Develop your skills, knowledge & passion!
At Studio Masters, we are dedicated to empowering photographers to enhance their skills, knowledge, and creativity. Our team comprises purists who relish the challenge of capturing in-camera, as well as those who appreciate the artistic possibilities of composites and AI-generated imagery.
Drawing on our extensive experience and expertise, we offer comprehensive content that equips you with the techniques and insights to elevate your craft. We are committed to supporting you in your photographic journey and helping you achieve your goals.
Welcome from
Salli & Mike
Hone your craft
With weekly content updates and monthly themed shoots
Weekly content
Our content is designed to provide you with bite-sized, digestible tips and tricks that will help you build a collection of techniques and methods to enhance your photography skills. We understand that the journey to becoming a skilled photographer can be challenging, which is why we aim to make our content accessible and easy to understand. Our goal is to support you every step of the way and help you achieve your full potential.
Monthly Theme
A monthly inspirational photography shoot that will take place in our studio or on location, utilising both natural and artificial light. Our experts will create unique and captivating imagery that inspires and ignites imagination. Whether you prefer the controlled environment of a studio or the natural beauty of an outdoor location, we will endeavour to cover both variations ensuring a diverse range of photographic practices.
Styling/Costume Design
We are excited to showcase our expertise in up-cycling outfits, creating corsets, styling wigs, sewing, and using a glue gun to create amazing and colourful looks for photography days. Our team of experts is very dedicated to their work and shares valuable insights and techniques that you can apply to your own projects.
Creative Make-up
Our expert MUA provides guidance and demonstrates how to create simple looks, starting from bridal makeup, that can be developed into stunning character makeup, captivating any camera lens. Emphasising the importance of hygiene, the purpose of different brushes, contouring, foundation application, and more.
Prosthetics
Applying prosthetic makeup is a skill that goes beyond makeup artistry, where you learn to paint and apply silicone pieces to create cinematic looks, from changing face shapes to creating mystical creatures.
Posing
Our comprehensive collection of guides covering a wide range of photography styles, including families, couples, individuals, and headshots. We provide expert guidance on how to achieve most aesthetically pleasing posture from head to toe for your models and clients.
Studio Portrait Intensive
Our team of experts are skilled in making use of controlled lighting and set building, including direction and connection with models and clients. We provide guidance on how to create the perfect lighting setup and how to direct your models and clients to achieve the desired results.
Location Portrait Intensive
Making use of the environment, including the selection of a complimentary background and its natural elements, and making use of additional lighting if required to further enhance the final result.
Lighting
A comprehensive guide providing you with the knowledge and skills to take control of lighting, modifiers and accessories, including gobos, gels, flags, reflectors, and scrims.
Photography with animals
We provide expert guidance on how to create the perfect setup that enhances the natural beauty of the animal and how to handle challenging situations to achieve the desired look.
Post Production
Editing techniques, from traditional editing to fine art composites, and making use of AI. We provide guidance on how to use these techniques to enhance your images and create stunning and captivating artwork.
Printing and finishing
Our pro lab is dedicated to providing you with the highest quality printing and finishing services. An introduction to our lab and expert guidance on how to achieve the best results for your images.
Be involved
Are you ready to unleash your full potential and become a photography superstar? Our Develop platform is here to help you do just that! Our team are passionate about providing you with the inspiration technical know-how you need to take you to the next level. With virtual shoots and live interaction, we'll help you stay ahead of the competition and blossom in the photography industry.
Engaging monthly content that takes you behind the scenes and shows you how to turn your creative vision into reality? Each month, we feature a themed episode that includes an hour-long video of us working through the chosen theme on set, but that's not all - we also offer live Q&A sessions and live stream events so you can interact us and get the most out of your experience.
Join a supportive community for like-minded creatives.
Membership
Weekly tips and tricks
Two uploads a week
Themed content episodes
Monthly content episodes, included an hour-long BTS video with Salli & Mike, live Q&A event
Exclusive discounts
On shop products
Participate in live events
Join us for live events where you can pick our brains on a shoot or questions on just about anything.
Free monthly competition
Judges choice award sponsored by One Vision Imagery.
Quarterly E magazine
Keep up with latest products and events, competition winners, special spotlight feature.
Mentoring
Variable bespoke mentoring to meet your needs.
Qualifications
To meet todays photographer, three criteria including in-camera artistry, composite, and creative AI Elements to compliment the principle image.
Membership
£15.99 - £155.88per month
FAQ
We offer two uploads weekly in addition to a monthly feature video episode that focuses on a specific topic. Our episodes contain behind-the-scenes footage and full guidance from concept to final image, so you can see exactly how we bring our ideas to life. Please note that members who opt for the monthly option will only have access to the month they sign up for and future episodes. If you opt for the annual library, you'll have access to the current library and future episodes for the length of your subscription.
At Develop, we offer streaming video content through our website, which cannot be downloaded at this time. However, we do offer other content such as lighting guides and resources/shop products that are available for download where applicable.
(see available options above)
When you sign up to develop you will be entering into membership agreement whereby you will be automatically billed for the subscription based on the option selected.
You will retain access to content as long as your membership continues.
Once your membership is cancelled or expires you will no longer have access to past or future content, if you sign up again in the future all your episodes will be available again. If you have questions on billing please contact us.
Cancellation Policy:
At Develop, we understand that circumstances can change, which is why we allow members to cancel their subscription anytime. However, please note that cancelling will result in you losing access to the content on Develop. If you decide to resume your membership, we cannot guarantee that certain membership options or pricing will be the same or available.
Refund Policy:
Please note that due to the nature of all of our content being available immediately, we do not offer a refund for the annual option. However, we do offer a refund before your first renewal if you opted a monthly option. Additionally, we do not offer refunds based on inability to log in or access/play content unless we can reliably prove an error on our platform exists.
Events refund policy:
Due to the nature of these events and production costs a refund in most cases may not be available and may be applicable to a cancellation fee or only be available to transfer to someone else.
Please contact us regarding questions about a refund at [email protected].
Should you wish to transfer your chosen event booking to an alternative date, please not that an admin fee of £25 will be applicable.
Qualifications are retained once achieved regardless of your membership with the develop platform.
In keeping with other associations/ societies we recognise a ‘Licentiate’ level. Upgrades with all levels can be applied by the judging panel where they consider applicable. Please see a full guide to qualifications on our ‘accreditation of excellence’ page within the site.
If you have any queries, ask us!