Pacific Guardian, California, USA

Online photography class

Theory & Technique

From the basics to advanced landscape technique.

  • Whenever you want
  • From 1 hour
  • On Zoom

“When you download the photo to your computer, it is already late.”

Beautiful landscapes are a joy to experience, but a challenge to capture in a single exposure. Trying settings until something works costs you the light: I teach you the choices that decide the photo in the field. To break the rules, you must first master them.

Elements, Vík, Iceland

Get it right in the field

At random

With a method

  • You judge the shot on the bright screen

    You know it works before you leave

  • You guess the exposure once the filter is on

    Right at the first attempt, or almost

  • A white sun in a black frame

    The light you saw, in a single shot

Francesco's watercolour sketch of the hyperfocal distance
How do you get everything sharp, from the rocks to the horizon?

What you will learn

  1. Gear that fits your idea, not the catalogue
  2. My sweet spot: the settings I start from
  3. Exposure, read on the histogram
  4. Sharp from front to back
  5. Filters: GND, ND and polariser
  6. Long exposures with my Test Shot technique

Your teacher

  • Francesco Gola

    Francesco Gola

    Seascape photographer, educator and engineer

    Ambassador for ZEISS, NiSi, BenQ, Calibrite, The Heat Company and f-stop. He works with companies, websites and magazines to spread photographic culture in Italy and around the world.

    About me
Anima, Sintra, Portugal

Master the rules

One hour or a series of sessions, whenever you want. Tell me what you would like to learn, and I will plan the class around you.

Request your class

Tell me what you would like to work on and when suits you. Sending this form does not commit you to anything.