Portraits: Photographing People with Clarity and Intention with Jack Hollingsworth

This session is exclusively available to CreativeLive subscribers. If you're not yet a subscriber, you can subscribe here.

This session focuses on the essential portrait techniques anyone can use, regardless of space or gear. You'll demonstrate how to work with available light, how to guide expression naturally, and how to refine a portrait using small adjustments that make a big difference. Everything is designed to be immediately applicable and easy to repeat.

This class includes a dedicated 30 minutes of Q&A directly with Jack Hollingsworth.

What You'll Learn

• Work with available light to shape flattering portraits in any space, without studio equipment.
• Guide a subject's expression naturally, without forced or awkward posing.
• Make small, targeted adjustments that meaningfully improve a portrait.
• Apply simple, repeatable techniques that work regardless of location or gear.

Who It's For

• iPhone photographers who want to take better portraits without buying additional gear.
• Anyone who feels intimidated by lighting equipment or technical portrait setups.
• Photographers who want practical, repeatable techniques rather than one-off tricks.
• Beginners and hobbyists looking to improve everyday portraits of friends and family.

How to Join

• The class will be delivered via Zoom Webinars. You'll need access to Zoom through a web browser or the Zoom app in order to participate.
• This class is exclusively available to CreativeLive subscribers. If you're not yet a subscriber, you can subscribe here.
• To reserve your spot, register using the Sign Up form and button above. Space is limited.
• A unique Zoom join link will be sent to registered subscribers, up to the maximum number of participants per class. You'll receive this link one hour before the class start time.

About the Instructor

Jack Hollingsworth is a professional photographer who has traveled the world taking pictures for commercial, advertising, and editorial clients for over 30 years. One day, he put down his big, heavy DSLRs, picked up an iPhone, started shooting, and rediscovered his love for photography.

Since his mobile conversion, Jack has shot over a million iPhone photos, using 10 different devices, in over 50 countries around the world, and he has become one of today's leading authorities on smartphone photography.

His work has appeared in Apple's #ShotoniPhone campaign, and he is a speaker at Apple stores worldwide.