Time for Creativity
Your Toolbox for Creative Photography
The easiest way to boost your creativity: Just start!
Discover unconventional camera techniques, try out new ideas, and make creativity a natural part of your day — without fear and without rules. The more often you create, the more creative you become.
The TOOLBOX gives you everything you need to understand the technique and mindset of creative photography: a fresh perspective on creativity, numerous inspiring photographic techniques, and practical exercises you can apply right away.
More than 70 lessons, clearly presented on an online course platform and available as a downloadable PDF.
What is the TOOLBOX?
The TOOLBOX is a self-paced course for photographers that you can shape entirely to your own rhythm. No deadlines, no fixed schedule — just you, your camera, and endless creative freedom.
Whenever you’re looking for inspiration, simply open a lesson and experiment with a new technique — all without expensive equipment or digital editing.
Feedback from our participants:
This is included:
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Module 1: Creative Mindset
5 Lessons
The first module focuses on creativity — the mindset you need to create freely, understanding so-called rules and mistakes, subjective photography, and courage.
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Module 2: Technique and Experiment
63 Lessons
In the second module, you’ll learn creative techniques that take your photography to the next level:
Blur, ICM, panning, freelensing, double exposure, distortion using found objects, experimental smartphone photography, analog techniques like filmsoup and cyanotype, mixed media and much more.
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Module 3: Momentum
10 Lessons
The third module covers everything that helps you stay creative. Here you’ll find plenty of ideas to bring more creativity into your daily life and client sessions.
Your Creativity Needs You!
The fear of making mistakes can block your creativity. When you use your camera freely, creatively, and without fear, your creative possibilities multiply — along with your ability to express yourself as a photographer.
Create space for your creativity. With the TOOLBOX, you’ll learn to photograph freely and creatively using experimental camera techniques and a fresh mindset.
Multiple exposure, shutter speed experiments, mixed media — it’s not about perfection, it’s about expression. We show you how to leave rules behind, use mistakes as opportunities, and create images that carry your very own personal signature.
Freedom begins where rules end — fall in love with your creativity!
The TOOLBOX Authors
We’ve made creativity the center of our lives.
Eva is a cinematographer and photographer who has worked extensively in the art world.
Sonja has always worked creatively as a designer and photographer.
Brainstorming, creative concepts, exhibitions and presentations — but also creative slumps and doubts — have always been part of our journey.
In the TOOLBOX, you’ll learn why our relationship with creativity has remained strong through all the highs and lows.
We give you a complete insight into our creative practice, both in private photography projects and in client work.
Sonja Stich and Eva Radünzel
Learn and photograph at your own pace. No deadlines, no fixed schedule — just you, your camera, and endless creative freedom.
78 lessons on creativity and experimental camera techniques
30 exercises
Unlimited course access
Offer:
€149 instead of €249 + VAT
FAQ
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The TOOLBOX is aimed at beginner and advanced photographers who want to expand their repertoire. Creative camera techniques are explained step by step. The in-depth exercises help you put what you’ve learned into practice and provide inspiration and motivation for professional client sessions as well.
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The TOOLBOX consists of 3 modules and 78 lessons. To prevent you from feeling overwhelmed by the amount of material, the lessons are unlocked over a period of 24 days, allowing for a deep dive into each topic.
There is a comprehensive practical section where all creative techniques are explained in detail, along with many exercises to help you apply them.
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Creative Techniques Covered in the TOOLBOX
Creative blur
Long exposure, ICM, panning, zoom-burst
Freelensing
Distortion using objects in front of the lens
Various types of multiple exposure
Creative smartphone photography
Analog photography
Light leaks, special development techniques
Filmsoup
Cyanotype
Mixed media: painting, embroidery
All techniques come with numerous exercises and example images.
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New content is unlocked every one to two days over a period of 24 days.
However, you can work through the lessons at your own pace, pause, or revisit them as often as you like.
Everything remains accessible, so you can always return to the instructions, your favorite exercises, or inspiration whenever you want.
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The course is text-based to give you maximum flexibility. This way, you can skip what you already know and revisit sections that interest you most. There are no videos.
At the end of each lesson, you’ll find a PDF that you can download, save on your computer, or print out.