Nick Church Creative Academy

Nick Church Creative Academy Nick Church Creative Academy is an online training platform for photographers at any stage of their journey.

Featuring the best online courses, 1-1 mentoring, memberships and a supportive, interactive community, free of social-media distractions.

Before/After my new ‘Fix Grass’ preset for Lightroom Classic.We’ve had some seriously good weather in the UK this summer...
31/08/2026

Before/After my new ‘Fix Grass’ preset for Lightroom Classic.

We’ve had some seriously good weather in the UK this summer. Great for my wedding clients, but not so good for the grass and greenery that us photographers like in our photos!

So I have created a new preset for Lightroom Classic to fix it. This will be added to the Nick Church Creative Academy presets pack, so if you already own this, you’ll be getting the update automatically.

If you would like more info on my presets pack, just comment or DM and I’ll send you details...

We've had some seriously good weather in the UK this summer. Great for my wedding clients getting married, but not so go...
31/08/2026

We've had some seriously good weather in the UK this summer. Great for my wedding clients getting married, but not so good for the grass and greenery that we like in our photos.

So I have created a new preset for Lightroom Classic to fix it. This will be added to the Nick Church Creative Academy presets pack, so if you already own this, you'll be getting the update automatically.

If you would like more info on my presets pack, just comment or DM and I'll send you details...

31/07/2026

Always great to work with . Best in the business!!

26/06/2026

I’m featured in the July edition of in this HUGE article. Part of ‘The Apprentice’ series saw me showing Adrian the ropes of interiors photography.

The photography and editing techniques I use for this work is all in the Photographer Unleashed! and Lightroom Unleashed! Courses by the

Links in the bio

Thanks too to Matt at for letting us use his lovely home for the shoot 🙌🏼📸

22/06/2026

Do you rely on AI? You shouldn’t. Really, you shouldn’t!

I see people all the time using Grok, Copilot and ChatGPT to get important information, that gets used unchecked. Remember if you don’t know what the correct answer is, you won’t be able to challenge this gaslighting.

Sure, this is a silly example, but what if I’d asked how many Ibuprofen is it safe to give the kids?

If your business, project, photo edits or website is important to you, maybe relying on a technology that spells worse than a toddler is not ideal.

03/06/2026

Capturing fireworks and sparklers are one of the most challenging things to get right.

Not only is it complex, with the balance of ambient and flash needing to be perfect, you get ZERO time to practice.

The fireworks shot here was with an off camera flash near the couple, edited out. The shutter speed was relatively slow at around 1/20, which brings in enough of the ambient fireworks light. ISO quite high for the same reason.

Remember with flash, you don’t need a fast shutter speed to ensure sharp images because the flash freezes your subject.

The sparkler shot was similar except I used an on-camera flash. To avoid spill I added a honeycomb grid to it. This keeps the flash just in the centre of the frame and allows the crowds each side to be lit by just ambient, which is needed for good atmosphere.

There was an off-camera flash behind creating this lovely outline rim-light.

If you’re interested in raising your flash game, check out our Flash Photography Workshop. This covers everything you need for studio, product and events photography, including the examples seen here.

Head to: https://www.nickchurchcreativeacademy.com/offers/R7jqQpLo/checkout

Capturing fireworks and sparklers are one of the most challenging things to get right. Not only is it complex, with the ...
03/06/2026

Capturing fireworks and sparklers are one of the most challenging things to get right.

Not only is it complex, with the balance of ambient and flash needing to be perfect, you get ZERO time to practice.

The fireworks shot here was with an off camera flash near the couple, edited out. The shutter speed was relatively slow at around 1/20, which brings in enough of the ambient fireworks light. ISO quite high for the same reason.

Remember with flash, you don’t need a fast shutter speed to ensure sharp images because the flash freezes your subject.

The sparkler shot was similar except I used an on-camera flash. To avoid spill I added a honeycomb grid to it. This keeps the flash just in the centre of the frame and allows the crowds each side to be lit by just ambient, which is needed for good atmosphere.

There was an off-camera flash behind creating this lovely outline rim-light.

If you’re interested in raising your flash game, check out our Flash Photography Workshop. This covers everything you need for studio, product and events photography, including the examples seen here.

Head to: https://www.nickchurchcreativeacademy.com/offers/R7jqQpLo/checkout

09/04/2026

Da Vinci Got it WRONG - The Histogram Myth! 😮🤯

Snippet from my talk at The Photography Show 2026 📸

FULL talk available NOW! Comment ‘Yes’ to receive a link, or head to my bio.

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