Workshops.

Four times a year I run a small-group workshop. Twelve seats max. No theory dumps; everything we cover, we shoot the same day.

Four workshops, four locations.

Two days, Riverside studio. The fundamentals of seeing light. Strobe + natural, with twelve fellow students and three live model sessions. $1,400.

Three days, Brooklyn. Posing, direction, the conversation that gets the frame. With portrait coach Anya Reyes co-teaching. $2,200.

Four days, on-location in Lisbon. Build a six-frame editorial story end-to-end — pitch, treatment, shoot, edit, finish. $3,800.

Six-day retreat in Iceland. Sunrise, golden hour, blue hour, aurora. All meals + lodging included. $5,400 plus flights. Six seats.

Hard cap. Below twelve we'd lose the group dynamic; above twelve I can't give individual feedback.

Phone, mirrorless, medium format — the workshop isn't gear-led. We focus on seeing, not equipment.

A reading list before, a 1:1 portfolio review after. Both included in the price.

Lunch + coffee on every workshop day. The Iceland retreat includes all meals + lodging.

Full refund up to 30 days before. After that, transfer to the next workshop or 50%.

Every workshop alum joins a private Discord. Crit threads, gear chat, occasional meet-ups.

I learned more in three days with Maya than in two years of YouTube tutorials. The portfolio review afterward was worth the workshop on its own.

Daniel Park

Lisbon, 2024 alumnus

Iceland was the most generous teaching I've experienced. Six days and Maya still made time for every single one of us.

Lila Singh

Iceland retreat, 2023

It's the only photography workshop I've been to where everyone's work looked notably better at the end. That's rare.

Tom Hartley

Brooklyn, 2024

Workshop seats open to alumni first, then to the early-access list, then publicly. The Iceland retreat usually fills before it goes public.