Light with Intention: Advanced Portrait Lighting
An advanced, hands-on portrait lighting class designed to move photographers beyond memorized lighting setups and teach them how to see, shape, control, and build light with intention.
Beyond the Literal: Creating Abstract and Expressive Fine Art Photographs
This class combines in-camera experimentation with thoughtful post-processing. You will learn how to use multiple exposures (ME), along with camera settings and movement techniques for intentional camera movement (ICM), to create interpretive images. We will experiment with photographing through patterned glass and other translucent or textured materials to introduce distortion, layering, and visual surprise.
Texas School “Off the Record” Podcast
Texas School "Off the Record' is the official podcast of the Texas School of Professional Photography. Texas School director, Cris Duncan, host these candid and unscripted conversations about creativity, photography, the photography business and entrepreneurship. Since 1975, Texas School host the country's largest hands-on weeklong education event each spring. Texas School offer 30+ classes, hands-on learning, and the best gear deals of the year, you’ll sharpen your craft in lighting, posing, business, and more. Stay sharp. [...]
The Modern Boudoir Studio
If boudoir has been calling your name, this class will show you how to build it with confidence, intention, and purpose. Over four immersive days, you'll spend time behind the camera through live demonstrations, guided shooting sessions, and hands-on learning designed to strengthen your posing, client communication, and creative confidence.
The Luxury Newborn Studio
Beautiful images alone do not create a profitable newborn photography business. In this immersive week-long class, Lindsay Walden will teach photographers how to combine exceptional artistry with proven luxury business strategies to create a studio that attracts higher-end clients and generates sustainable profits. Drawing from her own journey from selling $250 CDs to building a luxury portrait studio with an average sale exceeding $8,000, Lindsay will share the lessons, systems, and mindset shifts that transformed both her business and her life. Students will gain an inside look at the strategies that helped her move beyond competing on price and create a brand that luxury clients actively seek out.
Fine Art Composites: A Journey into the World of Composites using Advanced Photoshop Skills
This course is designed for photographers who want to take command of their camera functions and who are eager to explore the creative potential of flash photography. This course covers essential aspects of photography, from camera controls, lenses and flash to creative composition techniques. This course is ideal for photographers who want to gain a solid understanding of camera operation, explore the nuances of lenses, master the use of flash, and enhance their composition skills.
Mastering Light: Outdoor & Studio Portraits Made Easy
In this immersive week-long class, you'll learn a complete lighting system designed to help you confidently create beautiful portraits in virtually any environment. We'll simplify off-camera flash by focusing on the principles that matter most: understanding light, controlling it, and adapting it to any location. Throughout the week, you'll discover how small adjustments in light placement, modifier choice, camera settings, and ambient exposure can dramatically change the final image.
The Media Day Engine: Elevating Volume into High-Yield Sports Production
This class goes far beyond lighting diagrams and posing. Students will learn how to design an unforgettable athlete experience while building the operational systems that make high-volume production efficient, repeatable, and scalable. Throughout the week, we'll cover creative direction, universal lighting setups, roster and data management, athlete flow, staffing, automation, advanced tethered workflows that compress your post-production timeline while you are still on set, and premium product creation—all through a blend of classroom instruction and live production labs.
Beyond Record: A Hands-On Video Production Masterclass
This class is a full-week, hands-on workshop designed to help students build a complete video production workflow from start to finish. Students will learn how to properly set up their camera, understand exposure and frame rates, choose the right lenses, capture clean audio, place microphones, build professional lighting setups, use timecode, and prepare footage for editing in DaVinci Resolve. Through live demonstrations and hands-on practice, students will learn how to create polished interview setups, capture stronger visuals, and organize their footage for a smoother post-production process.
The Capture One Ecosystem: A Smarter Path from Camera to Client
Build a faster, more organized, and more flexible digital workflow with Capture One at its center. In this hands-on class, you will learn how to use Capture One to manage files, evaluate and organize images, apply adjustments, work efficiently with layers and masks, process groups of images consistently, and prepare finished files for clients, printing, and delivery. You will also explore how Capture One works alongside Photoshop, Evoto, Topaz, and other specialized image-processing applications when additional retouching, enhancement, or creative work is needed.