Welcome to Academy of Photography
Free photography courses – tutorials tips and tricks on how to get better photos with your camera
My name is Christian Tudor and I am a professional photographer.
I will start my presentation with this question to you?
Would you like to take outstanding photos every time you press a button? Would you like to learn how to use your camera in order the get the results you always wanted but the camera did not listen to you? Would you like to impress your friends and family with the high quality photos you take every time? If you are passionate about taking photos, this is the place for you.
I believe anyone can take great photos with minimum equipment. I am the best example it can be done in a very short period of time.
Why you should listen to me? Good question. …
History of the photographer – Christian Tudor and start of the Academy of Photography
First I will give you a bit of history about myself. I picked up my camera few years back with the clear intention to learn how to take good photos. I have explored the internet for information and I found it. It took me hundreds of hours of photography related website browsing, and youtube videos. I have found that the information is out there, free and available for anyone wanting to learn and grab it. It took me only few weeks to apply everything I have learned by myself in order to get to a level that I could impress anyone, especially those ones who laughed at me saying that I need year of training and getting to school for this. After doing few easy exercises with the basics settings of my camera, I have started to understand what this is all about. I kept practicing until everything became easy for me. Being confident that I am taking professional quality photos, I have learned that one can turn photography into a business and make an income with it. I have decided to started my photography business. Making money with your camera is another ball game though, and it took me a couple of years to create a real business. I made all the steps, did lots of mistakes until I found the ways that work the best. Now it is the time for me to share my knowledge with others. This is why Academy of photography came as an idea. I have summarised all my knowledge and realised that it is not that difficult to get where I am today. With thousands of happy customers and a workflow of 2-3000 commissioned photos ever week I am confident anyone can do it.
I have a belief…what is it?
I can teach anyone photography in less than 2 weeks, and if you will follow my learning model, I will promise you will be able to take professional quality photos in no time. If you do the exercises I am presenting, you will learn how to use your camera and the basics of photography very quickly.
And now is the best part. This is a free course for anyone wishing to learn. There is no obligation from you. What I am asking is that you do the exercise and you will learn yourself by practice and share you experience with others.
Why? I thought to myself it is better to share knowledge and make a difference in some else’s life than keeping all this to yourself. I was secretive before, fearing the competition but I found that sharing and discussing will lead to greater results .
What I can do for you?
This is my promise:
– My lessons will be short and concise. Time is the most important asset we have. There are too many spammers in the internet that will talk to you for hours and you will get a little or nothing from them. I will try to make all my tutorials as short as possible, under 10 minutes. I want you to spend more time practicing than listening to me. You will learn faster
– I will give you only quality information. I will get straight to the point without blurb and waste of time.
– I will give you a structure to follow; My lessons will be structured for the logical steps in order to become a confident photographer
What you can do for me is what you can do for yourself:
– Follow my tutorials and exercise the learned lessons. You will be surprised how fast one can learn
– Take better photos and share them with family and friends,
– Ask us any questions and share with us your experiences
– Subscribe to our newsletters and youtube channels
– Sit back and enjoy the ride
Our free course is presented on Academy of Photography website and affiliated youtube channels. It is structured in categories for each level of current knowledge
1 – camera settings. I will show you how to use your camera. We will go through all settings you need to know
2- photography equipment.
Photography can be improved so much using other equipment such as accessories, flash guns, studio lighting and many other things. I will go through each individual equipment and teach you what it does, how to use
3 – Basics of photography. I will teach you tha basic concepts that lay the foundation of photography knowledge. I will start with exposure, aperture, shutter speed and ISO, and I will talk about light, shadow, depth of field, composition basics and advanced photrogrpahy techniques
4- photography by category. I will teach you how to photograph various types of subjects. We will be talking about weddings, portraits, babies, family, corporate, fashion, product and other categories of photography out there
5- last and not least I will teach you how to make money with your camera. Form the business basics, business plan, to makerting and selling
6 – there will be sections where we can just have some fun and other sections that we can chat about anything and everything
Academy of Photography is a live environment so changes will be a constant.
Now after this, if you are convinced you want to learn with us, sit back and enjoy our lessons
In the meantime I wish you happy shooting, if you are already doing it.
Google+
Hi, will Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 Di VC USD Nikon Mount work with Niokn D90/80/60/40/40x cameras or can you list Nikon Cameras that will work with in auto focusing? Thanks
Hi
Thank you for your query
You might want to check with Tamron seller, and google the specs as i am not sure. I do not use that one.
I think it should…
I have a question about cropping an image. I am hoping you can help me understand it better. Every time when I cropped an image and print it on Adobe Photoshop CS6. I am using Canon PRO-100 series printer. On the printer settings, I checked the dialog box with Scale to fit media. The image will correspond on the printer’s screen show the image is fine and good to printer. Why my printer printed the photo and not fill the paper? I have no idea how to correct this. Is there a way? Thanks you and much appreciated.
