The Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) is a nonprofit organization providing photography education and enrichment for photographers of all levels. With a wide range of classes, workshops, exhibitions, and community events, LACP offers a comprehensive experience for photographers to learn, connect, and grow in their practice.
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Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA
With the introduction of the rangefinder camera back in the early twentieth century, a new chapter in the history of photography had begun. Due to the camera’s relatively compact size and quick focusing ability, photographers were able to capture candid shots in the streets in a way that hadn’t been possible before. Fast forward nearly one hundred years later and the iPhone and Android have taken things to the next level, providing photographers...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Learn how to shoot candidly on the street, not only from practical experience, but also from studying historic and contemporary street photographers. The week-long class will consist of lecture and critique and three days of shooting on the streets of Los Angeles. On Monday after the first lecture, students will shoot on nearby Hollywood Blvd. On Tuesday, we’ll arrange to meet at a specific location in the Downtown Fashion District, and on Thursday...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Join photographer Ian Spanier in this two-day workshop as he teaches students how to effectively light portraits on location using natural and artificial light. The workshop begins at the LACP classroom with introductions, gear breakdown, discussing the basics of light control, both indoors and outdoors. The class then moves on to location, combining strobes with daylight, using them both as key and fill light. Working with models and the instructor,...
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Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
What is the meaning behind your imagery? Can the viewer connect to your photograph in a conceptual way? Is it an emotional connection, or a clever idea, or does the viewer feel the "aha" experience when viewing your work? Do you share a narrative or tell a story with your work? In this course students will learn to develop their ideas and think before shooting. Concepts will be discussed, critiqued and communicated among class members to brainstorm...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Full Course Name: Creating Compelling Travel Photography: The Art of the Travel Story Discover the proven tips, techniques and strategies that will empower you to create memorable travel images that convey an authentic sense of place. This class is designed to push your creative vision before you even begin shooting. The workshop begins with a discussion of creativity and proven steps that you can employ to increase your personal creativity....
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ Distance Learning Class via Zoom, Los Angeles, CA
This Intermediate Lightroom Classic course continues where the Beginning Lightroom Classic class left off. Using Adobe Lightroom Classic, we will explore, in depth, some of the topics we already covered and learn new techniques as well. In the first sessions we will review importing and how to make metadata presets to add personalized contact, copyright, and shoot session subject info to photos as they are imported. We will...
Los Angeles Center of Photography
In this new, four session workshop, students will learn all about the Lightroom Classic Book Module from the start to the published book. The course will go over creating and managing a book collection, cover design, page layout, making adjustments for print, proofing and ordering the finalized book via Lightroom’s interface with Blurb.com. The class will also cover the entire book ordering process, allowing students to show their physical photo...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Mastering architecture photography and location is a complex yet rewarding process. Like people, buildings have their best side, and choosing your perspective, composition and camera placement for both interiors and exteriors will be a focus. In this workshop we will examine the intricate relationship between architectural design, natural light and the weather, and explain approaches to artificial and natural lighting. The class begins with a step-by-step...
Los Angeles Center of Photography
What’s going on around us in nature? If you stop and look closely at what’s right under your nose, you would be amazed at the beauty that’s there every day. This one-day workshop will introduce students to the intimate world of macro photography outdoors with discussions of technique, aesthetics, hardware and a brief, local field trip. The instructor will cover the tools for macro photography – traditional macro lenses, extension tubes...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Photographing people in their natural environment can produce images that evoke a true sense of their character. But to properly capture and convey this information, the photographer must have both the technical skills and the flexibility to work in ever-changing environments. This one-day online workshop on environmental portraiture in the context of photo essays as well as in stand alone images will give participants the necessary confidence...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA
Learn the concepts and techniques to consistently create powerful and compelling travel images. Whether you enjoy shooting wildlife, landscape, people or any other kind of travel photography, instructor Mark Edward Harris will explain what goes into making great travel pictures – from a complete digital workflow solution to finding and shaping your personal artistic voice. The workshop will place heavy emphasis on creating images with “purpose”....
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA
Join photographer Michelle Groskopf in a new one-day class designed to provide students with the basics of street photography in just eight hours. Taught by a different street photographer each season, the class is intended to teach students how to shoot candidly while learning some valuable technical information about photographing on the street. The day will be divided among lectures, a field session, and group critique. The class begins...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA
In this workshop, students will learn how to use a flash unit in various lighting situations. First, we will go over all the buttons and dials on the flash. The day is then divided between lectures and demonstrations on different ways to use a flash. Shooting time follows each demonstration so students can put the information to use. The lecture begins with discussions on why and how to use a flash as the main source of light (meaning a low-light...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA
This class is for students who have taken Crash Flash 1: On Camera Flash and want to learn how to light more beautifully by getting the flash off camera. Julia will demonstrate how to use a single flash or multiple flashes off camera to achieve a beautiful “quality” of light. We will use light stands, umbrellas, and gels — in the studio and on location, in both the TTL mode and in manual mode with wireless technology. There will be a four-hour...
Los Angeles Center of Photography
This one-day workshop teaches photographers the basic fundamentals and techniques to edit and sequence their photo projects. It is co-taught by photo editors Patti Silverstein and Lisa Thackaberry who will share the editing knowledge they’ve gained during their 25 years of experience in the business. Patti and Lisa will discuss various ways to approach editing different kinds of projects and show examples to illustrate a variety of concepts and...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA
This one-day workshop teaches students how to create photography associated with a campaign for social change using portraiture as the primary vehicle for expression. For the first hour, we will discuss how to select a subject matter that one feels impassioned about and is relevant; how to develop the work with intellectual, emotional and artistic content; how to develop an advocacy campaign associated with the images; how to attract media attention;...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
You got the gig. You booked the model. And now you can’t get the image you want from him or her. Are you doing something wrong? In this half-day, hands-on class, you will learn what works – and what doesn’t – when working with models, and how to tailor your communication to get the shot you want. Everyone will get to work with a model, as well as be a model, to understand what goes into successful exchange with the person on the other end...
Los Angeles Center of Photography
If you feel like you are flying solo, and not yet at the level you envision for your photography career, this is the workshop for you. Sherrie Berger offers practical and inspirational ideas and tools that can jump-start your thinking, your career and your photography over all. We will ask the questions and explore solutions: where are you today and where do you want to be? In answering these questions, we will set short and long-term goals, share...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 252 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA
Meet-Up in LA: Photographing The Huntington Botanical Gardens with Peter Bennett (Hybrid Learning – Two Sessions) Los Angeles offers an enormous array of diverse and ethnic communities, including the hustle and bustle of downtown activity, white picket fences and birds chirping in quiet suburbia, the clicking and cracking of machinery in industrial neighborhoods, and the soft, soothing sounds of waves splashing ashore on the beach. In this class,...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 5566 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Meet-Up in LA: Photographing Downtown LA with Peter Bennett (Hybrid Learning – Two Sessions) Come partake in this two-part meet-up class, open your eyes to a cornucopia of photographic opportunities, and enrich yourself in this marvelous, beckoning metropolis that is Los Angeles. Hybrid Learning (In-Person and Online) Los Angeles offers an enormous array of diverse and ethnic communities, including the hustle and bustle of downtown activity,...
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