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Unlock your creativity and sharpen your photography skills with a wide range of online art classes. Learn the fundamentals, master advanced techniques, and gain the confidence to capture stunning photographs in various genres such as landscape, portrait, and street photography.

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Composition 101: A Course in Photographic Design

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Ever wonder how two people can stand in the same spot, point their camera at the same subject but return with completely different ways of interpreting the identical scene? Building and making a photograph is like piecing together a puzzle. Creating an image in-camera is making a series of decisions and choices. The goal is to build a strong enough composition to guide the viewer’s eye to the most important elements of your image This new course,...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$465

6 sessions

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Your Right Brain is Right

Los Angeles Center of Photography

Creativity is learning our right brain is right. This course demystifies the concept that only certain people are creative or just born with it. This is a fun and upbeat class that will energize you. The emphasis is on defining and learning the skills of creativity and identifying your unique “edge.” Knowing how to use your creative side will empower you, your images for clients and any goal you wish. By its structure, the class affords the...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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Women in Landscape Photography: Online

Chicago Botanic Garden

Study the work of some of the great female landscape photographers. Each week, you will review and discuss photographers, learn about their paths toward creative endeavor, and study their images. By closely reviewing their subject choice and the compositional tools they used to create images, we will develop a sense of their artistic intent and use that knowledge to guide our aesthetic approach. The course will culminate with an in-class portfolio...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Composition in Landscape Photography

Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom

The Chicago Botanic Garden’s online photography class is a virtual experience you can take anywhere!  Composition is the arrangement of pattern, symmetry, texture, depth of field, and lines. Each week, you will learn one of these elements in depth, providing you with techniques to improve your photographic composition and resulting in a new skill set to enhance your landscape photography. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$312

5 sessions

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Sustainable Darkroom: Sustainable Thinking, Practice

Penumbra Foundation @ Virtual Classroom

Sustainable Darkroom: Sustainable Thinking, Practice and Waste Management  This online course consists of three classes exploring sustainability within photography. Taught by the leaders of Sustainable Darkroom, this course is focused on creating sustainable photographic habits through thought and practice. Classes include Sustainable Thinking with Edd Carr, Miniature Pinhole and Tea Developers with Alice Cazenave, and Waste Management in Photographic...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$308

3 sessions

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Mastering The Fundamentals of Cinemagraphs

Creatr @ 55 Broad St, New York, NY

In this class, taught by acclaimed photographer, film director, and conceptual artist Christian Blanchard, you'll be introduced to the world Cinemagraphs, a new visual medium that combines the focused simplicity and high production values of a still image with the kinetic energy of the animated gif. During this Live (and On-demand) class, Christian will walk you through the art and science of creating professional Cinemagraphs, including an exploration...

All levels 16 and older
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$14.99
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Assistant Editing for Documentary

DCTV

Are you looking to become a documentary Assistant Editor? This workshop will introduce you to the collaborative and technical expectations of this crucial role. Learn how to prep a project and best support your editor while gaining an understanding of how to navigate the job landscape for assistant editing. This workshop will be taught from Avid, but you are welcome to join if you have a thorough understanding of any professional NLE. There will...

(237) Intermediate 18 and older
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Nature and Landscape Photography

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Nature and landscape photographs are much more than just pretty postcards when they are made by creatively engaged photographers who understand their motivations, their subjects, and their tools. During this one-day workshop, Michael E. Gordon will provide you with the knowledge and inspiration to help advance your craft and confidence in all creative aspects of nature and landscape photography. This workshop is suitable for beginning to intermediate...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$295
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Taking Control of Your Lightroom Catalog

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ *Virtual Classroom

Tips, fixes, and settings to make your Lightroom life easier and more manageable. Adobe Lightroom is the most popular photo editing and cataloging software available, and for good reason. It’s an all-in-one package that encompasses a robust and easy to use editing toolkit, as well as a Library module for organizing and cataloging your entire image collection. The problem is we all love to take photos and work with them in Lightroom, but getting...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$155
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DSLR Photography for Beginners – Level 1

Digital Workshop Center

Get to know your way around your camera with DSLR Photography for Beginners Our DSLR Photography for Beginners class (Level 1) is aimed at taking the guesswork out of your DSLR camera. Focusing on everything from setting up your shoot to loading your pictures onto your computer, this course will teach you the basics of taking better photos. Since every DSLR camera differs slightly in settings and location of controls, the subjects covered in this...

