Learning Community

Learn, Improve, Create - Together

Capture and create captivating pet photos by mastering both behind-the-lens and editing skills and techniques, with the support of a like-minded community.

Learn, Improve, Create - Together

Capture and create captivating photographs of pets, with the support of a like-minded global community

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Create the photos your pet deserves

If you’re a pet parent, aspiring photographer, or you’ve just gone professional and want to take better photos, you’ve come to the right place.

Maybe you’re frustrated with your photos, overwhelmed by all the settings on your camera, or no matter how hard you try you can’t seem to edit your photos the way you envisage them?

Maybe you want to grow your instagram account, or take photos you would be proud to have turned into beautiful pieces of art for your walls.

The Learning Community can help.

What is Included in the Learning Community?

Learning Community Pricing

New structure coming soon!

Starter

For hobby photographers, instagrammers & pet owners
20 Monthly
  • Monthly critiques on your photos
  • Monthly Live Q&A
  • Join live workshops
  • Monthly challenge
  • Monthly bonus resource.
  • 15% Discount on any course
  • Purchase workshop recordings (not availble to the public)
  • Private group in Inspawration Connect: ask questions, get feedback
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Starter

For aspiring professionals, or those ready to get more serious & dive into learning
39 Monthly
  • Everything from "Starter" PLUS...
  • Access to the full resource library with how-to guides, PS techniques, Behind the Scenes, Guest speakers and more
  • 30% discount on all courses
  • Discount on all workshop recordings
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Next Level

For aspiring professionals or current professionals who want to level up their craft.
75 Monthly
  • Everything from Starter PLUS...
  • Access to the full resource library with how-to guides, PS techniques, Behind the Scenes, Guest speakers and more
  • All past workshop recordings included
  • Join live workshops or watch the recording at any time
  • 1 new editing tutorial per month
  • 50% discount on all courses
  • 30 minute one-to-one with Emily after 6 months membership
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Join Monthly €

inc 19% VAT

  • Access to all live events and recordings of live events
  • Access to a huge resource library of recorded workshops, critiques, Q&A sessions, full editing tutorials and more
  • Payments every 3 months
  • Cancel any time, no lock-in contracts
  • Work through lessons & resources at your own pace
  • 50% discount on courses

Lifetime - €743

inc 19% VAT

  • Includes access to my four online courses
  • Access to all live events and recordings of live events
  • Access to a huge resource library of recorded workshops, critiques, Q&A sessions, full editing tutorials and more
  • Ask questions and get feedback from me in a private group inside Inspawration Connect – our very own social media network.
  • Lifetime access
  • Work through lessons & resources at your own pace
  • Discounts on monthly or fortnightly private coaching sessions
  • Bonus! Get a free 30-minute mini lesson/portfolio review to use within the year

The Learning Community is closed! If you missed out…

You can sign up for the wait-list and be the first to know as soon as the LC opens again! (Plus, get pet photography advice, updates and exclusive offers direct to your inbox!)

What Will You Learn in the LC?

Behind-the-Lens

  • Camera settings, how and when to choose different exposure settings, settings to nail focus and more
  • All about using natural light – types of light, light direction and how to work with it
  • Elements of composition to make your photos feel right
  • How poses and expression can tell stories and create moods
  • Working with multiple dogs, dogs and owners, and untrained dogs, learn about body language, and even pet first-aid
  • Teach your own dog how to stay, and how to get different expressions
  • Elements to consider in striving to create different moods or develop a style
  • Finding locations

Editing

  • Learn the how and why of how to edit by breaking down a rationale of editing choices
  • Learn specific techniques, like how/when to create dark & moody images, how to change the background, how to change colours, etc.
  • Removing leashes, fixing composition, head-swaps
  • A wide range of techniques in both Photoshop and Lightroom, to help you edit different situations, for different moods, and to tell different stories.

Get a sneak peek inside...

Wherever you are in your pet photography journey, and whatever your goals are there’s something for you in the LC. Whether you have a top of the line DSLR, or if you’re just using your phone. Whether you’ve never opened any editing software in your life, or you’re pretty confident with Photoshop but want to know more. 

