The Academy with John Gress

LIVE Q&A and critiques

Academy Live Recap: Optimizing Your Camera for Studio Flash & Better Color Accuracy

LIVE: Q&A AND CRITIQUE February 22nd, 2025

02/22/2025

LIVE: Q&A AND CRITIQUE JANUARY 25, 2025

LIVE: Q&A AND CRITIQUE JANUARY 25, 2025

01/25/2025

We had a great discussion this week about cropping, fill, the rule of thirds.

Live: Q&A and Critique January 30, 2023

02/05/2023

Live: Q&A and Critique November 20, 2022

11/22/2022

In this video we go over strategies for shooting outside and masking in post.

Live: Q&A and Critique August 6, 2022

08/10/2022

In this video we go over strategies for shooting outside and using short lighting to make your subjects look thinner.

Live: Q&A and Critique July 9, 2022

07/10/2022

Live: Q&A and Critique June 24, 2022

07/02/2022

This this critique video we go over refining portrait lighting and I also use the tail of a model air plane to represent a persons nose!

Live: Q&A and Critique June 4, 2022

06/06/2022

In addition to the critique we talked did a deep drive on hair lights, clam shell lighting and more.

Live: Q&A and Critique May 24, 2022

05/26/2022