The Art of Seeing with Frans Lanting

I just finished this class. I've taken other photography courses offered on Creative Llve and they have all been good, however, this class was amazing. Frans gives great instruction on camera settings and techniques, along with composing images. I enjoyed his beautiful images and his presentation on the Life Journey. I have really enjoyed this course and I've learned a lot. Thanks Frans and Creative Live!

Great course. But the subtitels are very poor

It is great to see him working and telling how is his journey as a human been has been. If you are a professional maybe is a little slow the progress of the course but it is completely valuable.

In this course, Frans talks about a lot more than taking pictures! He talks about telling a story, making a photograph (not the same as taking a picture), understanding life, making art, what it's like to work in photography, ... This man is incredible, his body of work is insane, his humanity knows no limit. A real INSPIRATION!

Superb set of videos for a novice landscape photographer. We all know how amazing a photographer Frans is. The images from the field sessions are underwhelming and don't come anywhere near the ones you see in his books or on Instagram. His critique of images are also soft and not very insightful. If you are a good landscape photographer, you can learn more from seeing his images in books, Instagram etc.

Inspirational. Very well presented, great pace.

Frans Lanting has a nice storytelling style the made this an enjoyable course that flew by. He hammers home the need to immerse yourself in your photographic subjects and planning out the shot. The instruction itself appears to be best for a beginner/intermediate shooter.

This is simply an amazing course. I will take away tools that not only will help me do better work, but that will give me a greater joy in the work.

Frans is a phenomenal instructor. He shows you there are so many ways to see a subject and encourages you to try on different perspectives. He is also incredibly inspiring and demonstrates how through photography, you can connect, collaborate and ultimately make an impact on other people.

This was a very good course, I learned a lot from the lectures, and I also picked up some good tips. Frans spent a bit of time trying to convince us that being a National Geographic photographer is nowhere as glamorous as you imagined it to be. He also emphasized just how much time it takes to capture a great image. I found the Field Trip lessons were useful demonstrations of how to work a scene, The last three lessons were about Frans' LIFE project, which I found interesting, but somewhat incidental to the main subject of the course. The images were breathtaking, however, and perhaps they will inspire me.

Great course, with 3 parts: Frans showing his own pictures, talking about his work; two participants going out with Frans and getting his advice on taking photos; reviews of photos sent in. I found it very interesting to hear about professional nature photography and what's required. Inspiring to see his work and hear why and how he created it. Maybe a bit long in some places... but still worth seeing. The photography reviews were extremely helpful - very consistent, and going way beyond technical and compositional issues. And practically being on the field trip with the other students and being shown how to approach animals / when to back up was also very helpful.

23 lessons in one go seemed more than a bit daunting to me, but the way that Frans Lanting lectures and explains is absolutely captivating. These were the fastest and surely also some of the most interesting 9 hours I'd ever spent in all my life, and that in front of a laptop! He is so inspiring, I can't wait to take my camera and put into practice what I've learnt. A live workshop with him is already on my bucket list.... The best was left for the end, his Project Life which moved me deeply. I love his imagination and creativity with which he gave life to his project. Thank you so much and bless you Frans!

Excellent class. Frans gives a great class and breaks the material down very well. His insights are wonderful. After watching this class I will look at the world through different eyes when I go out with my camera.

Frans is absolutely one of the best, most effective instructors that I have ever experienced. His instruction is, at moments, very basic and then moments later, extremely detailed and advanced. I am seeking to take my photography to the next level and now am selling my work, and Frans has been a big part of that. I highly recommend this course.

Instructional - The obvious technical aspects of managing depth of field, using shutter speeds to convey motion, and composing an image the tells a story are all covered. Insightful - Watching Frans work through a location to find the story and how to best tell it through the making of an image illustrates the process to arrive at the end product. Inspirational - The passion that quietly drives Frans is evident in everything he does. He is truly a gifted teacher completely willing to share the wealth of his experience and knowlege. Absolutely fantastic class! My photography is forever changed.

I am an idiot. I have spent a lot of money on travel and photography equipment over the last few years but neglected the most cost effective improvement - being better at composition. Frans is really insightful in how to create stunning photographs.

This course is great! Thanks to Frans and CreativeLive for making this happen. It definitely helps recharge your batteries and gets you excited to pick up your gear again. Thank you!

This course presented by Frans Lanting was truly more than I could have envisioned. I could not put my computer down for days because there was always something new and wonderful to watch and learn. Frans is a special artist and host. Thank you for doing this!

I love this class. It showed me things that I would have overlooked. It's changed the way I see the world. It's changed my life!

Frans is, in my opinion, one of the leading contemporary photographers still alive. I took a seminar with him in Monterrey, CA about 10 years ago and was very impressed with his teaching skills which have only gotten better over the years. Highly recommend this course. Bill Shields June 24, 2016

Frans Lanting's love for photography and conservation shines in every segment of this course. I learned so much from listening to him and watching this course.

Thank you, Frans for sharing your genius in this course. From this day forward I will look through my camera lens with a new vision, inspired to not just capture the image but to tell the story. I participated in the free session and purchased the course to watch again and again. #feelinginspired

Frans Lanting is one of the best photographers in the world, and he knows how to communicate as this video illustrates. Tons of great usable information for my photography!

An incredibly course, that was expertly taught. It was like going to one of Frans's workshops, but online. Watching the field trips was very interesting and they were wonderfully produced. The whole class was incredibly inspiring, but Frans's Life Presentation left me speechless. It is worth getting the class just for that section!

Highly informative and down-to-earth presentation.