Laura, your classes are among the best I’ve ever participated in – really packed with both hard-core information from someone who knows what she’s talking about, plus targeted and realistic encouragement and inspiration. Your presence and tone are consistent and your responsiveness to students is fabulous. I’ve taken a lot of online courses and your professionalism is matchless.
— Lorraine Day
 

- Current Offerings -

 

SACRED LIGHT, SILENT SHADOW:
KYOTO EXPERIENCE

Join me in Japan for an immersive creative retreat this coming June! This trip is an opportunity to slow down, tune in to local rhythms, and make images that reflect your inner journey…just as much as your outer journey. You’ll come away with a collection of beautiful, poetic photographs, a deeper relationship with your craft, and a greater confidence in your ability to take your vision on the road. In collaboration with Nobechi Creative.

June 10th - 18th 2025


GATHERING LIGHT

Gathering Light is one full year of weekly lessons, creative prompts, and meaningful conversations about the heart and soul of photography. No more forgetting to make time for your photography practice. No more letting your creativity stagnate. Gathering Light helps you create space in your everyday life to honor your creative self. It’s a soulful commitment to your art, your evolving vision, your creative goals. 

Registration for 2025 will open December 1st. Get on the mailing list to be notified (and to get access to early-bird registration).


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THE VISIONARY PORTFOLIO

If your photographs are “all over the place” and you’d love to create a more cohesive aesthetic - or if you want to exhibit in a gallery, publish a book, or present your work beautifully online, this e-course will help you make it happen. Over the course of six nurturing weeks, you’ll learn to move beyond haphazard image-making to create a unified body of work that reflects your true artistic vision.

Begin today!


STUDIO CHAT: FINDING DEEPER MEANING IN YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS

Join me for a conversation about discovering deeper meaning in your images. If you feel like your photos should say something…but they often feel random and disconnected from anything personal, this is for you. I’ll guide you through a deep dive into your image archive, and you’ll learn to find powerful new themes and connections in your work. The Studio Chat is a ~2.5 hour video that you can watch whenever you like.

Watch today!


STUDIO CHAT: CRAFTING A PORTFOLIO

Join me in my studio for a rich discussion about building a fine-art portfolio. You’ll learn to create visual harmony in a group of images, so your work looks refined (not random or repetitive). You’ll also learn what weak portfolios look like, so you can avoid common pitfalls. This offering is a great complement to my more in-depth, interactive e-course The Visionary Portfolio. The Studio Chat is a ~1.5 hour video that you can watch whenever you like.

Watch today!


STUDIO CHAT:
CREATING YOUR OWN OPPORTUNITIES

Join me in my home studio for a conversation about taking charge of your visibility as an artist. If you’re ready to grab the reins and get your work out there on your own terms (instead of depending on curators, publishers, editors, and jurors to pick you for their gigs), this is for you. You’ll get access to the Studio Chat as soon as you sign up. It’s an hour-long video that you can watch whenever you like.

Watch today!


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SIGHT & INSIGHT SLIDESHOW

In this slide presentation, I welcome you to my home studio and share images and stories from my journey as an artist. It's a behind-the-scenes look at what I think about when I create my images - along with a rich conversation about photography as a spiritual practice, poetic seeing, and honing visual intuition. I also share my best advice for surviving (and thriving) as an artist.

Watch today!


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ARISE & SHINE: PHOTO MEDITATIONS
FOR CHALLENGING TIMES

Arise & Shine is two weeks of guided meditation and photography. Each lesson is a chance to pause, center yourself, and create art that nourishes your spirit. When life gets hard, we have a choice. We can shut down and focus only on the struggle…or we can decide to rise and be a light in the world. This e-course gives you the tools to shine - as an artist and as a human.

Begin today!


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EXHIBITION MASTERCLASS: BRAVELY SHOWCASING YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS

Does the thought of walking into an exhibit of your photographs light you up? This multimedia e-course will help you bypass the most common mistakes and inaccurate assumptions that first-time exhibitors make. Exhibition Masterclass pulls back the curtain on the world of galleries, juried competitions, and everything it takes to exhibit your photographs. 

Begin today!


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MEDITATIONS ON GRATITUDE

Emotionally exhausted? Heartbroken by the news cycle? Creatively blank and a little bit blah? Meditations on Gratitude is a 6-week e-course about using gratitude as a “creative lens” for your photography practice. The class is all about slowing down, seeing more deeply, and honoring the experiences that make life beautiful. It's a lovely opportunity to reinvigorate your artistic vision while creating images that inspire happiness and hope.

Begin today!


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THE VISIONARY WEBSITE

Is your photography website dated, disorganized, and desperate for a makeover? Or, do you dream of creating a website…but it never happens because you don’t know where to start? The Visionary Website is an eight-day e-course that teaches you to build a beautiful, clear, engaging photography website that will pass muster in the art world. The best part? You’ll learn to make it happen even if you aren’t a tech wiz with tons of time on your hands. Ready to make your website dreams a reality?  

Begin today!


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THE ART OF WELLBEING

The Art of Wellbeing offers you a selection of photography practices that connect the heart, mind, and lens. We’ll explore what it means to use photography as a tool for wellbeing, healing, and personal insight. Each prompt is conceptually rich enough to inspire a whole portfolio. This class is ideal if you feel like you’re just scratching the surface with your art and you want to connect it to something deeper - but you’re not entirely sure how to make that happen.

Begin today!


PORTFOLIO REVIEW BOOT CAMP

Attending a portfolio review doesn’t have to feel intimidating. This one-week course includes practical, actionable advice on all the elements of preparing for a review event. The week is jam packed with helpful lessons, audio lectures, and interviews with seasoned review professionals from the museum, gallery, publishing, and media worlds. 

Begin today!


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1-ON-1 MENTORING

If you’re ready to take bold new steps with your photography (or photography business), but have too many unanswered questions to get moving on your own, mentoring can help. You’ll receive personalized feedback, creative insight, art world guidance, and even tech help if that’s what you need. My mentoring is based on 20+ years as a curator, photographer, gallerist, professional portfolio reviewer, educator, juror, and creative business owner. I work both emerging and established artists.


- Upcoming Offerings -

 

LIGHT ATLAS:
THE PATH TO WHOLEHEARTED SEEING

An e-course for photographers who want to overcome blocks, cultivate a truly original vision, and step into their full power as artists. If your work feels a little repetitive, derivative, or humdrum and you’re ready to spice things up and find your true vision, this course is the perfect next step. Ready for the clarity and freedom of a big creative shift? Join me for Light Atlas.

Next Session: TBA


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PILGRIMAGE:
LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY & DEEP SEEING

You know the feeling…you’re exploring a stunning landscape, the light is divine, and you’re in the zone with your camera. But, when you review your images later…they fall flat. They don’t express the wonder and magic you felt in the field. Pilgrimage is an invitation to approach the land with the eye of an artist and the heart of a seeker. You’ll learn to deepen your relationship with the land and make intuitive, expressive images that go far beyond the commonplace.

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ALCHEMY: FINDING THE SPARK AGAIN

If you’re moving through a period of depression, grief, illness, trauma, or despair - you know how easy it is to lose your connection to your art. This course is a supportive lifeline. You’ll receive 20 beautiful lessons designed to help you cope with painful chapters and rekindle your passion for photography. It is possible to find the light again. Alchemy will help.

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