Photography Courses California

One of the few courses of its kind in the world today, our underwater photography course allows students to spend most of their instructional time at sea in and around the Santa Barbara Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Here they can learn how to capture images that reveal a...

This comprehensive travel photography course covers the techniques and marketing of leisure travel photography for students who wish to make travel photography a major component of their professional career. Although not limited to California, the state itself provides students with a...

Our food photography course is taught in the Institute's studios, complete with full kitchen. This class focuses on how to produce professional quality food photography. The professional photography program has designed this food photography course so that each student is in a studio...

Capturing the sleek curves of a sports car or the rugged strength of an SUV requires specialized knowledge of lighting, location shooting and car preparation techniques, all part of our Automotive Photography course. With the fundamentals of automotive photography acquired, students...

This advanced photography course, offered as part of the Professional Photography Program, introduces students to the world of celebrity photography. Students have the opportunity to learn the process networking and breaking into the celebrity photography market. This Celebrity...

This Architecture Photography course provides a unique real-world experience for the students where they will have the opportunity to deal with architects and designers within the community as actual clients and produce work that meets their criteria. Evaluation of this Architecture...

This advanced Fashion Photography course helps the student understand the process of producing and executing a professional fashion shoot. Students enrolled in the fashion photography course can learn to work with both amateur and professional models, professional...

The Professional Photography Program offers a zone system photography course to teach the techniques and applications of the Zone System. As seen in the work of Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, and Ansel Adams, the Zone System is a valid and practical method of mastering...

How do you see the world? What stories do you need to tell? What pictures are worth a thousand words? In documentary projects students experience the adventure of a documentary assignment, much like one they would receive from a professional editor. Recent trips abroad have included...

Look at a newspaper. What got your attention? The headlines? Or the photo? The work of photojournalists tells the story and sells the paper. This interactive, all-digital course is designed to prepare students for the working world of photojournalism. One of two courses designed to...