Classes
Spring and Summer Photography Classes
Our live, interactive photography classes take place online in small groups — generally limited to 6 to 8 students. We give each other feedback in real time, with students participating live from around the world.
We offer classes that specialize in storytelling, long-term projects, documentary and street photography, environmental portraits, making photobooks/zines, composition, still life, multimedia, and technical courses in Lightroom, InDesign, Premiere Pro, and more. Please join us!
© Elizabeth Castaldo
Mini-Workshop
Make a Handmade Notebook for Your Travels
Dates: Sunday, June 29, 2025
Time: 12–2pm (ET)
Sessions: 1
Fee: $65
Learn to make a travel notebook that has pockets to stash ephemera, photos, and notes you collect on your travels. In this 2-hour Mini-workshop, you’ll learn to make an accordion-style keepsake for memories, notes, and… [read more]
Mini-Workshops may have higher enrollment than our other classes.
© Peter Garfield
ONLINE COURSE
Creative Color Photography: Techniques, Exercises, and Approaches
Dates: Wednesdays, July 16–Aug 20, 2025
Time: 2–4pm (ET)
Sessions: 6
Limited enrollment: 8 students
Fee: $455
Master the art of creating vibrant, dynamic color images in this prompt-driven class. We’ll start with an introduction to the fundamentals of color theory, including the color wheel, complementary colors, and the… [read more]
© Kai McBride
ONLINE COURSE
Summer Nights, through a Lens
Dates: Mondays, July 21–Aug 18, 2025
Time: 12–2pm (ET)
Sessions: 5
Limited enrollment: 8 students
Fee: $405
This class is sold out — but email us to join the wait list and we’ll let you know of any openings.
Take advantage of the extended dusk and cooler air of late summer evenings to explore the magic of twilight — there’s always something to be found on a summer evening stroll. As the sun sets, you’ll capture fleeting… [read more]
© Kai McBride
ONLINE COURSE
Summer Nights, through a Lens
Dates: Tuesdays, July 22–Aug 19, 2025
Time: 12–2pm (ET)
Sessions: 5
Limited enrollment: 8 students
Fee: $405
Only 2 spots left
Take advantage of the extended dusk and cooler air of late summer evenings to explore the magic of twilight — there’s always something to be found on a summer evening stroll. As the sun sets, you’ll capture fleeting… [read more]
Photo by Ernest Cole, public domain (South Africa)
ONLINE COURSE
What Makes a Photograph “Documentary”?
Dates: Tuesdays, July 29–Aug 19, 2025
Time: 1–3pm (ET)
Sessions: 4
Limited enrollment: 8 students
Fee: $375
“Documentary photography” is a slippery term — unlike “portraits,” for example, it’s not always clear what makes a photograph fit into this genre. Definitions of what makes a photograph “documentary” can range… [read more]
© Lavonne Hall
Mini-Workshop
Photoshop: Seven Favorite Features to Add to Your Workflow
Dates: Thursday, Aug 7, 2025
Time: 1–2pm (ET)
Sessions: 1
Fee: $39
A quick brush up on helpful Photoshop tools! Want to remove distractions or learn to select objects quickly and efficiently? Lavonne — who demos Photoshop for Adobe and is a leading Adobe Community Expert — reveals her… [read more]
Mini-Workshops may have higher enrollment than our other classes.
© Néstor Pérez-Molière
Mini-Workshop
Understanding Histograms and How They Can Help You Make Better Images
Dates: Wednesday, Aug 13, 2025
Time: 12–1pm (ET)
Sessions: 1
Fee: $39
A lot of people are confused or intimidated by histograms — but they can be very helpful tools to create stronger images. This workshop will introduce luminosity histograms (that you read in your camera) and color… [read more]
Mini-Workshops may have higher enrollment than our other classes.
© Kai McBride
Mini-Workshop
A Quick Dive into Sequencing Photographs: Techniques and Workflow
Dates: Thursday, Aug 21, 2025
Time: 1–2pm (ET)
Sessions: 1
Fee: $39
Placing our photographs in pairs and sequences, whether displayed on a wall or in a book, is a powerful way to suggest connections and provide context for your viewer. But how do you best approach creating a meaningful… [read more]
Mini-Workshops may have higher enrollment than our other classes.
