Kate Woodward

This month’s course list includes several courses on action/motion photography, which is April’s competition theme, and black and white photography, which is May’s competition theme. Also, the list includes a one-day workshop on street photography, offered through Washington Photo Safari, that is taught by Essdras M. Suarez, a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer who spoke to our club last year and will be speaking to us again this year. 

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.

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.

1.0 Classes/Workshops in the Washington, DC Area

Capital Photography Center

• College Sports – George Washington Basketball vs George Mason, Sat., March 9, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
• Exploring Macro Photography, Sun., March 10, 10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Also offered April 14)
• Editorial Portraiture, Sat., March 23, 8:30-11:00 a.m.
• Topaz Studio for the Digital Artist, Sun., March 24, 9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
• Photoshop for Photographers, Sun., March 31, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

And others at http://capitalphotographycenter.com/classes/  (Note that Capital Photography Center and Washington Photo Safari, listed below, sometimes co-offer workshops. See Michael Koren, below, for his courses offered through Capital Photography Center.)

 

Glen Echo Park (Photoworks)

• Skills: Off Camera Flash (5 sessions), March 11-April 8, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
• Skills: Digital Photography II – Vision Projects for Great Photos (8 sessions), Thurs., March 14-May 2, 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
• Skills: Advanced Master Darkroom Printing (10 sessions), Tues., March 19-May 21, 7:00-10:30 p.m.
• Workshop: Skills: Digital Painting in Photoshop (1 session), Sun., April 7, 10 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
• Vision: Digital Collage (6 sessions), Mon., April 29-June 10, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

And others at http://www.ssreg.com/glenechopark/classes/classes.asp?catID=4403&pcatID=4379

 

Maryland Photography Alliance

• Odyssey of Light Seminar, Sat., April 27, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

See https://www.mdphotoalliance.org/oolsales

 

Michael Koren Photography

• Artistic Expression through Photography: Phones & Tablets (4 sessions), Wed., March 6-27, 6:30 8:30 p.m.
• Intro to Smartphone Photography (1 session), Mon., March 11, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
• Smartphone Photography – Getting Started at the National Gallery of Art (1 session), Sat., April 6, 11:30-3:30 p.m.
• Landscape & Cityscape Photography (4 sessions), Wed., April 10-May 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
• Exploring Street Photography (1 session), Sun., April 14, 2:30-6:30 p.m.

And others at https://www.michaelkorenphotography.com/teaching-schedule/ (One-day workshops are offered through Capital Photography Center and multi-session workshops through Montgomery College.)

 

Montgomery College Community Arts

• Digital Photography: Intermediate (5 sessions), Wed., March 20-April 17, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

And others at http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/EDU/Department4.aspx?id=109486. Click on Visual Arts, then either on Photography or Graphic Design and Digital Art.

 

Montgomery College Lifelong Learning Institute, Workforce Development & Continuing Education

• Artistic Expression through Photography: Phones & Tablets (4 sessions), Wed., March 6-27, 6:30 8:30 p.m.
• Landscape & Cityscape Photography (4 sessions), Wed., April 10-May 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

And others at http://aceitoc.montgomerycollege.edu/course/courselistings.aspx Select Lifelong Learning Institute/Photography

 

Smithsonian Associates

• Introduction to Lightroom (2 sessions), Sat., March 16 & Sun., March 17, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
• Spring Landscape Photography on the Potomac (8 sessions), Friday, April 5-June 7, 10:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
• Open Darkroom Plus (4 sessions), Fri., April 5- May 3, 6:30-9:30 p.m. (Also offered twice, beginning April 6)
• On Location Photography (6-sessions), Sun., April 14-June 2, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
• Exhibiting and Selling Your Photographs (1 session), Mon., April 15, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

And others at https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/events/photography

 

Washington Photo Safari

• Street Photography at DC’s Monuments: The Photojournalist’s Approach-Winter Edition, Thurs., March 7, 11:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (Also offered March 9)
• Intermediate Indoor Portraiture, Sat., March 16, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
• CEB Tower Observation Deck at Twilight on a Full Moon Night, Wed., March 20, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
• Great Egret Rookery Safari, Sat., April 6, 7:00-11:00 a.m.
• Orchids and Artwork on Display at the National Gallery, Sat., April 13, 2:30-5:00 p.m.

