Spring Classes 2024

LEVEL 1 A / BEGINNING PHOTOGRAPHY
LEVEL 1B /  BEYOND BEGINNING PHOTOGRAPHY
LEVEL 1C /  ADVANCES PHOTO TECHNIQUES, PLUS LIGHTROOM

Workshops

Level 1: Understanding basic photography camera controls and functions to make more creative decisions. Train your eye to see stronger composition to have your photographs stand out from everyone else’s images. Learn to see and shoot in the best light possible, plus simple tips on editing and adjustments to your images will be cover at this level.

Level 1B: Photography knowledge continues with a deeper understanding of creative skills. Working in all manual camera setting to achieve your best exposure. Learn the art and techniques of subject placement in a scene to strengthen your overall composition. Advance understanding of metering and lighting skills, both with flash and natural light. Discover the exciting world of movement using diverse skills such as panning and slow shutter.

Level 1C: Photography Plus Lightroom: Move on to more advance visual techniques and concepts to bring your photography to the next level. Honing your eye to see and capture the great moments in almost every situation. Develop the art of pre-visualizing skills to tell stories with your photographs. Learning great foundation in Lightroom to organize, edit and enhance your images, so they stand out on there own.

All classes are hand-on with detailed assignments giving out every class to ensure maximize results.

Get going on your dream to understand your camera and improve your images!  These courses are hands-on, fun, and develops both practical and artistic skills!

Intermediate Photography

Enhance your way of seeing and take your photographic vision to the next level. Through field trips, interesting assignments and critiques, students will advance their technical photographic skills with the primary emphasis on creative camera work. Student furnishes fully manual DSLR camera & printing.

Advanced Photography

Pushing you to meet your unique photographic goals technically and creatively. Working towards developing a strong portfolio & gallery quality work.

Lightroom Essential

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.

Original Raw File

Adjusted & Color Corrected

Proper Conversion & Corrected B&W



LEVEL 1 BEGINNING PHOTOGRAPHY

Get going on your dream of understanding your camera and improve your images! This workshop offers the basics of photography and manual camera skills. In class we bring you up to speed on camera technology and teach you how to visually explore and experience your surroundings from behind the lens and much more.

Creative practical assignments will be given to strengthen composition and technical awareness. Students must bring their own fully charged DSL camera and manual. This course is hands-on, fun and develops both practical and creative skills.

Classes Schedule

 

Level 1A Beginning Thursday Morning / 10:00am -12:00 noon 
March 28 - May 16
8 weeks
$485
Shelby Dr. Studio West L.A.

Level 1A Beginning Tuesday Evening / 6:30pm - 8:30pm
March 26 - May 14
8 weeks
$485
Shelby Dr. Studio West L.A.

LEVEL 1B  PHOTOGRAPHY

This workshop offers advances techniques beyond beginning photography. We will be working towards a deeper understanding of composition, lighting (natural and artificial) including flash.  Exploring diverse imagery i.e. portraiture, still life, landscape and street photography, all to help you develop a strong point of view and to integrate camera technology with your unique creative vision.

Practical assignments will be given to strengthen composition and technical  awareness. Students must bring their own fully charged DSL camera and manual. This course is hands-on, fun and develops both practical and artistic skills!

Classes Schedule

Level 1B Wednesday Evenings / 6:30pm-8:30pm 
March 27 - May 15
8 weeks
$485
Shelby Dr. Studio West L.A.

 

LEVEL 1C  PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTROOM

This workshop offers advances techniques beyond beginning photography. We will be working towards a deeper understanding of composition, lighting (natural and artificial) including flash.  Exploring diverse imagery i.e. portraiture, still life, landscape and street photography, all to help you develop a strong point of view and to integrate camera technology with your unique creative vision.

This course will also cover Lightroom basic essential workflow, Importing & Cataloging, Techniques in Editing, Color Adjustment, Enhancing tools and Exporting files.

Practical assignments will be given to strengthen composition and . Students must bring their own fully charged DSL camera and laptop. This course is hands-on, fun and develops both practical and artistic skills!

Classes Schedule

Level 1C Advances Photo Techniques, Plus Advance Lightroom Tuesday  AM/ 10:00am -12:00noon

March 26 - May 14
8 weeks
$525
Shelby Dr. Studio West L.A.

Intermediate Photography

Enhance your way of seeing and take your photographic vision to the next level. Through field trips, interesting assignments and critiques, students will advance their technical photographic skills with the primary emphasis on advance creative camera work, metering and lighting.

March 27 - May 15  Intermediate Wednesday Evening 6:30pm to 8:30pm
8 weeks / $ 525
Shelby Dr. Studio Wes  t L.A.

 

 

ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY

Pushing you to meet your unique photographic goals technically and creatively. Working towards developing a strong portfolio & gallery quality work.

Tuesday Morning / 10:00 pm-12:30pm

March 26 - May 7   Advance Photography Tuesday Morning 10am to 12:30pm
8 weeks / $ 585
Shelby Dr. Studio Wes  t L.A.

 

Wednesday Morning / 10:00 pm-12:30pm

March 27 - May 8  Advance Photography Wednesday Morning 10am to 12:30pm
8 weeks / $ 585
Shelby Dr. Studio Wes  t L.A.