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Photography Academy Prime

Photography Academy Prime

4.2
· 👤 1,195 · $47/month
by Photography Academy — Skoolmakers Rating

Photography Academy Prime is the paid tier of Tim Shields's Photography Academy, at $47 a month, focused on landscape and nature photography. It opened in November 2024 and has 1,195 members with 16 courses across 289 modules and around 11,090 posts, a good rate for a paid community of this size. Nine admins cover it. Photography suits the community format well: work can be posted, critiqued and improved in a way that most subjects cannot, and a feed of people sharing images is worth more here than a feed of people sharing opinions. The page describes award-winning instructors without naming the awards, which is the usual vagueness in this field.

📊 Detailed Score

Content
4.3
Community
4.3
Value for Money
3.8
Support
4.3
Ease of Access
3.8

🎯 Who Is It For?

🟢 Beginners 🟡 Intermediate

📚 What You'll Learn

  • → Landscape composition
  • → Camera settings for nature work
  • → Editing and post-processing

✅ Pros

  • ✓ Photography is one of the few subjects where a community adds real value, since work can be posted and critiqued
  • ✓ Around 11,090 posts for 1,195 members is a healthy rate for a paid community
  • ✓ Nine admins for 1,195 members is a good support ratio
  • ✓ Clear niche in landscape and nature rather than photography in general

⚠️ Cons

  • – "Award-winning" and "#1 on Skool" are both stated without naming the awards or the measure
  • – $47 a month is mid-to-high for a hobby, and free photography instruction is abundant
  • – The owner profile is the brand account rather than a person, so the teaching team is not individually visible
  • – Landscape photography depends on travel and light, neither of which a subscription provides

💡 Features Included

$47/month 16 courses across 289 modules 11,000+ posts 9 admins Landscape and nature focus

👤 About the Creator

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Photography Academy

The community is run under the Photography Academy brand account, with Tim Shields named on the page as founder of Photography Academy and the Prime community. No individual social links are listed on the Skool profile.

Landscape photography Nature photography Post-processing

💰 Pricing Details

$47 /month
💳 No commitment

🏆 Our Verdict

4.2 / 5

Photography Academy Prime is a solid premium community for creators who want to launch their community. With 1,195 active members and a rating of 4.2/5, it deserves your attention.

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❓ FAQ

Is a photography community worth paying for?

More than most subjects, yes. Photography is one of the few where a feed genuinely adds value, because you can post work and get it critiqued. A course alone cannot do that.

Who teaches it?

Tim Shields is named as founder, with a team described as award-winning instructors. The awards are not named and the Skool profile is the brand account rather than a person, so the teaching team is not individually visible.

Is $47 a month a lot for a hobby?

It is mid-to-high, and free photography instruction is abundant. The case for paying is the critique and the community, not the tutorials.

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