Do you want your work to truly matter?
What You Create Should Outlive You
This Is Where Photographers Decide What Their Work Will Be
Evolved from Magic Makers Academy
How This Craft Was Always Learned
Not through content… but through mentorship, repetition, and doing the work beside someone who has done it before.
There was a time when photographers didn’t learn from videos.
They learned by standing beside someone who understood the craft. They watched. They assisted. They failed… and were corrected. They repeated the work until it became instinct.
That is how this craft was built.
Not through shortcuts… but through apprenticeship.
What we offer is not access to content. It is access to guidance.
This is where you are challenged. This is where you are corrected. This is where you are held accountable to a higher standard.
This is where you stop consuming… and start becoming.
Where You Step Into The Work
Participation - Not Obeservation
Making The Master
This is hands-on and personal
here is where you create.
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Mentorship
Accountability - Guidance - Support
Guidance. Accountability. Growth
This is Studio 1919
When you commit to craftsmanship, authenticity, and permanence… you stop questioning your work.
Through hands-on sessions, guided editing, and direct mentorship…
you learn how to create work that holds up…
not just for your clients… but at the highest level of the industry.
The Edwin Standard
Craftsmanship
Lighting. Composition. Intention.
Every decision matters.
Authenticity
Real people. Real moments.
The subject stood in front of your lens.
Permanence
Created to be printed… preserved…
and passed down.
In a hundred years…
will they hold your work and say
whoever made this cared.
You can keep guessing…
Or you can learn how to create work that holds up…
not just today… but for generations.
This is where photographers stop hoping…
and start knowing.
This work carries responsibility.
Most photographers want better results…
very few commit to the level of craftsmanhip required to achieve them.
If you’re ready to take this seriouasly…
Workshops. Mentorship. Real growth.
In partnership with the tools and brands trusted in our studio
Chris Fritchie, M.Photog., M.Artist, Cr., CPP
Chris Fritchie is an internationally recognized portrait photographer and educator, known for his work in storytelling and fine art portraiture.
His work has been recognized at the highest levels of the industry, including being named MPI 2024 International Portrait Photographer of the Year. He was also awarded Best of Show at the Texas Professional Photographers Association for his children’s fine art portraiture, and has earned the Texas ASP State Elite Award in both 2024 and 2025.
Chris holds the prestigious Master of Photography, Master Artist, and Master Craftsman degrees from the Professional Photographers of America, and is a Certified Professional Photographer (CPP). His work has been honored across multiple national, state, and local competitions.
But competition has never been about collecting awards.
More than a decade ago, Chris made a decision that his work would never become irrelevant. He continues to compete and place his work in front of the best photographers in the world… not for validation, but for accountability.
It is how he sharpens his craft, challenges his assumptions, and ensures that his work continues to meet the highest standards recognized across the industry.
That same expectation carries into his teaching.
He challenges his students to do the same… to pursue growth, to seek honest evaluation, and to create work that holds up under the highest level of scrutiny.
Because this work carries responsibility.
Studio 1919 was built from that belief.