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The Photography Community

PRO EDU Is Hiring | We're Putting $60,000 Back Into The Photography Community

For 90 days we are going to invest back into the photography community to help create content, create jobs, and provide value to the community that built us.

Astronauts On Instagram

Winners From The Community Assignment "Too Many Astronauts On Instagram"

We had over 200 entries into this edition of Pro Edu community assignment! The top 3 winners have been announced and they will be bringing home free Wacom tablets and PRO EDU Plan memberships.

Quarantined Inside From Covid-19

Temporary Pricing For Those Quarantined Inside From Covid-19

I never thought I would be writing these words, but we’ve decided to do an unplanned steep discount of our products to everyone in the world due to the pandemic.

Streaming Platform Update

New App Launch + Streaming Platform Update For All Purchasers

The PRO EDU App and new streaming platform give EVERYONE access to the mobile apps and new learning environment. If you have made a purchase at PROEDU.com since 2014 you can set up your account tod...

Retouching Revolution: A Veteran Photographer's Take On The Complete Overhaul of Frequency Separation - PRO EDU- Earth Oliver, frequency separation, fs 2.0, Rob Grimm, Sef McCullough, texture cleanup

Retouching Revolution: A Veteran Photographer's Take On The Complete Overhaul of Frequency Separation

Hey there - this article was originally published on April 4, 2018 on our RGG EDU site. We've revamped it and made it better, just for you! Does Retouching Need a Revolution? Something that ...

7 Reasons All Creatives Should Use Pinterest for Marketing - PRO EDU- business, digital, facebook, free, jared bauman, marketing, pins, pinterest, social, social media, strategy

7 Reasons All Creatives Should Use Pinterest for Marketing

Pinterest: the oft-forgotten social media platform that could very well be your secret marketing engine this year. This highly popular search and discovery tool has developed into a lot more than j...

Photographer's Toolkit

BLACK FRIDAY PRO EDU - BUY 2 GET 2 FREE ALL COURSES

This Black Friday, get a head start on your photography education with PRO EDU's massive sale! With classes starting at just $17, now is the perfect time to improve your skills and take your work t...

The Best Deals For Photographers

PRO EDU Black Friday Sale 2022 - The Best Deals For Photographers

You can't afford to miss out on this sale! With tutorials, Photoshop plugins and assets that are 65-95% off - you'll find the perfect investment for your photography education needs. For every purc...

Retouching Courses

The Top Photography & Retouching Courses Online 2019

Our Unlimited Pro Plan gives the ability to stream every single one of our top photography courses, access to all RAW files, working files, PDF's, and everything else.

The 5 Day Deal Photography Bundle Sale

The 5 Day Deal Photography Bundle Sale - 96% OFF

We've partnered with the 5 Day Deal charity to participate in one of the biggest photography events of the year. Save 96% off the Photography Bundle and get over 500 videos, actions, software and m...

Retouching Business

The Business of Running A Retouching Business

Want the consistent—and lucrative—bread and butter retouching work? Step up your business practices. Pay as much attention to logistics and communication as you do learning the latest bells and whi...

What Peter Lindbergh Taught Me About Feminism in Fashion Photography

What Peter Lindbergh Taught Me About Feminism in Fashion Photography

Female photographers have an even greater responsibility, not because of patriarchal conspiracy, but because we know the female experience. If we are, as Lindbergh says, “reflecting an image of wom...

How to model test and set up a modeling shoot with any modeling agency or model.

How To Start Modeling Shoots With Agencies For Model Testing

Elizabeth Wiseman is a fashion and commercial photographer with studios based in St. Louis, MO and Knoxville, TN. Before her photography career, Elizabeth actually worked in a modeling agency.

Social Media Is Killing Your Photography Business

Social Media Is Killing Your Photography Business

Your website is the most important piece of your marketing plan. It may not seem like it, but it is your greatest asset. When your website is set up correctly, it can help automate your business, g...

Retouchers Tend to Have

What Kind of Personality Do Photographers & Retouchers Tend to Have?

A few months back I decided to poll our Private Facebook group "The PRO EDU Community" with 11,000 members. I posted a question to see if people would participate. Within 48 hours we had 145 answers.

Frequency Separation for Photoshop

Learn to Use Advanced Frequency Separation for Photoshop

Frequency separation has been used primarily within the portrait retouching world and has built a pretty bad name for itself because of how easy it is to overdo, making faces look over-processed an...

Photographer’s Guide to Color Theory

The Photographer’s Guide to Color Theory

To better understand luminosity adjustments, watch this free section from The Science of Color tutorial. Kate uses a different technique besides Luminosity Masks in Photoshop to create her unique l...

Portrait Lighting Tips

Portrait Lighting Tips For Studio Photographers

Controlling your photography lighting through modifiers has an enormous impact on the mood of your final portrait. It can help drive the narrative of your subject by controlling where they eye is d...

Photographers in Your Animal House

Unite With Photographers in Your Animal House

Choose your animal house and unite with other photographers. Are you Black Raven, Indigo Ape, Grizzly Gray, or Iron Viper? Find out and get your free t-shirt with a PRO EDU Unlimited Plan.

Great Time Lapse Photography

3 Simple Ways to Create Great Time Lapse Photography

If you’re a photographer or filmmaker, at some point you’ve found yourself piecing together thousands of stills to create motion videos. There’s something so mesmerizing about these films that piec...

Best Photography & Retouching Podcasts in 2019 - PRO EDU-

Best Photography & Retouching Podcasts in 2019

From where I’m sitting these days it seems like everyone on the planet is releasing a podcast. Is the podcast the new blog, is blogging dead? Is the popularity of the podcast just the result of laz...

Textures for Fun & Profit

Textures for Fun & Profit: 5 Ways to Use Textures in Your Images

As image makers we love playing with photos to create different looks. And for many of us textures often play a big part of crafting those looks, letting us transform a nice, clean photo into somet...

Real Estate & Architecture Photography

What’s the Difference Between Real Estate & Architecture Photography?

Do you have a love of shooting architecture? Are you looking to learn more about shooting buildings and the landscapes surrounding structures buildings? Would you love to build a photography business

Best Instagram Hashtag Strategies for Photographers - PRO EDU- bts, business, facebook, hashtag, IG, instagram, jared bauman, marketing, proedu, profiles, sales, seo, social media, strategy, tags, traffic

Best Instagram Hashtag Strategies for Photographers

Instagram (IG) is a constant, scrolling feed of engaging imagery. This makes it one of the most powerful marketing platforms for Photographers, Filmmakers, and Retouchers. Paired with some light co...