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Live & Interactive
small-group online photography classes
Our live, online photography classes take place weekly in small groups of up to 10 students. In these interactive classes, students and teachers meet in realtime, seeing and speaking with each other through video conferencing. Students participate live from around the world.
Classes are focused on a variety of subjects: storytelling, long-term projects, documentary and street photography, environmental portraits, composition, feedback groups, multimedia, and Lightroom. Join our email list to hear about new classes as they are added!
Realtime, live and interactive small‑group photography classes
Screenshot of a live, online class
our classes
- We see and talk with each other — all of our classes are in real time
- Small groups — classes limited to 10 students
- Each student gets realtime individual feedback
- Classes are recorded for later viewing if you miss a session
- Open to students from around the world! Students have participated from Paris, London, Vienna, New York and New Orleans — to Nepal, Korea, Turkey, Brazil and Mexico and many others
- The instructors are a diverse group of teachers based in New York City and internationally
for people who
- are bored of watching non-live instructional videos
- want to improve their photography skills — composition, storytelling, multimedia to bookmaking — in small, live, interactive classes
- aren’t able to attend in-person classes — people who travel frequently, stay-at-home parents, people who don’t live near quality in-person photography classes
- want to prepare their portfolio to apply to photography school
- want to be part of a diverse, international community
- are looking for personalized feedback in realtime
- and for expats around the world who want to explore their new surroundings
how do I start?
- register for a course
- you’ll receive email confirmation and instructions on how to login, upload your photos, and prepare for the first session
- attend the classes and learn!
- receive a certificate
starting soon
Registration is open for these upcoming classesHow to Light Environmental Portraits
4 Thursdays beginning January 31, 2019
Documentary Photography: Reality as Subject
8 Wednesdays beginning February 6, 2019
Winter Feedback Group: Your Long‑term Project
8 Tuesdays beginning February 19, 2019
Navigating the Domestic: Mother as Artist
6 Tuesdays beginning March 5, 2019
Improve Your Lightroom Skills
6 Thursdays beginning March 7, 2019
Online classes take many forms, but the best I’ve experienced have been live online classes with a small cohort of dedicated students and a committed teacher. I’ve used online classes to help push projects forward, solicit objective feedback from teachers and fellow students, and to explore new approaches to capturing images and building my skills.
—B Rhodes (Washington D.C.)
Anja’s course helped me to get out of my comfort zone and grow as a photographer — the assignments and the feedback helped me to be more honest about my work and challenge myself more. I cannot stress enough how useful her courses would be for anyone looking to improve as a storyteller and photographer. I really enjoyed the interactive part where you can speak and see the other people in class in real time — it really brings up the learning experience.
—Alejandra R (Mexico)
Over the past two years I have taken four live online classes and it has been a very rewarding experience. I have especially enjoyed the global nature of these classes, having been in class with photographers from India, Sweden, Monaco, South Korea, and Germany. In addition to improving my photographic skills, I have learned a great deal about the cultures of and conditions in other countries.
—Sheila B (Princeton, NJ)
