Online Classes Houston, TX

The Melt & Pour Soap Making Experience—at home! In this live, virtual workshop, you will learn the basics of melt and pour soap making, general techniques, and even a little history. We'll go through the use and benefits of the ingredients and learn about different recipes that students can use at home or give as gifts. This workshop is suited...

In this live, virtual workshop, we will guide you in creating soy wax candles at home! We'll walk through basic candle making steps as well as share tips, tricks and troubleshooting. This workshop is suited for our DIY Candle-Making Kit. We also welcome curious learners who may not have our kit but would like to learn about candle-making in this...

Wordpress is awesome, but often misunderstood. Is it a blogging platform? A CMS? Should you buy a custom theme or develop your own? Wordpress.com vs. Wordpress.org? In this course you’ll develop a custom site starting from scratch. Basically, you’ll take a static front-end HTML/CSS template and do all the necessary magic to have that site running...

Spring is here, and with it, wildflowers are peppering the landscape with dazzling and complex colors. Wildflowers and all their brilliant colors can be difficult to photograph. Join expert nature photographer Laszlo Perlaky for this beginner-friendly workshop to guide you through the entire process. Students will learn about what equipment to use,...

Think of a few of the most memorable photos and dig them out. What stories do they tell? Great images are impressive because, in addition to their craft and composition, they tell a story. In this workshop, author and photographer Mark Chen will introduce strategies for sorting through your personal experiences and interests to create new works of...

In this intermediate class, students become more deeply involved with the technical aspects of the medium, while at the same time beginning to develop their personal creative vision. Structured to offer a comprehensive knowledge of digital photography workflow, this class addresses everything from capture to process to print.  Assignments include...

This single day bootcamp will run through the analytical workflow -- from collecting, cleaning, analyzing and presenting insights from public data sets. We will introduce important tools used in this process such as Google Sheets and Tableau. Goals: Introduce concepts and practice using and managing data Transform data for predictive analytics...

Do you feel like you can negotiate? Are you confident to ask for what you deserve? Whether we are bargaining at the market, pitching our business or asking for a pay rise, our negotiation skills need to hit the mark and most importantly, drive successful results. Join us for this fun, interactive session and learn how to negotiate like a boss.

Originally designed for software development, Scrum is becoming one of the most popular ways to organize a project today. In this class, we'll define Agile and Scrum and explore the rise of Agile and how Scrum fits within the Agile principles. Using real world examples and a practice exercise, we'll then review how Scrum works and what makes Scrum...

This past year has profoundly shaken up how most of us live, work, and create—compelling us to question our relationship with our earlier photographic work. How do we contextualize our past work when the world doesn’t look the same? Images of pedestrians at rush hour or of friends lazily throwing their arms around each other, now find new meaning....

Today’s hyperconnected world requires brands to be more and more interactive—gone are the days when simply a logo and catch phrase will do. With a click of a button, customers can easily facilitate a dialogue—whether positive or negative, in 140 characters or more—with companies both large and small. This comprehensive workshop dissects the...

Portraits are one of the most potent kinds of photographs. A great portrait is enduring whether it memorializes a person’s life or just a single instant. The difference between a snapshot and a good portrait is more narrow than you’d think. Learn what constitutes an A+ portrait and how to incorporate the techniques used by professionals to create...

Stitched: A Contemporary Look at Photography and Textiles We interact with textiles every day—we wear them close to our skin, decorate our homes with them, use them to carry objects, and even sleep within them. Textiles tell stories, and they hold memories. As objects and as a material, fabrics are personal and intimate. Join HCP instructor Kelly...

Become a better photographer in just 1 class! Have you ever wondered why, after spending hundreds of dollars on the latest cameras, you still can't get photos that really make you proud? We're not talking about the party snapshots you post on Facebook, but stunning, well-exposed landscapes that can be considered fine art. This 2.5-hour class is a crash...

Resume & Linkedin Fundamentals:Telling Your Professional Story The average time recruiters spend reviewing your resume is 6 seconds. Yes, 6 seconds. And LinkedIn? 94% (maybe more) of recruiters vet candidates using LinkedIn. So, what does this mean for you? You need your Resume and your LinkedIn Profile to be strategically crafted when you’re...