Jill Gum Photo University- Year ONE

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Jill Gum Photo University- Year ONE

Continuous education on how to capture your life as you live it.

You can learn how to use your DSLR camera (or any camera!) to capture your family and your life as you live it!

In this monthly membership, we cover shooting in manual, and how to achieve the lighting, composition, editing, style, storytelling, and so much more to take the photos dream of with your photography. In learning about these topics month after month, students will gain a much fuller understanding of each of these topics, and how they work together to make up each photo. Click HERE for more details!

Every month, we will cover a new specific topic related to your photography. The content includes a 30-60+ minute instructional video mini-course, a PDF or worksheet to go along with the video, and a Live Online Booster Q+A session with me in the exclusive student Facebook group.

This membership is for the mom, student, or hobbyist who wants the flexibility to learn all this content on their own time (including in one long marathon weekend if you have the time!). Learn on your schedule, in your ideal timeframe, and watch again and again all while having access to me and your fellow students in the FB group for questions and feedback!

Sign up today for access to the bonus Mastering Manual Mini-Course and the first month's content! Click HERE for many more details about the Photo University Membership.

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Month 1: Photographing Inside With Natural Light

This month's content is Photographing Inside with Natural Light! It can be so tempting to get outside right away but typically, it is a little easier to photograph inside...so we are starting there. We are going to cover ALL the details about:

Finding the best rooms to photograph in your house
How to identify good light for your photos and find it in your rooms
What you can do to help your house feel brighter if it feels dark
Where to put your subjects within each space to get the best light on them
Plus a quick bonus look at what to do when there ISN'T natural light in the darkest space in my house!

Month 1 Photo U Part I mp4

Month 1 Photo U Worksheet.pdf

Month 1 Photo U Part II .mp4

Month 2: Telling the Story

This month we are learning about Telling the Story you have in your head with your photos (and how to create one in the first place!). We will learn:

What you can do CREATIVELY to make a story come alive
How you can help engage your subject in the story (and what to do when you are photographing kids-- because it's a whole different game!)
What you can do with your SPACE to help tell your story

Month 2 Photo U Worksheet.pdf

Month 2 Photo U .mp4

Month 3: Photographing in Sunshine

This month's content is all about Photographing in Sunshine! We will talk about:

How to deal with direct, harsh sunlight
Finding the best light in sun and how to deal with it
All about backlighting and using to your advantage
Finding the best light when there is shade
What else MATTERS when you are searching for good light

Month 3 Photo U 2020.mp4

Month 3 Photo U Guide.pdf

Month 4: Photographing At Sunset

This month's content is all about Photographing at Sunset!! There are so many factors involved with making your photos glowy and beautiful, and we are covering them all! You will learn:

When to start photographing to get that glowy light
Where to place your subjects to achieve beautiful glow without intense haze
How the stage of the sunset impacts your photos
My ideal timing and settings
What to do in different types of locations at sunset
How to photograph a silhouette photo

Month 4 Photo U Worksheet.pdf

Month 4 Photo U 2020.mp4

Month 5: Editing Part I

This month's content is all about Editing your Photos! I am SO excited to cover this because while our GOAL is always to get it right in camera, the truth is most photos do require a little bit of editing to get them just right, and we are going to cover those basics today!

READ FIRST!!.pdf

*Downloading Corel Aftershot Pro.mp4

Month 5 PDF- Glossary AfterShot Pro.pdf

Month 5 Photo U.mp4

Month 6: On Location Live Photography Demonstration

This month's content is an On Location Live Photography Demonstration...which means that I went to places I had not planned out and walked you through the full details of how I find the best light in multiple different types of locations! I will admit, this is one of my favorite months yet because it will teach YOU how to do the same exact thing in YOUR locations when you are photographing! You will learn:

How to identify the best light in spaces + how it sometimes looks different than you expect
How to figure out where you can photograph in any location you go to during the day with harsh light

Month 6 Photo U.mp4

Month 6 Quick Glance Guide

Month 7: Behind The Scenes

This month's content is Behind The Scenes of Photographing...what do you do AFTER you take the pictures! From taking the card our of your camera ALL the way permanent storage of my photos, we cover all the details and steps in between...and I think as you work your way through this course and find yourself taking more and more photos, this will become SO important for you!

Month 7 Photo U Worksheet.pdf

Month 7 Photo U.mp4

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Month 8: Composition

This month's content is all about Composition! This month focuses more on the creative side of photography rather than the technical, and I LOVED putting it together for you because of that! We will learn about so many different elements that can help make the composition of your photos even more interesting, and how you can use composition as a tool in your photos to accomplish many goals (including blocking unwanted distractions, one of my favorite tricks!).

Composition- Month 8.mp4

Month 8 WKSHT.pdf

Month 9: Posing your Friends and Family

This month's content is all about Posing your Friends and Family! I will be photographing live for the camera again, but this time I'm taking you on a family session with me to teach about Posing! I know not all of you will photograph people other than your own family, but these tips will work with ANY people you choose to photograph and I'm SO excited for you to get to see this content and put it into action. My past students have cited posing as a major issue even when working with their own kids, and I know this content will remove that roadblock for you! We cover all the details about:

Posing Families
Posing Couples
Posing Kids

Y1M9 Part I.mp4

Month 9 Slides.pdf

Y1M9 Part II.mp4

Month 10: Editing Part II

This month's content is all about advanced Editing techniques! We will cover:

Controlling the exposure in specific areas of your photos
Editing the tricky color issues you can run into when photographing inside
Using the rest of the editing sliders (and what they mean!)
So many more details!

NOTE: If you are NOT ready to purchase Corel Aftershot Pro yet, you could get one more trial by using a different email address. I do NOT condone making fake addresses/etc for this purpose-- I recommend purchasing the program if you decide you love it (use this link to purchase: http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-9125316-11976762)...but you likely have another address (or someone in your home does!) and I do not think there is anything harmful about using it to get one more trial!

Accessing Google Drive Photos.mp4

**READ FIRST.pdf

Month 10 Photo U Glossary.pdf

Downloading Corel Aftershot Pro.mp4

Month 10 Photo U.mp4

Month 11: Focus 101

This month's content is all about Focusing with your Camera!! We will cover:

All the focus settings in your camera
How I decide what settings to use and which I recommend for you
What I do while photographing and with my camera to ensure accurate focus
Common focus issues and how to solve them

Month 11 Photo U SlidesFocus 101_ How to take Tack Sharp Photos (2).pdf

Month 11 Photo U Part I.mp4

Month 11 Photo U Part II.mp4

Month 12: Lens Choice

This month's content is all about Lens Choice! This topic has been hugely impactful for my photography and allowed me to leverage my lenses to take photos I love in a lot of situations that wouldn't have worked before knowing about it.

Month 12 Photo U WKSHT .pdf

*Month 12 Photo U Part I.mp4

*Month 12 Photo U Part II.mp4

Hey There!

Welcome to the Jill Gum Classroom! I'm Jill, a photographer, educator, and encourager (and past high school teacher of 8 years!).

I hope this classroom is an incredibly useful resource for you, wherever you are on your creative business journey!

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