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Learn the basics of photography, from understanding your camera settings to composition techniques, in this beginner photography class in NYC. Participants will gain the skills and knowledge to take stunning photographs in any setting.
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Focused on Dance: Master Class Conversation
92nd Street Y @ Online Classroom, New York, NY
All four of these dance photographers have very different backgrounds and stories behind the stunning beauty of what they capture. Over the course of this class you will hear about what it's like to photograph in the magical outdoor playground that surrounds the historic Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, of how years of being the dancer who was photographed onstage led directly to finding inspiration behind the camera, of how developing relationships...
Walk About - South Side of Central Park
The class is open to all levels and digital cameras (including smartphones). This is an exciting opportunity to learn how to capture the southern section of Central Park. We will spend time discussing how to capture landscapes and then explore and photograph.Maximum students: 4 to allow for social distancing. Masks required. Note: Exact location and other information about the class will be emailed to the enrolled students 1 to 2 days before class...
Walk About - Governors Island
The class is open to all levels and digital cameras (including smartphones). This is an exciting opportunity to learn how to capture photos of beautiful Governors Island. We will explore the castle and some of the old mansions. We will also spend time discussing composition and point of view. PLEASE RESERVE YOUR FERRY TICKET ONLINE.
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Photo Boot Camp: Manhattan
Join the NYC Photo Safari team for "Manhattan Photo Safari"! An intensive three-day weekend photography workshop to photograph what makes New York City the Big Apple! This photography workshop is for photographers who are ready to get serious about understanding their camera settings, fine-tuning their composition skills, and improving their overall digital photography. Under the direction of photo pros you’ll photograph the most famous landmarks...
Walk About: Grand Central
Spend an afternoon in Grand Central with us! Grand Central is a stunning example of New York’s beaux-arts buildings. Adorned with Tennessee-marble floors and Italian-marble ticket counters, its concourse is capped by a vaulted ceiling depicting the constellations by French painter Paul César Helleu. It's an enclosed photographer's paradise, perfect for walkabout as you learn specific techniques and angles to capture the unique sense of place...
$125
Intermediate Digital Photography
Bronxville Adult School @ 177 Pondfield Rd, Bronxville, NY
This course delves deeper into the world of digital photography. Take your photos to the next level through classroom lectures, demonstrations, and instructor-led photo shoots. Topics covered include advanced exposure control, histogram, focus point selection, custom white balance, shooting in RAW, compelling composition techniques, storytelling, dynamic natural lighting and light modifiers. Pre-requisite: Students should have taken Introduction...
Documenting NYC During Covid-19 - Central Park
Art of Intuitive Photography @ The Mall, Central Park, New York, NY
The class is open to all levels and digital cameras (including smartphones). This is an exciting opportunity to learn how to capture NYC as we've never seen it before. We will spend time discussing how to capture stories and then explore and photograph. Locations we will explore: Bethesda Fountain Bow Bridge The Mall Sheep's Meadow Masks required.
$75
Photography Day Trip: Storm King Art Center
Come and join us on this wonderful one-day getaway to the beautiful Storm King Art Center! Storm king art center is home to one of the most prestigious sculpture parks in the world! It is a great place to get away from the city, enjoy the beautiful autumn colors and best of all take some great photographs! During the visit we will work on elements of photography such as composition, exposure, light modification and portraits. We will use everything...
Intuitive Photography Walk-About: The High Line
Art of Intuitive Photography @ 30th Street, New York, NY
For this class we will explore and shoot together as you will be guided to capture the beauty of the Highline to see things differently and assist with composition. Please join me for 2 hours to photograph at The Highline. Prerequsite: You must attend the Intuitive Photography session to be aware of how to shoot intuitively. Please do not bring a tripod or external flash. Let's meet at the top of the stairs at the 30th...
