Fine Art Archives - The Los Angeles Center of Photography

Documenting the Family with Thomas Alleman (Online Learning – Six Sessions)

This six-session, six-month course is designed for students who’re at least advanced beginners, actively photographing their families or intending to begin soon. Each session will include critiques of students’ work, as well as a lecture that’ll feature examples from books and portfolios created by other family photographers.

The Wet Plate Collodion Workshop with Allan Barnes (In-Person – Two sessions)

This two-day workshop serves as a hands-on introduction to this demanding but beautiful photographic process, invented by Frederick Scott Archer in the mid-19th Century.

Creative Portraiture with Ken Merfeld (Online Learning – Six Sessions)

This six-week workshop will begin to explore the world of portraiture, the basics of natural and artificial lighting, and the psychology of dealing with people in front of your camera. Lighting equipment and light-altering tools will be discussed and demonstrated, with weekly assignments given and critiqued, and student portfolios reviewed.

The Next Step: Presenting Your Work to the Fine Art Market with Aline Smithson (Online Learning – Six Sessions)

This workshop will help demystify the fine art market with lectures on editions and pricing to presentation and installation. It will also be an honest look at how the roadmap to success has changed and the importance of taking charge of your career is critical. Most importantly, we will craft elevated written materials to accompany your work.

Contemporary Fine Art Photography: Discovering Your Voice with Susan Burnstine (Online Learning – Five Sessions)

Contemporary fine art photography transforms ideas into images, and images into a voice. The photographer acts as a channel to which this progression can evolve. This course will investigate this process and use of photography as a tool for individual expression.

Portfolio Development Workshop with Susan Burnstine (Online Learning – Six Months)

This workshop, designed specifically for fine art photographers, focuses on developing artists’ portfolios over a six-month period of time.

Photographing in the Social Landscape with Thomas Alleman (Hybrid Learning – Six Sessions)

Through lectures and discussions, exercises and assignments, this class will explore the Social Landscape as other photographers have seen it over that last hundred years.

Publishing a Photo Book with Harvey Stein (Online Learning – Seven Sessions)

This seven-week workshop is a nuts and bolts exploration of the steps necessary to successfully approach publishers and what to do when they say yes.

The Exquisite iPhone Landscape with Dan Burkholder (In-Person Learning – Three Sessions)

In this workshop we focus on the fine iPhone landscape, exploring the shooting, editing and stylizing techniques that will take you from casual captures to serious artwork. This workshop will open your eyes and pump your creative juices to craft images that you’ll be proud to share, exhibit and sell.

The Photographer’s Eye with Thomas Alleman (Hybrid Learning – Eight Sessions)

Through lectures and discussions, exercises and assignments, this class will explore the specifics of camera vision in such areas as motion, time and focus.

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