Learn to create your own “natural light” with strobes and flash!

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Artificial light does not have too look artificial, or be complicated to use. In fact, it can be just as easy as working with window light! Let me show you how!

 

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Business Coach, Lighting Evangelist, Best-Selling Author and Award-Winning Photographer

As a self-taught photographer, I didn’t understand how to use studio lighting and it scared me for the longest time. Not having this one skill affected everything: my work, my business, my brand, my relationships with my clients, and my bottom line.

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“I can say without exaggerating that Sandra is one of the most astonishing natural teaching talents I have ever come across.”

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You are ready for Sandra Coan Certification if…

You’re serious about photography and are ready to truly master your craft.

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You want a custom learning environment that includes guided lessons, one-on-one mentoring, group coaching and a community of like minded photographers, NOT just another online class.

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Crafting the Natural light look, a one-light approach to creating natural looking light with strobes and flash!

For a photographer, light is everything. Your business is too important to hinge it all on natural lighting (or lack thereof).

Let’s scrap the anxiety and get that perfect shot.

In “Crafting the Natural Light Look,” I’ll teach you my simple approach for creating striking portraits with just one light.

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Natural Newborn posing, 56 simple, baby-led looks for newborn and family photographers

Learn the posing system that enabled me to grow my newborn photography business WITHOUT relying on complicated (potentially unsafe) posing..

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