Some student feedback on the screencasts:
«The voice-over was very well done and again your conversational style of describing what you were doing, why you were doing it, and
how you do it was exceptional »,
«I'm unconvinced that I could have gotten more out of this if we were doing this in person! That's speaks to the quality of your screencast»,
«The photo and animation of your step x step on screen Photoshop work was crisp and clear with great audio »
Are you wondering how to get more from your photos in PhotoShop? Do you want to improve your PhotoShop post processing skills? Are your photographs a bit dull and not very interesting? Is creativity on holiday? Do you want constructive and professional critiques specifically on your photographs? Do you have trouble getting your models to relax? Are your customers unhappy with the results they get back?
I can help you.
With my online courses we have the advantage of going through program made just for you, in any time we like. Could be a done in a week, or a year, or anything. The program can also be adjusted during the course. If you initially requested tips on approaching people on the street, but discover that photographing seascapes at night is more interesting for you, we change focus.
If you are not looking for a course, you can head over to my articles on photography, that cover general tips and tricks, technical stuff and more. For an example screen cast have a look at the bottom of this page.
Email is the main channel of communication in the course. We use it to chat about the photos we work on together. The photos will typically be PhotoShop PSD-files, DNGs and JPEGs. Large files can be uploaded and downloaded using an easy to use web page that you get access to when you sign up for a course. I will also use tools like screencasts, videos and "behind the scenes" photographs where appropriate, for example to illustrate a complex photoshop trick or a lighting technique.
Services like flickr.com, photosig.com (and similar), twitter.com and even facebook.com can be used for communication during the course. Google Docs also works very well for sharing bigger chunks of text and references to images. A big plus for the student who gets to keep the notes collaboratively put together by teacher+student. Using services like this, we do not have to agree on set times where we want to meet up in a virtual classroom.
Different photographers, on different levels, with different styles and needs or wants, will require that each course will have a unique program. Perhaps you want to start by understanding your own photography and why you like to take photographs. Or, perhaps you have a specific skill set that you want to improve in you landscape photography. Or, are your artistic photos not as artistic and tasteful as you intend them to be.
If there are topics that I am not prepared or qualified to tutor you on, I will inform you right away.
When doing an online course, measuring time is a more difficult than in a classroom-based course. There the clock starts ticking when the tutor enters the building, and stops when he/she is out the door. Online, the tutor and the student are not in the same room, and most likely not in the same timezone when the tutoring is being done.
For now, until someone comes up with something more clever, I price courses on the amount of time I spend on each student. Not the length of the course, nor the type, but the hours I put in. That way I can plan my time so that each student gets the best possible value in the feedback and tutoring I give during the course. So what is a fair price? 20 Euros per hour, for a course that is 10 hours or less, and 15 Euros per hour for anything over 10 hours (yes yes I know that is means you pay less for a 13 hour course than for a 10 hour course). Anyhow, I want you to feel that it is worth it, so I will do my very best. And from what I hear, when it comes to photography my best is pretty good :)
On average, I spend about one hour on two screencasts, including mailing a bit back and forth, commenting on flickr (or similar) or on google docs.
Payment will be handled securely by PayPal (www.paypal.com)
To keep from getting an overload and thus not enough time to follow up on each course, I have an initial limit of 10 active courses at any one time. But if I get 10 students that feel that one "class" every two-three weeks is enough, then I will open up for more.
I won't charge you for sending me an email asking me to tutor you. Before a course starts, we do a rough plan of what we want to cover, and how much time we want to spend both in effective hours and on the calendar.
Simply contact me via this contact form, and I will get back to you in as much detail as I can. If you mention online course in the message, I will respond quicker as it will be easier to filter out
Photoshop Screencast from Andreas Øverland on Vimeo.
Screencast - Photoshop B/W Highlights from Andreas Øverland on Vimeo.