ABOUT TIM SHIELDS
Tim Shields is an award-winning landscape photographer and eCommerce coach. He is the founder of Photography Academy and LaptopLife, the author of The Photo Cookbook, and the creator of the Photography Transformation Four-Step System. He specializes in outdoor landscape photography and he holds the designation of Master Photographer in Fine Art from Master Photographers International.
EARLY LIFE:
Tim's interest in photography began when he was 13 years old. He was riding his bike on Broadway Street in the City of Vancouver when he stopped in front of the camera store, Lens & Shutter. This store had used cameras on display and Tim spotted a Minolta camera through the window, and he instantly wanted to buy it. The camera cost more than he could afford, so he saved for months from the money he earned part-
time delivering pharmacy prescriptions on his bike. When he had enough saved, he bought the camera and ultimately took thousands of photos with it over his
lifetime. After buying the camera, he created a darkroom in his parent's basement where he developed black and white film. He keeps this camera on his desk to this day as a reminder of where he came from.
CAREER:
Photography was a hobby for Tim through his adult years. In fact, he describes it as a love-hate relationship. There were times when he loved it, and other times when it caused him untold frustration and stress because he couldn't figure out how to take the same gorgeous photos he saw others taking online.
In 2009, Tim began getting serious about landscape photography and combined family summer holidays with landscape photography trips to national parks and other famous photo destinations. After returning from a trip to the Grand Canyon, he stopped at a gallery owned by world-famous landscape photographer Peter Lik. When Tim saw the incredible wide-format prints in Lik's gallery, he saw what was possible and vowed to learn how to take magazine-quality photos.
For the next five years, Tim conducted extensive research and field trials to find a new way to take gorgeous photos. It was then that he discovered and created the Photography Transformation Four-Step System.
Landscape photography has taken Tim to faraway locations around the world in pursuit of the perfect lighting at carefully chosen locations such as the desolate sand dunes of the Middle East, the baking rock of Death Valley, remote rice fields of China, the mystical pyramids of Egypt, and soaring rocky peaks in the Yukon. Tim's philosophy is that the more remote the destination, the better the experience will be.
PHOTOGRAPHY ACADEMY:
After winning the prestigious award of International Nature Photographer of the Year, Tim began teaching other photographers how to take their own stunning photos using his four-step system. He launched TimsPhotos.com in 2018 which grew into PhotographyAcademy.com the following year. Photography Academy products and tools have been downloaded by over 280,000 photographers worldwide. These products include Lightroom presets, books, courses, a masterclass and a coaching program.
If you want to learn the simple and easy-to-learn four-step framework that Tim created, click here and watch the free webclass. Over 7,000 photographers (as of March, 2021) have purchased the Photography Transformation Masterclass which is the foundation of Tim's four-step framework.
Photography coaching: Tim also hosts the Fine Art Photography Coaching Program for photographers who want to truly take their photography to the next level through small group coaching. Learn more about it here.
PERSONAL LIFE:
Aside from photography, Tim is a successful online marketer and teaches people how to start online businesses by selling what they know. He loves the outdoors and believes that landscape photography can actually help to enhance your life through travel, adventure, creativity, planning for the future, and looking for the light...in everything. He is married to Lea Shields and they have two adult kids who absolutely rock! They live in White Rock, BC, Canada.
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Tim Shields wife, Lea, stands with Tim at their favorite place in the Rocky Mountains - Moraine Lake.
Photography Awards
2020 Best in Class Award, the highest-scoring image in the fine art landscapes category, MPI, Foreverland
2020 Best in Class Award, the highest-scoring image in the wildlife category, MPI, Wild Horses
2020 Honorable Mention, International Photography Association, Seceda
2020 Honorable Mention, International Photography Association, Sunburst
2020 Honorable Mention, International Photography Association, Wild Horses
2020 5 Bronze Awards, Epson Pano Awards in Open category.
