Summer Camp for Teens: Beyond the Snapshot (ages 12-14) with Brianna Lopez (In-Person Learning – One Week)
- Monday
July 6, 2026
10:00 am - 1:00 pm - Tuesday
July 7, 2026
10:00 am - 1:00 pm - Wednesday
July 8, 2026
10:00 am - 1:00 pm - Thursday
July 9, 2026
10:00 am - 1:00 pm - Friday
July 10, 2026
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Photography is about learning how to truly see the world around you—and then using a camera to share that vision. In this class, students will move beyond simply taking pictures and begin using photography as a creative tool to express ideas, stories, and personal perspectives.
One Week (Five Sessions)
Tuition: $475 (Become a Member today and receive 5% – 20% off!)
Sugarshack fund: To eliminate barriers for entry for students from all backgrounds, LACP is pleased to offer The Sugarshack for students in need. To apply for tuition scholarships, click here.
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About
In-Person Learning
Photography is about learning how to truly see the world around you—and then using a camera to share that vision. In this class, students will move beyond simply taking pictures and begin using photography as a creative tool to express ideas, stories, and personal perspectives.
Designed for advanced beginner photographers, this course builds both technical skills and artistic confidence. Students will learn how cameras work while exploring how choices like light, focus, motion, and framing can change the way a photograph feels. Through guided lessons and hands-on practice, students will develop an understanding of exposure, depth of field, and shutter speed, and how these tools help shape an image. The class will also look at the work of photographers past and present, using examples to inspire creative thinking.
Students will complete conceptual photo projects based on their own interests and keep a visual journal to track ideas and progress. All camera types – except analog or film – are welcome, including smartphones.
Travel, life, experience … Brianna Lopez is a photographer, solo explorer and outdoor educator, from Camden New Jersey currently living and working in Los Angeles, CA. She is a self taught visual storyteller with a focus on environmental and lifestyle photography. She developed a travel photography workshop called I Belong Nowhere, where she educates and inspires young adults to travel the world, learn photography and progress towards self awareness and well being.
She is an educator, expedition leader, workshop instructor and mentor. Brianna has taught workshops at Canon Hollywood and Canon Burbank and in 2021 she taught an advanced photography course at Venice Arts in Los Angeles, CA. Brianna has extensive experience in production and photography, almost never putting her camera down. She is a dynamic spirit whose goal is to create beautiful, but more importantly, emotionally impactful imagery.
In 2018 Brianna led her first photography workshops with National Geographic Student Expeditions in New York city, along with teaching a pre-college course in film and photography in Tokyo, Japan for Putney Student Travel. For the next few years she would lead expeditions for National Geographic Student Expeditions in New York, Japan and Yellowstone National Park.
When she is not solo traveling around the world, hosting local hike meetups, or working, she is developing I Belong Nowhere and running her photography and production company.
She received her BA in English Writers Track from West Chester University and is a member of the Black Women’s Photographers Collective.
Details
- One Week (Five Sessions)
- Dates: Monday-Friday, July 6 – July 10, 10 am – 1 pm
- Enrollment limit: 15 students
- Skill/Experience level: Beginning. Ages 12-14 only.
- Tuition: $475 (Become a Member today and receive 5% – 20% off!)
- Location: Downtown Los Angeles (LACP Headquarters), 252 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.
Sugarshack fund: To eliminate barriers for entry for students from all backgrounds, LACP is pleased to offer The Sugarshack for students in need. To apply for tuition scholarships, click here.