Welcome to Profoto Academy
Profoto Academy is an online learning platform that offers inspiring and practical video courses from some of the best photographers and educators in the world.
The Academy section of our site and course material are currently only available in English.
About Profoto Academy
Profoto Academy explained
Miguel Jacob explains Profoto Academy
For more details about the learning process, including how the personal feedback, scoring and certification works. Watch this video with Miguel Jacob, Profoto Academy's Educational Manager.What you get from Profoto Academy
- Tightly-edited, well-focused online lighting tutorials, each about 1-hour long
- Real-world photographic lighting scenarios explained clearly, step-by-step
- Takeaway PDF guides chock full of information and handy lighting tips
- Online support from Profoto Academy instructors
- Unlimited access to your courses in perpetuity from your smartphone or any online device
About our teachers
A chance to learn from the best
Emma Svensson
Emma is an adventurer, climber, photographer and inspiring educator who has built her brand around natural-looking lifestyle content.
David Bicho
Renowned for his witty and inspiring teaching style, David brings his knowledge and passion of photographic lighting to Profoto Academy.
Hannah Couzens
Hannah is an award winning professional portrait photographer, who is involved in many speaking engagements for Profoto.
Lindsay Adler
Lindsay is a top fashion photographer and one of the most requested speakers and educators in the photography business worldwide.
Jared Platt
Jared is an international wedding photographer who teaches photography, lighting and photo editing globally, and now also through Profoto Academy.
Austin Mann
Austin is the photographer who captures the world through his iPhone and teaches you how to take better images with your smartphone.
Audrey Woulard
Audrey is famous for her portraits of teens and tweens in urban environments, and teaches professional photographers around the world her techniques on how to create natural-looking light with flash.
Sandy Puc'
An internationally acclaimed portrait artist, Sandy Puc is also an experienced educator on many US speaking engagements and international tours.
Yervant
Yervant takes a unique approach to the traditional world of wedding photography and is an experienced speaker at educational workshops around the world.