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“Hi Peter,
I love your work.
Read your article about shooting your family with the best gear on Steve Huff. I am located in [USA] and wonder if you have any private sessions on editing digital photos rather than walking sessions. Just wondering what that might cost… Thanks a ton.
Pete.”
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I’m often asked about my post-processing (see a previous Q&A here) and sometimes get a request — like the one from Pete above — to use my 1-on-1 teaching sessions as a tutorial for post-processing.
I therefore thought it might be useful to post my response to Pete:
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Hi Pete,
Thank you for writing.
To answer your question, I’ve always thought of the 1-on-1 teaching as an opportunity to teach anything… and I often do.
The only problem with teaching my post-processing is that I don’t follow a “cookbook” approach. It’s a creative thing, so it doesn’t lend itself well to a “Step1, Step 2…” approach.
Having said that, I do have some techniques that I’ve developed over the years.
I’d be open to teaching them, but I would need you to supply a laptop loaded with Apperture (or Lightroom) and some of the Nik plug-ins (not absolutely necessary). My fee would have to be the same for 2 hours, as I charge for time and not content. And then you’d have to figure in your own travel costs.
So, as you can see, it would be pricey for you. I will leave it up to you as to whether you think it’s worth it.
Either way, thanks again for writing, and for your kind words.
Cheers,
Peter.
Prosophos 
Is perhaps a sort of webinar/skype session an option for 1-on-1 teaching:-)?
That’s a great question Jeroen.
If you can believe, it’s been suggested before, by the single most generous donor to my site in fact.
I really should look into it, as it would open up my teaching to a larger audience.
I wonder if most photo enthusiasts use Apple products and would thus have access to Facetime, etc?
The easiest way I envision doing it would be to have an image (either one of my own or one that was sent to me by the student) open on my screen that can be transmitted by an iPad over my shoulder and simultaneously seen on the student’s computer/iPad.
I could then post-process the image while discussing my rationale for each step. In that way, the student could learn about my approach, what software tools I use, and how I think through each image.
I believe that would be the easiest way to do it, though I’m sure there are more elegant solutions available.
—Peter.
I think it would be a great opportunity for you if you can offer this kind of service. And I also think many of us use Apple products:-). At least I am using them (MacBook, iPad, iPhone);-).
I’m in if you decide to do this