Knows a lot about a lot of things, very knowledgeable

Worked with Michael on Lightroom cataloging, backing up, organizing, importing, and exporting so far, looking forward to getting into the editing soon. Very patient and explains things well.

Kathy, 24 lessons with Michael

Accelerate your learning curve for Photoshop and Lightroom and give Michael a call.

Everyone I know who works in Photoshop or Lightroom is self taught and has a different way of applying the program , usually with mixed results. The beauty of working with Michael is that he presents you with techniques that are straight forward and yield maximum results. I use photoshop in the restoration of 50-70 year old photographic collections. Before connecting with Michael I lacked a system. Each image would have many individual corrections and each one seemed to fix one issue while creating another. Michael focuses on a few universal changes that usually require few if any additional steps to transform images from a degraded state to beautifully restored. Many of his techniques I was completely unfamiliar with. Michael taught Photoshop for over 20 years at the Brooks Institute of Photography. He is patient and focussed during each training session. Greatly accelerate your learning curve and give Michael a call.

Greg, 15 lessons with Michael

Listens and shapes his teaching to what he hears, super knowledgeable

Michael taught me a ton of things from his own long history of accomplishments as a photographer and expert in the business of photography. He led me through that latter topic in many ways, always shaping his teaching in real-time to my expressed needs and goals. He inspired me! Specifically he got me back to a project I had shelved by noting how my eyes lit up telling him about it!

Jim, 10 lessons with Michael

Tutor responded:

Well thank you Jim. It was a pleasure sharing with you and I truly hope you'll take on the project we discussed, it's a very good idea!

Michael is a very good teacher

Michael is very knowledgable and experienced. I have had 2 lessons with him and plan to have many more. He's adept at determining where you're at and where you want to go, and then formulates a plan to get you there. He's easy to talk to and very patient. He's also very flexible and accommodating. So far we've covered a range of topics from file/photo management to editing techniques with Lightroom. I plan on learning from Michael's knowledge and experience in many areas of photography and workflow in the coming months. From editing to creative and artistic aspects, I believe Michael can help me immensely. I highly recommend Mike.

Art, 8 lessons with Michael

Michael is a very good teacher

Michael is very knowledgable and experienced. I have had 2 lessons with him and plan to have many more. He's adept at determining where you're at and where you want to go, and then formulates a plan to get you there. He's easy to talk to and very patient. He's also very flexible and accommodating. So far we've covered a range of topics from file/photo management to editing techniques with Lightroom. I plan on learning from Michael's knowledge and experience in many areas of photography and workflow in the coming months. From editing to creative and artistic aspects, I believe Michael can help me immensely. I highly recommend Mike. Update: 12/22/2022 I have now completed 6 sessions with Michael. I really enjoy learning from Mike. His easy going accommodating style suites me well. I’d even say we’ve developed a friendship over the last couple months. He continues to address my Lightroom and photography inadequacies in a diligent manner. His knowledge of Lightroom and Photoshop is quite impressive and my skill set continues to grow under his tutelage. I highly recommend Mike, he’s smart and he knows his business…..he’s a nice guy too.

Art, 8 lessons with Michael

Great teacher, very personable

Michael's way of teaching is to let you believe everything he's telling you is in fact your original idea - only a good teacher will give you that confidence. I cannot recommend him highly enough

Susan, 1 lesson with Michael

Tutor responded:

Ah, thank you Susan. Good students make my task easier and you are definitely that!

Michael is a very good teacher

Michael is very knowledgable and experienced. I have had 2 lessons with him and plan to have many more. He's adept at determining where you're at and where you want to go, and then formulates a plan to get you there. He's easy to talk to and very patient. He's also very flexible and accommodating. So far we've covered a range of topics from file/photo management to editing techniques with Lightroom. I plan on learning from Michael's knowledge and experience in many areas of photography and workflow in the coming months. From editing to creative and artistic aspects, I believe Michael can help me immensely. I highly recommend Mike.

Art, 8 lessons with Michael

Tutor responded:

Thank you Art but don't sell yourself short. Your working knowledge of photography has made it easy for me to craft a plan to help you. It's been a great start and we will continue to build on that together. Bravo!

Tutor feedback

Michael meets tutees where they are and respects their goals, interests, and current level of expertise. He listens and offers specific techniques to help tutees improve their abilities, while also challenging them to think about next steps and growth.

Eron, 5 lessons with Michael

Tutor responded:

Thank you for expressing what I attempt to accomplish with every tutoring session! Meeting at my students level, listening and then offering suggestions are always my goals. Very gratifying to see. Thank you Eron.

Knowledgable and patient tutor

Michael was clear and concise in his teaching methods. He is extremely knowledgeable about Lightroom organization and work flow. He was very kind and patient. He was wonderful about sharing tips gained from his many years of experience.

Virginia, 4 lessons with Michael

Tutor responded:

Well thank you! It was a fun time working with you too. Hope we do it again soon.

Knowledgeable and patient tutor

Michael taught me the Importing process in Lightroom; keyboard shortcuts; F key for full frame view, E for full thumbnail view, G for grid view of thumbnails and Control A for selecting all; And he taught me about the culling process; how to picking, rejecting and labeling files. And he taught me how to rename the data files. It is very useful and helpful lessons!

Raymond, 3 lessons with Michael

Tutor responded:

Thank you Raymond, I appreciate your review. As you improve your skills the basic steps we worked on will become second nature and your speed will increase.