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Los Angeles Center of Photography
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The Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) is a nonprofit organization providing photography education and enrichment for photographers of all levels. With a wide range of classes, workshops, exhibitions, and community events, LACP offers a comprehensive experience for photographers to learn, connect, and grow in their practice.

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Los Angeles Center of Photography

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The Master Class in Lighting

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 252 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA

Learn advanced lighting techniques and how to create drama and mood in your imagery with The Master Class in Lighting at the Los Angeles Center of Photography. Develop your lighting style and enhance your skills in portraiture, fashion, and still-life photography. This course is designed for advanced photographers with prior knowledge of lighting and equipment.

(41) Advanced 18 and older
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$1,355

8 sessions

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Basic Photography for Teens: Part 1 (Ages 12-14)

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 252 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA

Introduce your teen to the art of digital photography with a hands-on course focused on camera operation, techniques, and composition. Join us for a week of exploring shutter speed, aperture, white balance, and more while honing your skills through in-class exercises and daily assignments.

(41) Beginner 12 - 14 years old
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$455

5 sessions

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How to Use a Digital Camera: SLR

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Students will learn in understanding the controls and functions of their digital SLR’s. Owning a digital Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera can be both exciting and challenging. Amanda Keller-Konya will teach camera menu options such as image quality & size, focus & exposure modes, and color space & white balance settings. Fundamental technical information including aperture, shutter speed, ISO and exposure will also be discussed. Throughout...

(41) Beginner 18 and older
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$172
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Website Design

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 755 Seward St, Los Angeles, CA

Participants will learn how to set up and administer their WordPress site, upload photos and create posts, personalize the look using WordPress themes, and much more. This course serves as a step-by-step guide to creating a beautiful web presence for photographers or other artists, using WordPress. By the end of this course, students will have their own fully functional WordPress website. Day One: Overview and Installation The class begins with...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$355

2 sessions

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Introduction to Large Format Photography

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....

(41) All levels 18 and older
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Product Studio Lighting: A One-Day Workshop with Steph

Los Angeles Center of Photography

What are we doing with all these lights? How and why do we use umbrellas, grids, snoots, reflectors or the bare bulb of your flash to make a boring subject exciting. This one-day technical workshop will illuminate the multifaceted world of product studio lighting. We'll take the flash off the hot-shoe and focus on products that are reflective, transparent and dull and match them with their perfect light modifier. We'll  illustrate both clean-catalog...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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Photoshop for Teens

Los Angeles Center of Photography

Photoshop is a powerful and essential program for the digital photographer. In this course, students will learn how to use the Adobe Photoshop interface and access its expansive set of features. Topics covered include color and exposure controls, selective editing, digital compositing and Photoshop filters. Other advanced manipulations, such as editing in black and white and creating digital panoramic photographs, will also be explored. By the completion...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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The Los Angeles River Photo Adventure

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...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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Chasing the Light: Discovering Great Portrait Locations

Los Angeles Center of Photography

Learn how to read their subject’s light, the correct way of mixing light temperatures, and how to establish mood and dramatic lighting. In this new series, students will discover ways to find and utilize beautiful ambient light as a powerful photographic tool. Participants will be amazed as to how they can achieve great results simply by finding incredible backdrops, such as Disney Concert Hall. Emphasis will be placed on using available and...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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The Special Project for Teens

Los Angeles Center of Photography

Learn the art of visual storytelling and the importance of the editing process. Choosing a meaningful topic is the first step of any personally driven photography project. Your subject could be exploring form, color, texture and shadows, or it could be the life of a family member or a part of your city. We'll emphasize developing a special topic of focus and using your camera skills to bring that topic to life to produce a series of images that...

(41) All levels 12 - 18 years old
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Location Lighting: A Two-Day Workshop

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Join photographer Dean Zulich in this one-day workshop as he teaches students how to effectively light portraits on location using natural and artificial light. The class begins by discussing the basics of light control, and then moves on to balancing studio strobes and with harsh mid-day light.  Working with models, students will utilize a variety of light modifiers including soft boxes, umbrellas, and grids in order to achieve great results....

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$365

2 sessions

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An Introduction to Visual Storytelling

Los Angeles Center of Photography

his six-session workshop on audio slideshows is an introduction to visual storytelling. During the six sessions we will investigate, disseminate and start producing our own audio picture story. Through lectures and discussion, the class will examine the anatomy of a compelling audio slideshow. At the end of the workshop, students will complete an audio slideshow to share with the class. Topics: • Types of story • Documentation...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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The World of Editorial Photography

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA

This six-week course offers students insight into the world of editorial photography. Students will learn what is expected from an editorial assignment and how to deliver a professional product on time and within budget. They will practice estimating, production planning and brainstorming ideas. In addition, students will learn how to capture a story within a single image, and to create a cohesive series. The class will cover the entire process of...

(41) Intermediate 18 and older
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$445

6 sessions

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The Next Step 2

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,...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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The Art & Business of Actor Headshot

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA

During this one-day intensive workshop, Michael Sanville, a headshot photographer with 20 years of experience, will share his knowledge of the industry, including how he has photographed literally tens of thousands of actors and continues to do so. Students will learn the proper tools it takes to begin a career as a headshot photographer including: How to find your style. How to avoid the trappings of trends. How to find makeup artists that...

(41) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$325
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Lighting 101: Light Anything, Anytime, Anywhere

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Every camera manual tells you how to use a camera but none show you how to use light – the single most important element in photography. This course will introduce you to the fundamentals of lighting, allowing you to pre-visualize light and empowering you to light anything, anytime, anywhere. How do we use softboxes, grids, snoots, umbrellas or the light of a window or skylight to make our photos compelling? Why does open shade make some portraits...

(41) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$300
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Time Lapse Photography

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Have you ever wanted to control time? Speed it up or slow it down? You can with time-lapse photography. Whether it is people going about their business at a seemingly breakneck speed, clouds zooming across the sky, or taking in a sunrise or sunset in seconds, time-lapse photography is a fantastically creative way to showcase the world around us. Join time-lapse expert Michael e. Stern for an informative and instructional workshop about the basics...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$315

2 sessions

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Power Printing

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA

So you have finished a photo session and the images are in your camera’s memory card. Now you want to catalog, process and print them. This workshop will show you how. In addition to giving you total control over how your image will be presented, printing your own images can also save you a great deal of money.  In this one-day workshop, you will learn how to: Upload and catalog your images. We will discuss the Lightroom library &...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$330
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Actor Headshots: A One-Day Workshop

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 820 N Hollywood Way, Los Angeles, CA

Actors would rather visit the dentist than shoot new headshots, yet their first stop in Hollywood is getting new professional pictures. In this one-day workshop, students will learn how to create striking photographs that will help their clients get to work, and consequently help grow their photography business. Much more than just a picture of someone’s face, the headshot must work to capture an essence of the performer, as well as the casting...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$345
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Creating Worlds and Stories with Photomontage

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Do you have hundreds of everyday photos just sitting on your device? Why not turn even your most mundane photos into unique works of art? Learn how, through the art of photomontage. With photomontage you can combine your everyday photos of family, friends, and travel into surreal stories and worlds without having to be a Photoshop expert. Through this class you will: Learn to build your own visual narrative as we discuss concepts, such as composition,...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$315
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