One of the most common requests we receive is for a class on how to shoot food in its packaging. With this live show, we plan to meet that demand! Making packaging look good in a photograph can be challenging, especially when you’re working with glossy, high-shine surfaces. Karl will demonstrate some simple and effective setups useful for all photographers, and especially those with an interest in product, pack shot, and e-commerce photography.

Among photographers seeking continuous light sources, LED lights have a become a popular choice. But are they really superior to studio flash for all types of photography? In this live demonstration, Karl will compare LED and flash for different shots, exploring which is more suitable for portrait and fashion, product work, splash photography, and more. He’ll also show you how to achieve grain-free shots when using LEDs – notoriously difficult given that they are less powerful than studio flash lights. ]

In this live show, Karl will review the images submitted for our ninth 'Working to a Brief' assignment. For these challenges, members are tasked with executing a specific brief, but with the bonus of professional feedback and advice on their images. Karl will also introduce the brief for the next assignment.

Tune in to see Karl launch our tenth ‘Working to a Brief’ assignment. He'll provide a visual sketch, mood boards, and detailed description, and will answer questions from members in real time. This task will give members an opportunity to practise the real-world skills of interpreting and executing a photography brief.

For this live show members will have an opportunity to submit their foodphotographs for professional feedback from Karl. Throughout this show, Karl will be offering his opinion and advice for each of the images, highlighting what works, what doesn’t and simple tips to help improve any image.

When something becomes ‘part of the furniture’, we stop noticing it. So when we’re taking photographs of furniture, how can we make the images stand out? In this live shoot, Karl will be shooting large pieces of furniture, walking you through the practicalities of the process as he confronts them in real time. These will include space considerations, backgrounds, styling, lighting setups and the challenges of capturing various different materials (e.g. wood, metal, glass, or fabric) simultaneously.

Drop-tank photography is popular and effective for advertising because it gives products a fresh, clean feel. In this live show, Karl will attempt to capture an appealing drop-tank image using pieces of fruit. This will be a highly technical shoot involving custom-built ramps for dropping the fruit, tubes to add bubbles to the tank water, and more.

You’ll learn how to create a controlled environment for this type of photography, allowing you to combine different shots to create the perfect final image. Karl will follow this up with a separate post-production live show at a later date.

In this follow-up show, Karl will take you step-by-step through his post-production work on the drop-tank fruit shots he captured during a previous live shoot. You’ll see the thought process and creativity involved in combining various layers to produce the perfect final image, as well as the precise retouching and editing required to make it look convincing and authentic

In this live show, Karl will be reviewing the images submitted for our tenth 'Working to a brief' assignment. For these challenges, members are tasked with executing a specific brief, but with the bonus of professional feedback and advice on their images. Karl will also release the brief for the upcoming assignment in this show.

In this live show Karl will be presenting the brief for our eleventh ‘Working to a photography brief’ assignment. In this show he will be providing members with a visual sketch, mood boards, and written description. This task will give members an opportunity to practise the real-world skills of interpreting and executing a photography brief.

Photographing clothing for e-commerce doesn’t have to involve a model. For stylistic or budgetary reasons, you may prefer to use a flat lay approach, or even an invisible mannequin. In this live show, Karl will give you a step-by-step demonstration of each of these two techniques, answering your questions in the process. You’ll come away from this shoot with some incredibly useful new methods to improve your product photography for e-commerce and beyond.

For this live show members will have an opportunity to submit their post-production efforts for professional feedback from Karl. Throughout this show, Karl will be offering his opinion and advice for each of the images, highlighting what works, what doesn’t and simple tips to help improve any image.

Acclaimed portrait photographer Laura Stevens will be joining Karl live in the studio for an informative live talk show. Laura, who is a British photographer based in Paris, has worked for global clients such Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Wired. Her work has featured in multiple galleries internationally and she has won numerous awards over the years. Join Karl and Laura live to ask your questions and learn first-hand from Laura.  

www.laurastevens.co.uk/

Paddy Dowling is a globally renowned humanitarian correspondent and photojournalist who often works in high-risk and hostile environments. His documentary photojournalism for the international press, UN agencies, global foundations and international NGOs highlights the struggle of refugees, displaced persons and children facing barriers to education. In this live show, Karl will chat with Paddy about his illustrious career and incredible work, covering everything from equipment and technical matters to advice for photographing subjects who are experiencing great hardship.

www.paddydowling.co.uk/