Introduction to Portraiture for Teens (ages 12-18) with Todd Felderstein (In-Person Learning – One week)
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July 17, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
July 18, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
July 19, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
July 20, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
July 21, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
This class is very hands-on, exploratory, and fun. Students will take many portrait photographs, turning the classroom into a professional photography studio, and taking field trips around Los Angeles to shoot at different sites.
Street Portraiture for Teens (ages 12-18) with Todd Felderstein (In-Person Learning – One Week)
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July 24, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
July 25, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
July 26, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
July 27, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
July 28, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
This class will help students discover the secrets in “Street Portraiture” that will hone their storytelling skills, allowing them to better discover hidden gems and how to approach and engage random subjects without disrupting their environment.
The Urban Landscape for Teens (ages 12-18) with Amy Tierney (In-Person Learning – One Week)
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July 10, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
July 11, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
July 12, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
July 13, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
July 14, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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.
Basic Digital Photography for Teens (ages 12-14) with Jasmine Lord (In-Person Learning – One Week)
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June 19, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
June 20, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
June 21, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
June 22, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
June 23, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
In this sequential class to “Basic Photography for Teens: Part 1,” students will receive reinforcement in the concepts from the previous class and push toward the next level of photographic expression.
Basic Digital Photography for Teens (ages 15-18) with Amy Tierney (In-Person Learning – One Week)
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June 12, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
June 13, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
June 14, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
June 15, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
June 16, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
This class will cover technical information such as shutter speed and aperture, white balance, image quality, and compositional methods to help students develop their vision as budding photographers.
Transforming Your Photographs with Kate Breakey (In-Person Learning – Five Sessions)
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May 17, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm -
May 18, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm -
May 19, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm -
May 20, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm -
May 21, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
In this workshop, you will be introduced to some digital techniques using Lightroom and Photoshop and output images on a variety of papers. You will be instructed in the application of oil paints, pigments, pencils, and inks or pastels in combination, to extend your photographic image.
Street Photography in the 21s Century: New Voices, New Strategies with Thomas Alleman (In-Person Learning – Seven Sessions)
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April 18, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
April 22, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
May 2, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
May 6, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
May 16, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
May 20, 2023
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
May 23, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
In this workshop we’ll look at the work of photographers who’ve come of age in the aftermath of street photography’s golden age––after we thought the genre had exhausted itself.
The Crash Street Class: A One-Day Adventure with Michelle Groskopf (In-Person Learning – One Session)
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June 17, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Join photographer Michelle Groskopf in a new one-day class designed to provide students with the basics of street photography in just eight hours.
The WORK of Art with Lori Vrba & Tobia Makover (In-Person Learning – Three Sessions)
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March 10, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
March 11, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm -
March 12, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Lori Vrba and Tobia Makover lead this workshop with big ideas for expanding how we consider and pursue a viable career in the photographic arts. Examine the radical shift from the traditional notions of fine art success to what is now a game-changing movement in the exhibition, curatorial, and marketing arenas.
Boots on the Ground: Street Photography Basics with Dan Balilty (In-Person Learning – Seven Sessions)
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March 6, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
March 11, 2023
12:00 am -
March 13, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
March 18, 2023
12:00 am -
March 20, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
March 25, 2023
12:00 am -
March 27, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
This seven-session class will introduce students to street photography. We’ll study historic and contemporary street shooters and make our own candid photographs in a variety of Los Angeles locations.
Meet-Up in LA: Photographing the City of Angels with Peter Bennett (Hybrid Learning – Two Sessions)
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March 4, 2023
9:00 am - 1:00 pm -
March 7, 2023
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
In this meet-up class, students will take advantage of the melting pot that is Los Angeles and participate in a journey to photograph the City of Angels.
Three Simple Lines: Meditation and Writing Haiku with Natalie Goldberg (In-Person Learning – Three Sessions)
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June 23, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
June 24, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm -
June 25, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Haiku brings us closer to ourselves and to the world. In three short lines, it can shake us awake, give us the experience of an entire lifetime. It can also give us refuge and clarity—something we all long for, whether or not we realize it, especially in these times we’re living in.
Fiction and Nonfiction for All Levels with Sarah Schulman (In-Person Learning – Three Sessions)
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April 21, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
April 22, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm -
April 23, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Join the multi-talented novelist, playwright, nonfiction writer and screenwriter, Sarah Schulman, in this creative writing class focusing on fiction and nonfiction for all levels. A distinguished professor of the Humanities at College of Staten Island and fellow at the New York Institute for the Humanities, Sarah has developed a pedagogy in which she works with prose writer at all levels – from stone beginners to those who have published several books–in a way that is beneficial and fun for every student.
Dragging the Shutter: Balancing Flash and Ambient In-Studio and On-Location with Bobbi Lane & Lee Varis (In-Person Learning – Two Sessions)
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April 1, 2023
1:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
April 2, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Dragging the Shutter or balancing strobe and ambient light is tricky but the results can be amazing. We use the flash to illuminate the subject and slow the shutter speed (hence the term “dragging”) to pull in the background ambient light. Once you get the basic concept of how to set your flash and what camera settings to use, it’s easy and fun to experiment.
The Fine Art of Digital Printmaking with Eric Joseph (In-Person Learning – Two Sessions)
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February 25, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm -
February 26, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
More than just a technical class on Photoshop and Lightroom, this course will emphasize the digital print as a unique art form in which the choice of inkjet paper to print on makes the difference between an ordinary photo and an extraordinary piece of artwork.
Introduction to Studio Lighting – Part 2 with Hugh Kretschmer (In-Person Learning – Six Sessions)
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May 9, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
May 11, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
May 16, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
May 18, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
May 23, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
May 25, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Designed for students having completed “Introduction to Studio Lighting – Part 1”, this workshop will help students create their own sense of lighting design using advanced lighting techniques and specialized equipment.
Introduction to Studio Lighting – Part 1 with Hugh Kretschmer (In-Person Learning – Six Sessions)
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April 11, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
April 13, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
April 18, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
April 20, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
April 25, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
April 27, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
In this workshop, students will gain a solid foundation of studio lighting and practical knowledge of light. Working hands-on with the equipment, participants will learn how to select the proper light source for their subjects whether shooting portraits, still life or product.
Basic Photography with Peter Bennett (In-Person Learning – Six Sessions)
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February 15, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
February 22, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
March 1, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
March 8, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
March 15, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm -
March 22, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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.
Creating Powerful Travel Images with Mark Edward Harris (In-Person Learning – One Session)
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May 6, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Learn the concepts and techniques to consistently create powerful and compelling travel images. Whether you enjoy shooting wildlife, landscape, people or any other kind of travel photography, instructor Mark Edward Harris will explain what goes into making great travel pictures.
The Wet Plate Collodion Workshop with Allan Barnes (In-Person – Two sessions)
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June 24, 2023
10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
June 25, 2023
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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.
The Art of Seeing with Stephen Wilkes (In-Person Learning – Three Sessions)
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June 2, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
June 3, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm -
June 4, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Since opening his studio in New York City in 1983, photographer Stephen Wilkes has built an unprecedented body of work and a reputation as one of America’s most iconic photographers, widely recognized for his fine art, editorial and commercial work.
The Fine Art of Digital Printmaking with Eric Joseph (In-Person Learning – Two Sessions)
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June 10, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm -
June 11, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
More than just a technical class on Photoshop and Lightroom, this course will emphasize the digital print as a unique art form in which the choice of inkjet paper to print on makes the difference between an ordinary photo and an extraordinary piece of artwork.
Printer Training Class with Eric Joseph (In-Person Learning – One session)
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June 1, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
This two-hour clas will cover how to properly load paper in to the Canon PRO-2000/PRO-4000 printers and basic usage of Print Studio Pro, the Photoshop plug-in software used for printing.
Printer Training Class with Eric Joseph (In-Person Learning – One session)
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May 4, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
This two-hour clas will cover how to properly load paper in to the Canon PRO-2000/PRO-4000 printers and basic usage of Print Studio Pro, the Photoshop plug-in software used for printing.
Printer Training Class with Eric Joseph (In-Person Learning – One session)
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April 6, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
This two-hour clas will cover how to properly load paper in to the Canon PRO-2000/PRO-4000 printers and basic usage of Print Studio Pro, the Photoshop plug-in software used for printing.
Printer Training Class with Eric Joseph (In-Person Learning – One session)
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March 2, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
This two-hour clas will cover how to properly load paper in to the Canon PRO-2000/PRO-4000 printers and basic usage of Print Studio Pro, the Photoshop plug-in software used for printing.
Lighting without Lights: Harnessing the Power of Natural Light with Stella Kalinina (In-Person Learning – Two Sessions)
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April 22, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm -
April 23, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
This weekend-intensive workshop focuses on methods of naturalistic lighting. Designed for beginners, we will discuss making use of natural light as well as interior available light.
Crash Flash Weekend: Speedlight Essentials with Jennifer Emery (In-Person Learning – Two Sessions)
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March 18, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm -
March 19, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
If you feel confident with a camera but less so with a flash and would like to master external speed-light flash technology, this class is for you. The goal of this class is to learn how to use a flash so well that the outcome looks like professional lighting utilizing TTL/SB flash units on and off camera.
Portrait Studio Lighting: A One-Day Workshop with Kevin Scanlon (In-Person Learning – One Session)
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May 13, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
This one-day studio lighting course is designed as a basic introduction to lighting portraits in a controlled studio environment.
Printer Training Class with Eric Joseph (In-Person Learning – One session) – Dec 1
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December 1, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
This two-hour clas will cover how to properly load paper in to the Canon PRO-2000/PRO-4000 printers and basic usage of Print Studio Pro, the Photoshop plug-in software used for printing.