Class Publication Schedule

There are two scheduled 1 hour, 20 minute classes. And a week later there is a follow up Q&A video published to cover any questions asked that week.

Lesson 1. Primers and Editing Concepts

3rd November
(Duration 1 hr and 24 minutes)

  • Primer: Editing in a Nutshell
    (Duration 2 minutes 30s)

  • Primer: Tonal Separation, Looking for Discreet Tones
    (Duration 5 minutes)

  • Primer: Photoshop Curves, Masks & Brushes
    (Duration 18 minutes)

  • Primer: Using Periphery Vision
    (Duration 6 minutes 30s)

  • Primer: Gradated Subject vs Single Tone Subject
    (Duration 17 minutes)

  • Primer: Working in Monochrome - evaluating luminance
    (Duration 8 minutes)

  • Primer: Pushing your Edits - going beyond your comfort zone
    (Duration 5 minutes)

  • Primer: Rotating the Image - working upside down
    (Duration 14 minutes)

  • Primer: Using a Reference Image - to edit against
    (Duration 8 minutes)

Q&A for Lesson 1

10th November

All questions submitted in the past week are covered in this follow up video (duration to be determined by number of questions).

Lesson 2. Minimalist Image Selection & Images One Edit Session

10th November
(Duration 1 hour, 3 minutes)

  • Image Selection:
    Quiet Edges,
    Reduction in Detail
    Smooth gradient tonal properties
    Simple shapes / lines
    (Duration 28 minutes)

  • Edit Session - Image One
    (Duration 21 minutes, 30s)

  • Edit Session - Image Two
    (Duration 14 minutes)

Q&A for Lesson 2

17th November

All questions submitted in the past week are covered in this follow up video (duration to be determined by number of questions).

Lesson 3. Editing the Image Selection

17th November
(Duration 59 minutes)

  • Edit Session - Image Three
    (Duration 12 minutes)

  • Edit Session - Image Four
    (Duration 13 minutes)

  • Four Images Portfolio Review & Tuning
    (Duration 6 minutes)

  • Edit Session - Image Five
    (Duration 14 minutes)

  • Five Images Portfolio Review & Tuning
    (Duration 6 minutes)

  • Edit Session - Image Six & Final Portfolio Review
    (Duration 8 minutes)

Q&A for Lesson 3

24th November

All questions submitted in the past week are covered in this follow up video (duration to be determined by number of questions).

the Minimalist Portfolio

Online Workshop

November 3rd to November 24th

This class will be published between November 3rd and November 24th. Online streaming. You are granted access to watch / stream the lessons at any time from the published date for perpetuity.

Using images shot in Lençóis Maranhenses. This is a fly on the wall showing the real-time decisions made at the time of selection and editing, with the view to producing a final portfolio.

There will be a further Q&A session for each lesson, where you will be able to ask questions for inclusion in a Q&A video produced the following week.

Minimalist Portfolio Development
£149.00
One time

Class modules

Here is a list of ‘modules’ for the forthcoming class.

Recorded Lesson Package

This course consists of two 1 hour recorded lessons that cover the art of minimalism from image selection, editing to portfolio tuning.

In addition, there will be two Q&A sessions for each of the published classes where you can submit questions to be answered in the follow up video.

What's included


• Primer 'Editing in a Nutshell'
• Primer Overview of Photoshop's Curves & Masks
• Primer Rotating the image
• Primer Working in Monochrome
• Working with periphery vision
• Pushing your Edits further
• Over Two hours of recorded edits with associated lessons
• Three 1-hour Q&A Sessions

Online Streaming

• All lessons are on-line. You are granted access to watch / stream the lessons at any time after November 3rd, for perpetuity.