The Academy with John Gress

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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

In today's video I am going to share the 10 worst photo and video purchases I have made over the course of my 20 plus year career.

The 10 worst purchases I have ever made!

05/21/2022

8 common portrait lighting mistakes

8 common portrait lighting mistakes that every new photographer makes

05/18/2022

In today's video I breakdown a TTL HHS outdoor hard light portrait and a soft light Rembrandt setup in the studio.

Lighting Handbook Tutorial – Breaking down a hard light outdoor portrait & a soft light studio setup

05/14/2022

In this live video we go over several critique images and retouching in photoshop.

Live: Q&A and Critique April 28, 2022

05/02/2022

After I bought the Canon EOS R5, I switched over almost all of my lenses from the EF mount to the RF mount. But now I am unsure which lens is he best lens in different situations. So in today's video, I am going to test if the RF70-200 f4 at 70mm outperforms the RF 28-70mm f/2.0 at 70mm in the studio at f4, 5.6 and f8.

Member Exclusive Review: Is the Canon EOS RF 70-200mm f4 or RF 28-70mm f2 a better choice at 70mm for R5 studio photographers?

05/02/2022

In this months member exclusive video I go over tow hard light and two soft light setup's and cover feathering, catch lights, fine tuning shadows and more.

Member Exclusive: Hard and Soft Light with Pierce & Jordan

04/22/2022

High Key Lighting Tutorial – Two ways to get a pure white background in the photo studio

04/20/2022

In this live video we go over several critique images

Live: Q&A and Critique April 16, 2022

04/18/2022