(2) Beginner 16 and older
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Creative Use of Nature's Light in Landscapes

Princeton Photo Workshop @ Online Classroom

Learn from acclaimed Argentinian nature photographer and documentary filmmaker Ossian Lindholm in this immersive course on utilizing nature's light. Discover new techniques for achieving dramatic images in various lighting situations and explore topics such as exposure, dynamic range, and tonal range. Take your landscape and cityscape photography to the next level with this intermediate-level workshop.

(23) Intermediate 13 and older
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$199

2 sessions

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Photography Techniques: Filters

Chicago Botanic Garden

Filters may be used to control color and time. They may also be used to control reflections. Learn about which filters should always be in your camera bag. Bring any filters you own to this class.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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How to Buy a Camera

Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom

Have you been thinking about buying a digital camera but find it confusing? Remove the mystery by exploring features, sizes, and price points of many levels and brands of cameras. Whether you haven’t taken a picture since film days or are completely new to the hobby, all are welcome and no camera is required.  This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts. Registered...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Discover Macro Photography

Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom

Unleash the beauty of the smallest details as you dive into the world of macro photography in this immersive online class at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Learn essential techniques and camera gear required to capture stunning macro images. Take your photography skills to new heights and bring your photos to life in the second session.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$74

2 sessions

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The Making of Environmental Portraits

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ *Virtual Classroom

Location, Location, Location: The Making of Environmental Portraits In this webinar Lauri Lyons will discuss how to photograph people on location, scout sites, work with minimal equipment, use natural light or flash, and how to create a dynamic and memorable image in a short amount of time.

(41) All levels 18 and older
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A Tread Through Projects and Ideas

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ *Virtual Classroom

Join Rodrigo Valenzuela, 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient and Associate Professor and Head of the Photography Department at UCLA, for a webinar on exploring personal projects. Rodrigo will present how he treads ideas and material among each project, and reveal the details of his research and material experimentation. Webinar – Online Learning Class via Zoom This class is part of our Saturday “Webinar” series. These 90-minute online...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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Artistic Practice in Documentary Photography

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ *Virtual Classroom

In this webinar, Carlos will reveal how it’s possible to achieve artistic practice in documentary photography and find ways to push beyond reportage and into the commercial market. This class is part of our Saturday webinar series. These 90-minute presentations, taught by leading professionals in the field, are designed to be informative and educational. A wide range of topics will be explored. Each webinar will end with a Q&A from the audience....

(41) All levels 18 and older
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Photo Editing Techniques

The MacSpa

Go beyond Apple's built-in photo-editing tools. Use pro-level apps to edit, enhance, and do more with photos on Mac or iOS. We demonstrate Pixelmator Classic and features such as retouching, color replacement, clone, and more.

(8) All levels 12 and older
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Making Portraits with the View Camera in Digital Age

Los Angeles Center of Photography

Join Andrea Modica as she discusses how and why she photographs with an 8X10” view camera, producing platinum prints by hand. How do the choices we make in regard to equipment and presentation inform content? The webinar will address the arc of Andrea’s forty years of view camera work.

(41) All levels 18 and older
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Conversations with a Curator

Los Angeles Center of Photography

Conversations with a Curator is a new series in which Curators from a broad range of institutions will discuss how they became a curator, their work and exhibition history, how they conceive of and curate exhibitions and what they are looking for in the artists they want to exhibit. The aim of these talks is to pull back the curtain as to how curators find and select work for exhibitions and publications. After the conversation between the curator...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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