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Beginner Photography Classes
Los Angeles
Learn the basics of photography, including exposure, composition, and camera settings, in this beginner photography class in Los Angeles. Participants will gain hands-on experience and develop their skills through practical exercises and assignments.
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Photography Using Your iPhone
Santa Monica College @ 1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA
Discover how to use your iPhone’s camera to capture and express the ‘feel’ of your life. In a hands-on workshop that combines classroom instruction with an outdoor field trip, start developing a pair of discerning eyes by learning what to look for and how to create more artistic imagery. Workshop includes discussions and demonstrations of the iPhone camera app and other useful apps, as well as accessories you can use in your photography....
Crash Flash 1: On-Camera Flash with Julia Dean
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA
In this workshop, students will learn how to use a flash unit in various lighting situations. First, we will go over all the buttons and dials on the flash. The day is then divided between lectures and demonstrations on different ways to use a flash. Shooting time follows each demonstration so students can put the information to use. The lecture begins with discussions on why and how to use a flash as the main source of light (meaning a low-light...
$220
Crash Flash 2: Off-Camera Flash with Julia Dean
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA
This class is for students who have taken Crash Flash 1: On Camera Flash and want to learn how to light more beautifully by getting the flash off camera. Julia will demonstrate how to use a single flash or multiple flashes off camera to achieve a beautiful “quality” of light. We will use light stands, umbrellas, and gels — in the studio and on location, in both the TTL mode and in manual mode with wireless technology. There will be a four-hour...
$246
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Portraiture for Social Change
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA
This one-day workshop teaches students how to create photography associated with a campaign for social change using portraiture as the primary vehicle for expression. For the first hour, we will discuss how to select a subject matter that one feels impassioned about and is relevant; how to develop the work with intellectual, emotional and artistic content; how to develop an advocacy campaign associated with the images; how to attract media attention;...
$245
Moving Your Career Forward
Los Angeles Center of Photography
If you feel like you are flying solo, and not yet at the level you envision for your photography career, this is the workshop for you. Sherrie Berger offers practical and inspirational ideas and tools that can jump-start your thinking, your career and your photography over all. We will ask the questions and explore solutions: where are you today and where do you want to be? In answering these questions, we will set short and long-term goals, share...
Meet-Up in LA: Photographing The Huntington Botanical Gardens with Peter Bennett (Hybrid Learning – Two Sessions)
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 252 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA
Meet-Up in LA: Photographing The Huntington Botanical Gardens with Peter Bennett (Hybrid Learning – Two Sessions) Los Angeles offers an enormous array of diverse and ethnic communities, including the hustle and bustle of downtown activity, white picket fences and birds chirping in quiet suburbia, the clicking and cracking of machinery in industrial neighborhoods, and the soft, soothing sounds of waves splashing ashore on the beach. In this class,...
Art Direction 101
Studio Arts @ 570 W Avenue 26, Los Angeles, CA
This class will explore the skill sets necessary to conceive and execute art direction to ensure a successful project... (in the example used here - of a photo shoot.) Examined will be the process of ideation, research, mood boards and client sell-in. Being that art directing is equal parts creative inspiration as well as team management and this class with enhance all the tools necessary to art direct top level photography for both marketing and...
A Day in L.A. with Your iPhone
Santa Monica College @ 304 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA
Explore Los Angeles with the wide-eyed perspective of a photographer and learn how to capture the mood and feel of the city using the camera in your iPhone. In this hands-on, one-day workshop outdoor field trip, learn to develop a pair of discerning eyes, and find out what to look for and how to take artistic photographs in and around downtown Los Angeles that are more than just snapshots with your iPhone. Please download Snapseed app (free)...
$79
Weekends in the City for Teens
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 755 Seward St, Los Angeles, CA
Students will learn to produce photographs that go beyond simple documentation. Weekends in the City for Teens is a new series of photo excursions developed to explore some of the more interesting and unique places to photograph in Los Angeles and surrounding communities. Each excursion will include two hours of group orientation and lecture, three hours of shooting on-location, and two hours of critique and discussion. Each class will be...