And others at https://washingtonphotosafari.com/calendar?month=&subject=&skill-set=&destination=&instructor=&view=table

 

 

2.0 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, 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  https://www.coursera.org/courses?languages=en&query=photography

Note: Coursera also has other courses relevant to photography (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 Magazine. Photography topics range from technical skills and software training to artistic aspects of photography. While a few of KelbyOne courses are listed below, you might want to simply search for your particular interests. You may try out 15 designated courses for free, prior to subscribing, if you sign up for an account. NOTE: Kelby One no longer includes the time duration of  its courses on its website,

• A few courses about black and white photography
  • Unlocking the Secrets of the Black and White Masters: Classic Techniques for Creating Black and White Images
  • Master Black and White Landscape Photography
  • Color to Black and White Artistry
• Travel Photography: Capturing the Essence of a City
• Sports Photography: The Tools and Techniques to Get the Shot; also, What Makes a Great Sports Photo
• Advanced Photoshop: Pro Curves Techniques
• Photoshop for Lightroom Classic Users: The Seven Main Techniques You Need to Know

And others at https://kelbyone.com

You may also want to explore Scott Kelby’s free video series on YouTube—The Grid—which contains critiques of photos submitted online: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Grid%3A+Scott+Kelby

 

Lynda.com
Lynda.com is an online monthly (or annual) course subscription service with hundreds of photography courses; it is now available free with a Montgomery County Public Library card (https://montgomerycountymd.libguides.com/az.php?q=lynda.com) . The DC Public Library also offers free access, and Lynda.com provides a free month-long trial subscription.

Courses consist of multiple video lectures, and they vary in length from less than an hour to more than 5 hours. 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 six 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
  • Deke’s Techniques with Deke McClelland
• A few courses about black and white photography
  • Master Black and White Photography (4-course Playlist (9 hrs, 10 min.)
  • Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop: Black and White Photography (1 hr., 39 min.)
  • Photography Foundations: Black and White (3 hrs., 3 min.)
• Photoshop Layers: Working with Multiple Photos (2 hrs., 20 min.)
• Photography: Exploring Composition (2 hrs., 38 min.)
• Sports Photography: Shooting a Soccer Action Photo (1 hr., 9 min.)

And others at https://montgomerycountymd.libguides.com/az.php?q=lynda.com  (or http://www.lynda.com)   

 

Photographic Society of America (PSA)

Online courses are offered free with membership and usually last a few months.

• Creating Competitive Images
• Image Analysis
• Portraits in Available Light
• Still Life Photography
• A Portfolio Experience

And others at https://psa-photo.org/index.php?education-online-courses

Note: Membership also includes study groups, mentoring, and a digital library.

 

 

3.0 Multi-Day Photography Trips Within and Beyond the United States

(See providers’ websites for trips planned later in 2019. Note that some trips sell out quickly, even when they are scheduled for six to ten months in the future.)

 Art Wolfe

• Katmai Alaska Workshop, July 26-Aug. 1 (Also offered July 31-Aug. 6)
• Rainier Workshop (WA), Aug. 15-18
• Greenland Photo Expedition with Art Wolfe, Sept. 2-11

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

 

Nikhil Bahl Photography

• Chincoteague Island Spring Workshop (VA), May 17-19,
• Iceland Highlands & Coastal Landscapes, July 24-Aug. 3

And others at http://www.nikhilbahl.com/photography_workshops.html)

 

Mark Buckler

• Night Photography on the Outer Banks, May 29-31 (Also offered June 30-July 2, July 31-Aug. 2, & Aug. 30-Sept. 1)
• Grand Teton Photo Adventure, June 2-8
• The Ultimate Outer Banks Photo Adventure, Sept. 25-27

And others at http://bucklerphoto.com/photo-workshops/

 

EMS Photo Adventures (Essdras M. Suarez)

• Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way, May 9-19
• Ecuador—Corpus Christi Festival—Cuenca, Ecuador, June 19-28
• Colonial Mexico & Oaxaca, July 19-31
• And others at http://emsphotoadventures.com  Essdras Suarez is also leading two workshops on Street Photography on March 7 and 9 through Washington Photo Safari (Section 1 above). Also see Essdras Suarez’s on-demand local workshops (on such topic as street and portrait photography): essdras.com

 

Joseph Van Os Photo Safaris

• Puffins on the Edge, Iceland, July 6-19
• Mongolia: Golden Eagle Festival & Gobi Desert, Sept. 4-22
• Colorful Fall Colors, Sept. 29-Oct. 5

And others at http://photosafaris.com

 

Osprey Photo Workshops & Tours

• Assateague Island National Seashore (MD), April 26-28
• Tangier Island (VA), May 3-7
• Fall Tangier Island Photo Workshop, Sept. 20-Sept. 22

See http://www.ospreyphoto.com/

 

Road Runner Photography Tours

• Palouse, Washington, June 9-13
• The Road Less Traveled-North Iceland, Sept. 14-22

And others at  https://roadrunnerphotographytours.com/photography-tours/2019-photography-tours/ Note: Road Runners has free YouTube video tutorials linked on its Website: see http://roadrunnerphotographytours.com/learning/video-tutorials/ See also its Meetup Schedule at https://www.meetup.com/Road-Runner-Photography-Tours/

 

Tony Sweet Photography

• Iceland Summer, July 6-16
• Palouse Harvest, August 11-15
• Badlands, Sept. 2-6

And others at http://tonysweet.com/workshops/