Previous Classes
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“The Optical Unconscious”: Adventures in Surrealist Photography
To the American art critic Rosalind Krauss, Surrealism has played a pivotal role in the development of art in the past 100 years. And in her… [read more]
A Better Tool for Black and White? Meet Silver Efex Pro
This mini-workshop is an introduction to Nik Collection’s Silver Efex Pro — a plugin for Photoshop and Lightroom designed particularly for black-and-white photographers. In… [read more]
A Comprehensive Lightroom Classic Course
If you want to take your pictures to the next level, establishing a good post-production workflow is essential. In this comprehensive Adobe Lightroom Classic course —… [read more]
A Photographer’s Guide to the Expressive Richness of Light
Light is foundational to photography and one of the medium’s most playful forces — somber in some moments and joyful in others. We’ll learn… [read more]
A Photographic Exploration of the Psychogeography of Your City
The city has always been the stage where the most urgent conflicts of the times are discussed and negotiated. In this class, following a different… [read more]
Adventures in Still Life
This class will help develop your still life practice into a body of work that’s cohesive and expressive — whether you’re… [read more]
AI and Photography, Part 1: Beginnings
Get a deep introduction to AI as it relates to photography in this three-part Mini-workshop — register for all three or just take an individual section.… [read more]
AI and Photography, Part 2: Practical Applications
Over the past year, many of us have been hearing about Artificial Intelligence and what its use might mean — whether it’s simply a plagiarism… [read more]
AI and Photography, Part 3: Implications and What Lies Ahead
Get a deep introduction to AI as it relates to photography in this three-part Mini-workshop — Part 3 looks at the broader implications of AI on… [read more]
An Exploration of Community Through Portraiture
It can be difficult to photograph people you don’t know, to overcome the fear and uncertainty that comes with approaching and photographing strangers. But… [read more]
An Interior View
In this class focusing on architectural interiors, we’ll discuss lighting, equipment, and camera settings, but also the challenge of how to translate and… [read more]
Architecture and Narrative: A Sense of Place
How can we use the genre of architectural photography to tell a more personal story of place? This course invites you to engage with the… [read more]
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Assignment Workflow from a Pro: Plan, Shoot, Deliver — Repeat!
Photographer Marco Bello (Reuters, Bloomberg, Getty Images, and others) will share an in-depth look at his workflow for a variety of assignments — from editorial… [read more]
Assignment: Monochrome! Analysis, Technique, and Exercises in B&W
Black and White photography is utterly fluid — it can appear as a soft-toned airbrush drawing or as a dense and gritty pen-and-ink scratching,… [read more]
Beyond Automatic Mode: Creative Camera Controls
Your digital camera has different modes for shooting to choose from and in this hour-long workshop you’ll learn how to configure your cameras to… [read more]
Beyond Documentation: New Approaches to Exploring Family Stories
Explore new ways that go beyond photographing every-day life to delve into your family’s personal stories. These different methods of storytelling can include… [read more]
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Bi‑Weekly Feedback Group for Your Photo Project
This group, limited to 6 students only, meets every other week and is for photographers and media artists who are looking for support and continuity while… [read more]
Black and White Photography Refined
Have you admired the lyrical black and white work of other photographers and wondered how you could bring those dramatic qualities to your own images?… [read more]
Bringing Depth to Your Longterm Project
No matter the scope, working on a longterm project isn’t just about picture-taking. Learn how to plan, collect, research, and identify the materials… [read more]
Cameraless Photography: Creating Magic with Alternative Processes
In this class, you’ll explore alternative processes that redefine the boundaries of traditional photography through creativity and sustainability. Simplicity takes center stage as you… [read more]
Capturing the Beauty and Feeling of Interior Spaces
If architectural interiors — intimate or grand — have a special resonance for you, this workshop will be a catalyst for your work as we… [read more]
Collaboration as an Ethical Documentary Practice
What would an ethical way to practice documentary photography look like? This class suggests that collaboration between the image-maker and the people or communities who… [read more]
Congratulations, You’ve Finished Your Photography Project! Now What?
