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Learn how to handle difficult focusing situations… discover the best practices and camera settings for sharp focus… and find out how you can get creative with focus settings, too!

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13 teaching videos for photographers who want to know to get sharp photos every time!
80+ minutes of video content – in-depth explanations, examples, workflow, and case studies about focus settings and focus modes.
Workshop-style lessons taught by professional in the field.
Case Studies: Photographing lava explosions, Shooting a Sea Urchin under water, Focus Stacking, Macro Photography, and more!

What You’ll Learn

In a series of easy-to-understand, bite-sized lessons, you’ll explore best practices and camera settings for getting your focus just right, every time.

We’ll show you how to use focus stacking to go beyond the DOF limitations of your lens.

You’ll learn how to focus on subjects in motion – whether they are moving predictably or erratically.

You’ll discover how to use mirror lockup, timed delay, and focus-assist functions to capture sharp photos.

You’ll learn to handle difficult focusing situations, and how to get creative with focus settings, too!

You’ll learn from on-location case studies and in-depth explanations of our thought-processes… right there in the field as we work.

What Customers are Saying

The very best possible way to teach

I retired from forty years of teaching elementary and middle school math/science students. As a former Indiana Teacher of the Year and and inducted member into the NATIONAL TEACHERS HALL OF FAME, I know what makes great teachers, and believe me, you and Varina Patel are excellent at what you do because you take complex topics and make them so simple to understand. Better yet, you teach your lessons directly from the field, on site—the very best possible way to teach.

Mike Kaiser

Georgetown, Indiana

Best photography webinar I’ve every taken

Mastering Exposure Webinar was the best photography webinar I’ve every taken. I’ve taken lots of seminars where they talked about their pictures but in this one, they showed a video of how they determined their settings while in the field. Very helpful.

Diane Donnelly

Annapolis, Maryland, USA

You do a terrific job of explaining things clearly

I just wanted to let you know that I’m working my way through the Ultimate Landscape Photography Course and loving it! You do a terrific job of explaining things clearly, and you have a great onscreen presence and rapport with each other. Really enjoying it – looks like I’ll have to get Behind the Lens next… And I look forward to more after that!

Jack Johnson

Beloit, WI, USA

Mastering Exposure Webinar did an excellent job of explaining

The Mastering Exposure Webinar did an excellent job of explaining the importance of the different types of histograms, and when different types of bracketing/blending would be beneficial.

Paul Tibbitts

Norman, Oklahoma, USA

In Sharp Focus Webinar was excellent

In Sharp Focus Webinar was excellent…just enough information covered without information overload.

Tom Power

Ireland

Excellent Class for a New Student

The Creative Sharpening Class by Jay Patel enlightened me as to the different approaches to sharpening various aspects of a landscape scene. It would be an excellent class for a new student of Lightroom as well as someone experienced who can be reminded by the very good illustrations of the various tools and the interactive potential of these tools in Lightroom. I went back over part of this tutorial several time. It is excellent.

Larry Wilkinson

Michigan, United States

Keep up the great work

I didn’t know Histograms could be so easily manipulated with such awesome results. I purchased this a few weeks, ago, and have viewed all the videos five or six times. Having been a public school teacher for 40+ years before retiring, I know what makes excellent teaching, and you, two, are some of the best instructors I’ve seen in the field of photography. Keep up the great work, and keep adding new additions to your ebooks and videos collections.

Michael Kaiser

Georgetown, USA

Jay was very clear and to the point

Jay was very clear and to the point in In Sharp Focus Webinar. I learned a lot from him today and come to realize how much I don’t know.

Bob

Salida, Calif

I have benefited immensely from your instruction

I have benefited immensely from your instruction on hyper-focal distance, and on stacking, photos to attain sharp focus throughout the scene. Your enthusiasm for your work is contagious. I appreciate the influence of your vitality in my photography.

Jim

Indian Land, SC, USA

I congratulate Jay and Varina on an excellent course!

I congratulate Jay and Varina on an excellent course. Naturally the most important element is the human and I am enjoying your philosophy, meticulous attention to detail, and words of wisdom learned sometimes the hard way. You are giving us wonderful and very effective advice and recommendations for equipment use and photographic technique. (Ultimate Landscape Photography Course)

Stephen Veronneau

Edmond, Oklahoma

Is this In Sharp Focus for Nature Photography Tutorial for me?

This tutorial is for you if:

You have a good understanding of camera exposure and photography composition but struggle with getting sharp focus.
You want to learn about how to use camera's focus modes and settings to get sharp focus for nature photography.
You want to master how to accurately focus on moving subject in nature.
You want to discover how to focus stacking to go beyond the depth of field limitations of your camera lens.
You want to learn more about the limitations of your camera focus mechanism in real-world situations... and find out how to work around them.

This tutorial might not be the right fit if:

You are a beginner landscape photographer. If you don't know how to use your camera in manual mode, you may want to find out more before you start this course.
You want in-depth explanations of how to compose and how to set your exposure. In this nature photography composition tutorial, we assume you know how to use your camera settings.
You want a cookie-cutter approach to improving your nature photography compositions.
You want to learn about post processing nature photos with Photoshop or Lightroom.

About our In Sharp Focus Tutorial for Nature Photography

Our In Sharp Focus for Nature Photography tutorial is packed full of easy-to-follow explanations, real life examples, and in-depth case studies. You will learn how to use focus settings for your DSLR and mirrorless camera to create images with incredible depth and sharp detail. You'll learn about the challenges that nature photographers face with focus settings, and how to work around them.

Here are some of the key concepts covered in this In Sharp Focus for Nature Photography tutorial: