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Discover your passion for photography with a wide range of classes in Los Angeles. From beginner courses to advanced workshops that delve into specific techniques, these classes will equip you with the skills to capture the world through your lens.

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Portraiture for Social Change

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA

This one-day workshop teaches students how to create photography associated with a campaign for social change using portraiture as the primary vehicle for expression. For the first hour, we will discuss how to select a subject matter that one feels impassioned about and is relevant; how to develop the work with intellectual, emotional and artistic content; how to develop an advocacy campaign associated with the images; how to attract media attention;...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$245
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Moving Your Career Forward

Los Angeles Center of Photography

If you feel like you are flying solo, and not yet at the level you envision for your photography career, this is the workshop for you. Sherrie Berger offers practical and inspirational ideas and tools that can jump-start your thinking, your career and your photography over all. We will ask the questions and explore solutions: where are you today and where do you want to be? In answering these questions, we will set short and long-term goals, share...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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Meet-Up in LA: Photographing The Huntington Botanical Gardens with Peter Bennett (Hybrid Learning – Two Sessions)

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 252 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA

Meet-Up in LA: Photographing The Huntington Botanical Gardens with Peter Bennett (Hybrid Learning – Two Sessions) Los Angeles offers an enormous array of diverse and ethnic communities, including the hustle and bustle of downtown activity, white picket fences and birds chirping in quiet suburbia, the clicking and cracking of machinery in industrial neighborhoods, and the soft, soothing sounds of waves splashing ashore on the beach. In this class,...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$225

2 sessions

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Art Direction 101

Studio Arts @ 570 W Avenue 26, Los Angeles, CA

This class will explore the skill sets necessary to conceive and execute art direction to ensure a successful project... (in the example used here - of a photo shoot.) Examined will be the process of ideation, research, mood boards and client sell-in. Being that art directing is equal parts creative inspiration as well as team management and this class with enhance all the tools necessary to art direct top level photography for both marketing and...

(3) Intermediate 18 and older
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$1,500

9 sessions

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A Day in L.A. with Your iPhone

Santa Monica College @ 304 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA

Explore Los Angeles with the wide-eyed perspective of a photographer and learn how to capture the mood and feel of the city using the camera in your iPhone.  In this hands-on, one-day workshop outdoor field trip, learn to develop a pair of discerning eyes, and find out what to look for and how to take artistic photographs in and around downtown Los Angeles that are more than just snapshots with your iPhone. Please download Snapseed app (free)...

(513) All levels 18 and older
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Weekends in the City for Teens

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 755 Seward St, Los Angeles, CA

Students will learn to produce photographs that go beyond simple documentation. Weekends in the City for Teens is a new series of photo excursions developed to explore some of the more interesting and unique places to photograph in Los Angeles and surrounding communities. Each excursion will include two hours of group orientation and lecture, three hours of shooting on-location, and two hours of critique and discussion.  Each class will be...

(41) All levels 12 - 18 years old
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$195

3 sessions

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Collaborative Remote Portraits (Online Learning)

Los Angeles Center of Photography

The pandemic has dampened everyone’s spirits, especially those of us who specialize in portrait photography. This new class will teach you a way to take fun, memorable portraits remotely (Remote Photography) from the comforts home. All you need is Zoom, and a laptop! We will cover some basic topics when working with subjects, including posing, light sources, props, etc. Students will discover how to tailor their communication when working their...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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Drone Photography

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Drone photography has quickly grown in popularity due to the remarkable imagery that can be captured by aerial robotics. Industry professionals including real estate agents, farmers and law enforcement have readily adopted the technology to meet their needs. But learning how to control these little gadgets and properly implement the technology can be difficult to master. Join professional photographer and seasoned drone pilot Timothy Baur in a new-workshop...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$295
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Creating Your Photo Business

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Are you starting to charge for your work? What does it take to start a photography business or take your hobby to the next step? Are you reaching the people who need to see your work? Stephen Schafer wrote the book about becoming a professional photographer. Join him for a day as he shares 30+ years of experience in this candid seminar that focuses on what the class wants to know. We’ll cover branding and marketing; websites and social; pricing...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$195
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Photo Essay: The Picture-Driven Story with Mark Edward

