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1:1 Premium Creative Mentoring · 60 Minutes · Portrait Photography

Create portraits that stand out — with personal guidance on your own work.

You can picture the portraits you want to create, but your results don’t always match. Get personal help with light, colour, composition and editing — whether you photograph for yourself, the people you love or clients.

In a focused 60-minute Zoom session, we’ll review your images, explore the decisions behind them and identify what to practise next. You’ll receive the recording and a personalised written action plan.
Investment
$297
Includes portfolio review · full recording · written action plan
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Is this where you are right now?

What would you love to improve in your portraits?

You don’t need a photography business or a polished portfolio. Bring the portraits you’re creating now and the questions you want help with. We can focus on challenges like these.

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Your portraits don’t yet have the look you imagine. You want to understand which shooting and editing choices will help you develop your own style.

02
Your light sometimes looks flat. You want to recognise useful natural light and position your subject to create more shape, depth and flattering shadows.

03
Your colours don’t always work together. You want help connecting wardrobe, location and editing so the finished portrait feels more cohesive.

04
Your backgrounds or framing distract from your subject. You want to make more purposeful choices about where to stand, what to include and what to leave out.

05
You’ve watched tutorials but struggle to apply them to your own photographs. You want someone to look at your images and explain what to try differently.

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You feel stuck or overwhelmed by what to learn next. You want a manageable set of priorities and more confidence going into your next portrait session.


What’s Included
Everything in one sixty-minute session
Built to give you clarity before we meet, precision while we work together, and a creative direction you can act on immediately afterwards.

Before We Meet
Portfolio review
Send 10–15 portraits, including images you love and images you’re struggling with. Personal projects, family photographs and client work are all welcome. I’ll review them before we meet.

On The Call
Live 60-minute Zoom session
We’ll share screens, walk through your photographs and discuss your questions. I’ll explain practical changes to your shooting or editing choices, using your images as examples.

After The Call
Full session recording
Delivered within 24 hours so you can rewatch, pause and take notes at your own pace. Reference it before every shoot for as long as you need it.

After The Call
Personalised written action plan
A written summary of your creative priorities and practical next steps, tailored to your photographs, experience and goals. Use it to guide your practice after the session.


Why It Works


Personalised creative guidance built around your actual work


We’ll apply the approach I teach in the Creative Portrait System directly to your photographs. Together we’ll look at what’s working, what could be stronger and the choices you can practise next.

• Understand what’s working — and what to improve
Get specific observations about your portraits, with explanations of how light, colour, composition and editing affect the finished image.
• Connect the technique to the portrait you want
We’ll discuss why an image feels flat, distracting or unfinished, and explore practical choices that could bring it closer to your creative intention.
• You’ll know which creative area to focus on first
We’ll prioritise the areas most relevant to your goals, so you leave with a manageable starting point for your practice.
• You’ll leave with a clear creative direction
Your written action plan turns our discussion into practical steps you can try in your next session and build on over time.
• You’ll get honest feedback designed to move you forward
Thoughtful, constructive feedback from my 13 years of photographing portraits full time, with room to ask questions and work through the parts you find difficult.
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— Why Daniel

13 years behind the camera. Practical experience brought to your portraits.

2013
Left IT in London
120+
Clients in year one
13yr
Full time pro

“I didn’t learn this in a classroom. I built a creative system from nothing — session by session, in a foreign country, with no safety net. What I teach in these sessions is the exact creative process behind 13 years of real client work.”

In March 2013 I walked away from a stable IT job in London and moved to the Czech Republic with my wife and our 3-month-old daughter. No language. No contacts. No Plan B. Within six months I was fully booked. Within a year — 120+ sessions across families, children and maternity. What I built wasn’t luck. It was a specific creative system — for reading light with intention, building colour before the session starts, and composing with a deliberateness that makes work unmistakable. That system is what I teach inside the Creative Portrait System — and what I apply directly to your work in these sessions.

— What Photographers Say
What happens after one session
Photographers sharing their experience of personal feedback and learning with Daniel. Your progress will depend on your starting point and how you put the guidance into practice.

★★★★★
“More clarity in 60 minutes than six months of tutorials. Daniel looked at my actual work and pinpointed exactly what was wrong.”
Ruth Barns
Lifetime Member
★★★★★
“I never knew I lacked a structured process until Daniel showed me exactly where I was falling short! I’ll be going back to the drawing board with fresh eyes.”
Olivia Smith
Lifetime Member
★★★★★
“Before the session, I didn’t fully understand light or composition. In just one call, Daniel showed me exactly what I was missing — now every session has a clear plan and my images finally look how I imagined.”
Kyle Richardson
Lifetime Member
★★★★★
“Highly recommended. Daniel explains exactly what’s going wrong and gives you the confidence to fix it. Every shoot since, I’ve been able to apply what I learned.”
Sarah Maggie
Yearly Member
★★★★★
“Awesome, just awesome! I was sceptical at first, but Daniel made it completely personal — reviewing my work live and showing exactly what was wrong. I left feeling far more confident going into my next shoot.”
Dylan Vandenberghe
Verified Owner
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Choose an available time below for your 60-minute Zoom session. $297 includes the image review, full recording and personalised written action plan.

What happens after you book

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You’ll receive a confirmation email with your Zoom link and a short questionnaire about your photography goals and what you most want to get from the session.
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Send 10–15 portraits: a mix of favourites and images you’d like help improving. They can be personal photographs or client work. Include the questions you want us to focus on.
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Join the Zoom call ready to discuss your images and ask questions. We’ll explore what’s working and agree on practical changes you can try.
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Within 24 hours you’ll receive the full session recording plus your personalised written action plan — specific creative priorities you can apply in your very next shoot.

One decision away

Your portraits. Your questions.
A clearer idea of what to do next.

Spend 60 minutes with me exploring your own photographs and learning how to create more depth, considered colour and stronger composition.

Whether you’re creating for yourself, your family or clients, we’ll build a practical plan around the portraits you want to make. Your recording and written action plan help you keep learning afterwards.
BOOK YOUR 1:1 SESSION – $297

60-minute Zoom session · Personal image review · Recording and written action plan