Private Member Group Photo Lessons
Flexible Number of Private/Group Gathering Photo Lessons in 24 Cities
- Join a private workshop on your own, scheduled around your choice of place and schedule or up to a single group of 8 with an additional instructor with each additional group of 8.
- We have 24 North American markets to choose from.
- Developing and/or enhancing your skills as a photographer whether using a cellphone or a regular camera
- Tap into your creative self expression
- Great way to communicate with family & friends or meet new friends
- Creative use of free time while getting in some light exercise for your body and mind, all live and guided by a professional photographer.
Pricing for Each 2 Hour Workshop
- For 1 person: $137.5 per person (Total: $137.5)
- For 2 people: $125 per person (Total: $250)
- For 3 people: $112.5 per person (Total: $337.5)
- For 4 people: $100 per person (Total: $400)
- For 5 people: $85 per person (Total: $425)
- For 6 people: $75 per person (Total: $450)
- For 7 people: $60 per person (Total: $420)
- For 8 people: $50 per person (Total: $400)
Discounted Prices (10% off after first week):
Multiple workshops provide further discounts!
After the first week, each additional week offers 10% off the total price.
- For 1 person: $123.75 per person (Total: $123.75)
- For 2 people: $112.50 per person (Total: $225)
- For 3 people: $101.25 per person (Total: $303.75)
- For 4 people: $90 per person (Total: $360)
- For 5 people: $76.50 per person (Total: $382.5)
- For 6 people: $67.50 per person (Total: $405)
- For 7 people: $54 per person (Total: $378)
- For 8 people: $45 per person (Total: $360)
Digital Photo Academy
- Founded in 2006
- Live classes in 24 Cities
- Partners with professional photographers who live where they teach
- Has over 1,100 student testimonials
- Holds 576 live small group photo classes annually
- DPA provides instruction for:
- Cell Phones
- DSLR Cameras
- Mirrorless Cameras
- Composition
- Social Media (Instagram, Facebook, Texting, Albums)
- Photo enhancement through post capture
- “A Day in Your Life,” with Photographs
Our Six-Session Course
Introduced by “Pixels”, the Digital Photo Academy Mascot
Private or group options, pick any or all sessions
Session 1 — Operating your camera and/or cellphone
Session 2 — Composing Powerful Images Part I (Leading Lines, Patterns and Textures, Rule of Thirds)
Session 3- Composing Powerful Images Part II (Shadows and Silhouettes, Simplicity, Angles)
Session 4 — Challenges of Different Lighting
Session 5 — “A Day in Your Life,” Learn to capture images that tell your story.
Session 6 — Sharing Your Photographs with Family, Old Friends, and New Friends (Texting, Facebook, Instagram, Albums, Emailing)
Session One: Operating Your Camera and/or Cellphone
- Learning automatic controls — what effect they create, how to access each control of cameras and/or cellphones
- Learning the power of manual controls to override automatic operation limitations of cameras and/or cellphones
- Learning about light
- Indoor and outdoor lighting scenarios
- How time of day affects your photographs
- Inexpensive and free apps for your cellphone
- Click for aperture control and shutter speed control inspirational slideshows so you can see images like ones that you will learn to capture
Session Two: Composing Powerful Images, Part I
EASY COMPOSITION TRICKS TO TURN SNAPSHOTS INTO COMPELLING PHOTOGRAPHS
- Quick Review of how to engage camera and/or cell phone for taking photos
- Click for Leading Lines inspirational slideshow
Create images that show the viewer exactly what spot within the photo is the starting point on which to focus and which path, in and around, within the frame the eye should follow. Showcase what is important in the image.
- Click for Patterns and Textures inspirational slideshow
Let the viewer lose themselves in your image.
- Click for Rule of Thirds inspirational slideshow
Placing the main subject off-center allows a visually dynamic balance of important details. Adding extra detail, such as a pet, in the surrounding space helps add interesting context to the main subject.
Session Three: Composing Powerful Images, Part II
EASY COMPOSITION TRICKS TO TURN SNAPSHOTS INTO COMPELLING PHOTOGRAPHS
- Quick Review of how to engage camera and/or cell phone for taking photos
- Click for Shadows and Silhouettes inspirational slideshow. Add drama to your image, whether haunting, cheerful, mysterious or simply compelling.
- Click for Simplicity inspirational slideshow: Profound and thought provoking. Simple photographs can convey complex narratives.
- Click for Angles inspirational slideshow: What’s in front, what’s in back, what’s below, what’s above can make the difference between an inspirational scenic or a whimsical point of view. Make the ordinary extraordinary.
Session Four: Challenges of different lighting
- Quick Review of how to engage camera and/or cell phone for taking photos.
- Natural Light (Window Lighting, Bright Sunlight, Dim Lighting, Incandescent, Florescent)
- Each kind of light requires different controls on your camera or cell phone
- Waiting for the light
- Different lighting means different moods
- Capturing sunsets
- Savoring the “blue light” twenty minutes after sunset or twenty minutes before sunrise
Click here to view inspirational slideshows using varying lighting
Session Five: “A Day in Your Life” — Photographing your Story
- Quick Review of how to engage camera and/or cell phone for taking photos
- Visual sense of who, what, when, where
- Starting at the beginning
- Important symbols, keepsakes, mementos • Who are the stars in your life?
- Capturing the mood
- Examples of the photographs you might take to capture a day in your life:
- With your camera you can look at your life and capture blessings and even share it with friends and family in portfolios which you’ll learn how to do in this session. Soon, you will be able to do this in a day or across a week on your own or with a companion, and develop an intuitive sense of which pictures best tell your story. Your instructor will explain the photojournalistic thinking so you can select which images to capture your story. Share the images with others in the group and the instructor for insightful feedback. Go out for extended periods with the instructor for in-depth, at the moment, instruction.
- You can start off with a photograph of your breakfast or the beautiful view outside your window.
- You know that you enjoyed your lunch and want to show someone else how delicious it looked.
- What about stopping to smell the roses, maybe even joining a local garden club?
- Someplace nearby, maybe you have a favorite walking place to replenish yourself.
- Then of course there’s keeping up with family activities.
- Any special evening activity that was an exhilarating experience?
- It’s time to say goodnight.
Good Morning
Lunch / Photo-Op
Garden Walk
Beach Walk
Billy’s Baseball Game
Visiting Guest Performers
Bedtime Window View
Session Six: Sharing your photographs with Family, Old Friends, and New Friends
Digital Photo Academy instructor demonstrates ways to keep in touch with friends and family across email, texting and a variety of social media. Periodically you will sit with the instructor and post your favorite images and captions. Your instructor will supervise every step of the way and your day-in-your-life stories can inspire loved ones, friends and other social media followers.
- Working with your instructor to manage memory card image selection and/or cellphone texting
- Emailing & Texting your photos with captions
- Albums
- Photo books
Beyond Six Weeks: Countless Options in your Neighborhood and Nearby Locations
- Panning
- Organizing & Enhancing Your Photos on the Computer
- Photographing Parties and Group Gatherings
- Portraiture
- Still Life
- Painting with Light
- Sunsets/Sunrises
- Landscapes
- Flowers
- Environmental Portraits
- Macro
- Animals
- Birds in Flight
- Wildlife
- Sports
- Group Portraits
- Table Top
- Street Scenes
- Architecture
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Call Digital Photo Academy on our toll-free number (877) 372 2231 or email us at [email protected]. Contact us for special pricing.
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