Live in Los Angeles or just visiting? We offer basic photographic technique workshops that allow you to immediately apply the techniques through practical exercises. By the end of this course, you’ll be in control of your camera, no longer making it the decision-maker. You’ll be able to start creating the images you’ve always wanted.

A summary of the course concepts will be provided at the beginning of each session. The workshops consist of a theoretical part, practical training, and a debriefing. Learning to use the manual mode of your DSLR or Mirrorless camera is crucial for taking better pictures. The manual shooting mode will be the focus of these courses. The goal is to familiarize you with this non-automated mode and make its use more apparent. You’ll learn about the camera’s parameters and digital photography terminology. Terms like white balance, sensor sensitivity (ISO), RAW format, and exposure correction will be explained clearly and concisely. You’ll learn how to capture movement in photography and freeze the action of a scene. You’ll also learn about white balance, ISO, how to quickly adjust exposure manually, read histograms, and depth of field. Your creative options will expand with lessons on blurring or freezing action, creating a panning effect, and using different modes to measure light (spot, matrix, center-weighted). You’ll also learn how to focus using different modes and choose the right collimators. Your instructor will also take time to go into your specific field of interest, be it landscape, portraits, etc.

At the end of the workshop, we’ll have a complete debriefing where you can share your images from the session. We can then improve them in Lightroom or Photoshop. This collective review by the photography teacher will ensure everyone has a good understanding of the workshop and provide inspiration from other students’ work.