Alec Watson
• Director of Photography for AlecWatson.com
Alec Watson provides his expertise and flair in multi-episodic tutorials using ACDSee. With decades of experience in the photography industry, Alec will show you his personal management strategies and editing tips.
Best known for his advertising work, Alec Watson is a multi-disciplinary digital media artist. As a photographer, his work has graced magazine covers, movie posters, album covers and a multitude of advertising from Coca-Cola and Starbucks to heads of state.
Watch Alec’s helpful ACDSee for Beginners series: ACDSee Photo Studio for Beginners

Online Photography Courses by Alec
Are you looking to take the complexity out of DSLR camera photography? Wondering how to take gorgeous photographs even in bad lighting? Alec Watson offers professional online photography courses to answer these questions and more at exclusive ACDSee pricing.
Free Course: Mastering Portrait Lighting
Ever wonder why some portraits feel alive, full of shape, depth, and emotion?
In this course, Alec breaks down the five classic lighting setups — short side, butterfly, Rembrandt, front, and back lighting. Each lesson shows you how to see and shape light in real shooting conditions — from studio to daylight to outdoor cloudy skies — and then how to process your portraits in ACDSee to bring out their full impact.
Check out the latest free ACDSee tutorials from Alec
The Best DAM Workflow
The Best DAM Workflow for Mac
Focus Stacking Part 1
Focus Stacking Part 2
Long Exposure
Becoming a Wedding Photographer
Skin Retouching
ACDSee Photo Studio for Beginners
If you don’t know anything about ACDSee, this is where to start. Follow along with industry expert Alec Watson.




















