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Essential Portraiture (6 Weeks)

  • Intermediate
  • 13 and older
  • $409
  • 736 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY
  • 18 hours over 6 sessions

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  • $409
  • BKC Bushwick @ 736 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
  • 18 hours over 6 sessions
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What you'll learn in this portrait photography class:

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 to learning how, we also encourage you to wonder why.

This six-session, challenge-based course enhances your portrait skills through understanding and maximizing natural light, continuous (hot) lights, composition, lens effects, and working with human subjects. We'll delve deep into what it means to be creative in photographic portraiture, including how to overcome equipment limitations in the DIY studio, and develop basic post-production skills to complete the job.

COVID-19 UPDATE:  Using live video demonstrations, guided feedback to exercises, screen-sharing for slides and illustrations, and submitted assignments, we’ll be able to translate the great majority of the content from this class to the online format, and develop exciting new content for the medium as well.

Who should take this class?

If you love taking pictures of people but want to up your portrait game, this class is for you. You’ve been learning the basics, perhaps you’ve even taken some of our intro classes, and now you’re ready to take the next step towards becoming a more skilled and professional taker of portraits.

What to prepare?

Make sure to have a working laptop or desktop with a webcamera, or an tablet/smartphone, and a good internet connection.  We will send you an invite to join the class, along with instructions and a number you can call if you have technical issues.  You might want headphones.  Charge camera batteries and make space on your camera's memory card.

Prerequisites: Students should have a foundational knowledge of manual exposure controls.

Refund Policy

  • Students must give notification 4 business days or more in advance to receive full refund less 5% cancellation fee or transfer credit.
  • Request made within 4 business days will be charged a 25% withdrawal fee.
  • No refunds granted after the beginning of class.

For multi-week classes:

  • Cancellation up to 4 business days prior to the first class - 95% refund.
  • Cancellation after 1st class - 100% refund less a 25% withdrawal fee.
  • Cancellation after the 2nd class - 50% refund.
  • NO REFUNDS beyond the 2nd class

The date the email is sent will determine eligibility for a refund. All approved refunds may take up to four weeks to process. We cannot be responsible for providing refunds for classes or programs missed as a result of student illness, student emergencies, or events beyond our control.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

Refunds or withdrawal requests must be sent via e-mail to [email protected]


Reviews of Classes at BKC (325)

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  • Essential Portraiture (6 Weeks)

    Reviewed by Cassie Doyle on 7/30/2016
    Incredible class, incredible people, and an amazing price. Will be back many more times.
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BKC is a photo, video and creative education center located in the heart of Dumbo, Brooklyn. Our basic philosophy is simple: cut the crap. We’re founded upon the idea of learning by doing, whether it's hands-on classes in studio lighting, a workshop on shooting HD Video for Youtube, unleashing the...

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