Get comfortable with the workspace.
Open Adobe Photoshop for the first time and we'll walk you round the document area, the vertical toolbar, the menu bar and the panels. By the end of the first couple of modules, you'll know where everything lives.
Photoshop for Photography Course
Photoshop for Photography — start with confidence
Twelve modules built for photographers opening Adobe Photoshop for the first time. The workspace, the toolbar, layers and masks, the everyday editing tools — plus four Edit With Me sessions where Stephen walks you through a finished black-and-white, landscape, portrait and wildlife edit, every click explained.
For as long as your account is active
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Beginner-friendly
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CPD-certified certificate
12modules
100k+members
4.7★rated
100,000+photographers taught
Since 201214 years teaching
4.7★average member rating
12modules in the course
For lifeof your account
What you'll be able to do
From "I don't even know where the tools are" to finished edits you're proud of.
Most photographers open Photoshop for the first time and close it again within five minutes — too many panels, too many menus, no idea where to start. The job of a good photography-first Photoshop course is to take that away. That's what you'll learn here.
Layers and masks without the headache.
Non-destructive editing, taught from scratch. Adjust exposure, colour, contrast and detail without permanently changing the file underneath — so you can always go back.
The editing tools you'll actually use daily.
Move, selection, crop, painting, retouching, drawing and type tools — the small handful you'll come back to every time you sit down to edit. The rest you can leave for later.
Real edits, walked through end to end.
Four Edit With Me sessions — black-and-white, landscape, portrait and wildlife — where Stephen takes a photograph from RAW file to finished frame, every click explained.
The newer AI tools, demystified.
Generative Fill, Generative Expand, Sky Replacement, Neural filters, Denoise and the AI selection tools — what they do well, when they help, and when you're better off doing it yourself.
Save and export for anything.
The best file format for print, for web, for social. How big to export, what to compress, what to keep. So your finished edit looks as good outside Photoshop as it did inside it.
Inside the course
Twelve modules, in the right order.
Every panel, tool and adjustment, walked through one at a time. Open any phase below to see exactly what's covered.
01
Getting comfortable with the Photoshop workspace
Open Photoshop for the first time and find your way round. Every panel, menu and toolbar pointed out by name so nothing feels like a foreign language.
Getting comfortable with the Photoshop workspace
Open Photoshop for the first time and find your way round. Every panel, menu and toolbar pointed out by name so nothing feels like a foreign language.
- Key Areas
- Document Workspace
- Vertical Toolbar
- Menu Bar
- Adjustment Layers and Panels
02
The essential editing tools, one at a time
The small handful of tools you'll come back to every time you sit down to edit. Each one shown on a real photograph — what it does, when it helps, what to watch out for.
The essential editing tools, one at a time
The small handful of tools you'll come back to every time you sit down to edit. Each one shown on a real photograph — what it does, when it helps, what to watch out for.
- The Menu Bar (in depth)
- The Vertical Toolbar (in depth)
- Move & Selection Tools
- Crop Tool
- Measurement Tool
- Painting & Retouching Tools
- Drawing & Type Tools
- Panels (in depth)
03
Layers, masks and adjustments
Where Photoshop really starts to earn its place in a photographer's workflow. Non-destructive editing taught from scratch — so you can always go back.
Layers, masks and adjustments
Where Photoshop really starts to earn its place in a photographer's workflow. Non-destructive editing taught from scratch — so you can always go back.
- Layers & Masks
- Adjustment Layers
04
Edit With Me — four genres, walked through end to end
Four full-length sessions where Stephen takes a photograph from RAW file to finished frame. Every click and decision explained as it happens.
Edit With Me — four genres, walked through end to end
Four full-length sessions where Stephen takes a photograph from RAW file to finished frame. Every click and decision explained as it happens.
- Edit With Me — Black & White
- Edit With Me — Landscape
- Edit With Me — Portraits
- Edit With Me — Wildlife
05
The newer AI tools, demystified
Generative Fill, Generative Expand, Sky Replacement, Neural Filters, Denoise and the AI selection tools — what they do well, when they help, and when you're better off doing it the old-fashioned way.
The newer AI tools, demystified
Generative Fill, Generative Expand, Sky Replacement, Neural Filters, Denoise and the AI selection tools — what they do well, when they help, and when you're better off doing it the old-fashioned way.
