Learn to take pictures that you’re excited to share with others.
Are you confused by all the settings on your camera?
Frustrated with how your pictures are turning out?
Feeling like your computer is hopelessly disorganized?
Lenspiration provides family-friendly photography training to help photographers of any skill level feel confident with their cameras!
Discover how to take satisfying photos that you'll be excited to share with others.
Ready to feel confident using your camera?
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Use the link below to start your free trial of the Lenspiration Membership.
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Use your member resources to start learning about your camera, taking photos, and participating in group activities & training.
Watch your photos improve!
Enjoy assignments, practice with your camera, and participate in group coaching to grow as a photographer.
Not ready to join? See our stand-alone courses
Meet Your Photography Coach
Hi! I’m James Staddon, a landscape, event, and wedding photographer from West Virginia.
I know how it feels to travel to an amazing location, take some beautiful pictures, and then…oh no! be horrified with how the photos look on my computer at home.
I understand how frustrating it is to not know which camera setting to use as I try to capture those fleeting moments happening in front of me.
But God’s creation is so amazing, and the beauty around us has motived me to push through and learn how to take pictures that I’m excited to share with others. Many people have inspired and trained me, and I’m so excited to pass this experience on to you through Lenspiration.
I love watching students get comfortable with their camera, learn how to “think like a photographer”, and start taking stunning photos. Through the assignments, workshops, and coaching offered by Lenspiration, I hope to inspire and train photographers to take pictures for God’s glory!
Testimonials
What members & students are saying
"Learning from Lenspiration has been a really good experience for me, and I especially appreciate being able to count Lenspiration towards my high school credits. Being able to win prizes for the Shoot to Serve assignments pushes me to take better pictures! I also enjoy exploring the Scouting Guide, which I think its a really neat feature. The quizzes at the end of the [course] lessons are helpful to ensure that I learned what was taught!"
"The amount I have learned in such a short time is incredible. You truly have extraordinary talent and I am so grateful that you have put forth such time and effort to share your knowledge with others."
“I...want to say thanks for creating Lenspiration! I really enjoy the courses and the way you lay things out, your critique, and most of all the Christian...aspect of the course.”
Start taking better photos today . . . even with a simple camera (or your phone!)
It doesn’t matter what kind of camera you have, anyone can learn to take better pictures by using these 10 simple tips! Packed with lots of example images and "wow" photos, this free ebook will show you how to improve your pictures and start feeling more satisfied with your photos!
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Lenspiration...
Offers family-friendly photography training.
Lets you shoot for real-life photo assignments.
Gives opportunities to get paid to learn photography!
Provides live, personalized photo coaching.
Helps you learn to think like a photographer!
Lenspiration Photography Program
The Lenspiration Photography Program is a series of free workbooks that take you step-by-step through the core resources (free & paid) that we offer on Lenspiration.
Phase I
Walk through the Foundations of Photography course and get to know your camera through supplemental resources! Plus, join monthly live Photo Coaching Webinars and get hands-on experience with real-life Photo Assignments.
Phase II
Through training articles, videos and the Explore with Your Camera video series, you’ll learn how to push your camera to its limits and explore special effects. Continue joining monthly live Photo Coaching Webinars and participating in Photo Assignments.
Phase III
Gain experience in a variety of photography genres. Step into advanced photography through the Mastering Composition course, learn the Secrets of Photo Editing, and streamline your workflows through the How to Share Your Photos With the World course.
Questions About Lenspiration?
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Do I need to have a fancy digital camera to benefit from Lenspiration?
Not necessarily! Many of the photography principles we cover apply to any camera —even a phone. However, most of the material presented is from the standpoint of a DSLR, so people get the most out of the training if they have a DSLR, mirrorless, or bridge camera.
If you do not have one of these type of cameras yet, that's ok. We have resources that will help you learn how to buy the camera that's right for you.
Isn't it expensive to get into photography?
It doesn't have to be! We provide resources that will help you learn how to determine what equipment fits your needs best, and then how to find the best deal when you're ready to buy it.
Will I learn how to make money with photography?
Yes. And on the forums, there are photographers with years of experience making money with their cameras that can help answer any specific questions that you might have about your specific entrepreneurial pursuits.
Is the membership for only one person or can more than one person in the same household use it at the same price?
Subscription is for the whole family! There will be some things you'll have to reset for the next person (like course quizzes), but no need to pay for multiple subscriptions for multiple members of your immediate family, even if they are not living under the same roof!
What are we up to?
Follow along with Lenspiration travels…
New blog post! It`s only July, and all of my photos for the 2026 Calendar Survey are finished! The survey is now ready and waiting to receive your coveted opinion! Click here to let me know which of these 37 photographs are your favorites! Read more at link in bio.
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New blog post! I`ve been building the Lenspiration Scouting Guide over the years. After photographing some place, I`ll add what I learned about that location to the map when I have time. Now, I`ve been adding locations for a while now, but it doesn`t just have to be me. Anyone can add locations to the Scouting Guide! And that`s the purpose of this month`s photo assignment. . . Read more at link in bio.
