Classes

Winter & Spring Photography Classes

Our live, interactive, and instructor-led 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.



 
Daytime Class!
Shake Up Your Photography!
© Kai McBride
ONLINE COURSE

Shake Up Your Photography!

Dates: Mondays, March 31–June 2, 2025
Time: 12–2pm (ET)
Sessions: 6 (Class meets on the following dates: March 31; Apr 14, 28; May 12, 19; June 2)
Limited enrollment: 8 students
Fee: $455
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This class is sold out — but email us to join the wait list and we’ll let you know of any openings.

This class will have you saying, “I never would have made photographs like these, and I love it!” Kai McBride has designed...

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Developing the Continuity between Your Life and Photography
© Carlos de la Sancha
ONLINE COURSE

Developing the Continuity between Your Life and Photography

Dates: Thursdays, Apr 3–May 8, 2025
Time: 11am–1pm (ET)
Sessions: 5 (No class on April 17)
Limited enrollment: 6 students
Fee: $450
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This class is sold out — but email us to join the wait list and we’ll let you know of any openings.

Imagine a thread that represents the continuity between our lives and the images we create — what can we understand about ourselves...

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Beyond Automatic Mode: Creative Camera Controls
© Kai McBride
Mini-Workshop

Beyond Automatic Mode: Creative Camera Controls

Dates: Sunday, Apr 6, 2025
Time: 1–2pm (ET)
Sessions: 1
Fee: $39
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Your digital camera has different modes for shooting to choose from and in this hour-long workshop you’ll learn how to configure your...

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Creating Environmental Portraits That Tell Powerful Stories
© Suzanne McIntire | StrudelmediaLive student
ONLINE COURSE

Creating Environmental Portraits That Tell Powerful Stories

Dates: Wednesdays, Apr 9–May 14, 2025
Time: 12–2pm (ET)
Sessions: 6
Limited enrollment: 8 students
Fee: $455
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Ideally, a portrait should reveal the essence of who a person is — and one of the most effective approaches to making...

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Create Your Own Zine or Photobook with InDesign
© Edward Ratliff (books/zines by previous students)
ONLINE COURSE

Create Your Own Zine or Photobook with InDesign

Dates: Tuesdays, Apr 22–May 20, 2025
Time: 1–3pm (ET)
Sessions: 6 (This class has 5 group sessions plus a private 1-on-1 session and meets weekly)
Limited enrollment: 6 students
Fee: $495
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Adobe’s InDesign is the most flexible and powerful application to layout and design a photobook or zine. This 6-session class is for...

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On the Waterfront: In-Person Weekend Workshop NYC
© Suzy McIntire (previous NYC Workshop student)
StrudelmediaLive Community Weekend in New York City

On the Waterfront: In‑Person Weekend Workshop NYC

Dates: Apr 25–27, 2025
Time: 10am–5pm (ET)
Sessions: 4 (Friday, April 25 (afternoon), Saturday/Sunday, April 26–27, 10am–5pm (ET), with a follow-up online critique session on Sunday, May 4, 12–3pm (ET))
Limited enrollment: 12 students
Fee: $650
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Join us for a weekend-long photographic exploration of the waterfront of New York City — discover the unexpected in a small group!...

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The Shape of Shapes
© Stefan Frank
ONLINE COURSE

The Shape of Shapes

Dates: Thursdays, May 8–June 26, 2025
Time: 1–3pm (ET)
Sessions: 6 (No class on May 29 and June 19)
Limited enrollment: 8 students
Fee: $455
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In 2020, American artist Amy Sillman curated an exhibition for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City that drew from...

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Delicious Photography
© Néstor Pérez-Molière
ONLINE COURSE

Delicious Photography

Dates: Thursdays, May 13–July 8, 2025
Time: 12–2pm (ET)
Sessions: 8 (No class on July 1)
Limited enrollment: 8 students
Fee: $550
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Do you have a passion for both the culinary arts and photography? Bring both together in a single practice and discover how...

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Using Fill Flash to Tame High Contrast and Harsh Lighting
© Kai McBride: Before and After
Mini-Workshop

Using Fill Flash to Tame High Contrast and Harsh Lighting

Dates: Sunday, May 18, 2025
Time: 1–2pm (ET)
Sessions: 1
Fee: $39
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Why would you want to use your flash on a bright and sunny day? The answer is fill flash, the powerful yet...

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Cyanotype: Techniques and Experimental Applications
© Daura Campos
ONLINE COURSE

Cyanotype: Techniques and Experimental Applications

Dates: Wednesdays, May 21–June 25, 2025
Time: 11am–1pm (ET)
Sessions: 6
Limited enrollment: 8 students
Fee: $455
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Cyanotype printing and its magical qualities — developed almost 200 years ago — has come back into the spotlight in recent years....

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Learn to Create Photo Collages and Composites with Photoshop
© Lavonne Hall
ONLINE COURSE

Learn to Create Photo Collages and Composites with Photoshop

Dates: Thursdays, May 29–June 26, 2025
Time: 2–4pm (ET)
Sessions: 5
Limited enrollment: 8 students
Fee: $405
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Making photo collages (combining parts of multiple images into one) and composites (think diptychs and triptychs) can be an exciting way to...

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Still and Moving Images
© Kat Shannon
Mini-Workshop

Still and Moving Images

Dates: Sunday, June 1, 2025
Time: 1–2pm (ET)
Sessions: 1
Fee: $39
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Photography and cinema, though distinctive as mediums, are inextricably linked and intertwined. To thoughtfully engage in a practice with one is practically...

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Storytelling with Photo Embroidery and Mixed Media
© Jolanda Drukker Murray
ONLINE COURSE

Storytelling with Photo Embroidery and Mixed Media

Dates: Saturdays, June 14–July 19, 2025
Time: 11am–1pm (ET)
Sessions: 5 (No class on July 5)
Limited enrollment: 8 students
Fee: $405
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Most of our images exist on either a digital display or as a mostly two-dimensional print. In this class, you’ll take your...

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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]
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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]
Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.
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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]
Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.
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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]
Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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 architecture… [read more]
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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]
Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.
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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]
Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.
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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]
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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]
Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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 class is for students who are… [read more]
Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.
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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]
Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.
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Create Your Own Zine or Photobook with InDesign

Adobe’s InDesign is the most flexible and powerful application to design and layout a photobook or zine. This 6-session class is for students who… [read more]
Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.
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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]
Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.
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Creating Environmental Portraits That Tell Powerful Stories

Learn how to tell stories about people by photographing them in their own environments — their neighborhoods or homes, indoors or outdoors — and how… [read more]
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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]
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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]
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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]
Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.
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Delicious Photography

Do you have a passion for both the culinary arts and photography? Bring both together in a single practice and discover how food photography can… [read more]
Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.
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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]
Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.
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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]
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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]
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Diving Deep: A Monthly Mentoring Group: Fall

This intimate mentoring group meets once per month and is for photographers and media artists who are looking for long-term support and continuity while working… [read more]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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