Or maybe… maybe you’re just stuck. And what you need is some inspiration, a group of supportive artists and pet lovers, and a place where you’ll be encouraged to try new techniques, explore your style, and build your confidence.

What is Included in the Learning Community?

Improve Your Pet Photography

Set strong foundations by starting here! Learn all about your camera, natural light, composition and more

Lightroom for Pet Photographers

Become a Lightroom master. The industry standard in photo editing and organisation, learn everything from importing, to global and selective edits, to exporting.

Next Level Pet Photography

You’ve mastered the basics – time to take it to the Next Level. Find your style, create a cohesive mood, tell more powerful stories.

Photoshop for Pet Photographers

Currently under construction – members will have access as soon as it’s finished!

Monthly Events

Live Events

Regular live events that all members are welcome to attend, which are recorded and uploaded to the member’s area to view later.
  • Workshops on editing, cameras and settings, style, behind-the-scenes elements of a photoshoot, with workshops chosen based on what is most important for you, the students.
  • Q&A sessions, where answers to your submitted questions are demonstrated and discussed live with me (Emily!)
  • Edit-Together: Download the RAW file, and edit with me, asking questions as we go along.
  • Snoot School: dog training sessions on important skills and behaviours for our dog models
  • Saturday Night W(h)ine time. A social meeting to chat, catch up, discuss topics, show works in progress and so on. 
  • And more! The LC is dedicated to being as valuable as possible to students, to new events, features and opportunities are always being considered.

Other Benefits

There are other non-live resources which are included as part of your membership!
  • Monthly Critiques: submit your image for me to critique! These are super beneficial even to watch others’ critiques. 
  • Full editing tutorials: there is a library of tutorials with more being added regularly
  • How-to Guides: guides on specific topics (editing and behind the scenes) usually with a text, photo, and video component.
  • Interviews and guest speakers! As the LC grows, I hope to get more guests to come in and share their knowledge on different topics.
  • Ask Questions & Get Feedback: in the private Facebook group, post your questions and photos for support from other students and from me
  • I Edit, You Edit: Submit your photo for me to edit, then have a go at it yourself! So many of the editing tutorials include the RAW file so you can practise the techniques for real
  • Chat & get to know each other on our own private group within Inspawration Connect

What Our Students are Saying...

Get started now with my Top Ten Tips - FREE Mini-Course

Get access to my mini-course with my ten favourite ways that pet owners, pet lovers and anyone with a camera or phone can immediately begin improving their photography! 🥳

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By entering your details above, you are signing up for my mailing list. I promise not to spam you (honestly my subscribers are lucky if they get one email a month 😅) and you’re of course welcome to unsubscribe any time. Mailing list emails often include updates on what’s new on the blog, special offers and events exclusively for subscribers, sneak peeks behind the scenes and plenty more.

More Testimonials!

I love all your lessons and you explain everything so good👌🏼 This was the best investment ever and I’m so happy that I’m on board. So just want to thank you for great content and cant wait to grab my camera and start my journey! So grateful for all of this😃

-Lihnda, LC Member

The learning community has been such a wonderful learning place and I feel like I learn something every time I’m on it! What started off as me wanting to learn photoshop better led me to not only doing that but learning more in depth about the behind the camera elements which are the basis of everything! The mixture of editing tutorials, courses, videos on different areas of dog photography, feedback on your own photos and a server to answer any questions is the perfect way to improve beyond what you even thought you could. I 100% recommend joining!

-Anna-Joy, LC Member

I can’t recommend this Learning Community enough! I gained SO much from working with Emily and taking the courses. Everything is super easy to understand and some of the tips will blow your mind haha. Makes you wonder why you didn’t think of things like this before 🤣 My photography has improved no end! I actually feel somewhat confident in my abilities and I now look at my own work and others with a more critical trained eye. My favourite thing about the LC is how well priced it is! Emily is always available to chat to and you have access to all the content like courses, specific edits, workshops and more! As well as an amazing Facebook community who support and help each other through the ups and downs of photography. If you’re on the fence about subscribing, don’t be – you won’t regret it and your photography will benefit no end.

