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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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Basic Photography - Part 2

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5481 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

In this sequential class to Basic Photography Part 1, students will receive reinforcement in the concepts learned from the previous class and push toward the next level of photographic expression. Emphasis will be on image capture while practicing sound technical fundamentals, including camera settings, metering techniques, and white balance selection. While learning proper use of their camera, students will be exposed to the major genres of photography,...

(41) Beginner 18 and older
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$525

6 sessions

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Basic Photography - Part 3

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5481 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

In this six-session course, a logical continuation for students who have completed both Basic Photography – Part 1 and Basic Photography – Part 2, students will continue to learn basic camera operation and photography fundamentals while practicing and refining their personal process for achieving a unique photographic vision. The course focuses on analyzing and practicing the basic technical capture of photographs and using cameras to interpret...

(41) Beginner 18 and older
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$525

6 sessions

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The Work of Art

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5481 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

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.  Vrba and Makover walk you through an avant-garde world of exhibition, production, and curation and take a deep dive into the current...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$975

3 sessions

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Crash Flash Weekend: Speedlight Essentials

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 312 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA USA, Los Angeles, CA

If you feel confident with a camera but less so with a flash and would like to master external speedlight-flash technology, this class is for you. The goal of this weekend intensive, two-session 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. Students will work in various lighting situations, using the flash as both the main source of light and as a...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$670

2 sessions

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Transforming Your Photographs

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA

Beginning in the 19th century, the earliest photographs were often tinted with paint, to make them more ‘life-like’. After the advent of color film in the 1950’s this was no longer necessary, so hand-coloring photographs became an interpretive, expressive art form, to make photographs more compelling and unique. In this workshop, you will be introduced to some digital techniques using Lightroom and Photoshop and output images on a variety...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$1,575

5 sessions

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The Long-Term Project from Start to Finish

Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA

Learn from award-winning photographer Louie Palu as he shares his expert knowledge on successfully completing long-term photography projects. Gain valuable insights on grant writing, fundraising, and revenue streams, as well as editing and sequencing images for books and exhibitions. Develop the skills needed to execute and complete your own projects, regardless of location or subject matter.

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$1,175

3 sessions

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Exploring the Nocturnal Landscape

Los Angeles Center of Photography

When the sun sets and the street lights slowly start to glow, a whole world of light, shadow, color and mystery awakens. When others pack up their gear and go home, the more adventurous know this a time to explore, to seek images that are not so evident, not so visible, but there to be captured and made into beautiful and dramatic photographs. Critical to successful night shooting is training the eye to see in an environment it is not used to photographing...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$525

6 sessions

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Studio Lighting and Photo Montage with Richard Tuschman

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

Learn how to seamlessly integrate studio-lit figures with pre-existing backgrounds in this hands-on workshop. Discover the practical and creative advantages of this approach and master techniques for creating hard and soft light using various modifiers. Take your photography skills to the next level with Studio Lighting and Photo Montage.

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$1,275

3 sessions

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Beginning Digital Photography Intensive

El Camino College @ 16007 Crenshaw Blvd, Torrance, CA

Move over AUTO setting, it’s time to take control of your camera! You’ll master the basics of digital photography in this 5-day classroom and 1-day field session course. Learn how to get accurate focus, set white balance, control sharpness, adjust exposure, choose ISO, and use your camera to make more creative photographs of your favorite subjects, scenes, and moments. You'll also learn about megapixels, jpeg and raw files, and memory cards....

(174) Beginner 18 and older
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$139

5 sessions

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Resolve 101 Plus

AbelCine Training

AbelCine has partnered with the International Colorist Academy (ICA) to offer this Resolve 101 Plus workshop. This three-day, hands-on workshop is an excellent introduction to DaVinci Resolve 12. It is ideal for first time users, and you do not need to be a Colorist to attend. The workshop mixes the operational side of Resolve with some practical real world training on workflows, basic color theory, grading approaches and techniques. In this course,...

