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Photography Academy Prime review

Photography Academy Prime publishes 287 course modules on Skool. It charges $47 a month.

A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined Photography Academy Prime, and nothing below is a verdict.

Photography Academy Prime is the Skool community of Photography Academy, a photography education company founded by Tim Shields.[1][2] Its educator is Chris Collacott, whose background includes real-world and HDR photography.[3] The group was created in November 2024.[1]

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Members
1,311
Published price
$47
per month
Members, last 31 days
+69
1 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026
Rank by members
#1,315
of 6,074 sellers listed here
Size rank in niche
#314
of 1,230 sellers listed in content and audience building, by published members
Price rank in niche
#92
of 342 priced in Content and audience building listed here, highest first
Check the Course score
92
A, very strong
Niche
Content and audience building
1,308 listed here
Created
15 Nov 2024
Skool publishes this date
Readings
12
since 5 Sept 2026

About Photography Academy Prime

Members get weekly live training and a masterclass library covering landscape, macro, long exposure, panoramic, dark sky and Milky Way, and portrait photography.[1] They can post photos for feedback, enter monthly photo contests with winners announced live, and follow updates on new technology, including AI as a tool for photos.[1] Membership includes a portfolio website, with setup and hosting handled for the member.[1]

Photography Academy's own website also sells masterclasses, including the Perfect Photo Formula Masterclass and Rocky Mountain Expedition, along with photography books, t-shirts and merchandise.[2][3] Its free Camera Settings Cheat Cards book, a physical book, contains more than 60 camera settings recipes.[2]

Sources

  1. Skool listing: skool.com/photographyacademyprime, as collected 28 Sept 2026
  2. Official website: photographyacademy.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
  3. Official website: photographyacademy.com/pages/about, retrieved 28 Sept 2026

Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.

What the listing describes
NicheContent and audience buildingFormatDone for youIncludesLive sessions

Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.

What is inside

Course modules
287
Courses
16
Posts, all time
11,318
People running it
9

Counts published by Photography Academy Prime on its own page, read on 28 Sept 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by tim-shields-2210.

How we knowSourced & dated
Observed on 1 Nov 2026 from Skool source page archived copy cb25d99bfa6e.
Observable monthly ceiling
$47
monthly price
1,311
published members
$61,617
theoretical ceiling per month

This is not revenue, earnings or income. It assumes every listed member pays the headline price, which is never the case in practice, and it does not account for free members, trials, discounts, churn, refunds, platform fees or tax.

Against the content and audience building niche

Percentile among the other 1,307 content and audience building listings here, each seller counted once for size.

Size75th
smallestlargest
Price · further right is cheaper27th
most expensivecheapest

Held at $47 per month for every week we have tracked it, since September 2026.

Check the Course Score
92AVery strong

Ahead of 92% of the 13,588 Skool communities we track, including ones without a page here, on the measures below, each read from a figure Photography Academy Prime published itself.

  • Size 53% of the scoreahead of 85%
  • Growth 27% of the scoreahead of 62%
  • Track record 20% of the scoreahead of 72%

An algorithmic position among tracked listings: not an endorsement, a guarantee or advice. How the score works.

  • Top 25% by size in content and audience building. Measured by Check the Course.Top 25% by size in content and audience building. Measured by Check the Course.
  • Members up 6% since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.Members up 6% since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.

    Net member count up 6% between our first reading, on 5 Sept 2026, and our latest, on 1 Nov 2026.

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Evidence and signals

Listed on 1,311 members.

Evidence: measured.

First recorded
5 September 2026our first reading, not its launch

Tracked over time

Member change
+21+1.6%over 4 days+69+5.6%over 31 days
Price change
Unchanged at every reading

12 observations over 57 days.

Member count
1,2401,2601,2801,3001,3115 Sept 20261 Nov 2026change
Monthly price
$47$475 Sept 20261 Nov 2026

Observation log

Observation log
ObservedMembersChangePriceCeiling / month
1 Nov 20261,311+21$47 per month$61,617
28 Oct 20261,290+4$47 per month$60,630
26 Oct 20261,286+3$47 per month$60,442
22 Oct 20261,283+16$47 per month$60,301
18 Oct 20261,2670$47 per month$59,549
17 Oct 20261,267+9$47 per month$59,549
13 Oct 20261,258+1$47 per month$59,126
9 Oct 20261,257+11$47 per month$59,079
5 Oct 20261,246+4$47 per month$58,562
1 Oct 20261,242+16$47 per month$58,374
28 Sept 20261,226-7$47 per month$57,622
5 Sept 20261,233$47 per month$57,951
Average per week, last 31 days1 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026+16
Average per week, since first reading5 Sept 2026 to 1 Nov 2026+10

Course content readings

Course content readings
ObservedPostsModulesCourses
28 Sept 202611,318+447287-116
10 Sept 202610,87128816
Added per week10 Sept 2026 to 28 Sept 2026+174-0.40

Common questions about Photography Academy Prime

What is Photography Academy Prime?
Photography Academy Prime is the Skool community of Photography Academy, a photography education company founded by Tim Shields. Its educator is Chris Collacott, whose background includes real-world and HDR photography.
How much does Photography Academy Prime cost?
Photography Academy Prime charges $47 per month on Skool, read 1 Nov 2026. That is cheaper than 27% of the other priced content and audience building listings here.
How many members does Photography Academy Prime have?
Photography Academy Prime lists 1,311 members, read 1 Nov 2026.
How has Photography Academy Prime's membership changed?
From 1,233 members on 5 Sept 2026, our first reading, to 1,311 on 1 Nov 2026: up 78, or 6%.
How does Photography Academy Prime compare with other content and audience building communities?
At $47 a month, Photography Academy Prime sits above the $27 median of the 341 priced content and audience building listings here. The niche median is 541 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
What do you get inside Photography Academy Prime?
Photography Academy Prime publishes 287 course modules, 16 courses, 11,318 posts, 9 admins. Communities with the most course content.

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