Los Angeles Center of Photography

If a single picture is worth a thousand words, imagine the value of a well planned and executed photo essay. This workshop explores the creation and sequencing of images in the tradition of the great photo essayists from W. Gene Smith and Gordon Parks to Mary Ellen Mark and Sebastiao Salgado. Designed for professionals and nonprofessionals alike, this hands-on course gives participants an in-depth look at both the creative methods and practical...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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Intro to Lightroom & Photoshop for Teens (ages 12-18)

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ Distance Learning Class via Zoom, Los Angeles, CA

This course for teens (ages 12-18) is designed to introduce students to the fundamental operations, techniques, and critical vocabulary of the two standard photographic imaging softwares: Adobe Lightroom & Adobe Photoshop. The class will cover technical information such as cataloging workflow, syncing your Lightroom catalog across all devices, file sizes, color balance, the develop module, layer masks, compositing, camera raw processing, and...

(41) Beginner 12 - 18 years old
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$195

5 sessions

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Meet-Up in LA: Photographing the City of Angels

Los Angeles Center of Photography

Meet-Up in LA: Photographing the City of Angels with Peter Bennett (Hybrid Learning – Two Sessions) Come partake in this two-part meet-up class, open your eyes to a cornucopia of photographic opportunities, and enrich yourself in this marvelous, beckoning metropolis that is Los Angeles. Los Angeles offers an enormous array of diverse and ethnic communities, including the hustle and bustle of downtown activity, white picket fences and birds chirping...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$195

2 sessions

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An Evening with Sam Abell

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Sam Abell’s thirty-year career has been dedicated to achieving artistic expression through documentary photography. He has pursued his goals primarily through his lengthy, in-depth coverage for National Geographic magazine and its Book Division. At the same time, he has maintained a career as an artist, teacher and author. His numerous book credits include The Life of a Photograph, Seeing Gardens and The Photographic Life, to name a few. His most...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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Smartphone Photography

Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA

Learn the basics of how to use your smartphone to capture and exchange images with friends and family. Whether using Android or iOS, try out a number of apps you can download to your phone and use to turn a mundane image into a work of art. Learn how to download images from your phone to a laptop or desktop computer, how to use editing software to manipulate your photographs, how to print your images, and how to create that single artistic image....

(513) Beginner 18 and older
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Street Photography Presentations

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Join this Street Photography Presentations with shooters Matt Stuart, Ibarionex Perello, Dana Barsuhn, Julia Dean, David Ingraham and Michelle Groskopf. 

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$100
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Life in Focus: Enjoying Your Family Photo Collection

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Full Course Name: Life in Focus: Organizing, Preserving and (most importantly) Enjoying Your Family Photo Collection Preserving and organizing your photo collection is not something we simply do for the sake of being organized, who has time for that? Preserving your collection is a means to an end, to help bring your life into focus, to explore, enjoy and pass on your family’s history, and to make sure it is safe for years to come. This class...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$125
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Advanced Photography

Isla Studio Photography @ 1450 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA

This is a "next level" class for students who've already taken our Beginner's Photography Class. The advanced class continues where the first class left off. You'll learn to use even more capabilities of your DSLR, ask questions about problems you've encountered in the field, and understand the creative rules that make your photos look more professional.  We'll start by taking a deep dive into exposure, auto-focus and depth of field,...

(58) Advanced 18 and older
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$149
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Preserving Your Photographic Archive

Los Angeles Center of Photography

If you love and take photographs, are a professional photographer or the self-appointed family archivist , you probably still have film, negatives, transparencies and silver gelatin prints in your collection. In addition, you may be producing images using alternative processes such as cyanotypes or platinum-palladium prints and making digital prints from your own born-digital or scanned files. This is your photographic archive and it needs care...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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1-Day Digital Photography Basics Workshop

El Camino College @ 16007 Crenshaw Blvd, Torrance, CA

Explore the world of digital photography in this fast-track 1-day fun-day hands-on workshop!  Bring your digital camera to class and instructor Morrison will show you how to optimally use your equipment.  By then end of the class, you'll learn to understand the basics of what your camera has to offer. 

(174) Beginner 18 and older
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Photography for Social Media

Craft Sierra Madre @ 49 W Sierra Madre Blvd, Sierra Madre, CA

Are you ready to up your social media game? In this workshop we will work on how to take photos specifically for your social media channels. Indoor, outdoor, flatlays, product photos, and overall content. Whether your launching a small business or just want to have a more appealing feed this class can help in your journey.

(97) All levels 18 and older
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