Rocky Mountain School of Photography

Name

Rocky Mountain School of Photography

Legal name

Everlight, LLC

Website

https://rmsp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rocky Mountain School of Photography, founded in 1989 in Missoula, Montana, operated as a photography school until its 2024 closure. Its successor, Everlight Education, continues online with two self-serve Adobe Lightroom courses, a community forum, and a 40,000+ subscriber newsletter targeting hobbyist and enthusiast photographers.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Missoula, Montana

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Online Photography Courses: Two online courses offered for mastering photography workflow using Adobe Lightroom and Lightroom Classic. Revenue generated through course enrollment fees.

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Core offering

Rocky Mountain School of Photography (RMSP) was a photography school that closed in 2024. Its founders continue operating through Everlight Education, offering two self-serve online courses that teach photographers how to organize and master their digital workflow using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Lightroom Classic. The company also maintains a free online community forum for photographers and produces ongoing YouTube educational content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adobe Lightroom Organization Course Self-serve online course that teaches photographers how to organize and master their digital photo workflow using Adobe Lightroom. Targeted at individual photographers struggling with file loss and disorganized digital libraries.
• Adobe Lightroom Classic Organization Course Self-serve online course that teaches photographers how to organize and master their digital photo workflow using Adobe Lightroom Classic. Targeted at individual photographers using the Classic version of Lightroom.
• Online Photography Community Online community forum where photographers can engage with peers and the founders of RMSP/Everlight Education. Maintained as a free resource for the photography community.

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Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• Udemy: Massive online course marketplace with deep photography and Adobe Lightroom catalogs. Comparable because both sell one-time-purchase photography courses to self-serve learners.
• Skillshare: Subscription-based online learning marketplace with a strong photography and Adobe-tool category. Directly comparable as a self-serve platform selling photography workflow courses to individual creators.
• KelbyOne: Subscription platform focused on photography, Lightroom, and Photoshop training from Scott Kelby and instructors. Closely aligned niche: Lightroom/Photoshop workflow education for working and enthusiast photographers.
• CreativeLive: Online learning platform offering self-paced and live courses across photography, video, design, and creative software. Direct peer because both sell video-based creative-education courses to photographers via a self-serve website model.
• SLR Lounge: Photography education platform with workshops, presets, and online courses covering Lightroom and wedding/portrait workflows. Comparable niche photographer-education community with paid digital products.
• Fstoppers: Photography education site combining free tutorials, articles, and paid courses covering Lightroom, lighting, and business of photography. Comparable audience (working/enthusiast photographers) and similar hybrid free-plus-paid model.
• Phlearn: Online photography and Photoshop tutorial brand offering paid courses and a YouTube channel. Comparable creator-led, niche content studio monetizing through course sales and a large free social audience.

Broad incumbents

• B&H Education: B&H Photo Video's education arm offering photography workshops and Optic webinars. Comparable as a photography-education provider, but embedded within a much larger retail and gear-distribution business.
• LinkedIn Learning: Broad professional-learning platform from LinkedIn with a sizeable photography and Lightroom catalog. Comparable as a self-serve online video-course destination for photographers, but serves a much wider professional-skills audience.

Regional players

• New York Institute of Photography: Long-running correspondence/online photography school founded in 1910. Comparable as a heritage distance-learning photography school with structured courses, but historically U.S.-centric and broader than just Lightroom workflow.

Market position

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@forestchaput
• Instagraminstagram.com/everlighteducation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/rocky-mountain-school-of-photography

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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