You Can Take Better Pictures. We Can Show You How.

In this course, you’ll go from feeling overwhelmed by the process of creating great livestock photos to feeling confident in your ability to handle livestock, shoot, edit and deliver exceptional photos; the kind of photos that can increase the value of your livestock or help you build your own photography business.

Own the course for life. Watch anytime you like, on-demand, from any device! 

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While you can always take our courses on-demand, at your own pace, anytime, in order to provide the best service to our students enrollment for The Complete Guide to Cattle & Livestock Photography is open for a limited time each year. Summer 2024 enrollment closes in

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What's inside the course?

The Complete Guide to Cattle & Livestock Photography is an absolute masterclass, covering everything from how to operate your camera, to selecting a picture area, to livestock handling, shooting, editing, and delivering just like the pros. 

Join now to get FREE live learning opportunities and exclusive access to our Mini-Course: The Secret Photoshop Tool the Pros Won't Share.

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Module 1: 4-Steps to Mastering Manual Mode

In this course you'll get more familiar with your camera while you follow our four-step process to mastering manual mode. You'll learn how to use each of your camera's priority shooting modes, see how to review image metadata, and understand how each camera setting changes your image creatively. After taking this course, you should step into the picture pen with more confidence that you're using the best settings to match your skill set while you continue to hone your craft. 

• Five Lessons + Course Downloads

• Species Focus: Applies to all species

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Module 2: Setting Up the Perfect Picture Pen

No matter what species you photograph, a good picture pen, or picture area, is vital to creating great images. In this course you'll learn how to select an area for taking pictures outdoors and how to determine what size picture area you need. We'll show you how to setup a picture pen for handling cattle, including choosing the right fencing, and the right way to bed a picture area for any species to make them look softer and stouter. 

• 5 Lessons • 90 minutes of video content + course downloads

• Species Focus: Beef Cattle, All other species taken outdoors using natural light

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Module 3: Take Command of the Picture Pen

In this module, we'll use beef cattle as the example for you to learn how to staff a picture crew, how to handle animals and mitigate stress on photo day, how to work with cooperative and uncooperative livestock, how to pose loose livestock, and how to pose haltered livestock. You'll also learn how to pick the right angles and frame the shot to capture exceptional images of every animal. 

• 12 Lessons + course downloads

• Species Focus: Beef Cattle, Many lessons can apply to other species taken outdoors using natural light

FREE BONUS: Photography Community + 10 Weeks Live Group Coaching

In addition to having on-demand, lifetime access to The Complete Guide to Cattle and Livestock Photography, you'll gain access to an exclusive, member's only community and 10 weeks of LIVE group coaching with B.J. Eick. 

Submit your work for positive and uplifting reviews in our community. Ask questions and get answers from people who have been there and done that.

PLUS: Every student (past and present) can participate in 10 weeks of live group coaching. Sessions are held weekly at 1PM Eastern and will be recorded.

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Module 4: From Camera to Client - Editing Livestock Photos w/Adobe Lightroom

In this module you'll learn everything you need to know to deliver images like a pro. Learn how to use Adobe Lightroom Classic to organize and sort photographs, how to correct image exposure and color issues, how to build a workflow for your photography, how move files between Lightroom and Photoshop and more. 

• 8 Lessons + course downloads

• Species Focus: Applies to all species

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Module 5: Editing Harsh Light w/Adobe Photoshop

Sometimes the pose is perfect, but the light's just not right. In this module we'll teach you how to use Adobe Photoshop to soften the effect of harsh lighting conditions. You'll learn how to use the Adobe Camera Raw filter, how to use the Clone Stamp tool, and how to use Dodge/Burn to enhance the lighting of your images. 

• 3 Lessons + course downloads

• Species Focus: Applies to all species

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Module 6: Removing Halters, Flies, Dirt & Other Distractions with Adobe Photoshop

In this module, you'll learn how to unleash the power of Adobe Photoshop to remove unwanted distractions from your images. See how to remove halters without leaving a trace. Learn to remove dirt from animals, eliminate fence posts, and more, all with one powerful Photoshop tool. 

• 4 Lessons + course downloads

• Species Focus: Applies to all species

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Regular Content Updates

Adobe is constantly updating their products. As updates are made and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is continually integrated, we provide updated lessons when changes are relevant. Here are a few examples that are new to the course in 2024: 

• Introduction to Photoshop's AI Tools

• Changing Photo Backgrounds using AI Tools

Up Your Photography Game. 

Buy The Complete Guide to Cattle & Livestock Photography for $499 and own it for life! Watch anytime, on-demand, on any device!

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You'll also get the FREE Mini-Course: The Secret Photoshop Tool the Pros Won't Share - $149 Value

Available only to those who purchase The Complete Guide to Cattle & Livestock Photography, in this course, we'll show you the secret Photoshop Tool the pros don't want us to share. You'll learn what it is, how people use it the wrong way, how to spot a fake, and how this tool can actually be used the right way to help make minor image corrections.

• 3 Lessons + course downloads

• Species Focus: Applies to all species

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LIMITED TIME OFFER

While you can always take our courses on-demand, at your own pace, anytime, in order to provide the best service to our students enrollment for The Complete Guide to Cattle & Livestock Photography is open for a limited time each year. Summer 2024 enrollment closes in

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Student Spotlight

"To those just beginning their journey in this course, you will learn a great deal throughout the lessons. B.J.'s advice has been instrumental as I've developed my skills over the past year.

B.J. did an amazing job putting together The Complete Guide to Cattle & Livestock Photography" 

Garrett Stanfield, Stanfield Farms, Manchester, Ohio

What our students are saying...

You'll be joining more than 400 photographers from around the world who have learned from B.J. and built their photo, video and business skills. 

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Becky Lunde • Gladmar, Saskatchewan

"100% YES I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS COURSE!!!! No matter your current skill level , this is a very beneficial course!"

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Garrett Stanfield • Manchester, Ohio

 "B.J. did an amazing job putting this course together."

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Trista Wolff • Aplington, Iowa

"This course has a lot of information to learn from, and put in easy to understand terms. If I had any questions, BJ has always been quick to respond with an answer and the Facebook LIVE sessions were VERY informative."

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