Jesse and Moira La Plante are two of the most generous photographers in the Flash Masters community and this critique stream is proof of that. Based in Colorado and shooting both weddings and astrophotography, they bring warmth, encouragement, and an extraordinary level of practical insight to every image they review.

In this stream they work through a collection of images submitted by Flash Masters members, offering detailed and constructive feedback on composition, light, moment, and posing - always with an eye not just on the image in front of them but on what the photographer can take forward into their next shoot.

Jesse and Moira also share details of their new online mentoring programme and their upcoming one-day workshop in Leeds, UK, timed to coincide with the Nine Dots conference, which is a genuinely exciting opportunity for UK photographers to learn from them in person.

Warm, encouraging, and full of transferable wisdom. 🎉

The top 5 things you will learn by watching this stream:

1. How to evaluate your own flash images across the three key markers of light, moment, and composition. Jesse and Moira work through every image with these three filters and explain how applying the same framework to your own work before you share it dramatically accelerates your growth.
2. How small adjustments to posing and body positioning change the energy of a flash portrait. Jesse and Moira give specific, practical feedback on how couples are positioned relative to each other and the light and how minor tweaks produce dramatically different results.
3. Why critique is about the future, not the past. Jesse makes a compelling case for the true purpose of critique - not to fix the image that already exists but to create a mental note you can use the next time you are in a similar situation.
4. How Jesse and Moira's one-on-one mentoring programme works and what it covers. Moira explains how their personalised online mentoring sessions work, including the follow-up session built into every booking and why that accountability element makes such a difference to photographers who want to actually implement what they learn.
5. Why astrophotography technique transfers directly to creative flash wedding portraits. Jesse and Moira share insights from their astrophotography work that apply directly to any photographer looking to shoot in low ambient conditions and explain why the two disciplines have more in common than most people realise.