leave right now by morning tomorrow
you will already have slipped back into your normal routines
with your normal skill level with photography, right?
You will just do what you've always done
and that's what most people do.
But because I'm trying to be the role of your coach
and your mentor, I don't want you to slip back
into the old photography habits.
I want to make sure you are successful
with new photography skills by using my four-step system.
And if you want real lasting change,
you need the training that is involved
in this Photography Transformation Four-Step System.
And that is what you will get when you invest today.
And as I've mentioned previously in this presentation,
this is not information alone.
You can get information anywhere,
you can get information for free,
but the problem with information
that it's information overload
it's like drinking from a fire hose and working by yourself
and gleaning information where you can find it
is not the fastest way to photography success.
The fastest way
is to rely on the coaching and the experience
of someone who has already gone before you.
And that person is me.
And that's why I hope
that you will take advantage and invest
in the Photography Transformation Four-Step System
because it is the result of probably,
I would say 15 to 20 years
of my photography experience and learning.
It has helped me to win awards
and I know that it can help you win awards too.
It's a simplified system
that you can use in a step-by-step format,
in any photography situation
that will help you find the things to photograph
and when to photograph them
and how to create a beautiful photograph of your dreams.
So you really have two choices,
you can take the first option,
which is to do nothing and not take this leap of faith,
which by the way is 100% risk free.
And your second option
is to pony up this very small investment today
compared to the value that you're going to get in return,
and just give it a shot.
See if it will work for you.
And if it doesn't, for whatever reason,
you will get your money back.
There is no risk and you have nothing to lose,
but stress and headaches.
And I'm guessing that there are two kinds of people
listening to me right now.
You're either a doer or you are a dabbler.
Dabblers love to sit and listen and learn,
but they rarely ever do anything
and often look for any excuse to not move forward.
But some of you are doers.
You're not sure how this is going to work for you,
but you see that it's worked for me and for other people,
so you have faith that it will work for you as well.
And what I've found
is that it's the doers who get ahead in life
while the dabblers don't really seem to progress.
So I hope that you will take action as a doer
and take that leap of faith.
You have nothing to lose with the guarantee that I have.
So if you are still on the fence,
now is the time to click on the button below.
Take a look at the sales page that I have on my website,
photographyacademy.com and get started, take action.
Remember there is no risk,
I have a 100% money back guarantee,
but the only way for you to know this is right for you
is to get started right now.
You can sign up and you could be watching video number one
for lesson number one,
which is step one of my four-step system.
You could be watching this five minutes from now
and I know that you will not be disappointed.
And again you have nothing to lose
because I have money back guarantee.
So I am going to sign off now
and I hope that you will take action.
Click the button that's on your screen
in order to read all about the program,
but you do have only 60 minutes before the webinar special
with a $100 scholarship is gone
and then the price goes back up to the regular price
that is on my website, which is 397.
So I hope you'll take action now,
get it for 297 while you can.
And I very much look forward to seeing your name
and your photographs inside the Mastermind.
I interact with all students inside the Mastermind.
I get to know them very well,
and it makes me incredibly happy and proud
when I see my students with the photography successes
that we've seen so far.
Some of them are just incredible.
The turnaround in people's skill level
and artistic creation abilities is amazing.
To see people go from real beginner and novice
into the realm of being an advanced photographer
in a short period of time, like just sort of,
let's just say within a month, four weeks,
it is extremely satisfying for me to see
and it makes me proud.
And I look forward to seeing you
inside the Photography Transformation Mastermind.
So take care everybody.
Happy shooting.
And I wish you all the best with your photography.
Bye bye.