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What you get from Profoto Academy

Profoto Academy is a series of focused online video courses that teach the language of light through the eyes and vision of some of the industry’s most respected photographers. In these courses, you get insight to real-life photographic lighting scenarios explained clearly, step-by-step. Whichever course you take, you have unlimited access from your smartphone or any online device.

Learn with any gear

You can use the lighting gear you currently own. There is no need to own a Profoto lighting system in order to learn and benefit from any of the Profoto Academy training videos.

Learn from the masters

Take the opportunity to understand and learn how light acts from world-renowned photographers who have made it their life-calling to learn the fundamentals of light and how to control it.

Online support

Talk one-on-one with experienced professional trainers and photographers who can answer your questions and help you through any technical issues you might encounter.

Our best-selling Academy courses and coaching

Master the art of light and take your photography to the next level. From portraits to commercial shoots, our most popular courses give you hands-on techniques and expert insights trusted by photographers worldwide.

Advanced lighting 1 with David Bicho

A three-class series designed to take your lighting expertise to new heights. Learn how light truly works and explore creative techniques beyond the basics. In Advanced Lighting 1, go on set with David to experience location scouting, lighting setups, and build a layer-based workflow for stunning portraits in any condition.

David Bicho

$199

Personal Lighting Coach

Anders Hannola

Anders Hannola

$79

Fundamentals of Wedding Photography

Learn the fundamentals of wedding photography with a front row seat to a real wedding and in-depth instruction on everything from lighting to camera work to client interaction. In this series, Jared Platt will teach you how to pack, scout for locations, get the details, the portraits, capture the moments and everything you need to know. You’ll learn how to tackle the logistics of the wedding day, how to get the right exposures, the right angles and how to find and improve the existing light. This is a real wedding, with real clients and real challenges. So join Jared Platt on a destination wedding in the Bahamas and learn how to overcome challenges and succeed at any wedding, anywhere, no matter what.

Jared Platt

$199

Fundamentals of lifestyle & conent photography

Lifestyle and content photography is really about controlling the light, and introducing flash will up your game. But is it ugly? Is it complicated? Does it take forever to master? Not if you track every move of professional lifestyle photographer Emma Svensson in the new Profoto Academy series "Learn the Basics of Lifestyle & Content Photography".

Emma Svensson

$199

Fashion lighting with Lindsay Adler

In this series Lindsay will show you how to master studio lighting with some simple, but effective techniques that you can start using today. Find out about photographing beauty by building up your lighting, the creative use of gels and some advanced effects, such as ‘bokeh’. This is a chance to learn from one of the best about how to really stand out in fashion photography with eye catching images.

Lindsay Adler

$199

How to create natural-looking light anytime, anywhere

Audrey is in Barcelona to create four different shoots where she uses the Profoto A1 and Profoto Connect. During these shoots, she is showing the concepts of the following four key learnings: 1. Make moving subjects pop-out and balance with the background 2. Stick into light (pockets of light) 3. Create golden and blue hour 4. Flat-lays (with sun streaks) Joining her in this course is photographer and light expert David Bicho, who explains the theory and techniques that she's using in the shoots in a clear, witty and inspiring way.

Audrey Woulard

$65