-Alice, LC Member

THANK YOU Em for creating this special place! Joining the LC has really been one of the best decisions I’ve made this year & it helped me grow not only in pet photography but also as a person. May the journey continue!

-Teresa, LC Member

My photos aren’t perfect but my progress is and that makes me so excited to see what my future photos gonna be like 💞
One big help to improve at the moment are @inspawrationphotography Learning Community. You get these tips, workshops, feedback, lessons etc. by amazing photographers and it’s awesome 😍

-Felicia, LC Member

Where do I begin? Emily is such an amazing photography teacher. She has everything that I look for in a teacher. She is kind, supportive and knows what she’s talking about. Not only that but she also has such a lovely personality and you can tell that she has a strong passion and interest for what she’s doing. I’ve learnt so incredibly much from her already. I’m going to have to be honest here. When I first looked through the course I didn’t think I was going to learn too much from it. But let me tell you, I was so wrong. Em’s ‘Improve Your Pet Photography’ course has helped me with my photography really much. It has helped me think more about the light and the camera settings for different types of photos. For example, she has taught me to preferably not shoot so much in direct sun light, but she’s also taught me HOW to do it correctly if I have to. Even the smallest details that I’ve learnt from her really makes a big difference. The best thing about the course (for me) is that it’s sooo easy to follow and fits both beginners and more advanced photographers.

-Jessica, LC Member

I love all your lessons and you explain everything so good👌🏼 This was the best investment ever and I’m so happy that I’m on board. So just want to thank you for great content and cant wait to grab my camera and start my journey! So grateful for all of this😃

Prior to taking this course I taught myself photography by trial and error, and always wondered why some photos had such great impact and others really didn’t. Emily’s insight taught me a huge amount about all the little details I could tweak to get better photos, whether that was why my images weren’t pin sharp, why the composition wasn’t working or the best ways to work with lighting for my little black dog. A lot gets covered with lovely visual examples, and gets you thinking more deliberately about how and where you shoot. This course is amazing whether you’re just starting or you have experience and want to fine tune your in-camera process!

-Olivia, LC Member

I can’t recommend this Learning Community enough! I gained SO much from working with Emily and taking the courses. Everything is super easy to understand and some of the tips will blow your mind haha. Makes you wonder why you didn’t think of things like this before 🤣 My photography has improved no end! I actually feel somewhat confident in my abilities and I now look at my own work and others with a more critical trained eye. My favourite thing about the LC is how well priced it is! Emily is always available to chat to and you have access to all the content like courses, specific edits, workshops and more! As well as an amazing Facebook community who support and help each other through the ups and downs of photography. If you’re on the fence about subscribing, don’t be – you won’t regret it and your photography will benefit no end.

-Alice, LC Member

THANK YOU Em for creating this special place! Joining the LC has really been one of the best decisions I’ve made this year & it helped me grow not only in pet photography but also as a person. May the journey continue!

-Teresa, LC Member

My photos aren’t perfect but my progress is and that makes me so excited to see what my future photos gonna be like 💞
One big help to improve at the moment are @inspawrationphotography Learning Community. You get these tips, workshops, feedback, lessons etc. by amazing photographers and it’s awesome 😍

-Felicia, LC Member

Where do I begin? Emily is such an amazing photography teacher. She has everything that I look for in a teacher. She is kind, supportive and knows what she’s talking about. Not only that but she also has such a lovely personality and you can tell that she has a strong passion and interest for what she’s doing. I’ve learnt so incredibly much from her already. I’m going to have to be honest here. When I first looked through the course I didn’t think I was going to learn too much from it. But let me tell you, I was so wrong. Em’s ‘Improve Your Pet Photography’ course has helped me with my photography really much. It has helped me think more about the light and the camera settings for different types of photos. For example, she has taught me to preferably not shoot so much in direct sun light, but she’s also taught me HOW to do it correctly if I have to. Even the smallest details that I’ve learnt from her really makes a big difference. The best thing about the course (for me) is that it’s sooo easy to follow and fits both beginners and more advanced photographers.

-Jessica, LC Member

Learning Community FAQ

Do you like taking photos?

Do you want to take better photos?

