photography by design workshops

Photography by Design is about unlearning photography, and learning creativity. The difference between good and great photography is not technical proficiency but about how creative you can be with what you know. We'll learn about new and old photography techniques to get you thinking outside the box. You'll learn to think, feel and see photographically no matter where you are or what you are photographing. You'll learn to carefully and thoughtfully craft every image you take, what to look for, what to add and what to leave out. You'll begin to see and understand the art of photography like never before. 

Photography by Design is an English-speaking photography workshop open to all photographic levels. It focuses less on the technical and more on the creative side of photography. 

Each lesson consists of three parts 
  • A location - a new themed walk or a location to visit 
  • A topic - A new photo technique or subject to be discussed and practiced during the class
  • A challenge - designed to help you think outside the box, stretch your creativity and develop your photographic eye
" IF YOU WANT TO GET PEOPLE TO BUILD A SHIP, DON’T GIVE THEM A HAMMER, NAILS AND INSTRUCTIONS; GIVE THEM AN ENDLESS DESIRE FOR THE SEA.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
This course is built on the principal of Active learning rather than Passive learning.
  • Passive learning is the traditional sit in a class, take notes, and be tested on what you remember.
  • Active learning is just the opposite, it's about trial and error, deductive and investigative learning.
Photography by Design is about getting out into the world and learning photographic skills actively, by dealing with on the fly, unexpected, real world challenges. Whatever your reason, your motivation, Photography By Design will fill your needs. This course offers interesting, creative and fun lessons while walking and discovering Paris. Built on the principal of Active learning rather than Passive learning. Studies show that active learning has a higher success rate of actually acquiring long term skills and results. Where as Passive learning is best for short term results, like an upcoming test. 

Learning by doing is how photography is absorbed; before you learn about technique, gear, theory - anything - this is where all great photographers start. Taking photos and analyzing them; this is how you’ll discover your style and your voice. 

A photograph is worth a thousand words; so what do you have to say? It is recommended that you sign up for classes early, as they tend to fill up fast.  These workshops talk about technical aspects of photography in relation to in camera creative manipulations.

Organize your photographs workshop

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Do you love taking pictures but want to pull your hair out each time you want to find a photo? 

Do you feel overwhelmed each time you need to add new images to your photo collection?

Does it take you hours anytime you want to print or work on a project with your images?

Well, then you need this workshop!

In this workshop we learn all about how to organize your digital files, for quick, hassle free retrieval when you need them. Letting you get back to having fun with photography. 

Small workshop of 4 people max for individual attention. 

Workshop is 1 hour long and lasts for 3 sessions. 

 Organize your photographs. 

(OP-SU) Sundays 13h -14H
SEPTEMBER 26TH, OCTOBER 3RD, OCTOBER 10TH 2015

(OP-TU) Tuesdays 19h -20H
SEPTEMBER 28TH, OCTOBER 5TH, OCTOBER 12TH 2015

Photo organization workshop

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A small group workshop about how to organize your photos. Meeting for 1 hour, once a week in 3 sessions. 3 total hours

Creative workshops

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  • (CCPT-TH) Creative in camera photographic techniques. Thursday 18h30 FULL
  • (EMS-SU) Explorations in movment and stillness. Sunday 11am FULL
  • (BCEP-TU) Basics of compositional elements in photograph. Tuesdays 11am  FULL

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