More deliberate choices while shooting
Read the light, choose a position, and know when to wait, direct, or make the frame.
ANTHON CAUPER
Private sessions with Anthon Cauper for photographers who want direct help with a current shoot, edit, or body of work.
WORKSHOPS
Private, arranged by request
Private Photography and Retouching Session
Bring a current shoot, an unfinished edit, or a body of work in progress. We will identify where the process is breaking down and work through the relevant decisions together.
- Best for
- Photographers and retouchers with a current project, unfinished edit, or recurring problem they want to address.
- Format
- In person (Peru, Italy, or by arrangement) or remote by video call
- Availability
- Scheduled by request
What changes after the session
Better decisions, carried into the next shoot.
Direct feedback on your photographs
Receive specific notes on the images you bring and the problems they reveal.
A finishing process you can repeat
Leave with notes for selection, color, retouching, and export that you can apply after the session.
A more coherent edit
Decide which photographs belong together, which ones weaken the sequence, and what the series still needs.
What we work on
Your photographs set the agenda.
I review what you send before we meet. The session then follows the decisions that matter most to your work.
How I Photograph
We begin with the scene: where you stand, what the light is doing, when to wait, and when direction will help. Then we test those choices against the photographs you are trying to make.
- Reading a scene: light, timing, and when to wait versus when to shoot
- Directing subjects for documentary work versus posed portrait and editorial work
- Building a visual story across a full shoot, not just a single frame
How I Retouch
Using your files, we move through selection, color, retouching, and export. Each adjustment has a reason, and you leave with a sequence you can repeat on the rest of the work.
- Selecting and grading from raw: what stays, what goes, and why
- Color and skin work that holds up without losing realism
- Building a consistent, repeatable finishing style across a shoot
The practice behind the session
The work comes first.
Painting trained my attention before I owned a camera. Documentary work in the Peruvian Amazon taught me to wait, while portrait and editorial assignments taught me when to direct. The session draws from whichever part of that practice is useful to the photographs you bring.
Painting before photography
Edges, color, proportion, and the position of a figure inside the frame still guide how I read an image.
Documentary practice in the Amazon
Working in real conditions taught me to observe first, respond quickly, and avoid forcing a scene into a preconceived picture.
Portrait, editorial, and fine art
Direction, light, selection, and finishing change with the assignment. We isolate the choices that matter to your project.
From request to session
A clear process before you commit.
- 01
Send a request
Share the project, your experience level, and the part of the process you want help with.
- 02
Get a plan
I review the material and reply with a recommended format, preparation, scope, and price.
- 03
Attend
We work through the agreed shooting, editing, retouching, or critique topics together.
- 04
Continue with a plan
You leave with notes, next steps, and a process you can continue on your own.
Your first message is an inquiry, not a payment. I will review the work, recommend a format, and send the scope and price before you decide.
Tell me what you are working on