The Abyss

Master
Visual
Communication

Master professional visual communication skills through Rick Burress’s expert workshops.

The Abyss

Master
Visual
Communication

Master professional visual communication skills through Rick Burress’s expert workshops.

The Abyss

Master
Visual
Communication

Master professional visual communication skills through Rick Burress’s expert workshops.

April 11th

Managing—All Things—Digital Color

Color is not Magic.
It’s Management.

This ”Digital Color” presentation is my most popular professional seminar.

It tackles a hard truth head-on: most color education is incomplete, oversimplified, or flat-out wrong.

Color profiles and the vast array of color-editing tools leave us in a sea of confusion. We want confidence.

Textbooks, online tutorials, and even industry “experts” often repeat the same misconceptions, and those misunderstandings limit our efficiency, our creativity, and our overall ability to produce our vision.

This seminar carefully unpacks some bold claims—yes, including “everything you think you know about color is wrong”—and then does the most important thing: it shows the evidence. We build a clear, practical framework for how digital color actually works across devices, software, and output mediums.

Learn the concepts, learn the tools.

Photographers walk away with language, demonstrations, and mental models they can immediately bring back to the field. More importantly, they gain the ability to explain why colors shift, why prints disappoint, why screens don’t match, and how to make intentional choices instead of guessing.

Stop treating color as trial-and-error and start treating it as a system to understand. If you want to strengthen your workflow and give your images real-world clarity, this seminar will change how you see and manage color.

LIVE:
April 11th,
1:00pm–4:00pm EST
(10:00am–1:00pm Arizona and California Time zones.)

Zoom link will be provided days before the Webinar to all registrants.

Join in person if you can, but all will receive the recording and all the resources from the Webinar.

Register: $89

May 9th

The Photographer’s Eye:
Composition & Cropping at a Pro Level

How Pros See, Compose, and Crop Differently

Unlock the difference between “that’s a nice shot” and truly professional images.

Designed for both working photographers and serious enthusiasts, this seminar strips away the myths and replaces them with real-world techniques used by pros every day.

Learn how to compose with intention, control viewer attention, direct their visual tour with confidence and skill, and eliminate distractions before they have a chance to ruin your frame.

Most importantly, you’ll discover how strategic cropping can transform a good image into a powerful masterpiece—without relying on gimmicks or guesswork—just a simple, memorable rhythm.

Whether you’re shooting portraits, landscapes, wildlife, macros, or commercial work, this session will sharpen your eye, strengthen your decision-making, and dramatically elevate the impact of every single image you create.

What You’ll Discover:

  • How to instantly simplify any composition for stronger impact

  • The “Edge Awareness” habit that separates pros from amateurs

  • The Seven Composition Rules

  • When to use (and break) the Rules of Composition with confidence

  • Cropping techniques that add power—not just fix mistakes

  • How to eliminate distractions before you press the shutter

  • Using negative space for mood, storytelling, and design

  • Choosing the right aspect ratio for maximum visual punch

  • A repeatable workflow to compose faster and shoot smarter

You won’t believe what you’ve been missing!

Stop Shooting, and start Composing: This is a Pro’s Guide to Stronger Images.

LIVE: May 9th,
1:00pm–4:00pm EST
(10:00am–1:00pm Arizona & California Time zones.)

Zoom link will be provided days before the Webinar to all registrants.

Join in person if you can, but all will receive the recording and all the resources from the Webinar.

Register: $89

June 6th

The Most Efficient Professional Workflow!

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Be the first kid on your block to own the whole set!

Be the first kid on your block to own the whole set!

Be the first kid on your block to own the whole set!

Get LIVE Consulting or Training for you or your Team

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for you or your Team

Consultation for Designers, Layout,
Illustration, Typography, Color, &
Photography.

Consultation for Designers, Layout,
Illustration, Typography, Color, & Photography.

Rate:

$360

p/hour

Billed in 1/4-hour increments

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One-on-One

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In-person or ZOOM

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Lecture

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to get an estimate.

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