Understanding how to present your particular project in the most compelling way is as important as taking good pictures. In this class, you’ll… [read more]
Create Your Own Zine or Photobook with InDesign
Adobe’s InDesign is the most flexible and powerful application to layout and design a photobook or zine. This 6-session class is for students who… [read more]
Creating a Video Diary: Intro to Multimedia Storytelling
Some stories are best told using a variety of components in addition to photographs — like video, audio, and text — to add a deeper dimension. In… [read more]
Creating Environmental Portraits That Tell Powerful Stories
Ideally, a portrait should reveal the essence of who a person is — and one of the most effective approaches to making this happen is to… [read more]
Creating Multimedia Portraits: Building Memories
Learn to create deep and expressive video portraits using personal stories and memories — and discover the power of blending archival material, like photographs, with… [read more]
Creative Visual Storytelling: An Exploration
Would you like to bring your photography to the next level by telling richer stories with your images? In this class we’ll explore… [read more]
Curious About Analog and Shooting Film?
Explore the creative joys (and anxieties) of shooting film — whether you’ve never shot on analog before but are curious to try, or have a… [read more]
Developing the Continuity between Your Life and Photography
Imagine a thread that represents the continuity between our lives and the images we create — what can we understand about ourselves through the photos we… [read more]
Diptychs, Triptychs, and Panoramics: The Dynamics of Multiples
In this class we learn ways to explore themes, tell stories, and present a visually cohesive narrative across multiple photographs using the deceptively simple technique… [read more]
Discovering the Poetry in Nighttime Photography
Nighttime can be magical — cityscapes buzz with electricity, and in nature, trees and meadows are glazed with moonlight. The scarcity of light creates… [read more]
Do‑It‑Yourself Lighting at Home
Look closely at how to manipulate the lighting in your photography in a do-it-yourself environment utilizing common household items. Through demonstrations and weekly assignments,… [read more]
Documentary Photography: Reality as Subject
Award-winning photojournalist Marco Bello will share his experience and skills on how to create powerful documentary stories. Students will learn different techniques to develop a… [read more]
Documentary Storytelling: Explore New Tools and Ideas
Strengthen and refine your skills in telling documentary stories and discover ways to get them out to an audience. We’ll discuss how to… [read more]
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Dynamic Composition for Visual Storytellers
In this live online photography course, you’ll refine your composition skills and improve your photographic seeing to help you tell stronger stories with your… [read more]
Editing and Sequencing for Your Website or Portfolio
This online course is for photographers who already have an existing body of work they want to edit, sequence, and finalize for a website or… [read more]
Editing Your Pictures in iPhone’s Photos App
Take your iPhone photography to a professional level by learning all about the editing tools available in the Photos app. We’ll cover all the… [read more]
Enrich Your Photographic Vision: Seeing Through the Eyes of Others
Do you ever wonder how the world looks through another person's eyes? How would a familiar street look to you if you were walking… [read more]
Examining Time in Photography: Memory, Ephemerality, and Permanence
Photography swings on the unique pendulum between the past and the present. More so than any other medium, time is a thread within and throughout… [read more]
Experimenting in the Visual Laboratory: Let’s Play!
Jump-start your creativity this summer by exploring the immense possibilities that photography offers. Get out of your comfort zone and produce images that will surprise… [read more]
Explore Your Surroundings — Wherever You Are
Every place has a story to tell, but sometimes it’s hard to see what’s right in front of you. Explore your immediate surroundings… [read more]
Exploring Physical and Digital Photo Collage
Dive into the art of photo collage in this hands-on class and expand your storytelling and creativity! This course is both an overview of photo… [read more]
Fall Photo Shake Up!
