Classes and Workshops – March 2018

Kate Woodward

The following list describes sample photography courses and workshops from a variety of providers. Note that the providers generally have additional courses or workshops on their websites. The courses/workshops are organized around three categories: (1) classes and workshops in the DC area, (2) online courses, and (3) multi-day photography trips to places within and beyond the United States.

This month’s class list includes many courses on architecture, which is April’s competition theme. You might see particularly the online vendor Lynda.com (which offers a free 30-day trial subscription to all its courses) and various local photo workshops that visit buildings such as the Library of Congress, Union Station, and the Air & Space Museum. This month’s list also includes an all-day photo event, Harrisburg Camera Club’s 8th Annual Light and Creativity Workshop.

Please suggest additional course/workshop providers for future editions of this list. You are also invited to provide descriptions of courses/workshops you have taken and recommend, for the Cable Release. Email me at info@ssccphotography.org or cablereleaseeditor@ssccphotography.org.

Note: Inclusion in this list is not an endorsement of the provider or the particular class/workshop.

 

1. Classes/Workshops in the Washington, DC Area

Capital Photography Center

  • The Small Studio, Sat., March 10, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  • Photoshop for Photographers, Sun., March 11, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  • Smartphone Photography-Getting Started at the Air and Space Museum in D.C., Sun., March 18, 10:15a.m.-2:15p.m.
  • Real Estate and Architectural Photography, Sun., March 18, 3:00-6:00 p.m.
  • Spring at the Franciscan Monastery, Sat., April 7, 7:00-10:00 a.m.

And others at capitalphotographycenter.com/classes (Note that Capital Photography Center and Washington Photo Safari, listed below, sometimes co-offer workshops.)

 

Glen Echo Park (Photoworks)

  • Skills. Bookmaking for Photographers (3 sessions), Wed., March 7-21, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
  • Skills. Digital Photography II – Vision Projects for Great Photos (8 sessions), Thurs., March 15-May 3, 9:30 a.m-12:00 p.m.
  • Workshops. Waterfalls: Long Exposure (2 sessions), Sat., March 24 & April 14, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
  • Workshop. Restoring Your Old Photographs (1 session), Sat., March 31, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
  • Vision. Documentary Photography: Beyond the Surface (5 sessions), Wed. April 4-May 2, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

And others at www.ssreg.com/glenechopark/classes

 

Harrisburg Camera Club’s 8th Annual Light & Creativity Workshop, Sat., April 7, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.:
lightandcreativity.org/  This all-day event (at Central Penn College in Enola, PA) includes buffet breakfast and catered lunch.

  • Mark Maio on Photographic Life Lessons
  • Katrin Eismann on Harnessing the Power of Lightroom’s Develop Module
  • Gordon Lewis on Street Photography with Style
  • Ken Sklute on Visual Depth

 

Michael Koren Photography

  • Smartphone Photography: Getting Started at the Air and Space Museum in DC (1 session), Sun., March 18, 10:15 a.m.-2:15 p.m.
  • Meetup: Blossom Kite Festival, Sat., March 31, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  • Advanced Artistic Expression through Photography: Phones and Tablets (4 sessions), Wed. April 4-April 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
  • Street Photography (4 sessions), Mon., April 9-April 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

And others at www.michaelkorenphotography.com/teaching-schedule/(Smartphone Photography is offered through Capital Photography, and multi-session courses are offered through Montgomery College: Lifelong Learning Institute.)

 

Montgomery College Community Arts 

  • Digital Photography (5 sessions), Sat., March 24-April 21, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

And others at cms.montgomerycollege.edu/EDU/Department4 (Click on Photography. In some months, the category Design & Digital Arts also offers photography classes.)