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New blog post! When we left the breathtaking beauty of that unexpected golden hour in Cades Cove, it took me a while to mentally switch into convention mode. I arrived at the loading dock at the Teach Them Diligently homeschool convention with my brain reeling from the realization that I would be speaking to a class of students in just a few hours . . . Read more at link in bio.
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New blog post! The light from my headlamp illuminated the canopy of forest surrounding the deserted path stretching out in front of me. The pitch black darkness beyond was deep and impenetrable... Read more at link in bio.
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Really enjoyed stopping at a State Park yesterday while driving home from the @heav_va Convention! Only could hike for about half an hour but we did find this enchanted little clearing beside the trail. 📷 @wvstateparks
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New blog post! Being on the road for most of the month of May, there wasn`t enough time to create a video to demonstrate how to shoot the next Shoot to Serve photo assignment. However, I did take some great photos for it! Having spent some time with Julianna`s family this week, it wasn`t hard to ask her and a couple of her siblings to pose for me as they were going about filling special niches in life... Read more at link in bio.
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Finally got around to editing photos from the CAPTURE Maine photography workshop! God gave us incredible weather!
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Just one week to go till we EXPLORE The Susquehanna! 📸 With the specific moments of sunset and sunrise as our only hard deadlines, and with capturing the colorful, spring beauty of scenic spots along the Susquehanna River as our main objective, we will let the particulars of each location and the elements of nature dictate exactly what our schedule will be for the evening and morning and we are together.
✅ Register at link in bio!
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Do you know how to capture the silky water effect? Drop a "yes" or "no" in the comments!
This is one of the topics we`ll be covering during EXPLORE The Susquehanna on June 3-4! It`ll be a more relaxed format than a full photography workshop, but still gives you the opportunity to take pictures with me, pick my brain on any photography topic, hone skills in landscape & nature photography, and fellowship with other Christian photographers.
📸 Details at link in bio.
📸 Price: $199/photographer for full experience or $99/photographer for a half day. Lenspiration members get 50% off! 🥳
📸 Enter to win $25 discount. Details in previous post. Deadline is May 23 at 11:59 PM EDT.
If you know any other folks in PA or northern VA who might be interested in this opportunity, tap the share button and send them the info!
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Wow! The beehive hike in @acadianps was so much fun! Great for photography with the mist blowing off the ocean. May was a good time to be there, with colors being all springy like, and the black flies not too bad yet.
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Are you a photographer who enjoys taking photos in the beautiful outdoors? Join me for a day (or half a day) exploring and photographing this EPIC location in pursuit of calendar-worthy nature, wildlife, and landscape photos!
📍 Susquehanna Pinnacle Overlook, near HoltwoodPennsylvania
📅 June 3 - 4, 2025
📸 $199/full day OR $99/half day (Lenspiration Members get 50% off!)
****If you or a friend are interested in coming, enter to win a $25 discount!****
1. Follow @lenspirationphoto
2. Tag a friend in the comments (each tag counts as a separate entry!)
3. Share this post to your story and tag me @lenspirationphoto so I can see it!
Giveaway closes at 11:59 PM EDT on May 23.
Details at link in bio!
Want to get an automatic 50% off? Join the Lenspiration Membership at lenspiration.com/join!
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CAPTURE Maine photography workshop is going so well!! Today is the 2nd and final day. Lots of photos to sort and edit!
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New blog post! Have you ever played the game, "Fortunately, Unfortunately"? Well, I recently had a landscape photography experience at Cades Cove in Tennessee that made me feel like I was living out one of those stories! And at first, I wasn`t laughing. Read more at link in bio.
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Because vehicles are not allowed into the cove before sunrise, I had to hike in before light and hope the rainey forecast wouldn`t interfere...and it didn`t praise the Lord!
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If you’ve known me for any length of time, you know that I love landscape photography. Who couldn’t?! 😉 God has created this world with so much beauty, and despite the curse of sin that we live with since Adam and Eve (see Genesis 3), His glory is still so richly manifest in His creation.
But as much as I love taking landscape pictures, it’s even better when I get to do it with other photographers! 📸
And that’s why I’m so excited about the upcoming photography workshops that will be landscape-based. CAPTURE Maine is happening this week, May 16-17. Spots have been filling up but we still have space for a few more photographers! So, get the details and register at the link in bio!
If you`re not from Maine but want to get notifications on where I`ll be traveling this year, comment UPDATES to sign up for emails about workshops! 👇
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What better place to learn photography than in the classroom of creation? Hope you can join me in Maine on May 16-17 for CAPTURE Maine!
As a photographer, in what areas would you like to grow? Drop your answers in the comments!
A) Shooting in Manual
B) Lighting
C) Composition
D) Post-processing workflow
E) Other
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New blog post! On the heels of April`s early-rising Shoot to Serve assignment comes another assignment that just might have you getting out early as well! 5 distinct categories of birds are mentioned in the Bible, and this month, our goal is to capture a quality photo of a bird from each of those five categories . . . Read more at link in bio.
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A neat example of Secendary Color Scheme, a combination of secondary hues, in this case, orange and green, photographed last October in the wilderness of Itasca State Park, MN.
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