The heirloom portrait,
taught end to end.
Philip’s complete workflow — the gear, the lighting, the exact settings, the signature edit, and the finished oval-matted print — as a self-paced course you can take anytime. The same look, the same steps, no live Zoom required.
14-day money-back guarantee — full refund as long as you’ve watched less than 30% of the lessons.
By the end, you can run the whole thing — from the moment a client books to the moment a finished print ships.
Four validated cohorts. The same gear, the same settings, the same edit Philip uses on every paying client — distilled into short, watch-at-your-pace lessons.
The new heirloom photographer
You love the look and want a repeatable system — from booking to print — instead of guessing your way through it.
The working portrait pro
You already have clients and a camera you know. You just want Philip’s edit and his lighting dialed in. The Heirloom Edit tier is built for you.
The photographer ready to charge more
A matted heirloom print is a product, not a service. Learn how Philip prices it, packages it, and turns one session into prints for the whole family.
Six core modules, two bonus modules.
~35 short lessons, 5–10 minutes each. Modules marked Intensive are part of the complete tier.
Gear & Foundation
Philip’s exact kit — camera, lens, Profoto + softbox — with budget alternatives for every line item, plus the full software stack from Photo Mechanic to Honeybook.
Working With Your ClientIntensive
The wardrobe playbook, the in-the-room kid-attention tactics, client vetting & safety, and the full pricing playbook — the stuff that isn’t in any PDF.
The Shoot
Building the pop-up set, the edge-of-softbox rule that makes the look soft, and every camera, flash, Kelvin and focus setting Philip dials in.
Selection & Proof Sheet
Culling in Photo Mechanic, building the proof sheet in Lightroom, and the 48-hour selection-clock policy that keeps orders moving.
The Heirloom Edit
The heart of the course — Lightroom base edit, the essential masking step, the Photoshop heirloom edit, the iconic oval, and the black-and-white copy.
Delivery & Print
Exporting, the Pic-Time gallery, oval mockup prep, ordering matted prints from Red Tree Albums, and shipping them so they arrive perfect.
Beyond the HeirloomIntensive
Same setup, new revenue — corporate headshots, food & restaurant work, and golden-years sessions. Bonus module for Intensive students.
Module 7 — “Your First Pop-Up” — is on the roadmap for a future release and isn’t part of v1.
The edge of the softbox — not the middle.
Most photographers point the brightest part of the light straight at the subject, and it comes out harsh. Philip aims the soft edge of the softbox at the subject and bounces the bright middle off a reflector. It’s the single trick that makes a heirloom portrait look like a heirloom portrait — and it gets its own lesson, with the lighting diagram to match.
Choose your tier.
The Heirloom Edit
The editing core, for photographers who already have clients and just want the look.
What’s includedThe Heirloom Intensive
The complete workflow — every module, every template, plus a 1-on-1 with Philip.
What’s included14-day money-back guarantee — full refund as long as you’ve watched less than 30% of the lessons.
Philip Winham
Philip is a heirloom, portrait, and brand photographer based in College Station, Texas. He built the Heirloom Method over four live cohorts — refining the gear, the lighting, and the edit until it was a system anyone could repeat — and then turned it into this course.
“My biggest fear in making this course is that people would walk away and feel like they didn’t get anything out of it. I really want this to actually work for you.”
— Philip, Cohort 1