Collaborative Remote Portraits (Online Learning)
Los Angeles Center of Photography
The pandemic has dampened everyone’s spirits, especially those of us who specialize in portrait photography. This new class will teach you a way to take fun, memorable portraits remotely (Remote Photography) from the comforts home. All you need is Zoom, and a laptop! We will cover some basic topics when working with subjects, including posing, light sources, props, etc. Students will discover how to tailor their communication when working their...
Drone Photography
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Drone photography has quickly grown in popularity due to the remarkable imagery that can be captured by aerial robotics. Industry professionals including real estate agents, farmers and law enforcement have readily adopted the technology to meet their needs. But learning how to control these little gadgets and properly implement the technology can be difficult to master. Join professional photographer and seasoned drone pilot Timothy Baur in a new-workshop...
$295
Creating Your Photo Business
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Are you starting to charge for your work? What does it take to start a photography business or take your hobby to the next step? Are you reaching the people who need to see your work? Stephen Schafer wrote the book about becoming a professional photographer. Join him for a day as he shares 30+ years of experience in this candid seminar that focuses on what the class wants to know. We’ll cover branding and marketing; websites and social; pricing...
$195
Photo Essay: The Picture-Driven Story with Mark Edward
Los Angeles Center of Photography
If a single picture is worth a thousand words, imagine the value of a well planned and executed photo essay. This workshop explores the creation and sequencing of images in the tradition of the great photo essayists from W. Gene Smith and Gordon Parks to Mary Ellen Mark and Sebastiao Salgado. Designed for professionals and nonprofessionals alike, this hands-on course gives participants an in-depth look at both the creative methods and practical...
Intro to Lightroom & Photoshop for Teens (ages 12-18)
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ Distance Learning Class via Zoom, Los Angeles, CA
This course for teens (ages 12-18) is designed to introduce students to the fundamental operations, techniques, and critical vocabulary of the two standard photographic imaging softwares: Adobe Lightroom & Adobe Photoshop. The class will cover technical information such as cataloging workflow, syncing your Lightroom catalog across all devices, file sizes, color balance, the develop module, layer masks, compositing, camera raw processing, and...
Meet-Up in LA: Photographing the City of Angels
Los Angeles Center of Photography
Meet-Up in LA: Photographing the City of Angels with Peter Bennett (Hybrid Learning – Two Sessions) Come partake in this two-part meet-up class, open your eyes to a cornucopia of photographic opportunities, and enrich yourself in this marvelous, beckoning metropolis that is Los Angeles. Los Angeles offers an enormous array of diverse and ethnic communities, including the hustle and bustle of downtown activity, white picket fences and birds chirping...
An Evening with Sam Abell
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Sam Abell’s thirty-year career has been dedicated to achieving artistic expression through documentary photography. He has pursued his goals primarily through his lengthy, in-depth coverage for National Geographic magazine and its Book Division. At the same time, he has maintained a career as an artist, teacher and author. His numerous book credits include The Life of a Photograph, Seeing Gardens and The Photographic Life, to name a few. His most...
$10
Smartphone Photography
Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA
Learn the basics of how to use your smartphone to capture and exchange images with friends and family. Whether using Android or iOS, try out a number of apps you can download to your phone and use to turn a mundane image into a work of art. Learn how to download images from your phone to a laptop or desktop computer, how to use editing software to manipulate your photographs, how to print your images, and how to create that single artistic image....
$59
Street Photography Presentations
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Join this Street Photography Presentations with shooters Matt Stuart, Ibarionex Perello, Dana Barsuhn, Julia Dean, David Ingraham and Michelle Groskopf.
$100
Life in Focus: Enjoying Your Family Photo Collection
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Full Course Name: Life in Focus: Organizing, Preserving and (most importantly) Enjoying Your Family Photo Collection Preserving and organizing your photo collection is not something we simply do for the sake of being organized, who has time for that? Preserving your collection is a means to an end, to help bring your life into focus, to explore, enjoy and pass on your family’s history, and to make sure it is safe for years to come. This class...
$125
Advanced Photography
Isla Studio Photography @ 1450 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA
This is a "next level" class for students who've already taken our Beginner's Photography Class. The advanced class continues where the first class left off. You'll learn to use even more capabilities of your DSLR, ask questions about problems you've encountered in the field, and understand the creative rules that make your photos look more professional. We'll start by taking a deep dive into exposure, auto-focus and depth of field,...
$149
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