Whimsical Story Telling Images

Learn to Create Magical, Narrative-Rich Portraits that Speak Straight to the Heart

If you’ve ever longed to create images that go beyond pretty smiles and polished poses—images that tell a story, stir emotion, and invite imagination—this course is for you.

The Art of Whimsical Storytelling Images will help you craft enchanting visual narratives using simple tools, small subjects, and your own creative vision. Whether you're shooting for clients or personal passion, this course will show you how to bring magic into every frame.

The Ultimate Prop Posing Workflow

In this class, I’ll show you how I create those breathtaking images that parents fall in love with—while keeping my sessions short and sweet. You’ll see exactly how I style, set up, and pose each look, smoothly transition between props, and get the most variety from a single session. Plus, I’ll share a few fun and creative ways to use your heart prop for even more adorable results.

Transitioning Newborns Workflow

“So many times photographers say they struggle in newborn sessions in figuring out what to do next. They're so focused on getting baby to sleep and wrapped, they end up taking many of the same images over and over again. Let's speed up our workflow, and learn how to effectively transition from one pose to the next. In this course, you'll learn tips and tricks to speed up your workflow!” - Ana

Creative Newborn Wrapping

Elevate your newborn photography by mastering creative baby-wrapping techniques. Learn a variety of wraps and variations that will enhance your sessions, while ensuring the safety and comfort of the newborn. Learn how to create decorative flourishes adding to basic styles and more advanced techniques. Discover methods to soothe fussy babies, enabling smoother photo sessions and beautiful images. This course is designed for newborn photographers who want to expand their wrapping techniques, create visually stunning images, and learn methods to calm fussy babies during photoshoots.

Newborn Family and Sibling Flow

"Do you get super anxious when it comes to family posing in your newborn sessions? Well, so did I! So I've created a family workflow that is guaranteed to give you the confidence you need to pose your big and little clients, to help you achieve those beautiful family portraits that you can be proud of!" - Kayleigh

Elevate Your Lighting

This course is the game changer you need to take your photography to the next level! In this course, you'll learn about the basic rules and laws of studio lighting - in a way that's quick and easy to learn and apply to your workflow. She’ll teach basic and advanced lighting patterns, how shadows and highlights affect the emotions of your images, and so much more. The series is broken down into bite size bits complete with step by step instructions so you can feel confident.

Pricing for Profit

Success in photography is 80% business and 20% photography, and in this course, Bryan will give you clarity on that 80%, as he teaches you how to price yourself for profit! You will learn the step by step process to set yourself up for profit, along with strategies behind the pricing psychology mindset, as well as some roadblocks that stop photographers from succeeding with their pricing structure. Along with this course you'll receive a homework spreadsheet to take all the guess work away.

Essential Newborn Poses

“I am excited to go over my 5 most chosen poses in this Newborn Essentials mini series. These are some wonderful and safe poses to help capture just how beautiful your client's baby is.” - Tamarind

1) Head on hands pose

2) Bum up pose

3) Side Laying Pose

4) 1/2 wrapped pose in a bowl

5) Modified Potato Sac pose

In Person Sales Workflow

Get ready to have your life and business transformed on so many levels! Autumn will teach you how to build your client relationships and experiences, become more confident in your workflows and how you convey your value, and to gain insights on how to best help your clients and increase your revenue!

Potato Sac Done Safely

Join Liana to learn about getting those adorable potato sac poses without compromising the safety of your baby. In this course Liana covers not only safety in posing, but also teaches how to get the right angles, get the right lighting, and how to put it all together in post editing. She’s a fav among students worldwide and we know you are going to love her here too!

All About Light!

This 5 part series will cover 5 different techniques you can use with your lighting to create variety with your maternity images. Furthermore, take part in the Challenges Tianna gives for each episode, and get feedback on your results!

Tianna, of Tianna J-Williams Photography is an award-winning portrait photographer specializing in Studio Maternity and Newborn photography in Birmingham, UK. Tianna's work encompasses monochromatic themes as well as classic and contemporary styling.

Babies First Year Marketing Program

"This is THE most successful marketing program we've implemented in our studio. It became the foundation of a whole lot of growth in our photography business. We're going to talk about marketing strategies, how to sell it, how to photograph it, what kind of studio you need, and how to implement this program for long term growth in your business!" — Rob

Journey to a Multi 6 Figure Studio

Create the ultimate client experience!

Being overly prepared creates an amazing customer experience they won't forget. Your clients will be so taken aback by your preparedness, they'll be sure to rave about you to everyone they know!

Hi! I'm Marggie Duncan from BenyAni Photography. Come along with me on my journey on how I got to a mutliple 6 figure income. I'm going to take you through all the ups and downs, and ins and outs, that I wish I knew back then. Dreams definitely come true and I can't wait to take you on the journey of how I made that happen, because I have all the confidence in the world that you can too! Come along with me as I show you all the ways to get to where I am today, with a multiple 6 figure studio.

The Art of the Womb Bowl

This is a client favourite for galleries and for what they will print and frame on their wall.

This course will cover 8 different bowl setups including all kinds of props, poses, fussy baby, reflux baby, beginner poses, and advanced poses. And there is also bonus content on creating foliage and floral wreaths.

Join Cassandra Daly with the APNPI Academy of Newborn Photography in her Masterclass: Art of the Womb Bowl.

