Turning a Passion for Photography into a Business
Photigy was built to help creative people turn their passion for photography into a successful business. Because if you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.
Learning comes from doing
We believe that learning comes from doing. Our continually expanding selection of free tutorials, structured courses, and hands-on workshops can take you from beginner to pro — not only by showing you how to capture and edit publication-worthy images, but by giving you the opportunity to practice and demonstrate what you learn.
Our curriculum features an incredible variety of educational materials paired with key learning objectives. And our member community provides an excellent forum to receive feedback on your work, exchange ideas and techniques with working pros, take part in contests and challenges, and interact with a team of instructors committed to your success.
Built by Photographers Who Still Shoot
Alex Koloskov
One of the world’s best commercial advertising photographers, teacher at Photigy and instructor at KelbyOne and Udemy. The man behind Photigy’s most popular courses and a tireless idea generator.
Genia Larionova
Retoucher specializing in product, still life and jewelry work, and responsible for the future strategy of the company: “What should we be doing, and why?” She helps people move outside the comfort zone into possibilities.
From a Studio Blog to a Global School
AKELstudio, Inc. (Photigy is its brand for the studio photography project) was founded by Ukrainian immigrants Alex Koloskov and Genia Larionova in 2006.
AKELstudio started as a commercial photography studio. Then Alex began a blog where he shared lighting setups and studio photography tips. In 2012 the blog was renamed to Photigy and started producing studio photography lessons and courses. In just two years after its launch, Photigy was used by more than 20,000 students across the world and became the best-known online educational platform for product and still-life studio photographers.
After moving to California in 2014, Photigy opened the doors of a 3,000 sq. ft. studio space in Silicon Valley and invited other instructors to expand its variety of high-quality courses.
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