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.
Coaching cohort
Next cohort starts June 15, 2026
10 of 10 seats open · 28 days · $349 · day-14 coaching call + written portfolio review
See live Coaching dates and seats →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).