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Discover a wide range of photography classes in NYC that will help you master the art of capturing stunning images. From beginner workshops to advanced courses, learn essential techniques, unleash your creativity, and take your photography skills to the next level.

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Intro to Studio Lighting Intensive

The Photography Workshops @ 66 Crosby Street, New York, NY

Hands-On Training In All Aspects Of Studio Lighting Designed to educate you on how to make intelligent choices in lighting. Learn to  accomplish what you want to say with your photos using studio lights. You will be able to create the hard drama or soft emotion that you visualize. Become versed in the lighting skills that are used by photography studios worldwide and get started on studio sets. Learn to pick apart photos you would like to...

(16) Advanced 12 and older
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$1,075
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Documenting NYC During Covid-19 - Midtown

Art of Intuitive Photography @ 4 Times Square, 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:  Times Square Bryant Park Grand Central and 5th Ave Maximum students: 4 to allow for social distancing. Masks required.

(588) All levels 16 and older
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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.

(588) All levels 16 and older
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Photography Day Trip: Storm King Art Center

PhotoUno Photography School

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...

(322) All levels 18 and older
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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...

(588) Intermediate 16 and older
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Lower Manhattan Architecture (City Hall)

New York City Photo Safari @ 240 Broadway, New York, NY

Discover the beauty of Lower Manhattan's landmarks while honing your architectural photography skills. You'll learn how to use strong composition to bring the viewer into your photograph and give them a sense of space; learn how to anticipate lighting conditions and scene management as it relates to architecture.  These workshops are appropriate for all levels of photographic knowledge from beginners to advanced hobbyists. City Hall Photo...

(146) All levels 18 and older
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$100
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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...

(322) Intermediate 18 and older
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$190

3 sessions

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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...

(179) Beginner 18 and older
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Wet Plate Collodion Course

Penumbra Foundation

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)....

(8) Beginner 18 and older
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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. ...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$950

7 sessions

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Photo Critique

PhotoUno Photography School

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...

(322) All levels 18 and older
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Wayfinding: Navigating the Physical and Graphic Space

Penumbra Foundation

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...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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Strategies for the Photobook

Penumbra Foundation

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...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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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...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$800

7 sessions

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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...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$495

2 sessions

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Experimental Digital Techniques

Penumbra Foundation

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...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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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...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$1,125

5 sessions

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Introduction to Lighting

Penumbra Foundation

Hosted in our north light studio, this workshop will introduce photographers to the fundamentals of lighting and provide an overview of the three basic qualities of light: hard light, diffused light and reflected light. Through hands-on demonstrations and shooting, students will learn how to see and work with the direction and quality of light, including both artificial and daylight sources. Students will also shoot with lighting equipment including...

(8) Beginner 18 and older
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Eight Weeks of Alternative Process

Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY

Want to learn a range of new and fun photo processes, but you are unsure which one you want to learn and explore? Do you have a project in mind but are unsure how to manifest it in print or capture? During this eight-week workshop, students will learn the basics of a range of alternative photographic print and lens-based techniques. The course typically covers four to eight processes with many variations. Processes covered in previous sessions...

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

8 sessions

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Intro to Strobe for Wet Plate

Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY

Learn how to bring instant illumination to your wet plate collodion photography with this introductory workshop. Discover the power and creative possibilities of strobe lighting and gain practical skills in portrait and still-life lighting techniques. Enhance your practice and make stunning images with the help of powerful yet economical strobes and light modifiers.

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$875

2 sessions

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