 

Montgomery College: Lifelong Learning Institute (Workforce Development & Continuing Education)

  • Advanced Artistic Expression through Mobile Photography (4 sessions), Wednesday, April 4-25, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
  • Street Photography (4 sessions), Mon., April 9-30, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

See aceitoc.montgomerycollege.edu/course/courselistings (Click on Lifelong Learning Institute, then Photography)

 

Smithsonian Associates

  • Understanding Your Digital Mirrorless or SLR Camera: Moving Beyond Auto Mode (1 session), Sun., March 11,10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (Also offered April 15)
  • Introduction to Lightroom Weekend Workshop (2 sessions), Sat. and Sun., March 17 & 18, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
  • Spring Landscape Photography on the Potomac (8 sessions), Mon., March 19-May 7, 10:15a.m.-1:15 p.m.
  • Lightroom and Vision (7 sessions, plus weekend field trip), Mon., March 26-May 7, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; field trip, Sat., March 31, 3:00-6:00 p.m.
  • Exhibiting and Selling Your Photographs (1 session), Mon., April 16, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

And others at smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets

 

Washington Photo Safari

  • Monuments and Memorials: Travel Photography, Sat., March 10, 9:40 a.m.-1:15 p.m. (Repeated multiple times throughout March and April).
  • Street Photography at the DC’s Monuments: The Photojournalist’s Approach, Sat., March 10, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (Also offered April 7, 14 and 28)
  • Library of Congress, Sat., March 10, 2:30-5:00 p.m. (Also offered March 31)
  • The Icons of Capitol Hill, Sun., March 11, 1:30-5:00 p.m. (Also offered April 8)
  • Early Morning Architectural Photography Tour of Washington, DC, Sun., March 18, 8:30-11:00 a.m. (Also offered April 22)

And others at washingtonphotosafari.com

 

2. Online Courses

Coursera
Coursera is an online venue for courses taught by various universities and other institutions. Coursera offers MOOC’s—massive open online courses. You can generally audit the courses, particularly the video lectures, for free. Paid tuition allows you to submit work and to receive a certificate for work completed, as well as access to additional areas of the online classroom, To audit or pay for the courses, you will need to enroll. Courses are offered at various times throughout the year, but if you are auditing, you can enroll at other times and have access to course materials. Note also that courses stay on your account beyond the announced time allotted for the course.

  • Seeing through Photographs, Museum of Modern Art (6-week commitment)
  • Coursera offers the following 5-course specialization, Photography Basics and Beyond: From Smartphone to DSLR, from University of Michigan. ( 4-week commitment per course):
    • Cameras, Exposure, and Photography
    • Camera Control
    • Principles of Photo Composition and Digital Image Post-Production
    • Photography Techniques: Light, Content & Sharing
    • Photography Capstone

See www.coursera.org

Note: Coursera also has many art courses (such as Making Architecture, Modern Art and Ideas, Introduction to Imagemaking, and a Specialization in Graphic Design).

 

Kelby One
Kelby One (run by Scott Kelby) is an online monthly (or annual) course subscription service. With its most complete subscription option, you are offered 700+ courses, along with access to its two magazines: Photoshop User and Lightroom. While a few of its courses are listed below, you might want to simply search for your particular interests. You may also want to explore Scott Kelby’s free video series on YouTube—The Grid—which contains critiques of photos submitted online www.youtube.com .   (Kelby One no longer offers a free trial, except for 5 pre-selected courses.) 

  • Courses on Photographing Architecture:
  • Mastering Layers, Beginner Techniques (1 hr., 20 min.)
  • Close-up: An Introduction to Macro Photography (1 hr., 9 Min.)
  • Long Exposure Photography (1 hr., 21 min.)
  • Building a Stunning Website in Minutes with Adobe Portfolio (49 min.)
  • Scott Kelby’s 7-Point System for Lightroom Classic (2 hrs., 9 min.)

And others at kelbyone.com/course-category/all-courses

 

Lynda.com:
Lynda.com is an online monthly (or annual) course subscription service with hundreds of photography courses. It offers a 30-day free trial (but you must cancel to not be charged for the next month). Courses consist of multiple video lectures. Photography topics range from technical skills and software training to artistic aspects of photography. Courses can be searched by skill level (beginner through advanced), topic, software, and professor; searches will also yield parts of courses on a particular topic. While a few courses are listed below, you might want to simply search for your particular interests.

