A photography course you work through at your own pace, with personal feedback on your work after every block. Not theory you can read anywhere, but exactly what you need while you're out shooting.
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No fixed class times, no waiting. Four steps, and you're in charge.
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Your course is ready the moment you buy it, no waiting.
Explanation, then a hands-on assignment. At your own pace, whenever suits you.
You submit your work, Joep reviews it himself. Stuck on something? There's room to talk it through: online, on location, or at his place.
Every block: first what you'll learn, then the principle explained with a diagram, then the assignment, and personal feedback on what you submit. Skip a block now and you can always buy it separately later.
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5 hours · 3 blocks
€159 incl. VAT
Exposure and composition. Enough to shoot differently starting today.
10 hours · 5 blocks
€289 incl. VAT
Basics, plus sharpness and reading light.
20 hours · all 9 blocks
€519 incl. VAT
The complete course: from your first f-stop to a finished set of images, including flash, studio and workflow. Certificate included.
Want to add a single block later? That's €89 per block (incl. VAT).
Not a photography course but an editing course: from your first import to AI masks and generative edits in Lightroom Classic. Follows separately from the photography course, with the same personal feedback per block.
7 hours · 4 blocks
€119 incl. VAT
Catalog and import, selecting, the fixed develop workflow, and exporting with a solid back-up.
7 hours · 4 blocks
€119 incl. VAT
Masks, color and detail, generative AI, and working faster and safer.
14 hours · all 8 blocks
€199 incl. VAT
Basics and Advanced in one, from your first import to AI masks and generative edits.
Two hours of photography through Amsterdam after sunset: the blue hour, light trails from boats, long exposures in the dark. Personal guidance from me, for your whole group, up to 5 people. Choose your route: the Amstel or Centraal.
View dates & bookStandalone follow-up modules, no prior knowledge needed, even if you skipped the basic course.
5 hours · 2 blocks
€159 incl. VAT
The hotshoe flash and shooting with flash on location, the difference between a snapshot at a party and work you get paid for.
View follow-up module2 hours · 3 blocks
€89 incl. VAT
RAW or JPEG, a repeatable editing workflow in Lightroom, and how to use AI tools sensibly. No prior knowledge needed.
View module1 or 2 hours · on-site
From €359 incl. VAT
Better social media photos with the phone already in your pocket. Live on-location workshop for teams and companies.
View product2 hours · up to 5 people
€209 incl. VAT
Shooting through Amsterdam after sunset, from the blue hour to long exposures in the dark. Choose your route: Amstel or Centraal.
View productPrivate lessons, online or on location. Or a group lesson for your company or friends.
From €95 per hour, incl. VAT
More about private and group lessons
A gift card for photography lessons, in an amount you choose. The recipient picks the course or block themselves, and receives a ready-made, filled-in gift card by email.
View the gift cardNo. Photography Basics starts at auto mode. The standalone modules "From card to finished" and "Flash outside the studio" can also be taken without the basic course.
Access to material you've bought has no end date: you keep access as long as fotolessen.nl exists, and you work at your own pace.
You submit a hands-on assignment per block and get personal feedback from Joep van Drunen himself, not from an algorithm.
Not sure? Take the free quiz and get course advice within 2 minutes.
With the Confident Photographer course you receive a certificate once all nine blocks are completed.
Yes. Started with a lower tier but want a specific extra block? You can buy it separately.
Because you get access to digital course content immediately after purchase, we ask for explicit consent at checkout, which waives the standard 14-day right of withdrawal. See our terms and conditions for the exact terms.
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