I’m taking a class with David Molnar right now. Although, I may consider it.
Enjoyed the class. She deals less with technical and more with why we shoot and how to express that.
More of the art and less of the tech.
I took her class. I was very disappointed. It was a story telling video. I only learned one tidbit of information in the entire course that was useful. It had to do with the output level of fill lighting when doing portraits. I don't know why they're forcing you to buy the $180 package. I bought the single course for $90. I would have been much better off buying a couple of good photography books. I actually did buy a couple of good books after that - Portrait Photography From Snapshots to Great Shots by Erik Valind and Portraiture Unplugged Natural Light Photography.
If you look at the MasterClass site you will see that they offer more than 80 courses taught by professionals in a diverse subject matter. There is a lot to view and learn and a great opportunity for families because of the wide variety of subjects. Jimmy Chin also has a course in MasterClass. I purchased it for myself and gifted my son's family with the other membership.
Masterclass overall is an excellent product. I've been a member almost since the first day they released the James Patterson class, which I believe was their first one. I've been a beta tester for one of the classes and was a full member for 2 years and watched almost every one (at least in parts) of the classes through mid 2019.
I watched the entire Annie L class and felt it was one of the weaker ones. I know many complained and they redid some of the lessons. I'm not sure if I've seen the changes or not.
Since I'm a writer by trade, I watched in parts all the writer classes. Some where better than others with Dan Brown's being the best in my opinion. I watched the other one about photography, mostly high energy, climbing mountains stuff. I didn't take away much from that one either, but then again, it's not a style of photography that I do.
For overall knowledge on varied topics, I highly recommend Master Class but be aware since you're dealing with individuals talking about what they do, some are more forthcoming than others, or some know how to teach better than others. I agree with the other comments that Annie wanted to discuss mostly on a spiritual level and not a technical one. Unless they changed it in the up dated parts, she never once mentions her camera gear. Just my 2 cents. I'm sure you can take something away from her talks, but I was expecting a bit more from her. I know I got a lot from some of the others.
Mike
CO wrote:
I took her class. I was very disappointed. It was a story telling video. I only learned one tidbit of information in the entire course that was useful. It had to do with the output level of fill lighting when doing portraits. I don't know why they're forcing you to buy the $180 package. I bought the single course for $90. I would have been much better off buying a couple of good photography books. I actually did buy a couple of good books after that - Portrait Photography From Snapshots to Great Shots by Erik Valind and Portraiture Unplugged Natural Light Photography.
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I’ll second that about Leibovitz.
Stan
The Joel Grimes classes for $9 are a steal. I've seen a few of them and are very good.
CO wrote:
I took her class. I was very disappointed. It was a story telling video. I only learned one tidbit of information in the entire course that was useful. It had to do with the output level of fill lighting when doing portraits. I don't know why they're forcing you to buy the $180 package. I bought the single course for $90. I would have been much better off buying a couple of good photography books. I actually did buy a couple of good books after that - Portrait Photography From Snapshots to Great Shots by Erik Valind and Portraiture Unplugged Natural Light Photography.
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Hi CO! I guess it's much more worth it if you do two passes for $180 because then you get access to every master class, writing, cooking etc. I do appreciate your feedback on the course. :)
chuck1376 wrote:
Enjoyed the class. She deals less with technical and more with why we shoot and how to express that.
More of the art and less of the tech.
Oh thank you Chuck for your input. One person wrote that it wasn't worth it, so you encouraged me more. I do want to take it more for the artistic reasons than technical.:)
zayrey wrote:
If you look at the MasterClass site you will see that they offer more than 80 courses taught by professionals in a diverse subject matter. There is a lot to view and learn and a great opportunity for families because of the wide variety of subjects. Jimmy Chin also has a course in MasterClass. I purchased it for myself and gifted my son's family with the other membership.
Thanks Zayrey! I realized this shortly after posting my message. I am looking forward to many of them such as the authors on writing!
ksmmike wrote:
Masterclass overall is an excellent product. I've been a member almost since the first day they released the James Patterson class, which I believe was their first one. I've been a beta tester for one of the classes and was a full member for 2 years and watched almost every one (at least in parts) of the classes through mid 2019.
I watched the entire Annie L class and felt it was one of the weaker ones. I know many complained and they redid some of the lessons. I'm not sure if I've seen the changes or not.
Since I'm a writer by trade, I watched in parts all the writer classes. Some where better than others with Dan Brown's being the best in my opinion. I watched the other one about photography, mostly high energy, climbing mountains stuff. I didn't take away much from that one either, but then again, it's not a style of photography that I do.
For overall knowledge on varied topics, I highly recommend Master Class but be aware since you're dealing with individuals talking about what they do, some are more forthcoming than others, or some know how to teach better than others. I agree with the other comments that Annie wanted to discuss mostly on a spiritual level and not a technical one. Unless they changed it in the up dated parts, she never once mentions her camera gear. Just my 2 cents. I'm sure you can take something away from her talks, but I was expecting a bit more from her. I know I got a lot from some of the others.
Mike
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Hi Mike! Thanks for your info. Actually I'm very interested in Annie's creative and spiritual take on photography and not as much on the techy stuff. I'm also looking forward to the authors' info. What a great idea these master classes, not so much for an all in all training but insight into how successful people in their fields think. :)
Wow! He and his class look amazing!! His is definitely the one for technical info on portrait lighting. Thank you so much! :)))
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