If you answered yes, then the LC is right for you.
Seriously though, there is so much content inside the LC, from the courses through to the workshops, critiques & Q&A sessions that there is something for everyone

Yes of course! 
I’ve never wanted anyone to feel like they had to go out and buy a camera or fancy lens in order to participate.

will talk about camera settings, and the “Improve” course goes over these in detail, as well as different types of lenses and things to consider, however it’s not a requirement.

In fact, I think if you’re taking photos with your phone, that learning the fundamentals is even more important.

Definitely!

Whether you’re still on complete Auto-mode on your camera, or you’ve never used editing software before, there will be something for you. 

The entire “Improve” course is built around complete beginners, and there have been several workshops so far aimed specially at beginners, to help build confidence in navigating their camera & camera settings, and in the very beginning stages of using Photoshop. The Lightroom course also breaks down how to use each tool.

As well, you can ask any questions in the Facebook group or group Discord server, no matter how silly (spoiler alert, there’s no silly questions), and the monthly critique sessions provides a chance to get feedback on what you need right now (plus it’s super helpful to watch other people’s critiques!)

While all of my tutorials are based in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, it is possible to use many of the techniques in other programs.

I have recently created lessons exploring Affinity and Pixelmator Pro, to see how the programs vary, which features, keyboard shortcuts and techniques match up, and which don’t. As other students using other programs join, I will create more of these, to have a “library” of alternative programs and how to get the most out of them.

As long as you’re a member and your payments are up to date, you can take as long as you want with every lesson and recorded session, so you can work entirely at your own pace. 

If you decide to go your own way and leave the membership, your access will cease at the end of that payment period (and we’ll all be sad to see you go).

No worries! They’re all recorded and uploaded to the member’s area usually within 48 hours.

I do try and move the days and times around to accomodate different timezones but unfortunately it’s impossible to cater for everyone. The majority of my students are in the UK and Europe, so our evenings seems to be the best time as this works out to mornings in Aus/NZ and afternoon in some parts of the US.

Of course!

Facebook is a great way for us to interact as a community as many people log on to the platform daily. However, if you’d rather not get involved there, we also have a Discord server, and dedicated forums where you can ask questions and get feedback from me. They’re a bit quiet at the moment so you may miss some of the “Community” aspect, but can definitely get as much support there as you need!

Yes!

If you’re paying monthly, your membership will finish up at the end of that billing cycling. If you paid yearly, you can continue to use your membership until the end of the billing cycle.

Unfortunately I cannot do partial refunds.

Make sure that you cancel at least 48 hours before your next payment is due so it doesn’t get processed by your bank.

In order to keep our membership base relatively small, and for us all to have some time to get to know one another, I only open the membership periodically. 

As the library of resources and recordings grows and increases in value, future memberships will likely be at a higher cost. 

Then I’ll be very sad to hear that, but of course if you’re looking for something I’m not providing (for example, studio photography lessons!) then I completely understand!

To that end, if you aren’t satisfied with your membership after 14 days of joining, please get in contact and I will issue you a refund (and hopefully get some feedback to find out what I can improve upon!).

About me

I’m Emily, and with me here are Loki and Journey – you’ve probably already seen a lot of them on this website. 

I know the photo there should probably be a professional headshot in clean clothes and makeup, but that’s not me. I’m out there, kneeling in the mud with my camera, cuddling pups, and when I’m not doing that, I’m teaching. In fact, for years I was teaching in a classroom full of sixty young kids – the philosophy of our school was to allow kids to play, create, experiment and investigate.

And that’s how I teach, even now. At the heart of everything is my students and how we relate to one another – my practise has always been based on their understandings, their misunderstandings, and their need for more challenges.

I don’t want to give my students set methods for creating – art doesn’t work like that. I want to look “behind the curtain” to investigate why some photos or editing techniques work, and others don’t.

I could give you credentials, but I would rather let my work (and soon enough, my students) speak for me. 

I’m so excited to work with my Learning Community and my first students. I genuinely cannot wait to see their progress.

If you want to join us the next time the Learning Community doors open, make sure you sign up for the mailing list! You can unsubscribe any time, and I promise not to be spammy.

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