Down to the Core Mentoring Session
Choose your images with intention and strengthen your visual voiceThis focused mentoring session is for digital and film photographers who want to sharpen their culling skills and gain more confidence in their judgment.
It is perfect for you if you:
Struggle with culling your client galleries
Want your galleries to feel stronger and more intentional, but find it hard to decide what to keep and what to leave out
Have a hard time identifying your strongest images
Feel that your emotional attachment sometimes clouds your judgment
Keep changing images on your website or haven’t updated it in ages because you can’t decide what to show
Want to submit for publications but are unsure how to select images
Ultimately, this session is about identifying what truly feels like your voice, and learning to let go of the rest without guilt.
How does the session work?
You send me a gallery you want to cull or a selection of images for your website or a submission, as well as a questionnaire that will help me understand the direction you want your work to go in and what you want to improve in your workflow.
We have a practical 1-hour conversation to work through it together. Think of it as a thoughtful, honest, and slightly confronting decision space.
You leave with more confidence to identify images that represent your voice and strengthen the story you want to tell. And, just as importantly, more trust in your judgment to leave out images that don’t belong.
The what, when and how
I am opening a limited number of these sessions at the end of May to early June.
6 spots available.
1-hour session + a questionnaire that I will carefully review in advance
Opportunity to ask me questions on WhatsApp for 2 weeks after our session.
My regular 1:1 mentoring sessions are €300/hour.
This focused session is €175.
What people say after working with me
“I immediately felt comfortable showing Anna my entire session of unedited images, which would normally make me feel exposed. Anna has a nonjudgemental and kind attitude that put me at ease.
Anna said something so simple that completely shifted the way I view culling images: in giving the client more options, I am essentially making the client do my job.
It IS actually my job to make those decisions for them, so they can enjoy viewing their photographs without having to look at the same picture again and again with slight variations.
In this instance, less is more. I feel more confident in my eye and trust my instinct when choosing the strongest images to deliver.”
– DANA TATUM, USA“Anna has a uniquely decisive eye when it comes to seeing a gallery of photographs and identifying those with particularly artistic qualities.
She is not just able to pull out the strongest photographs, but also articulate what elements make them strong. This is very useful for photographers who are delivering overly large galleries and need to refine to improve the overall impact.
She also asks excellent questions to explore where to take the work next and identify what is missing.
She is honest, clear and thoughtful, and a lot of fun to talk with.”
– kristen turner macdonald, australiaFAQ
What kind of work can I bring?
You can bring any of the following:
A client gallery to cull
A portfolio that feels incoherent
A website selection that you are unsure about
A submission edit
You can also bring a personal project that is advanced enough to be at the selection stage. This session focuses on selecting images, not on shaping a project in its early stages.
How many images should I send you?
I want this session to be helpful for your actual workflow, so if you bring a client gallery, I don’t have a strict limit. I just ask you to stay within reason and to cull the obvious “no’s” (like where the mom has her eyes closed or everything is blurry and not in an artistic way) before you submit.
If you want to work on your website or a submission selection, please send a maximum of 100 images.
We might not have time to go through it all in an hour, but having a larger gallery will help us go through different examples.
Is this a portfolio review?
It is similar to a portfolio review in many ways, but a general portfolio review helps answer the question “What is my strongest work?” and this session helps you learn to select images for a specific use.
Can we talk about things other than culling?
This offer focuses specifically on image selection. If you want to work with me on other topics, like shooting film or creating personal images for families, drop me a note and we will find the format that works best for you.