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Discover a wide range of photography classes in NYC that will help you master the art of capturing stunning images. From beginner workshops to advanced courses, learn essential techniques, unleash your creativity, and take your photography skills to the next level.

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Essential Portraiture (6 Weeks)

BKC @ 736 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY

ATTENTION: This class is offered with extremely limited max capacity of 6 in-person students.  Students will be required to wear masks during class until further notice.  Our classroom is well-ventilated and cleaned before each class session.    Everyone loves a good portrait. But in this photographic genre, there’s far more than meets the eye.  Portraits can be symbolic, iconic, flattering or revealing.  In addition...

(325) Intermediate 13 and older
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$409

6 sessions

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Intro to Risograph: Printing B&W Photographs

Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY

In this one day workshop, we'll explore Penumbra’s Riso printing possibilities. We'll learn about the basic options to print images, using the built-in scanner and the network card with Mac and Windows drivers (printing directly from PDF files and/or JPGs). We'll consider photographic publications printed with this technology and we'll make impressions using each participant's black and white photographs to see how the machine operates and renders...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$105
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Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Get your hands on Blackmagic’s URSA Mini Pro, the sought-after digital cinema camera that shoots native 4K and has up to 15 stops of dynamic range. It provides compressed RAW recording (including in the open, license-free Blackmagic RAW) at 3:1 and 4:1 compression ratios to save space while retaining post-production flexibility. And with built-in ND filters, an external control section, and user-interchangeable lens mounts, there’s plenty to...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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Photoshop CS5 Photo Printing and Color

New Horizons Computer Learning @ 462 Seventh Ave, New York, NY

In this course, students will use color management techniques and color correct images to ensure optimal print output. This course is intended for photo professionals or enthusiasts who have a basic foundation of Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 and are interested in using Photoshop for printing and color correction. This course covers the Adobe Certified Associate exam objectives, and is intended to help students prepare for the examination. Prerequisite(s)...

(8) Advanced 18 and older
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$395
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Summer Sparks: iPhoneography

BKC @ Pier 63, New York, NY

Join us at beautiful Hudson River Park for a very special iPhoneography workshop. Who says you need a big chunky DSLR to get great pictures? This camera never leaves your side… lucky for you it's a pretty excellent camera. The iPhone is like the swiss army knife of cameras, with an explosion of apps and filters, but it still has that unique quality entirely its own. Like the Polaroid and Instamatic before it, the iPhone's camera has become...

(325) All levels 18 and older
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Digital Photography Live In-the-Field @ High Line

Digital Photo Academy @ 30th St, New York, NY

Take this course if you... Want to apply what you have learned in our DSLR/Point and Shoot classes out in the field Want to test your camera’s capabilities side by side with your instructor in amazing locations Want to appreciate local areas in a whole new way and capture amazing images that will last a lifetime Want to meet and learn from some of our 100+ instructors across the country Each Composition in the Field class begins with a talk...

(146) Intermediate 15 and older
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Digital Photography Live In-the-Field @ S St Seaport

Digital Photo Academy @ 89 South St , New York, NY

Take this course if you... Want to apply what you have learned in our DSLR/Point and Shoot classes out in the field Want to test your camera’s capabilities side by side with your instructor in amazing locations Want to appreciate local areas in a whole new way and capture amazing images that will last a lifetime Want to meet and learn from some of our 100+ instructors across the country Each Composition in the Field class begins with a talk...

(146) Intermediate 15 and older
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Intuitive Photography: Brooklyn Botanical Garden

Art of Intuitive Photography @ 900 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Please join me for 3 hours to fine tune your intuition and your eye at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. Beautiful views, as well as people and abstract photos await us.  We will conduct exercises to tune you into your intuition, and learn how to take photographs by following it. In addition, we will focus on the differences between looking, observing and seeing. Throughout the class I will be giving feedback on how to better the composition...

(590) All levels 16 and older
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$100
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Intuitive Photography: Brooklyn Bridge Park

Art of Intuitive Photography @ Pier 5, Brooklyn, NY

By the end of the class students will not only be looking at the world with an eye of a photographer, but will have better photographs to prove it. Please join me for 3 hours to fine tune your intuition and your eye at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Nature, sailboats, people, and *the* view of the Manhattan skyline, awaits us.  We will conduct exercises to tune you into your intuition, and learn how to take photographs by following it. In addition,...

(590) All levels 16 and older
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$100
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Walk About - Embodied Photography in Coney Island

Art of Intuitive Photography @ 1904 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY

We will explore the essence and the environment that surrounds this historical theme park, beach and boardwalk. We will explore our surroundings by allowing our surroundings to come to us. Using our intuition, power of observation and awareness through connection to our body, breath and surroundings, we will photograph shapes and spaces, people, moments of time. We will strike a balance between active and passive seeing as we follow what interests...

