Online Wildlife Photography Critique & Portfolio Review

It is a structured, one-on-one session in which photojournalist Ronen Tivony evaluates a selection of your wildlife images and provides specific, actionable feedback. Sessions cover image selection and sequencing, field decisions such as exposure and focus, composition, post-processing, and how to build a portfolio or contest submission that speaks to editors and judges. Each session is customized to your goals and level.

After booking, you upload a curated selection of images via WeTransfer or Dropbox and complete a short intake form. At your scheduled time, you join Ronen on Zoom, share screens, and review the images together. The session is live and interactive. Afterwards, you receive a written summary with key takeaways and specific next steps.

Three levels are available: a 1-hour focused review for $200, a 3-session package for $500, and a 5-session package for $800. If you complete a first booking and want more, you can upgrade within seven days at a prorated rate. Payments are processed securely via PayPal.

No. Ronen works with photographers using Sony, Nikon, Canon, OM System, and other systems. The principles that make a wildlife image strong apply regardless of brand or sensor resolution. Where equipment is a genuine limiting factor, Ronen will say so directly.

Yes, with a distinction. These are structured critiques, not foundational lessons. They are most valuable once you have a body of work to review. If you are still learning basic exposure and focus, a one-on-one field workshop may be a better starting point, with an image review to follow.

Upload a curated selection of 20 to 40 of your strongest or most representative images, not your full archive. Include a mix of your best work and images you are uncertain about. The intake form covers your equipment, experience, favorite subjects, and what you most want to focus on.

Yes, and this is one of the most common reasons photographers book. Ronen evaluates your images with the same criteria judges apply: clear communication, a compelling behavioral moment, strong technical execution, and standout quality. He helps you pick genuine contenders and present a series for maximum impact.

Specificity, experience, and editorial standards. Social feedback tends toward encouragement rather than diagnosis, and it rarely reflects the criteria used by professional editors or competition judges. This critique comes from decades of publishing at the highest level.

Ronen Tivony is a working photojournalist published in The New York Times, The Guardian, CNN, National Geographic, BBC, TIME, The Atlantic, Discovery Channel, and many more. He is a Fellow of The Royal Photographic Society, a Certified Florida Master Naturalist through the University of Florida, and a former Board Member and Vice President of the Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles.

Yes. All sessions are conducted via Zoom, so photographers from any country are welcome. Sessions are scheduled in Eastern Time, and the intake form includes your location so timing is easy to coordinate. Photographers from Europe, Australia, Asia, and Latin America regularly participate.