Online interactive courses in photography and visual storytelling taught by the professionals

The Compelling ImageThe Compelling Image is an online school of photography offering interactive classes for photographers of all skill levels and interests - an affordable, convenient and inspiring way to learn and encourage your creativity with a camera - wherever you live.

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Photography Portfolio Review with David Bathgate

Objective evaluation of one’s own photographic or multimedia work can often be a frustrating and seemingly unattainable goal. It takes an impartial and experienced eye to

Wide Angle Photography

Wide angle lenses are for getting close, not for "fitting it all in." They're for putting you and the viewer right in the middle of the

Photographing Interiors

Whether it's paging through decor and lifestyle magazines, or checking out blogs and social media, we are collectively fascinated with “Interiors” - those wonderfully styled and lit images

Travel Photography with Brenda Tharp

Have you ever heard yourself saying ‘it looked better in person than in this picture’ when sharing photographs of your journeys with friends and colleagues? The

The Art of Food Photography

In this exciting online food photography course taught by renowned food photographer, workshop presenter and blogger, Meeta Khurana-Wolff, you'll be guided through the basics of the

Digital Photography Start-Up

The last rolls of legendary Kodachrome film have long disappeared from the shelves of camera shops. In the same shops, sale bins of assorted film cameras and

Street Photography with G.M.B. Akash

Designed to bring new focus to the long-practiced art of street photography, these exciting online photography classes guide photographers to make interesting and creative photographs of

People Photography - With Confidence!

Photographing people with a long lens from afar is one thing; capturing those same subjects at closer distances is a whole new level of photographic expression

Expressive Black and White Photography

While black and white photographs were among the very first photographs taken, they are now a new "frontier" in digital photography. Digital cameras record light differently than

A virtual classroom / social-interactive experience... As a TCI student, you’ll receive valuable critiques and advice from your instructor, timely answers to your questions and be able to discuss all that is happening on your course with fellow classmates. Get started today - Try a sample lesson for FREE! Sign up for a no-strings-attached account, enroll on the FREE sample lesson and you're set to begin!
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Passionate about photography? Got a knack for writing? Sold on the value and future of interactive e-learning? If so, you might be the one to design and teach the next new photography course at The Compelling Image. At TCI our goal is to guide, inspire, and nurture artistic interest and ability with the camera. If this sounds exciting to you, let’s have a conversation.