(590) All levels 16 and older
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$125
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Photoshop for Photographers

BKC @ 33 Washington St, Brooklyn, NY

Photographers and other visual artists, as well as weekend shooters and people who want to know how to "photoshop" their faces onto their friends' faces. Without a doubt, Photoshop is the gold standard app for graphics and photography professionals, and used by countless artists, businesses, and groups that operate in every known activity. As a photographer, you'll need to be able to sort through the many features that will help make your photos...

(325) Beginner 13 and older
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$350

7 sessions

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Smart Phones Photography

Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY

Take better pictures with your smart phone. Smart phones have opened up new photographic possibilities for both professional journalists and citizen storytellers. Images produced with today’s smart phones now have sufficient quality to be published on all media platforms from digital to print. In fact, many news organizations now require reporters to take their own smart phone photos of breaking news events. This 5-hour, Saturday morning course...

(64) All levels 18 and older
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$149
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Chemistry Safety and Mixing

Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY

This workshop will introduce students to the proper safety measures when mixing, storing and using various chemicals. Instructor Morgan Post will demonstrate how to mix chemistry for Cyanotypes, Vandykes, Albumen, Salt Printing, Wet Plate Collodion, Kallitypes and Platinum/Palladium and its many developers. This course will answer questions like: Can I mix this type of acid with this type of chemical? Is it safe to store this in a hot darkroom?...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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12 Ways for Lighting Your Subject in the Studio

NYC Digital Photography Workshops @ 42 W 38th St, New York, NY

Lighting can be a daunting experience for newbies to studio work because while it is one of the most important tools for creating the image, it’s not the only thing to think about and control during a photoshoot. There’s also the direction to a creative team, creating the set, posing and directing the subject or model, composing the frame, scanning the subject or model for any necessary hair/makeup/wardrobe adjustments and capturing the image...

(13) All levels 18 and older
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$169
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Printing a Photogravure Plate

Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY

An intensive photomechanical process, photogravure is considered to be one of the most exquisite prints possible. This demonstration will go over the final component of the process: bringing the image to life through inking and printing. Craig will cover the difference in approach photogravure has from conventional intaglio printing using both a photogravure plate and a direct gravure plate to make prints. Then, he will demonstrate Chine Collé,...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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Camera Fundamentals: Mastering Manual Settings

NYC Digital Photography Workshops @ NE Corner Central Park South/6th Avenue, New York, NY

Each time you pick up your camera and select a scene and subject to photograph, you’re probably confronted with a challenging time capturing the scene as you see it, and more than that, as you want it to be seen in your photos. Picking settings that cater to your environment, especially if it is changing dynamically with shifts in lighting and focus, can be intimidating. The longer it takes for you to adjust, the more your head is occupied with...

(13) Beginner 18 and older
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$189
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Mastering Adobe Lightroom

BKC @ 33 Washington St, Brooklyn, NY

Beginners and experienced shooters alike can all benefit from learning Adobe's excellent photo management and post-production app Lightroom. Built from the ground up to suit the needs of professional photographers, Lightroom can greatly speed up your editing and image adjustment time compared to Bridge and Photoshop. If you use iPhoto to organize your images, you'll be amazed at how much Lightroom can help you better manage, edit and adjust your...

(325) Beginner 13 and older
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$180

4 sessions

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The Art of Composition Masterclass

NYC Digital Photography Workshops @ 1115 Broadway, New York, NY

iPhone photographers are welcome to join us! As photographers, it’s our job to look for and incorporate certain aesthetics that keep a viewer interested while viewing our photographs. The aesthetics boil down to subject matter and composition. You may have heard of The Rule of Thirds and that following this guideline increases the quality of composition. However, the Rule of Thirds is only ONE element that can enhance a good composition. There...

(13) All levels 18 and older
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$149
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iPhone Photo Walk: Beginner's Photography Workshop

CLSRM by The Urban Interest @ The Harlem Collective
, New York, NY

***Note: Rain date for June 2nd class is July 7th from 9:00am to 11:00am*** When carrying around your DSLR becomes a burden, you can create beautiful pictures on your iPhone. It seems simple but you have to know what you're doing. Quality is noticeable!  Learn the basic rules, tools & essentials to obtain desirable results with this modern, efficient method.

(1) Beginner 18 and older
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A Delicious Photo Workshop

Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY

Learn everything you need to be proficient at photographing food. We will explore choice of subject, lighting, angles and everything else you need to know. Participants will each bring food to photograph, including homemade cookies or delicious produce.

(64) All levels 18 and older
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