Good photo editing instruction was surprisingly hard to find in Canada outside of major cities.
Starting in 2014, we put together a remote seminar format built specifically around Lightroom and Photoshop workflows — not surface-level tutorials, but the kind of session where you actually work through a problem with peers and an instructor who edits professionally. Participants join from across the country, which means questions come from genuinely varied shooting contexts: low-light interiors in Halifax, harsh midday sun in Calgary, overcast coastal scenes from Vancouver Island.
Each seminar runs as a structured discussion with screen-shared editing sessions, not pre-recorded video. If something isn't clicking, you ask. The group talks through it.
Running remote seminars across Canada
Regular participants from coast to coast
Per seminar — keeps discussion real
Two people handle most of the teaching and curriculum work. Both shoot and edit actively — the instruction isn't pulled from textbooks.
Lead Instructor
Théo has been editing commercial and documentary photography for over a decade. His seminars focus on colour grading and masking workflows in Photoshop — the parts that take most photographers the longest to get comfortable with.
Curriculum Designer
Marta structures the seminar content and handles pacing. She made sure each topic has enough time for participants to actually apply what's being discussed — not just watch someone else do it.
A few things we've held onto since the beginning.
Capping seats means everyone gets a turn with their own files. A room of 40 people watching one instructor doesn't give you the same thing.
Lighting conditions in Newfoundland and Alberta are genuinely different. We adjust examples and exercises to match what participants are actually shooting.
Every seminar involves real editing in front of the group. Decisions get explained as they happen, including the ones that don't work out.
Generic feedback doesn't change how someone edits. We look at individual work and point to the exact decision — tone curve, selection edge, colour balance — that's creating the problem.