Hi, I wanted to thank you for your great tutorials. Its amazing to see someone as passionate as you sharing his wisdom with the world and asking for nothing in return! Thats a very rare and amazing quality you have! Thats really awesome and i thank you for that! I also wanted to ask you if you if you have any tips for someone looking to go into Wildlife Photography. I am currently photographing Animals and nature as a hobby and am now looking for a way to earn some money to pay for the expensive gear. My first thought was to do some event photography and maybe some studio photography in the future and you have already answered all my questions for those in your amazing videos! So i just wanted to ask if you have any tips on wildlife and if you could possibly share them with me. Thanks again for everything KR from Austria Lukas
Hello,
I started to be a pre/wedding photographer about a year ago…
but sometimes I feel I’m too old to start..
by the way I am 40 years old now..
Regards, Murti
Murti
it is never late to start anything.
Hi Sir,
I got Nikon D3100 with 55mm lens. I watched your introduction video on You Tube and found it interesting. Hope you can help me learning Photography and start my business.
Richard
I believe this is the right place for you. watch all our videos on youtube and you will get a better understanding how to make money with your camera. We can answer specific questions ….
Hi Tudor,
Just discovered your website and I think this is the most helpful website about photography I have seen so far…and it is for free. I am starting a business back home soon and your tips gave me some confidence about what I want to achieve. The reason that I am writing is that I want to thank you for your time and your experience shared with us and keep going because people do need THIS.
thank you
Catalin
best of luck with your business
Christian
Hello Christian,
A million thanks for lending us your great skills and superior knowledge about photography and related subjects, such as ‘light’ and ‘aesthetics’ among others.
You are certainly helping me take better photos. I wish to take the opportunity to invite comments from you and your readers on my flickr photo stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chirrob
Thanks again,
Wishing you all the best,
Robert.
Robert
already did it.. outstanding quality…you should teach photography…love your work. I do not see such a great talent every day …
if you wish to share some of your knowledge with others, I will be honoured to welcome you as a guest writer, contributor..
thank you
WIsh you all the best
Hello Christian,
The honour is mine. I am eager to discuss photography with others as I totally agree with you in that we all learn from one another.
I thank you once again for providing us with this opportunity.
Best regards,
Robert.
Hi Christian,
I am planning to set up a small studio primarily to shoot portraits and product photography in Bangkok (Thailand). I just watched your video tutorial on Studio Lighting Basics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toIbDUi8orU) and am pretty impressed with your presentation. Yesterday, I went to buy lighting equipment for my studio. I found a wide range of bulbs available from 80 Watt to 800 Watt. I was a bit confused as to which ones are the best for shooting portraits (of a single person up to a max. of 5 persons in a frame). Moreover, the shop is offering the lights as ‘sets’ so you don’t have the option to choose and have to buy the entire set. One typical set I was interested includes 2 x 500 W Strobe lights, one of them with a 100×100 cm softbox and the other with a 110 cm umbrella, 1x 300 W background light, stands and a wireless trigger. The cost is around USD 1000. If I buy this, I need to buy the extra 4th light. I strongly felt that I would be over spending if I did so. Any advise on this will be of great help to me. Thanks.
BR
Simon
Simon
it does sound about right for the cost, and you can use the 3 light set. You do probably need to get the 4th light separately, but if you are making money it will pay for itself. Not sure about values in Thailand, but the price sounds about right.
remember that the high quality professional lights are in the order os thousands of US dollars for each light.
I am currently preparing a video about the specifications of a studio light as I have got many questions like your, which one, how powerful, how much, do they work with other brands etc etc
In regards to your investment, I am not sure about your budget…are there cheaper alternatives there?
my lights have 300W each and I am happy with them. if you get 500W, that is better.
one thing to remember, 300W continuos light is not the same with 300W flash power
Thanks a lot Christian. Talk to you soon.
HI Christian,
I recently found your channel on Youtube. I’ve returned to photography after learning during the end of the film era and am now returning to realise my creativity and hopefully create a business enjoying what I do.
Your videos are very informative and more importantly, to the point which is great. I have subscribed and have recently watched your ‘whats in your wedding kit’ video. Its inspiring to know you got where you are with one camera and a lens, as apart from my lenses, I’m in the process of renewing all my kit.
One question.Where did you source your backdrops and what sort of material are they? There seems to be a lot of poor quality backdrops for sale on the likes of ebay and amazon, but you can of course spend a fortune, which I like to avoid really at this stage.