  • Lynda.com offers weekly photography tips/instruction videos, from five of its instructors:
    • Photo Critique of the Week with Steve Simon
    • Mobile Photography Weekly with Sean Duggan
    • The Practicing Photographer with Ben Long
    • Photo Tools Weekly with Chris Orwig
    • Photo Gear Weekly with Tim Grey
  • Courses on Photographing Architecture:
    • Architectural Photography: A Fine Arts Approach (2 hr., 23 min.)
    • Enhancing Exterior Architectural Photos (2 hrs., 20 min.)
    • Enhancing Interior Architectural Photos (4 hr., 41 min.)
    • Learning Real Estate Photography (3 hr., 21 min.)
    • Exploring Photography: Tilt Shift Lens (1 hr., 9 min.)
  • Learning to Sell Photography at Art Shows, (1 hr., 31 min.)
  • Photography: Exploring Composition (2 hrs., 38 min.)

And others at www.lynda.com

 

3. Multi-Day Photography Trips Within and Beyond the United States

(See providers’ websites for trips planned later in 2018. Note that some trips sell out quickly, even when they are scheduled for six or eight months in the future.)

Art Wolfe

  • Hidden Northwest: Oregon Coast, June 21-June 24
  • Glacier Bay Exclusive Yacht Tour (AK), June 29-July 5
  • Rainier (WA), Aug. 16-19

And others at events.artwolfe.com/events/category/workshops

 

Nikhil Bahl Photography

  • Chincoteague Island, Chincoteague (VA), April 27-29
  • Iceland Highlands & Coast Landscapes, July 24-Aug. 3

And others at www.nikhilbahl.com

 

Mark Buckler

  • Night Photography on the Outer Banks (NC), May 15-17 (Also offered Jun 11-13, July 10-12 & Aug. 9-11.)
  • Grand Teton Photo Adventure (WY), June 3-9
  • Outer Banks Photo Fundamentals, Aug. 23-26

And others at bucklerphoto.com/2018-workshops

 

EMS Photo Adventures (Essdras M. Suarez)

  • Panama City; May 25-June 1
  • Ecuador-Corpus Christi Festival (Cuenca, Ecuador), June 14-23

And others at emsphotoadventures.com

Note: See Suarez’s website for on-demand local workshops on such topic as street and portrait photography: www.essdrasmsuarez.com/workshops See also Suarez’s workshop Street Photography at DC’s Monuments, offered through Washington Photo Safari.

 

Joseph Van Os Photo Safaris

  • Nambia, May 12-28
  • Ultimate Puffins, Iceland, June 28-July 11
  • Brown Bears of Silver Salmon Creek (AK), Aug. 25-31

And others at photosafaris.com

 

Osprey Photo Workshops & Tours

  • Tangier Island May 4-6
  • Joy of Garden Photography at the Hermitage Museum and Garden (VA), May 11-12
  • Badlands National Park Spring Escape (SD), June 4-8

And others at www.ospreyphoto.com

 

Road Runner Photography Tours

  • Spring in the Great Smoky Mountains (TN), April 15-19
  • Virginia’s Chesapeake Heritage: Reedville, Tangier Island, and Onancock (VA), May 25-28
  • Katmai National Park – Bears and Salmon Expedition (AK), July 3-7

See roadrunnerphotographytours.com

Note: Road Runners has free YouTube video tutorials linked on its Website: see roadrunnerphotographytours.com/learning/video-tutorials See also its Meetup Schedule at www.meetup.com/Road-Runner-Photography-Tours

 

Tony Sweet Photography

  • MARS School – Cape May (NJ), May 6-11
  • Great Smoky Mountains, TN Infrared and B&W, May 20-24
  • Palouse Harvest (WA), Aug. 12-16

And others at tonysweet.com/workshops