In this course, students will learn how to choose and explore a meaningful topic through photography, whether it's capturing the essence of a person, a place, or an abstract concept. In a fun, collaborative setting, we'll focus on visual storytelling, editing, and developing a cohesive series of images that reflect each student's personal vision and style.
Meet-Up in LA: LA Pride Parade with Thomas Alleman (Hybrid Learning – Two Sessions)
Join LACP for an immersive photographic experience at the LA Pride Parade, one of the city’s most vibrant and historically significant public celebrations. Set against the streets of Hollywood, this Meet-Up invites photographers to document the energy, diversity, and expressive spirit of Pride—from bold visual spectacle and intimate moments to powerful expressions of identity, community, and activism.
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In this sequential class to Basic Digital Photography for Teens, students will receive reinforcement in the concepts from the previous class and push toward the next level of photographic expression. Emphasis will be on image capture while practicing sound technical fundamentals. Using the camera to interpret the world around them, students will work toward mastering camera settings, metering techniques, and white balance selection for proper image capture, while engaging in more creative and thought provoking assignments.
This week-long course for teens (ages 15-18) is designed to introduce students to the fundamental operations, techniques, and critical vocabulary of digital photography.
Los Angeles is a massive, sprawling metropolis housing neighborhoods and communities of all shapes and sizes. In this class, students will take advantage of this melting pot of environments and turn their cameras on their neighborhoods in an effort to document their communities.
Have you ever noticed how two photographers can stand in the same place, photograph the same subject, and create completely different images? That difference comes down to choice. Making a strong photograph means intentionally deciding what to include, what to leave out, and how to guide the viewer’s eye through the frame.
Basic Photography with Peter Bennett (In-Person Learning – Six Sessions)
In this beginning workshop, students will learn all the controls and functions on their digital Single Lens Reflex (SLR) or mirrorless cameras, basic camera operation (including f-stop, shutter speed and ISO), fundamental concepts of photography, and how to control the photograph's final look.
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Loneliness as a Growing Crisis: How the Arts Can Help, with Jeremy Nobel, M.D., M. P. H
Dr. Jeremy Nobel, founder of Project UnLonely, explores how loneliness affects our health—and how creative expression can help restore and grow connection, health, resilience and meaning.
Photo Zines in Your Practice: Get Your Work Out Into the World! with Jeff Phillips (Webinar)
Enjoy a fun and fast-paced tour of the zine universe while exploring how visual artists at all career levels are creating zines as original book art objects, new modes of storytelling, promotions for exhibitions, and engaging new audiences—while getting their work out into the world!
In this workshop, George Nobechi returns to LACP to lead an extended, more in-depth iteration of his photographic course in Japanese Aesthetics (Western Light, Eastern Wind). Set on the beautiful grounds of Balboa Park, San Diego, the location is filled with museums, botanical gardens, and numerous possibilities for participants to observe and make photographs incorporating a quiet, thoughtful approach to image-making.