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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Los Angeles Center of Photography
What makes your photographs distinctly yours? How do you express ideas, emotions and artistry through your images? How do you bring greater depth and soul to your photos? Whether one’s interest is in portraiture, landscapes, or urban street shooting, working professionally or simply for one’s own personal enjoyment, this course is a powerhouse of knowledge and insight designed to further develop one’s photo eye, inherent style and effective...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 755 Seward St, Los Angeles, CA
This course serves as a continuation to The Wet Plate Collodion Workshop. Armed with skills learned from the prior class, students will be encouraged to produce new and interesting work using the three sub-fields of WPC (Glass Positive, Tintype, Glass Negative). The focus of the course is on creating work, rather than lecture and demonstration. Close instructor supervision and guidance will ensure that each student walks away as the proud owner of...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA
This weekend course will provide you with the fundamental skills necessary to take the next step in becoming a successful magazine photographer. Magazine images come in all shapes and sizes. Kevin Scanlon, a freelance portrait photographer, will cover many aspects of what it takes to be a successful magazine shooter and what comes with the territory. From newsworthy, everyday people to the most powerful of celebrities, learn what to expect when...
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Creative Photography Workshops @ 3325 Shelby Dr, Los Angeles, CA
Course will cover essential workflow, Importing & Cataloging, Techniques in Editing, Color Adjustment, Enhancing tools and Exporting files. Plus selectively paint in adjustments tools to make your subject’s skin, teeth, and eyes shine in portraits and much more. This course is good for beginner's and intermediate level photographers.
Los Angeles Center of Photography
Light, shadow, night and twilight are the building blocks of photography, a term that literally means, "to write with light.” These are the tools award-winning photographer David H. Wells uses to make photo-essays exploring the light and atmosphere of places such as train stations, religious shrines and city centers. In this fun and explorative workshop, David will teach students the most effective way of incorporating light, shadow, night and...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA
In this new workshop experience, Sandro Miller will talk about his lighting techniques, why and when he uses certain light, and how to pack for the long trip into the jungle and not be bogged down with excessive gear. We will talk about directing and how to get that special “little secret” from the eyes and the souls of your sitters (models), how to stay on top of your game and branding yourself, and the importance of style and specialization...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA
In an increasingly visually saturated society how can photographers create and disseminate their documentary projects in a thoughtful and effective way? How can we sustain meaningful work creatively and financially over a long period of time? Join photographer Matt Eich for a weekend workshop focused on fresh approaches to the development of long-term documentary projects. Through a combination of lecture, discussion, critique and making pictures,...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
A Class About Creativity. This class is an invitation to the creative thought process – how we obtain ideas, how we think differently, and how we produce work out of the norm. The course will allow us to tap in our “inner artist,” listen to our “crazy” side (or do we?), and explore what separates us from everyone else. What are we bringing to our work? What is our “‘process” to create? Spend six weeks with an extremely creative, passionate...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
This one-day workshop introduces students to the joy and beauty of creating memorable food imagery. Whether you are an established photographer, emerging professional, instagrammer, food blogger, chef or culinary writer, this one-day workshop is for you! Ann Elliott Cutting will share her techniques for beautiful food photography, from both a technical standpoint and also an artistic standpoint. Ann will discuss her approaches to a range of assignment...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA
This nine-month class is Los Angeles Center of Photography’s’ “master” class. It is designed for serious photographers who are interested in creating a significant personal project. Students will work toward creating a strong, cohesive body of work that will culminate in an exhibit at LACP for a month-long run. After presenting project ideas in the first class, the ensuing five class sessions will be spent critiquing on-going work thoroughly....
Los Angeles Center of Photography
This invitational four-month Master Class will include four in-class sessions and two half-hour one-on-one sessions. Photographers who have a deeply considered potential series or significant projects underway are encouraged to apply so that they can bring the work to fruition with focused intention. Research, writing, editing, sequencing, artist presentations, and ideas for installation will all be discussed and class participation will be required....
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5481 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
In a world where the act of looking has become endangered human experience, Stephen Wilkes will focus an entire workshop on the Art of seeing. This workshop will be a deep meditation on elevating each of the student’s ability to take the time to see, enabling each student to explore a deeper and more personal vision through photographing. Seeing will be inspired through group lectures and critiques, where we explore things together. The act of...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA
One of the first permanent processes in photographic history, Cyanotypes are a fun and easy way to create beautiful images by hand. In this one-day workshop, you will learn how to mix the chemistry, coat your own paper and discover the possibilities of the process.
Creative Photography Workshops @ 3325 Shelby Dr, Los Angeles, CA
Master the art of photography and elevate your skills to new heights with this advanced course. Unlock your creative potential and learn how to produce professional-quality work that will impress even the most discerning eyes. Prerequisite: Intermediate Photography or Portfolio review.
Creative Photography Workshops @ 3325 Shelby Dr, Los Angeles, CA
Take your photography to the next level with advanced techniques in composition, lighting, and diverse imagery. Learn how to enhance your photos using Lightroom and develop your unique creative vision. Bring your DSL camera and laptop for a hands-on, practical, and fun workshop.
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 8801 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA
Develop your unique photographic vision and refine your way of seeing with National Geographic photographer Sam Abell at the Los Angeles Center of Photography. Through shooting assignments, portfolio reviews, and discussions, this weekend workshop will guide you in creating images with more clarity and developing a truly personal vision. Join now to discover where your work can take you.
Atwater Photo Workshops @ 3015 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
DEVELOP YOUR PROJECT FROM CONCEPT TO EXHIBITION Do you have an idea for a collection of images? Is your project already underway? In this an 8 segment course we’ll walk with you from developing your idea through it’s final presentation. With guest photographers/speakers we’ll roll up our sleeves and systematically go through each phase of the process. Previsualization: Development Preparation: Research ...
Los Angeles Center of Photography
Once the staple of the fine art and commercial photographer, the view camera has been bypassed by faster cameras and instant processes. In this two-day workshop we will slow down the image making rhythm and explore the creative control that can be achieved using large format cameras. This class is designed for those who have never used a view camera, those who want to reacquaint themselves or those who wish to master the camera for wet plate processes....
Los Angeles Center of Photography
Learn unique and undiscovered places to shoot with provided technical help. The Los Angeles River runs over 50 miles through the heart of a metro area populated by 10 million people. Yet in a place where water is such a precious commodity, hardly any of the inhabitants know the river’s history, where it begins or ends, or its current function. In fact, the patchwork of governments and agencies that control the river make it almost impossible...
Los Angeles Center of Photography
Designed for students who have completed The Next Step 1 in or prior to 2017, this six-session class continues to instruct the emerging photographer on how to present work to the fine art and documentary markets. Photographers are encouraged to build on their bodies of work over the break and come prepared to fine-tune, edit, and enhance their series or images. We will also continue to explore competitions, grants, presentation and packaging,...
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