MOOD Insiders helps you build a photographic voice without going it alone. Think more deeply about the craft, get real critique on your work, and learn from the photographers you admire - focused on the work, not on what goes viral.
500+ photographers in 23 countries
The problem
That is what a voice is. Not a style you can buy, but something you have to say.
How it works
The training, the feedback, the conversations - all in one place, and everything is recorded. You work through it at your own pace, in your own season.
Constructive critique following AIM & SEE, our own framework - so the notes you get back are specific and intentional, from me and from photographers who take the work seriously.
Every week, not every month: the book club, plus artists, creativity, Q&As and workshops. Everything is recorded, so a week you cannot make is a week you can still watch back.
Over 12 hours of core training on building your photographic voice, plus the full library of past masterclasses. Within a season you will be able to say what your work is doing, and why.
Members
Photographers came for the books. They stayed for the conversations - the ideas, the opinions, the arguments about the work.
Student win
A world I did not know yet
“It is a wonderful way to connect with like-minded people, and I am especially grateful for Matt bringing these guests into our lives, people I probably would not otherwise get the chance to speak to. It is also very meaningful to see others being vulnerable during the meet ups.”
What's inside
Over 12 hours on building your photographic voice: what yours is, how to name it, and how to keep sharpening it season after season. New courses get built into this as they land.
We read, discuss and pull apart books and photobooks together, every week. It is as much about the ideas and the opinions as the reading. Guest authors join when I can get them. So far: Sean Tucker, Bryan Schutmaat, Pie Aerts.
Craft, process and creative practice. All of it recorded, and the full library stays open to you.
For the things that do not fit neatly into a session. Ask in chat and get an answer from me or someone on my team.
Bring the question you have been sitting with, or the work you cannot figure out on your own.
Honest and specific, following AIM & SEE - from me and from a group of photographers who take the work seriously.
Also included
everything recorded
Every masterclass, book club and Q&A since we started. The longer you stay, the bigger it gets.
Included
48 hours early
Every episode before public release, plus the after the mic conversations that do not go anywhere else.
Included
watch them happen
Sit in on recordings as they happen, plus bonus podcast content that never goes public.
Included
as they are added
New sessions get built into the membership as they land, at no extra cost.
Included
before they go public
Expeditions and workshops fill up. Members see them first.
Included
Mark Power, Sean Tucker, Bryan Schutmaat and Pie Aerts have all sat in so far - reviewing work, talking through their own, answering whatever the room asks. I bring them in when I can.
Included
Total value of everything included
$4,700
Your price
$97/month
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What changes
Who it's for
In their words
“It is always fulfilling to learn from people with different perspectives. Having authors like Sean Tucker gives another valuable addition to this community. It has truly become a crucial monthly source of creativity.”
Rudransh Nagi
MOOD Insider
“We do not just read and review books, we also explore stunning photo books by great photographers, critique other photographers work, and share thoughts that deepen our understanding and spark new ideas.”
Ennah La Neve
MOOD Insider
“He has managed to create a place of knowledge, curiosity, openness, generosity and diversity, where you can share and learn with an amazing group of creative people. I have learned to see, to express and to communicate more skilfully what I see.”
Karla Ciccerone
MOOD Insider
Membership
What you get
Bonuses
Membership runs month to month. If it stops being useful, cancel in a couple of clicks and you will not be billed again.
About
Photographer and host of The Mood Podcast
I have been a photographer for over 10 years and I host The Mood Podcast. That has put me in conversation with some of the most thoughtful image-makers working right now. Ami Vitale. Bryan Schutmaat. Pie Aerts. Platon. Chris Do. The ones who build something lasting all seem to have the same thing going for them: people they can think out loud with. Style and niche matter far less than that. For a long time I did not have it. I had the work, and the quiet that came with it. I built MOOD Insiders so the conversation could carry on past the end of each episode, and it turns out plenty of other photographers wanted the same thing.
Questions
Book club runs weekly. On top of that there is a masterclass and a live Q&A with me every month, and the core training is yours from day one to work through at your own pace. The forum runs the whole time, and portfolio critiques happen alongside it. Everything gets recorded.
Plenty of members rarely make a live call. The core training is yours to work through whenever you like, sessions are recorded, the library stays open, and a lot of the real conversation happens in the forum anyway.
No. There are people here who have shown in galleries and people who picked up a camera two years ago. What matters is how seriously you take the work, not how far along you are.
Inside Circle. You get access straight after checkout, and the ad-free podcast feed comes with it.
Any time, in a couple of clicks. No contracts, and you will not be billed again.
The core training on your voice, a weekly book club, monthly masterclasses, and conversations that do not feel like content. If that is what you have been looking for, the link is below.
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