- Generative Fill and Replacement Tools
- Generative Expand and AI Remove
- Sky Replacement & Lens Blur
- Neural Portrait Filter
- Harmonize
- Denoise & Removal Tools
- Sensor Dust & Sharpen
- AI Edit Status
- Hair & Landscape Masking
- Adaptive Presets, Clarity & Vibrance Adjustments
06
Saving and exporting your work
The best file format for print, for web, for social. How big to export, what to compress, what to keep — so your finished edit looks as good outside Photoshop as it did inside it.
Saving and exporting your work
The best file format for print, for web, for social. How big to export, what to compress, what to keep — so your finished edit looks as good outside Photoshop as it did inside it.
- Best Export Settings
The course trailer
Watch a quick look at what's inside.
A short trailer giving an overview of the course — what you'll learn, who you'll learn from, and the kind of photographs members are making.
Your tutor
Stephen Walton — Photoshop editor for over a decade.
The voice in every module of this course is iPhotography's Head Tutor, a working photographer and editor trusted by high-end studios and photography businesses across the UK.
Stephen Walton
Course Instructor
Art-school trained, photographer since 2005, teaching since 2017. Over a decade editing in Photoshop for high-end studios and photography businesses across the UK, with work published by Adobe Photoshop and multiple industry awards along the way. The voice walking you through every module of this course, including the four Edit With Me sessions.
The Member's Photo Gallery
Share your edits. Swap notes. Make friends.
The Member's Photo Gallery is where the club hangs out. Upload your finished edits, see what other members are working on, leave comments, take part in the Weekend Challenge. Tutors drop in regularly to comment on photographs that catch their eye.
Try the technique
After each module, open one of your own photographs and have a go. Bite-sized, doable, on your own files — not busywork.
Upload your edit
Pop your finished version into the Member's Photo Gallery. Friendly, private to members, no public scroll.
See what the room thinks
Members comment on each other's work — honest, encouraging, sometimes brutally helpful. Tutors join in regularly too.
Pass it on
Comment on other members' work, ask questions, take part in the Weekend Challenge. This is where the friendships start.
A peek inside the course
A look at what you'll be working with.
A few examples of the parts of Photoshop the course walks you through — from the workspace and the toolbar to layers, adjustments and creative effects.
Menu bar tools
Vertical toolbar
Layers & adjustments
Basic adjustments
Creative effects
Creative text
Community Points & Rank Badges
You start with a thousand points the moment you join.
Every member at iPhotography has a points score and a rank badge. They're not gimmicks — they're how the club recognises the work you do, the modules you finish, and the help you give other members. Points can also be redeemed against exclusive training content inside the club.
+1,000
when you join the course
+500
when you complete the course
+30
for every module finished
+50
for every photo shared in the gallery
Distinguished
5,000 pts
Established
10,000 pts
Expert
75,000 pts
Legendary
300k+
Included free with the course
Two bonuses that go with the course.
Hand-picked extras that make the teaching stick longer. Yours the moment you join — no upsell, no fine print.
Your bonuses
Combined value £0.00 — included free
Free
Bonus 01.
Member's Photo Gallery & Weekend Challenges
Share your finished edits with the club, take part in the Weekend Challenges — themed photo prompts every weekend — and pick up tips from members at every stage of the editing journey.
Free · worth £0.00
Free
Bonus 02.
Media & Download Library
A growing library of training videos, eBooks, presets, cheat cards and reference guides — yours to download any time.
Free · worth £0.00
What members say
Real reviews from real members.
Pulled verbatim from members who've taken this course. We've left the typos in — that's how you know they're real.
★★★★★
"The course was so easy to follow. The tutors are friendly, knowledgeable and really helpful with feedback. I've gone from being scared of my camera to actually loving the time I spend with it."
TM
Tony Mills
Member · iPhotography
★★★★★
"I've tried a lot of online courses. This is the only one where a real person replied to my photographs. It changed how I shoot, but more importantly it changed how I look at things."
RH
Robin Hollamby
Member · iPhotography
★★★★★
"Best money I've spent on my hobby. The modules are clear, the feedback is genuine, and the gallery is the friendliest corner of the internet I've found."
SY
Simon Young
Member · iPhotography
★★★★★
"I was nervous about being the oldest one in the group. Turns out everyone here is welcoming, and the tutors don't talk down to anyone. I'm finally taking photographs I'm proud of."
