Are you Wanting to take your Fine Art or Creative Portraits Further?

I'm sharing my exact painterly processes, so that now you can too.

 In this course, I cut to the chase with no fluff. I show you how to light your subjects for that renaissance look and then take you through step by step editing processes which pushes that moody, emotive, expressive and artful look even further.

Here's what you'll get with the course

  • 13 Hrs & 13 Mins of Education

    Watch this comprehensive education series at your leisure. Plus, you can download the series to watch on the go! From instructional studio shoots to the entire editing process. Every step I take in creating my painterly style portraits is covered.

  • 17 Downloads

    This series is fully downloadable and divided up into 11 files for easier downloading. Plus, 6 Lighting Diagrams

  • 60 Videos

    Covering 25 different topics in 6 full-courses, 17 mini-courses, and 2 bonus videos. Follow them in order or skip around.

Richard Wood

Online Course Author - NZIPP Grand Master III

"Sometimes as a portrait photographer the work would start to feel mundane at times. When I developed these painterly effects and processes into my image making it opened up worlds of creativity. Not only did it fulfil me more, but it opened up a whole other world of clientele in both the family and commercial genres." 

You will finish this course knowing

  • My 6 go to lighting setups for my painterly, moody look. All of which are great for small studio spaces!
  • My different RAW processing 'Secret Sauce' techniques in both Photoshop and Lightroom
  • A full library of editing techniques from which you can use some or all of and at whatever weight you wish to give your own personal level of effect to your portraiture.

What People Are Saying

  • "Richard has taught me things that nobody shows anywhere! His way of working on raw is amazing and allows you to get all the details you can. Since he showed it to me, it is the basis of my work on each photo."

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    Kamila J. Gruss | Poland

  • "Richard's classes are by far the most inspirational I own.  The behind the scenes look at his work alone makes the class worth it not to mention the in-depth education you will receive. Richard's technique is unlike anything I've seen from other instructors and an invaluable tool to have in my 'creating toolbox'. "

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    Rachel Owen | Chicago, USA

  • "His love, passion and depth radiates from each and every of his remarkable masterpieces, so is his patience and sincere motivation to share and pass on knowledge through his teachings,
    - giving all he has and knows."

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    Felicia Schuette | Caribbean, Netherlands

  • "I had been looking at many courses and teachers online, but none of them helped me create that extra sense of magic and heightened reality that moves me so deeply when I go to the Prado and view works by the Masters. Richard’s courses were the ones that finally helped me learn how to make my photographs express the depth of emotion that I wanted them to."

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    Ricardo Castro | Madrid, Spain

  • "This course was everything I had been searching for! I think I may possibly have purchased every painterly portraits tutorial in the world and there is nothing like Richard's."

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    Sarah Simmons | New Zealand

  • "Richards courses has really helped me take my portraits to a whole new level and has helped me get a nomination for PPA Grand Imaging Award for Pets Category also two Gold medals and two silver medals from Master Photography International this year. "

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    Travis Patenaude | Spain

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