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Does your camera confuse you? This 2 hour class will cover ISO, aperture, shutter speed and more. You'll never want to photograph in auto mode again! You need to have a camera that has the manual mode setting.

Take the next step in your photography journey, with Digital Photography II. This course is a great follow up for your Digital Photography I, which you can take from the comfort of your own home! In this course you will learn advanced photographic and composition techniques. Get your camera ready and learn about: Custom white balance Lighting...

Learn how to bring the most out of your photographs and make them stand out! In Editing in Lightroom (Classic), students will learn how to analyze a photograph and understand what needs to be corrected and post processed. This course will focus on Lightroom Classic's Develop module and all of its tabs. Students will learn to perform functions...

“The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson In this workshop, we discuss all the elements of what makes a good portrait and delve into the process of working with people. We learn through attention to detail, postures and expressions,...

Digital Camera Settings Each settings on your camera provides a world of potential for bettering your images. Whether you use a DSLR or a point and shoot, there are tons of tricks that you may be missing out on. We'll explore settings such as exposure compensation and various presets that can turn a regular image into a special one. Our knowledgeable...

The Bauhaus School was one of the most influential art and design schools in the twentieth century. Founded in 1919 in Weimar, it represented the zeitgeist of a modernizing and changing society in Germany between the wars.  In this class you will draw inspiration by studying the Bauhaus aesthetics and artists like László Moholy-Nagy who continued...

Each settings on your camera provides a world of potential for bettering your photography, whether you use a DSLR, point and shoot, Mirrorless, or smartphone camera, learn the tons of tricks that you can do with the equipment that you already have, without complexity and staying in Auto mode. You don’t need a high tech camera to make amazing photos....

Photographic vision requires an aptitude for discovering beauty in what others see but ignore. Photographers create new work by making new visual decisions as they engage with the world. Like poetry, this encourages a viewer's mind to wander, imagine, and create prehistory or post-history for the images. This extensive course is designed for advanced...

Thoughtful processes are key steps in learning to identify, then capture, an impressive and artistic image as an intermediate photographer. Use lead lines, selective manual focus, and appropriate aperture settings to enhance your photos. Prerequisite: Beginning Digital Photography or the consent of the instructor. FPC requirement. This class...

This new workshop supports photographers who seek to develop new and ongoing projects that investigate and explore landscape photography through a poetic documentary lens. We will focus on the creative process in conversation with art history, inspiration and personal experience. A wide range of approaches and interpretations of poetic documentary...

Gestalt Theory for Photographers: Practical Application of the Principles of Visual Perception Gestalt principles of human perception explain how our brain sees patterns, structure, form, and logic in the world around us. Painters like Vermeer, Bouguereau, and Jacques-Louis David used these principles long before they were formalized at the beginning...

There are hundreds of photography apps available for iPhones, and many have similar features. Explore some of the better-known apps along with instruction on use for nature photography.  We will go over the basics of iPhone photography along with fieldwork. Examine the photos taken during class and learn how to enhance, manipulate, or alter...

Travel Photography - Learn the tricks of Street and Landscape photography. Enhance your Travel Photos with this workshop mix of Landscape, Cityscape and Street Photography, and urban scenery. Capture that scene with confidence and creativity. This course is mostly taken place outdoor and focuses on honing compositional skills specific to landscapes,...

Adobe Lightroom is a comprehensive application that allows you to organize, optimize and share your photography. This course will introduce the fundamentals of a Lightroom workflow. Learn to properly import photos into the library, develop and edit photos, and share photos using social media, web pages and photo printing.  We will also look at...

In this beginning workshop, students will learn all the controls and functions on their digital Single Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras, basic camera operation (including f-stop, shutter speed and ISO), fundamental concepts of photography, and how to control the photograph’s final look.  Discussions include composition and light, how to get the background...