(48) All levels 18 and older
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An Introduction to Virtual Reality

AbelCine Training

This two-day, introductory workshop will cover the artistry and storytelling of VR. The workshop will start by covering the history of VR and will take attendees through existing VR content. Different types of VR filmmaking and VR cameras will be discussed. The second day will allow attendees to get more hands-on with a VR shoot. At the end of the workshop, attendees will be able to view this VR footage in Samsung Gear VR headsets.

(48) All levels 18 and older
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Intermediate Adobe After Effects

Moviola Education Center @ 1015 N Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA

Building on the topics covered in the Level 1 After Effects course, this course focuses on working with 3:2 pulldown, alpha channels and rendering. Topics include 3:2 vs interlaced materials, mattes, masking, rotoscoping, paint tools, and keying. Additional topics include precomposing single and multiple layers, nesting layers and understanding the rendering pipeline.

(28) Intermediate 18 and older
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$695

2 sessions

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Take Better Photos

Los Angeles City College @ 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Learn to develop your creative eye and take interesting photos with any camera, even your phone. We’ll focus on visual composition to improve your photography and express your unique vision. This workshop will include practicing the concepts discussed in class.  “Cameras don’t take pictures, people (photographers) do.” -Anonymous

(782) All levels 18 and older
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The Alternative Processes

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

In this unique, hands-on workshop we will experience the beauty and joy of interpreting our images through 19th-century photographic printing processes of Cyanotype, Salted Paper, and Platinum & Palladium. Students will learn the techniques and gain the skills needed to make enlarged digital negatives from digital files for each alt-process, coat the alt-process solutions onto fine art papers used for each process, and gain valuable experience...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$495

2 sessions

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Gum Bichromate over Platinum with Digital Negatives

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

Immerse yourself in the elegant practice concerning gum bichromate washes applied over platinum / palladium prints. Platinum palladium and gum bichromate are two of the most revered of the alternative processes. The 19th century technique combining these processes has the effect of enhancing the print by slightly increasing the contrast as well as using color to build depth and chroma. The intrinsic qualities of the platinum / palladium print make...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$495

2 sessions

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Studio Lighting: The Next Steps

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

Take your studio lighting skills to the next level with this advanced course at the Los Angeles Center of Photography. Learn how to create drama, mood, and your unique lighting design using specialized equipment and techniques. Develop your own style and enhance your imagery as you progress through hands-on exercises and receive expert guidance.

(41) Intermediate 18 and older
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$1,355

8 sessions

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Creating a Photo Essay

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

Learn visual storytelling as you develop a personal photo project. Discover how grouping your photos together in creative ways can tell a more engaging story and take your photography to a greater level of communication. Whether you have travel photos to organize, want to create a cohesive body of images, or just enjoy visual storytelling, find out how to define your project with an artist’s statement and produce strong images that work together....

(513) All levels 18 and older
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$99

5 sessions

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Making Big Pictures with Little Cameras

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

Ninety years ago, the first 35mm camera was produced: the Leica 1. A revolution! Photographers were no longer statues, tied to their large, heavy view cameras, prisoners to one position.  Now photographers could wander anywhere they chose, making pictures of anything observed.  With the camera held to the eye, a photographer could kneel, lean, stoop, or crouch to make an exposure in an instant. Equally exhilarating are today’s miniature...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$445

6 sessions

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Discovering the Artist Within

Los Angeles Center of Photography

What makes your photographs distinctly yours? How do you express ideas, emotions and artistry through your images? How do you bring greater depth and soul to your photos? Whether one’s interest is in portraiture, landscapes, or urban street shooting, working professionally or simply for one’s own personal enjoyment, this course is a powerhouse of knowledge and insight designed to further develop one’s photo eye, inherent style and effective...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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The Wet Plate Collodion Workshop 2

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

This course serves as a continuation to The Wet Plate Collodion Workshop. Armed with skills learned from the prior class, students will be encouraged to produce new and interesting work using the three sub-fields of WPC (Glass Positive, Tintype, Glass Negative). The focus of the course is on creating work, rather than lecture and demonstration. Close instructor supervision and guidance will ensure that each student walks away as the proud owner of...

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$420
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