MyLensYou shoot a lot and keep very little.
Hundreds of frames, a handful you like. You can't say why those few work.
Free private beta · phone and camera
Take better photographs.Understand why they work.
MyLens reads your own photographs, finds what is holding them back, tells you what to shoot next and builds a programme around you. For phone and camera. Learn to see. Then make the photograph.
Request free beta access →Free while we test. iPhone through TestFlight, or the web app for everyone else.
Frames stay on your phone until you save
Delete all your data any time
A real MyLens reading
Sharp. Well lit. A real decision. Still something missing.
Nearly there · 3.3 / 5
“The light is flat on the car, with no shadow or highlight that suggests the ‘moment before motion’.”
Your next shootOne frame tight on the wheel and arch, one of the whole car, and one waiting for a shaft of light or shadow to fall across the bodywork.
One photograph, read by MyLens during testing. It finds the weakness and tells you what to shoot next. MyLens can make mistakes.
The MyLens method
Five questions. Every photograph.
01Subject
What is it? Say it in two or three words.
02Verb
What is happening? A photograph needs a moment.
03Tension
What makes it interesting? Why this, not something else?
04Story or mood
What makes us wonder, or feel something?
05Decision
What did you do to make the viewer see it?
Why it exists
Most photographs are decided before the shutter.
Better gear does not fix it. Another filter does not fix it. Seeing the photograph first does.
You can feel it's not working, not why.
The light is fine and the subject is there, yet the photograph sits flat. Nobody tells you what is missing.
You've outgrown the tutorials.
Rules of thirds and exposure triangles are covered. What you need is someone reading your work.
“A snapshot records what was there. A photograph makes a decision about what matters.”The idea behind MyLens
How it works
Four steps to your own programme.
Show us your eye
Upload up to ten of your own photographs. MyLens reads them and sets your baseline.
Get your programme
A flexible course built around you: what to strengthen first, and which weeks help most.
Follow it your way
In order, or as the mood takes you. Each week is one clear challenge.
Upload, and it adapts
Send a photograph after each week. Your plan, strengths and next steps update every time.
Practice mode
Practice the shot before you take it.
A live viewfinder coaches you through a real scene, a park bench, a lit window, a puddle, rain on paintwork, so the skill is in your hands before it matters.
FINDFrame it in the dashed box.The box turns green when you are steady and the subject fills it.
WAITHold for the moment.Wait for the walker, the splash, the car. The viewfinder tells you when nothing is in the way.
FIXFix one thing. Optional.Tilt, exposure, a step to the left. One change, then shoot.
Eight practice scenes
Burst of 10 frames, best one kept
Camera settings for your kit
Frames stay on your phone
Sample reading
It reads the photograph. Then tells you what to do next.
No scores for the sake of scores. Each reading walks through the five questions, names what is working and gives you one challenge for the week.
Illustrative sampleWeek 4
Bus stop, 6:12 pm
A reading of a photograph, written the way MyLens writes them.
SUBJECTWoman at a bus stopClear
VERBWaiting, watching the roadStrong
TENSIONHer stillness against a blurred busPresent
STORYA long day, an unknown destinationOpen
DECISIONShutter late: the bus has already passedRevisit
This week's challenge
Shoot the same stop again and press the shutter a second earlier, while the bus is still entering the frame.
The sample above is illustrative, not a real member's photograph. MyLensAI can make mistakes.
A look inside
Quiet, clear and built for one hand.
Designed for use on the go: large touch targets, plain English, and text that is never cut off.
What you get
Everything a good teacher would do. In your pocket.
Live viewfinder practice
Rehearse real scenes with on-screen guidance for framing, steadiness and timing.
A plan that is yours
Built from your own photographs: your signature, your strengths, and the gap to close first.
Study before you shoot
Read a photograph, score your reading, and learn from photographers who looked closely.
Ask MyLensAI
Settings, light, composition, gear. Ask a question, or attach a photograph and ask about that.
Compete and pitch
Competition and pitch agents that work from your photographs and how far you are from the standard.
A group gallery
Photographs you submit appear in your group's gallery, to read and critique together.
Whatever you shoot with
A Nikon, a Leica or the phone in your pocket.
MyLens reads the photograph, not the badge on the body. Upload your work from any camera and get guidance that fits how you shoot.
On a phoneSettings guidance for Leica LUX, ProCam and your phone's own camera app.
On a mirrorless or DSLRAperture, shutter speed and ISO guidance for each practice scene, plus upload for your own photographs.
On bothPractice mode uses your phone's camera, so you can rehearse a shot and then take it with your own kit.
Built for
Anyone who wants to make better photographs on purpose.
Beginners
Move from snapshots to photographs with one clear idea at a time.
Improvers
Find out what is holding your best work back, and fix it.
Phone and camera shooters
DSLR, mirrorless or phone: settings guidance for your kit, including Leica LUX and ProCam.
Photography groups
Run a course, share a gallery and read each other's work together.
Questions
Good questions.
Can't see yours? Write to us from the Support page.
What is MyLens?
A photography course for anyone who shoots, on a phone or a camera. It teaches one method, Subject, Verb, Tension, Story and Decision, reads your own photographs against it, and builds a programme of weekly challenges around what it finds.
What do I need to use it?
Any camera. Upload photographs from a phone, a mirrorless or a DSLR and MyLens reads them, with settings guidance for your kit. Practice mode uses your phone's camera. The app itself is iPhone first, delivered through Apple's TestFlight during the private beta. If you would like Android, tell us when you join and we will count your vote.
Do I need to belong to a group?
Not to join the beta. Request free beta access and we will email you a personal link and an invite code that gets you in.
What happens to my photographs?
Photographs you submit, and the text you write, are sent to Anthropic's Claude so it can write your feedback. They are stored privately for your group, and submitted photographs appear in your group's gallery. Practice frames stay on your phone until you save or submit them. You can delete all of your data at any time from inside the app.
Does it replace a teacher?
No. MyLensAI reads quickly and consistently, and it can make mistakes. It works best next to people who look at your photographs with you.
How much will it cost?
We have not announced pricing yet. Beta testers will hear first.
Early access
Join the free beta.
Testers get MyLens free during testing and help shape what comes next. Tell us what you use and we will email you a personal link: TestFlight for iPhone, or the web app for everyone else.
- Register below. Pick iPhone or web.
- We email your link and your invite code.
- iPhone: install through TestFlight, Apple's free beta app. Web: open the link in any browser.
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Free while we test. We will ask for your honest feedback.
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Free private beta
Stop snapping. Start seeing.
Find out what is holding your photographs back. Free while we test.
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