SkillFrame guide
The 28-day photography coaching challenge
Daily critique builds the habit, but at some point you want a human to read the whole body of work, talk it through live, and tell you what to prioritize next. Coaching is the SkillFrame loop extended to 28 days with a coach layered on where a human adds the most.
When daily critique alone stops being enough
One-off critiques sharpen individual frames, but they do not add up to a portfolio-level read or a personal plan. A longer, coached cycle beats scattered feedback — and beats a course with no feedback at all — because the loop keeps running while a human interprets the trend at the points that matter.
The 28-day loop, with a human layer
Every day runs the same deliberate-practice loop, sustained for four weeks:
- Receive a genre-specific daily assignment
- Shoot and upload privately
- Get image-specific AI critique on the premium model
- Review composition, light, and story scores
- Carry the named fix into tomorrow's frame
The human checkpoints sit on top of that loop: a 30-minute video call at day 14 to interpret your trend, and a written review of your best 5 frames at the end.
What's included
- Everything in Sprint, extended to 28 days
- One 30-minute video coaching call at day 14
- Priority critique queue
- Written portfolio review on your best 5 frames
- Private photographer community access
- Only 10 seats per cohort
Daily critiques are uncapped during the active cohort. Pricing, start dates, and seats are shown live on the pricing page.
A representative four-week arc
Exact daily prompts vary by genre. This shows the shape of the month — a representative arc, not a guarantee of exact in-app copy.
| Window | Focus | What you do |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Foundations | Re-anchor composition, light, and story; one assignment a day; baseline scores |
| Week 2 | Targeted weakness | Drill your lowest axis; prepare frames for the day-14 call |
| Day 14 | Coaching call | 30-minute video call: review the body of work, set a priority for weeks 3–4 |
| Week 3 | Apply the plan | Shoot toward the agreed priority with tighter self-critique |
| Week 4 | Portfolio pass | Assemble your best 5 frames; written portfolio review; plan continuation |
Who Coaching is for — and who should start with Sprint
- For: photographers who have done a structured push and want a longer, accountable cycle with a human read
- For: anyone who wants a portfolio-level review, not just frame-by-frame notes
- Start with Sprint instead: if you have not done a 14-day cohort yet, the self-serve loop is the right first step
- Not for: gear collectors, passive-course seekers, or genres outside portrait, landscape, and street
Not sure yet? Compare the 14-day Sprint first.
How progress is measured across 28 days
The deliverable is a visible composition/light/story trend across four weeks, plus a written portfolio review — not a folder of files. The same rubric grades every frame, so the arc is comparable day to day and the coaching call has real data to work from.
Explore Coaching — a 28-day critique cycle with a real coach
FAQ
- How is this different from the 14-day Sprint?
- Sprint is a 14-day self-serve cohort built on the daily critique loop. Coaching extends the same loop to 28 days and adds human checkpoints: a 30-minute video call at day 14 and a written portfolio review on your best 5 frames.
- How much does Coaching cost and when does it start?
- Coaching is $349 for a 28-day cohort with only 10 seats. Start dates and open seats are live on /pricing#coaching — never hardcoded here. If no seats are open, join the waitlist for the next cohort.
- What does the coaching call cover?
- It is one 30-minute video call at day 14 to interpret your composition/light/story trend across the body of work and set a personal priority for the second half — not ongoing private mentorship.
- Is the day-by-day plan the exact curriculum?
- The four-week arc shown here is representative. Exact daily prompts vary by genre (portrait, landscape, street).