First, you can always click here to watch a quick 3 minute video where I explain this better than I can write it. I know I’m getting this question a lot so let me explain with a question back at you. How do you get better at photography? Do you sit at home learning your buttons and dials, or do you go out and shoot and actually… well… do it.  To me, it’s actually a combination of both. I think there’s a lot of merit to grabbing your camera manual and studying your buttons and dials.  But in addition to that, you have to use them. You have to get out and shoot and put yourself in as many varying shooting situations as possible.  Getting better at photo editing is similar. You have to study what the sliders do, and I think there’s plenty of courses out there that do just that.  But I created No Light No Problem to help teach more of the “why” behind the sliders and editing. Why make this area brighter or this area darker, or crop here, or open the shadows here, or add some light to this area of the photo.  For me, this process never stops. Me showing you 7 photo edits in Volume 1 doesn’t cover the entire spectrum of editing possibilites.   

Yes, these courses use the same photos and techniques. One course does everything using Adobe (Lightroom and Photoshop). While the other course does everything using ON1 Photo Raw 2020. You get them both as part of your purchase so you don’t have to decide. 

The LR/PS version of this course is mostly done in Lightroom. Everything I do in Lightroom could also be done in Photoshop’s Camera Raw dialog. They are EXACTLY the same. In the intro video, I show you where to find the same tools and that they work exactly the same. There are a few lessons where I jump to Photoshop for a sky replacement, or some Content Aware Healing, but that’s about it.

On a scale of 1 – 10 (with 10 being advanced), I’d say this course is about a 3 or 4. This course is meant for an late beginner to intermediate user and even beyond. Some one who at least knows the basics of using Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop. You’ll have to know how to open your photos, and what the basic sliders do. But the techniques are all very simple and probably use tools you’ve used before. You probably won’t learn any new tools in this course. But you will learn a new and creative way to use them.

Yes. The videos are compatible with your tablets. However, you’ll first need to download them to your computer and then transfer the videos to your tablet.

You can download this course for us on up to 5 computers.

No. Other than testing out the content at a few live events, my No Light courses have not been published elsewhere. 

You’ll at least need Lightroom 6. About 95% of this course will work fine in Lightroom 6. But there are a few options (range masking and some profiles for finishing touches) that I use occasionally that require the Latest version of Lightroom Classic CC. You can also use the “cloud” version of Lightroo for this as well. 

Volume 2 was recorded using ON1 2020. ON1 version 2019 is exactly the same so 99% of what I do in 2020 will work fine in 2019. Volume 1 was recorded using ON1 2018. While Layers work a little different, all of the tools and techinques work very similar in the new versions. 

No, not at all. When you purchase the course you’ll download it and the videos are yours to keep. At that point you can watch them at any time on your own schedule.

Nope. It’s a one time purchase. You will download these videos to your computer and you can keep them and watch them whenever you’d like.