The Birth of a Photo: Planning Award Winning Images

“Have you ever thought, what am I missing? What else can I do to elevate my images? It starts with THIS Masterclass! The Birth of a Photo. I guarantee this masterclass will open up your creativity like you never thought possible! From start to finish, I'm going to give you an inside look at the conception, creation, and the Birth of an image, and how you can foster that creativity for your own work. We will walk through all the important things that you do need, and I promise you it is not going to cost you a dime. Plus we will dive into a deep editing tutorial that will show you how I shoot for for my editing and how transformational that can be. This is a very personal and intimidate look at the heart and soul at one of my photos, and I can't wait to share it with you!” — Autumn

Real World Marketing

"Are you tired of creating free content that may or may not get you potential clients? Are you tired of trying to navigate the latest algorithm, or figuring out which hashtags to use, or which is the latest platform to be using etc. It's all so exhausting!" -- Dana

Dana Pugh has created a special marketing class for APNPI Academy of Newborn Photography students, designed to get you offline and into your communities. In this course, Dana will teach you how to use the current information you're collecting about your clients to create a marketing plan that gets you offline and into your communities making authentic and genuine connections that will actually work better at getting you work.

Creating Dreamy Floral Newborn Sets

This course is all kinds of wonderful on creating floral sets in your studio. Joanna loves bringing the outdoors into the indoors. She'll teach you how easy it is, how affordable, and how fun it is to create these beautiful images for your clients!

Newborn Poses

"I'm so excited to be one of your educators for APNPI's amazing new Academy! I will be taking you into my studio, and walking you through some of my go to newborn poses and props, and how to achieve each one, so that you too can create easy and beautiful setups for your clients. I'm so excited and can't wait to see you there!" - Maxine

APNPI Thrive Series:

Episode 1 - Taco Pose

Episode 2 - Curled Up Pose

Episode 3 - Bowl Pose

Episode 4 - Bed Pose

Episode 5 - Bucket Pose

My Client Favourites: Heart bowl and Swing Composite

Gain the confidence and knowledge that you need, to set up and shoot my heart bowl set up, as well as the confidence to set up, shoot, and edit the swing composite. Your clients will love it!

Personal Brand Photos and How to Use Them Effectively

Kelly McMullin is a personal brand photographer. In this course you'll go from feeling unsure of what branding photos you need, to feeling motivated and excited to build a plan so you'll have a variety of photos to connect with your clients and grow your business!

Join Kelly as she takes you through quick and easy lessons complete with practice challenges so you can really focus, and take concrete steps to mastering the skills in this course!

Crushing Perfectionism: Unleash Your Creative Potential

Welcome to "Crushing Perfectionism," a transformative course designed for photographers who want to break free from the shackles of perfectionism and unleash their true creative potential. Led by an experienced photographer, Jennifer McNeil, this course is a journey towards embracing imperfections, overcoming self-doubt, and achieving success in the dynamic world of photography.

Mastering the Fundamentals of Photoshop

Photoshop is a monster of a program! But you don't need to know everything. In this course, we will go over everything you need to know, to make your workflow better, faster, and easier!

“I’m thrilled with the results and my workflow now, thanks so much Jenna! xo” — Sarah L.

Little Lightroom Secrets

Have you ever felt frustrated with Lightroom? Join Tara to learn 4 easy ways to make Lightroom work for you! You will learn everything you know to set yourself up for success, including being able to modify those pre-bought presets you have as well. These 4 key settings will give you a completely customized workflow in Lightroom, from start to finish. You will save time on every single session to you shoot going forward, so you can spend less time at your computer, and more time shooting, and making money! You'll be able to create more beautiful edits right within Lightroom, reduce your time spent in photoshop, and you'll be ready to show off those stunning images on every single platform you use. Tara will be sharing all these amazing tips with you in her Lightroom Little Secrets Series!

Maternity in Motion

Join NIkita Razo as she teaches you the art of fabric tossing with Maternity subjects. In this course you'll learn 5 different tossing techniques along with finishing touches.

Episode 1 - Double Fabric Toss

Episode 2 - Wave & Swirl

Episode 3 - Gown Tossing

Episode 4 - Side Pose

Episode 5 - Finishing Touches

Newborn Photography Essentials: Your Complete Startup Guide

Capture the magic of those precious first moments with a comprehensive course on the essentials of newborn photography. In this course, you will delve into the primary aspects of newborn photography, from selecting the perfect props to creating a comfortable studio environment with a whole lesson devoted to achieving wraps to help you boost your confidence working with newborns. Perfect for beginning and aspiring newborn photographers, this course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to conduct successful and heartwarming newborn photo sessions and build your business.

Maternity Inspirations

"My class is all about maternity. We're going to go through all the different things that I use to create some beautiful portraits. We'll be looking at lighting, styling, editing. You'll get to see me shoot a maternity session. I'll also share with you all the crazy little things I do to really make my photos unique. This is a great class because it's going to give you so much tips and advice and things you can do to improve your photography for your maternity clients." -- Tianna

Fresh 48 Sessions

Fresh 48 sessions are incredibly special - capturing those first hours, still in the hospital, as parents delight in meeting their brand new member of the family! In this Masterclass, Angie will teach you tips and tricks to making these sessions fun filled and magical. Find the balance between finding something consistent with branding and capturing those special moments with baby in the hospital. Learn how to get those emotive portraitures for your clients!