Best wishes
Mark
Mark my backdrops are from ebay and are not the best ones on the market. I guess you start with something and figure it out in time what you want.the backdrops are just polyester fabrics. do not buy cotton as once you wash them they need to be ironed and for a 3×6 meters piece of fabric, that is a challenge. being synthetic they do not have so much creases as I need to wash them every second newborn photo shoot. working with babies leaves stains and smells that need to be dealt with immediately.
depending how much you want to invest there are better options out there. they work for me at the moment as my studio work is not my main photography field, but additional
hi tudor,
i have no words to thank you….i like to call u as my “GURU”.u have changed the way i see a photograph….made my photos better with your tutorials,made me correct my mistakes,changed the way i see the view finder.your live wedding tutorial is the best…luv to see those reactions from ur clients.i own a chain of furniture retails stores in chennai (india) bt i make time to see ur tutorial and live my passion as a photographer to its fullest.your contribution to this field is immense and keep it coming.i again thank you and wish u all sucess.
best regards
Rajesh bhandary
thank you Rajesh. Very kind words
Hi Christian, I would like to say thank you for your genuine dedication putting all the materials in well structured site, plus numerous of YouTube videos. I am interested to get into wedding photography, and the first video I found is – free wedding photography tutorial tips and tricks, which has covered the key parts in a short film. Besides your videos, I also found the B and H videos are amazingly good. As you have explained in a video that you have a preference to import JPG to LR after the export from RAW after hours of experience, while I think that would be much beneficial directly to use LR to organize and import RAW which gives much greater power to process the photos. Happy shooting. Ben
Ben
I have discovered over time the the results are better and faster this way. when importing 1000 RAW images of 24MB is one thing, working with half the size is another. It makes all the difference if it takes 2 seconds per image or 10 seconds or even more.
Hi Christian,
You are the best example of what confidence can do to a man. You tutorials are simple, straight forward and informative. I like the one liners before the start of a video!
Cheers,
Vijay,
Light Pictures (www.facebook.com/livingwithlight)
Thanks Vijay
sir,
I want to buy a new dslr and i have short selected two cameras nikon d3300 and canon 60d please guide me which one to buy.
I would go Canon 60D but I am a canon user and I can relate to it.
also the price is different, and usually you get what you pay for.please bear in mind that once you make your selection, all lenses will be the same brand.
what is more important for you? how do you want to use it?
Hi Christian,
Where have you gone off youtube ?
I have really enjoyed and benefited from your brilliant videos please come back lol
Regards,
Dave
Dave
i had a break…busy year very tired. now I am back and looking forward to the new year. I will resume doing videos soon.
I thoroughly enjoyed your videos, thanks for sharing your knowledge in photography, I need all the help I can get!
Hi Christian, I am from Brazil, and I am writing this just to thank your for your videos and the time you provide, sharing with us some of your knowledge. I’m starting in the photography business (for now I have a Nikon D7100 + 18-35 1.8 + Nikon D5300 + 35-70 2.8 + 85mm 1.8 + SB700 + some accessories such as a remote flash and a circular reflector). Your tips will be fundamental for me to take better pictures. I have a wedding to shoot in the end of this month and I will use many of your tips for sure.
Thanks again,
Roger
HI there can you please recommend entry level of home studio and camera under $1000 please post some links example
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Photography-Photo-Studio-Soft-Box-Lighting-Light-Boom-Arm-Backdrop-Stand-Kit-Set-/111637123819?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item19fe1752eb
Canon EOS Kiss X7 (100D) DSLR EF-S 18-55mm IS STM Lens
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Canon-EOS-Kiss-X7-100D-DSLR-EF-S-18-55mm-IS-STM-Lens-/351326690018?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item51ccb3dae2
each or both?
the link you provided does not have lights!?!
Hello Christian,
Thank you so much for such an incredible resource for novice and aspiring photographers like myself. I was wondering if there was a course sequence I should follow so that I can follow the videos in the right order? I want to make sure that I’m watching the videos progressively so that I don’t skip anything and take advantage of everything your classes have to offer.
Thank you,
Vanessa
Vanessa
please see lessons 1-10 Basics of photography. it was specially designed for beginners.
go on the irhgt hand side toolbar, and select topic, lessons 1,2,3 etc. I am still working on the website structure, but they are all there
Hello Christian
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVE US A UNIQUE IDEAS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
RAJVEER
Hello Christian this is sivaganesh from india happy to see your videos i loved your pose for men thanks for helping with that i am planning for movies planning for portfolio’s help me with pose i dont no how to face the camera how to smile if anybody seeing me they should get attract help me with that bro
Hi Christian. I am interested in doing your beginner course but I can’t find the link or where to find the videos?
go on youtube and search for academy of photography
Outstanding presentation Christian!
Hi Cristian i was browsing in youtube and your tutorial instructions did make sense the best.
I have been an amateur photographer since analog times but because of difficulties of that eras that you know i put aside photography until recently (2 years ago) i started digital photography at that time i had the opportunity to go on a tour to india and afterwards because i am an Iranian i went on a two months tour around Iran.
I do not consider myself professional so i need you if possible to see couple of my shots so you can assess where i am and how you can help me become a better photographer.
I will appreciate it if you tell me what information you need and where to send the information.
regards
A.R.Niknejad
I forgot to tell you i am living in usa now.
I’m a photography newbie and just got my first digital camera. I was so glad to found this place, thank you so much for all those great photography tutorials and resources. I appreciate it very much, keep up the good work 😀