Self-paced
$149 one-time
- All 42 video lessons
- Downloadable exercises
- Lifetime access
- Certificate of completion
A 6-week photography course
Photograph the everyday
Ines Halloran, documentary photographer, teaches you to find the quiet story in your own street, kitchen and commute. 42 short lessons, one assignment a week.
Course in numbers
- 4,800students in 63 countries
- 42short video lessons
- 4.9★average course rating
Who it's for
Made for people who already love looking
- 01
The camera in the drawer
You own a decent camera and rarely take it out. Ines gives you a reason, and a small weekly routine, to carry it.
- 02
The phone photographer
You take hundreds of pictures and love few of them. Learn to choose, edit and sequence the ones that matter.
- 03
The returning hobbyist
You shot film once, or years ago. Rebuild your eye with calm, practical lessons and honest critique.
The curriculum
Six weeks, six ways of looking
Each week is one module of seven lessons, about two hours in all, plus a single assignment to shoot at your own pace.
- Why slow beats fast6 min
- Your camera, honestly11 min
- Reading light at the window16 min
- The ten-minute walk8 min
- Edges and frames13 min
- Looking at your own street18 min
- Week one reflections10 min
- Golden hour is a habit13 min
- Shooting into the sun18 min
- Open shade, quiet light10 min
- Shutter speed as a storyteller15 min
- Night and neon, gently7 min
- Weather as a collaborator12 min
- Light diary17 min
- Asking permission, or not7 min
- Standing still in a market12 min
- Portraits in passing17 min
- Hands, work and routine9 min
- Working with a neighbour14 min
- Ethics of the everyday6 min
- Place portrait11 min
- Layers and depth14 min
- Waiting for the gesture6 min
- Pattern, then the break11 min
- Negative space16 min
- Colour as subject8 min
- Black and white thinking13 min
- Compose from memory18 min
- Contact sheets, the old way8 min
- Choosing the one frame13 min
- Gentle raw edits18 min
- Grain, contrast and restraint10 min
- Sequencing a story15 min
- Captions that earn their place7 min
- Edit your series12 min
- Finding your subject15 min
- A series in six frames7 min
- Printing and sharing12 min
- Pitching to editors17 min
- Feedback and critique9 min
- Keeping the habit14 min
- Final showcase6 min
Your instructor
Ines Halloran
Documentary photographer based in Lisbon, with fifteen years of editorial work for magazines and newspapers across Europe.
She has spent her career photographing ordinary days: market stalls at dawn, tram rides, kitchen tables. Slow Shutter is the course she wished she had been given, practical, unhurried and focused on seeing before shooting.
“The best picture is usually the one you walked past yesterday.”
- Editorial clients in 14 countries
- Teaching since 2016
- Studio on Rua da Madalena
Student work
Contact sheet from week six
Frames from the final assignment. Every photograph was made within a mile of the student's front door.
Kind words
What students notice after six weeks
I stopped chasing landmarks. My own bus stop became my best series, and Ines's feedback made me brave enough to print it.
Six weeks, one camera, no gear envy. The contact sheet lesson changed how I choose pictures forever.
Calm, practical and never preachy. I look forward to my morning walk with a camera now.
The ethics lesson alone was worth the price. I photograph my neighbours with far more care.
I had a decade of unused cameras. Now I have a portfolio of twenty frames I am proud of.
Mentorship calls with Ines were gentle but honest. She spotted my habits in minutes.
Pricing
Pick the pace that suits you
Lifetime access to every lesson on all plans. Thirty-day refund, no questions asked.
Studio
$249 one-time
- Everything in Self-paced
- Written feedback on 6 assignments
- Private student community
- Monthly live critique
Mentorship
$590 one-time
- Everything in Studio
- Three 1:1 calls with Ines
- Portfolio review
- Editor introductions
Questions
Before you enrol
No. Any camera with manual control works, including a recent phone. Ines shoots most lessons on a single prime lens.
Plan on about three hours: seven short lessons and one outing with an assignment. Everything is self-paced.
Yes. Within 14 days, if the course is not for you, email hello@slowshutter.example and we will refund you in full.
Studio and Mentorship students receive written feedback within five working days of each assignment.
Finish all 42 lessons and you can download a certificate with your name on it.
For life, including future updates to the lessons.
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