$65
Knowing Your Settings
PhotoUno Photography School @ 222 E 46th St, New York, NY
Knowing Your Settings: Mastering Your Camera Settings For Taking Stunning Photographs Become more bullet proof when it comes to setting your camera! We have designed this class to help you improve your knowledge of camera settings and to continue to practice from the comfort of your home. Here are some of the fun things you will be doing in the class: Analyze photographers images and discuss the settings with the instructor and other students...
Drawing 101: Beginner Drawing for Adults
Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo
Explore working with pencil, charcoal, pastels and even inks and learn ways of seeing, composition, perspective, shading and much more. Draw from subject matter like still-life, realism, landscape, portraiture, and abstract and bring your own personally chosen subject matter to get inspired. This is the perfect beginners drawing class for adults. Our warm, hands-on approach and small art classes never intimidate and always inspire. We welcome...
Wet Plate Collodion Course
Wet plate collodion was the leading method of photography during the 1850’s and 1860’s. This course is designed for students who want to learn the techniques behind the wet plate collodion process, as well as those who strive to develop a body of work in this unique process. The wet plate process is most commonly known in its three forms – tintypes (positives on tin), ambrotypes (positives on glass), and glass negatives (negatives on glass)....
Advanced Seven Week Wet Plate Workshop
Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY
This seven week advanced wet plate class will be a portfolio-building class for students who want to further their craft and dialogue with the wet plate process. Critiques will be held weekly, and students will have ample time during class to be working independent projects. All participants will be granted full access to workshop chemicals, cameras, and enlargers to create their bodies of work using the wet plate process during the workshop. ...
Photo Critique
Making sense of your photographs. Take advantage of this great opportunity to share your favorite photographs with Patricia (PhotoUno's founder) and get her builds. One of the best ways to continue to improve your photography is by sharing your work with other people that can help you see things from a different point of view. The process of sharing your images with others allows you to see your work through the lens of other people. It’s eye...
Wayfinding: Navigating the Physical and Graphic Space
Wayfinding: Navigating the Physical and Graphic Space of the Photobook It is not uncommon for a photographer or artist to have the desire to apply their images into the book format, but where do we begin this process? Further still, once we have created a layout, how do we go about printing and producing that which we see on the screen into a physical book? Often daunting and confusing, knowing where to start can be paralyzing for many who...
Strategies for the Photobook
Despite our digitized world—or maybe because of it—the photographic book is considered by many to be the optimal way to experience photographs. As something to hold and behold, the photobook is both visual and tactile. It occupies a conceptual and physical space while eliciting a deep sensory engagement. This course is intended for any photographer who wants to acquire strategies for editing and compiling a body of photographs into a...
Introductory Seven Weeks of Wet Plate
Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY
Attendees will take a comprehensive approach to the collodion process and its effective practice by the modern-day photographer. Its practitioners effectively make their own film through the coating of a metal plate with the collodion substrate, sensitizing it in a solution of silver nitrate, and exposing this plate in-camera while still wet. Hence its commonly known name “wet plate”. This seven week course is designed for those who want to...
Inkjet Layering Over 19th Century Processes
Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY
This unique workshop will blend together inkjet printing with layering 19th century processes onto of the inkjet print. This technique is very unique, as you can manipulate color, tone and tint your blacks depending on what process you put over it. Using this technique will give you almost limitless possibilities while having the option to keep your original images in color. We will be printing images digitally and making digital negatives...
Experimental Digital Techniques
The combination of digital and analog techniques has become increasingly more popular, but have you ever wondered how to blend both mediums while furthering your exploration of color, texture and substrates? In two days, Morgan Post will expand your thinking on both digital and analog photography. You will explore different surfaces to print on such as metal and glass. The topics that will be covered include: Inkjet layering over analog processes...
Five Days of Alternative Process
Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY
Are you seeking a hands-on photographic experience using historic 19th-century processes? Each day, students will engage with the chemistry and the materials. Among the processes you’ll learn in this class are: Cyanotype Albumen Collodio-Chloride Kallitype & others! Different toning options and techniques will be demonstrated and discussed. Students will be contact printing, which requires a large format or digital negative. Digital...
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