Shake Up! returns, with all new prompts! This class will have you saying, “I never would have made photographs like these, and… [read more]
Feedback Group: Your Long‑term Project
Are you in need of feedback on your current project? Or are you ready to start a new one but aren't sure how to… [read more]
Finding an Audience and Getting Your Work out into the World
Once you’ve taken the pictures, finished the edit, and worked on the sequence, it’s time to move on to the next — and often… [read more]
Finding Photos Where You Find Yourself
Pictures are everywhere — it doesn't matter if you live in the city, a suburb, or a quiet rural country. Even the most common… [read more]
Finding Your Voice as a Photographer
Have you been taking pictures for a while but feel your images could be improved with more focus and meaning? Do you have difficulty… [read more]
Flexing Your Camera Controls
Are you a photographer who isn’t totally comfortable using your camera in manual mode? Do you feel your images could be better if… [read more]
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For Writers and Journalists: Improve Your Photography
Do you write and photograph for online publications, blogs, social media or local newspapers, but feel your photos could be stronger? Join us for this… [read more]
Function of Memory: Photography in Context
Since its beginnings, photography has been shaping our personal and collective memory. We often look to images — whether historical documentation or an archive of family… [read more]
Gestalt Theory for Photographers: Practical Application of the Principles of Visual Perception
Gestalt principles of human perception explain how our brain sees patterns, structure, form, and logic in the world around us. Painters like Vermeer, Bouguereau,… [read more]
Getting the Best Out of Your iPhone Camera
As they say, “the best camera in the world is the one that’s in your pocket.” In this workshop students learn how to best… [read more]
Handmade Accordion Bindings for Photobooks
Advance or begin your exploration of handmade photobooks with this 4-session class where you’ll learn all about accordion structures. We’ll begin with folding… [read more]
Handmade Photo‑Zine Workshop
Zines are small books that are made quickly and cheaply (usually), and are often given away or sold for an affordable price. This 3-hour Mini-workshop… [read more]
How to Archive, Organize, and Care for Your Digital and Analog Photographs
Get your photo work organized! Are you overwhelmed with all the digital files, prints, and negatives that you’ve accumulated over the years? Keeping… [read more]
How to Build a Still Life: A Series of Experiments
Immerse yourself in the foundations of still life — whether you’re experienced with the practice or are brand new to it. In … [read more]
How to Light Environmental Portraits
Do you struggle with lighting? Learn on-location lighting using the least amount of equipment possible. We will concentrate on environmental portraits in a variety of… [read more]
Image and Text: Extending Your Message
If words can paint a picture, and a picture is worth a thousand words, what happens when we combine the two? This course invites you… [read more]
In‑Person Weekend Workshop NYC: Explore Broadway, NYC’s Longest Street
Broadway is New York City’s longest street — running the full length of Manhattan up to the Bronx — passing through and connecting… [read more]
In‑Person Weekend Workshop NYC: Queens along the 7 Train
New York City’s 7 subway line — a mostly elevated train with great views — runs from Hudson Yards in Manhattan out to Flushing,… [read more]
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In‑Person Weekend Workshop: Photographing New York City Islands
Join us for this special in-person weekend workshop in New York City to photograph some of the lesser-known parts of three different islands that lie… [read more]
InDesign for Photobooks and Zines
Learn InDesign so that you can layout and design your own photobook or zine. This class is for students who are new to InDesign or… [read more]
InDesign Project Group: Develop Your Photobook or Zine
This new project-based group meets every other week and is for people who want to move forward on a photobook or zine using InDesign. We'… [read more]
InDesign: Beyond the Basics for Photobooks and Zines
This class is for students who know the basics of InDesign and want to dive deeper and develop their understanding of layout options, typography, fonts,… [read more]
Introduction to Handmade Books
Dive into the world of handmade books and learn how to create a unique and tangible object for your photographs. This introductory workshop will cover… [read more]
Introduction to Multimedia Storytelling: Combining Stills, Audio, and Video
Are you ready to make your photographs come alive by adding audio and video to a story? This class is for students who would like… [read more]
Learn to Make Short Films with Still Photographs Using Premiere Pro
A great way to show your work and bring new life to a project is to make a short video with your still photographs. In… [read more]
Learn to Work with Color in Adobe Lightroom Classic’s Develop Module
In this mini-workshop, you’ll expand your understanding of color editing and manipulation in Lightroom’s Develop Module. We’ll look at how to use… [read more]
Let Movies Inspire Your Photography, Part 2
This continuation of our popular class on the movies is for all photographers, whether you took Part 1 or not — examining the work of filmmakers… [read more]
Let Movies Inspire Your Photography, Part 2
Examining the work of filmmakers can be eye-opening for photographers — and this continuation of our popular class on the movies is for all photographers, whether… [read more]
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Let Movies Inspire Your Photography: Part I