DG
Debbie Gammie
Member · iPhotography
★★★★★
"Stephen's feedback on my landscape photograph was the most useful 200 words I've ever read about my photography. Worth the cost of the whole course on its own."
JG
John Gallagher
Member · iPhotography
★★★★★
"I took the course over a long winter. By the spring I was photographing things I'd walked past for thirty years and never noticed. That's the real gift."
AS
Audrey Schweikert
Member · iPhotography
The course, the bonuses, the club — one payment
Everything you get when you join today.
The Photoshop for Photography Course — the full course, the bonuses, account access for as long as you keep it, and a thousand Community Points to start you off in the club.
- 12 modules covering the Photoshop workspace, tools, layers, masks, AI features and export (kept for as long as your account is active)
- Four Edit With Me sessions — Black & White, Landscape, Portraits, Wildlife — each walked through end to end
- Member's Photo Gallery access — share edits, ask questions, see what other members are making
- Two bonuses worth £158.00 — included free
- 5 Downloadable RAW Resource Files to practise with
- iMagine Photography eBook — included free on course completion
- CPD-certified Course Completion certificate
- 1,000 Community Points on day one · 500 more when you finish
- Rank badge that grows with you
- 30-day money-back guarantee
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Photoshop for Photography Course
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30
Day Guarantee
Try the course for 30 days. If it's not for you, we'll refund you in full.
We've been teaching photography since 2012. We know the course works — but you don't have to take our word for it. Join, take the first few modules, share a photo in the gallery, and if it doesn't click, email us within 30 days and we'll refund the lot. No hard feelings.
Common questions
The things people usually ask us first.
Do I need to buy Adobe Photoshop separately?
Yes. The course teaches Adobe Photoshop — the full desktop app — so you'll need an Adobe subscription to follow along. Other photo-editing programs don't carry all the same tools, panels and menus, so working through this course in a different app will make the techniques harder to apply. If you're not sure whether Photoshop is the right fit for you, the Affinity Photo Course is a one-off-purchase alternative we also teach.
Compatible with Photoshop 2017 or later on Mac or Windows desktop. Not compatible with Photoshop Elements or the Photoshop apps for iPad or Android — those are separate products with their own toolsets.
I've never opened Photoshop before. Will I be able to keep up?
Yes — that's exactly who the course is built for. We start with the workspace and the toolbar, and explain every tool the first time it appears. No jargon left unexplained. Whether you've never opened Photoshop before, or you've poked at it for years and always felt lost outside of two or three tools, the course brings you up to speed at your own pace.
How long does the course take?
Around eight hours of video tutorials in total — so most members can work through it in an afternoon or two if they want to. There are no tests and no time limits. Take it at the pace that suits you, rewatch any module as many times as you like, and come back to the gallery whenever you have a question.
How long do I have access to the course?
For as long as your account is kept active. No expiry, no resubscription, no "course access window". The modules, the gallery, the bonuses, and the certificate stay with you. Adobe sometimes updates Photoshop with new tools and features — when that happens, we update the relevant modules so the training stays current.
Is there any tutor support if I get stuck?
Yes. This isn't an assignment-based course, so there's no formal tutor review of submitted work. But our tutors are here to answer questions and give feedback throughout your learning journey — the Member's Photo Gallery is the place to share your edits, ask for input, and join in. Tutors drop in regularly, members swap honest comments and advice, and PLUS+ members get priority and enhanced tutor feedback on their gallery uploads as part of their subscription.
What are Community Points and rank badges?
They're how the club recognises your activity over time. You start with 1,000 Community Points the moment you join, earn 30 for every module you finish, 50 for every photograph you share, and 500 when you complete the course. As your points grow, your rank badge changes — from Regular through to Legendary. Points can also be redeemed against exclusive training content inside the club.
Can I get a refund if it's not for me?
Yes. Email us within 30 days of joining and we'll refund the course in full. No quiz, no hoops — just reply to your welcome email and let us know.
Is the certificate worth anything?
The Course Completion certificate is CPD-certified, which is recognised across the UK for continuing professional development. For most members it's a quiet bit of pride rather than a career credential — but it carries genuine weight if you want it to.
Come and learn with us.
The world's friendliest photography club has a place set for you. Join today, take your first module tonight, share your first photograph by the weekend.
Join the Photoshop for Photography Course — £99.00