All my online courses are created for you to go through at your own pace, quickly, slowly, it’s entirely up to you. You can go through the course from start to finish or jump around from chapter to chapter if you wish. And once purchased, the courses are always available for you to access and review. There is no time limit; start now or begin when you’re ready, and take them as many times as you want. I’ve tried to keep the course fees reasonable, I hope you enjoy them and find them helpful.
Preserving Your Legacy
: A Practical Guide to Archiving Your Digital and Analog Photos, Videos, and Stories
This comprehensive course takes you on an in-depth journey toward becoming the keeper of your family’s history. It grew out of my efforts to preserve and archive both the digital and analog parts of my family’s visual legacy and stories. Along the way, I learned that what often feels like an overwhelming and confusing task can be an enjoyable and deeply rewarding experience. Through this course, I share the practical research and archiving tools and insights I discovered—and I hope you’ll find the same sense of purpose and fulfillment in the process that I did.
Setting Up and Working with PhotoSweeper
PhotoSweeper is the most powerful and comprehensive duplicate remover for Mac systems. This course covers how to set it up so that PhotoSweeper accurately identifies the duplicates you want to remove, while preserving the images you want to keep. PhotoSweeper is a robust application that requires a bit of learning to use efficiently and effectively. This course will help you get the most out of it and achieve the best possible results in cleaning up your photo library.
De-Dupe Your Photo Collection with Cisdem Duplicate Finder for Mac and Windows
A step-by-step guide to successfully removing duplicates from your photo collection using Cisdem Duplicate Finder—for both Mac and Windows. After creating the course on PhotoSweeper, I was asked by The Photo Managers to develop a version for more casual users and one that worked on both Mac and Windows. While Cisdem Duplicate Finder requires a bit of learning, it's essentially simple to use and does a thorough job of removing duplicates from your photo library.
Building Blocks of Digital Photo Organizing
A few years ago, The Photo Managers asked me to create their comprehensive course on digital imaging and organizing—everything from A to Z—to help anyone understand the basics of how it all works. I began working with digital imaging in the early 1990s, and this course is a culmination of everything I’ve learned and practiced over the years, and everything you need to get started with organizing your digital image library.
I teach a number of classes and workshops at the Los Angeles Center of Photography. Located in DTLA at the crossroads of the Arts District, Japantown and the Toy District, LACP is a wonderful community of photographers and photography lovers who come together to learn and share.
I teach an in-person Basic Photography class at least twice a year, and lead half-day workshops in and around Los Angeles including: The Los Angeles River, DTLA, Huntington Gardens, Beverly Hills, and the Venice Canals.
You can view a list and schedule of my upcoming classes and workshops here.
Below you will find a number of my recent talks and webinars I've done, mostly around archiving, best backup solutions, and legacy work. I hope you enjoy them, and please reach out if you have any questions or would like to learn anything further.
B&H Event Space - A Pro Photographer's Journey with his Professional and Personal Legacy
Photographer Peter Bennett takes you on his journey to uncover the stories behind his family history and his own career as a travel and editorial photographer. He will discuss methods for archiving and protecting your work, as well as effective storytelling techniques that can be passed on and enjoyed by future generations. View here.
B&H Event Space - What is a Photo Legacy and Why it Matters
You have a collection of old family photos you want to preserve; how do you get started? The Photo Managers are here to give you the advice and guidance to organize those important photos. View here.
LACP - Preserving Your Legacy: How to Safeguard & Archive Your Photo Collection with Peter Bennett
The recent fires here in Los Angeles tragically showed us how important proper preparation and planning can be in safeguarding our digital and analog photo collections, as well as other assets. In this workshop we will discuss some essential steps you can take to help protect and preserve your photo collection in the event of natural or man made disasters, or technological failures. View here.
Inside Photo Organizing Podcast - Episode 20 - Peter Bennett
This month we speak with Peter Bennett of FotoFlow Legacy Solutions, an expert in documenting and sharing your legacy. Building on our discussion with Sky Bergman last month, we dive into how to get started, curating your collection down to just a “legacy” collection, and some ways to share these stories. He also shows us some examples of public collections he has created on Permanent.org. View here.