2019 Gold Award, Epson International Pano Awards in Nature category for The Veins Of A The Tree
2019 Silver Award, Epson International Pano Awards in Nature category for Water From A Glacier
2019 Silver Award, Epson International Pano Awards in Nature category for Glacier Dreamland
2019 Silver Award, Epson International Pano Awards in Nature category for The Colors Of Fall
2019 Nominated International Fine Art Photographer of The Year by Master Photographers International
2019 Award of Excellence, International Image Challenge, Master Photographers International for Birch Forest
2019 Award of Distinction, International Image Challenge, Master Photographers International for Fall Glory
2019 Award of Distinction, International Image Challenge, Master Photographers International for Secret Waterfall
2018 Awarded International Nature Photographer of the Year by Master Photographers International.
2018 Awarded 4 silver and 8 bronze awards at the Epson International Pano Awards.
2018 Designated Master Photographer in Fine Art by Master Photographers International.
2018 Finalist in the Belle France Photo Competition 2018 for Eiffel Tower During the Blue Hour.
2018 Finalist in the Belle France Photo Competition 2018 for The Abbey Senanque.
2018 Finalist in the American Photography Open 2018 by Pro Photo Daily for Majestic
2020 Honorable Mention, International Photography Association, Abstract Reflections
2018 Winner, fourth place in the 3rd Waterscapes Exhibition by Fusion Art for The Island's Spirit.
2018 Finalist in the 3rd Waterscapes Exhibition by Fusion Art for Vancouver Lights.
2018 Award of Distinction, International Image Challenge, Master Photographers International for Rice Fields Forever.
2018 Award of Distinction, International Image Challenge, Master Photographers International for Gateway to New York.
2018 Award of Distinction, International Image Challenge, Master Photographers International for Golden Grand Canyon.
2018 Award of Distinction, International Image Challenge, Master Photographers International for Golden Dunes.
2018 Award of Distinction, International Image Challenge, Master Photographers International for The Last Minute of the Sun.
2018 Award of Distinction, International Image Challenge, Master Photographers International for Majestic.
2018 Prestige Award, International Image Challenge, Master Photographers International for Big Dreams.
2018 Prestige Award, International Image Challenge, Master Photographers International for The Island's Spirit.
2016 Bronze Award, Epson International Pano Awards for Rice Fields Forever.
2016 Bronze Award, Epson International Pano Awards for Horseshoe Bend.
2016 Bronze Award, Epson International Pano Awards for Bow Lake.
2016 Bronze Award, Epson International Pano Awards for Mesa Arch.
2016 Bronze Award, Epson International Pano Awards for Gateway to New York.
2016 Silver Award, Epson International Pano Awards for Spirit Island.
2016 Silver Award and top 50 finalist, Epson International Pano Awards for Majestic.
2016 Silver Award, Epson International Pano Awards for Moraine Lake.
2014 Top 50, Open Category, Epson International Pano Awards for Vancouver Skyline
2014 Top 50, Open Category, Epson International Pano Awards for Vancouver From Stanley Park
2014 Top 50, Amateur Category, Epson International Pano Awards for False Creek
Media and Articles
Featured TV interview, Weather Channel Originals, Heroes and Survivors: Defying Death, for the White Rock storm.
Featured TV interview, AMG, Weather Channel, Weather Gone Viral, Season 6
Authored article, PhotographyAcademy.com, Should I buy a laptop or desktop for photo editing?
Featured article, Petapixel.com, We shot an award-winning landscape photo using a fog machine.
Featured article, DIYphotography.net, Learn how to read your camera's histogram through music.
Featured article, DIYphotography.net, How a photowalk almost turned deadly.
Featured article, fstoppers.com, Taking photos of extreme weather almost ended in disaster.
Featured article, fstoppers.com, How to take a great supermoon photo.
Authored article, PhotographyAcademy.com, The unabridged Lightroom Classic beginners guide.
Featured article, fstoppers.com, Aerial photography is not as easy as it looks.
Featured article, fstoppers.com, How to take photos of the fog when there is no fog
Authored article, PictureCorrect.com, How to Take HDR Photos
Featured photo, The Huffington Post, The World's Top 5 Cities for Celebrity Sightings
Featured photo, ExploreWhiteRock.com, Best Places to Catch the Sunset
Featured photo, The Burrard Street Journal, The City That Never Stops Complaining About Rain
Featured photo, MoonCalendar.co.uk, Blood Red Moon Images
Featured photo, Miss604.com, Vancouver Skyline Reflection Photos
Featured photo, WhiteRockVW.com, Fun Things to do in White Rock
Featured photo, InsideVancouver.ca, Is Vancouver Getting a New Central Plaza?
Featured photo, Mega-News, World's Second Least Affordable City Survey Finds
Featured photo, JayBanks.ca, Home Sellers Hesitate to List Their Homes
Featured photo, Travel.bc.ca, Vancouver
Featured photo, Peace Arch News, White Rock Billboard Greets Border Traffic
Featured photo, VancouverPlanning.ca, Vancouver City Planning Commission
Business Awards
2021 Two Comma Club Award, Clickfunnels.com
2020 Two Comma Club Award, Clickfunnels.com
The Two Comma Club Award is given to entrepreneurs who generate over $1,000,000 USD in online sales.
Featured video interview, Clickfunnels Official, How this photographer turned a hobby into a million-dollar business
Featured interview, The Online Course Guy, 7 figures teaching photography by focusing on transformation
Featured interview, Clickfunnels.com, Photographer's journey to 2 Comma Club in 16 months
Featured interview, Logo.com, Founder's interview: Tim Shields, PhotographyAcademy.com
Tim Shields holding the "Two Comma Club" Awards from Clickfunnels.com