Examining the work of filmmakers can be eye-opening for photographers. This class will help you improve your compositional skills and deepen your work through a… [read more]
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Let Movies Inspire Your Photography: Part I
Examining the work of filmmakers can be eye-opening for photographers. This class will help you improve your compositional skills and deepen your work through a… [read more]
Lighting Your Still‑Life Using Household Lamps
In this do-it-yourself lighting mini-workshop, Néstor Pérez-Molière will demonstrate ideas on how to light your still life utilizing… [read more]
Looking Inward: Photographing Family
In this one-hour mini-workshop, we will explore the contemporary history of photographing those closest to us and examine strategies — both technical and conceptual — for making… [read more]
Make a Photobook with One Sheet of Paper
Join book artist Elizabeth Castaldo for a mini-workshop to learn about “artist’s books” — an artwork in the shape of… [read more]
Make Your Own Handmade, Hardcover Photobook
If you’re thinking about creating a photobook, making the physical book by hand can be super-satisfying and can add another level of creativity to… [read more]
Make Your Own Zine
Want to share your photo project with people in a way they’ll remember? Zines are a great way to present your work as… [read more]
Making Your Own Photobook or Zine: An Overview
Photobooks and zines are a great way to get your work out to people and off of digital screens, but getting started can be daunting.… [read more]
Mastering Color in Your Images
Color can be a complex topic, but it’s so important to creating visually satisfying images. In this course we’ll uncover… [read more]
Mastering Flash Photography
Do you wish you could have more control over the light in your photographs? Flash photography may be the answer — and it doesn&rsquo… [read more]
Mastering Lightroom Essentials
Have you been using Adobe Lightroom Classic for a while but still find yourself confused by some of the concepts? In this class, Lightroom enthusiast… [read more]
Mentoring Intensive for the Photographic Project
In general, the process of creating a photo project is that you take pictures, decide which ones work and which ones don’t, and finally… [read more]
Mosaic and Entanglement: Photographic Histories in Europe from 1950–2000
Europe in the 20th century doesn’t have one single history of photography, but rather a whole spectrum of movements and photographic practices occurring in… [read more]
Motherhood and Photography
In this one-hour workshop we explore the unique intersection of motherhood and photography by uncovering its history and probing our own personal practice. People have… [read more]
Multimedia Love Letter
Are you craving connection with others? When was the last time you felt seen and heard or expressed your feelings and gratitude towards your loved… [read more]
New Visions for New Landscapes
In landscape photography we encounter our relationship to the earth, our concepts of nature, and our own position to it. As photographers, as our awareness… [read more]
Our Ever‑Changing Landscapes
In this class we’ll look at different approaches photographers have used to depict their surroundings — whether that’s a vast natural area or dense… [read more]
Parks and Pictures: Paths to New Ways of Seeing
Parks and green spaces are places of singular importance — they offer refuge and relaxation, a stage for social interaction, and are an effective antidote… [read more]
Pen and Pictures: Creative Writing for Photographers
Are you already using your own writing to accompany your photography — or maybe want to start writing but don’t know how to begin? This… [read more]
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Photo Exhibitions That Made History: What Can We Learn from Them?
The experience of viewing photographs in a deliberately designed exhibition space is fundamentally different than seeing the images on a digital display or the printed… [read more]
Photo Workshop in German: Reportage ‑ Fotografie
Live online class in German co-presented with Forum Journalismus und Medien Wien (fjum) in Vienna, Austria. This class will be presented entirely in German. In… [read more]
Photo Workshop in German: So entstehen dynamische Bilder
Live online class in German co-presented with Forum Journalismus und Medien Wien (fjum) in Vienna, Austria. This class will be presented entirely in German. Dieser… [read more]
Photobook Intensive: Structure and Meaning
Would you like to make a photobook, but you struggle trying to shape your individual images into a cohesive form? How do you get your… [read more]
Photographing Domestic Life: Pleasure and Chaos
This course is for students who would like to photographically explore the joys, sorrow, expectations, and demands of domestic life including the intimacy of… [read more]
Photographing Intimacy / Photographing Relationships
Photography can be a very intimate medium, especially for those working with themes of family, (self-)portraiture, and personal relationships. And over a lifespan, one… [read more]
Photographing People, Telling Powerful Stories
Learn how to tell stories about people by photographing them in their own environment — their home, workplace or on the street in their neighborhood … [read more]
Photographing Strangers: Practical Tools and Ethical Questions
For many photographers, one of the biggest challenges in taking street portraits or working on a documentary project is how to approach strangers. In this… [read more]
Photography and Storytelling: Explore New Tools and Ideas
How can we take advantage of the current at-home time many of us are experiencing to further develop a project? If you can’t… [read more]
Photography as a Pilgrimage
In this course, you'll examine the role of walking as a personal practice and a means for generating photographic artwork. With the idea of… [read more]
