The photography workshops at the New York Film Academy are focused on providing students with the skills and know-how they need to realize their photography goals. Students can choose which photography workshop below they wish to take depending on the length of the workshop. Each photography workshop is designed not only to fit with students’ different schedules and goals, but also to fully immerse students in the craft of photography.
The Four-Week Digital Photography Workshop is an intensive exploration of photography in the digital age. Photography school students are immersed in the art and craft of still photography, and are introduced to the tools necessary to capture great images and refine them through digital imaging.
Photography students at New York Film Academy develop the skills necessary to research, compose, and capture digital photographic projects in a hands-on course. Students are encouraged to be creative, but are also taught to think of each project as a concise statement of artistic, documentary, and/or journalistic intent. They expand their repertoire of techniques with light and shadow as they work with professional lighting and grip hardware, as well as inexpensive and unconventional practical sources of light and shadow.
No prior experience is required to enroll in the Four-Week Digital Photography Workshop.
Please note:
All students are required to bring with them to the photography workshops a digital camera with manual exposure control.
Student may incur additional fees, this varies depending how much of their work they choose to print, and the scale of their projects.
Location & Available Dates:
Location
Available Dates
New York City
Sep 3, 2019 - Sep 28, 2019 Jan 6, 2020 - Feb 1, 2020 Feb 3, 2020 - Feb 29, 2020 Mar 2, 2020 - Mar 28, 2020 Apr 6, 2020 - May 2, 2020 May 4, 2020 - May 30, 2020 Jun 1, 2020 - Jun 27, 2020 Jul 6, 2020 - Aug 1, 2020 Aug 3, 2020 - Aug 29, 2020 Sep 1, 2020 - Sep 26, 2020 Oct 5, 2020 - Oct 31, 2020 Oct 26, 2020 - Nov 21, 2020
Los Angeles
Jan 6, 2020 - Feb 1, 2020 Feb 3, 2020 - Feb 29, 2020 Mar 2, 2020 - Mar 28, 2020 Apr 6, 2020 - May 2, 2020 May 4, 2020 - May 30, 2020 Jun 1, 2020 - Jun 27, 2020 Jul 6, 2020 - Aug 1, 2020 Aug 3, 2020 - Aug 29, 2020 Sep 1, 2020 - Sep 26, 2020 Oct 5, 2020 - Oct 31, 2020 Oct 26, 2020 - Nov 21, 2020
Florence, Italy
May 17, 2020 - Jun 13, 2020
Eight-Week Digital Photography Workshop Overview
For students interested in immersing themselves in the fundamentals of photography, our Eight-Week Digital Photography Workshop provides aspiring photographers with the technical and aesthetic know-how to begin to master the discipline. Offered at the Academy’s New York City and Los Angeles campuses, students should expect to fully commit themselves to the craft in order to take singular and powerful still images while learning to polish them using professional digital imaging software.
In the eight-week photography workshop, students study the essential technical elements of exposure, digital image editing and organization techniques, studio and location lighting, and the aesthetics of composition. Students learn these aspects of photography as they shoot fine art, commercial, documentary, and fashion projects using their own digital cameras. The workshop concludes with each student completing a personal project that reflects the genre of photography in which they have the greatest interest.
Central to the Academy’s photography workshops is the philosophy of learning by doing, through which students learn the craft of photography through hands-on instruction and continuous practical exercises. Every day of the workshop, students can expect to be actively shooting, editing, and assessing the images they take. The program is constructed to deliver a great deal of content in half a semester, and is a singular chance to completely immerse students in photography for eight weeks.
No prior experience is required to enroll in the Eight-Week Digital Photography Workshop.
Please note:
All students are required to bring with them to the photography workshops a digital camera with manual exposure control.
Student may incur additional fees, this varies depending how much of their work they choose to print, and the scale of their projects.
Location & Available Dates:
Location
Available Dates
New York City
Sep 3, 2019 - Nov 2, 2019 ⊹ Jan 6, 2020 - Feb 29, 2020 Mar 2, 2020 - Apr 25, 2020 Jul 6, 2020 - Aug 29, 2020 Sep 1, 2020 - Oct 31, 2020
Los Angeles
Jan 6, 2020 - Feb 29, 2020 Mar 2, 2020 - Apr 25, 2020 May 4, 2020 - Jun 27, 2020 Jul 6, 2020 - Aug 29, 2020 Sep 1, 2020 - Sep 26, 2020
Twelve-Week Evening Digital Photography Workshop Overview
The objective of the twelve-week photography workshop is to develop core photography skills through technical study, a wide variety of shooting assignments, and aesthetic and technical analysis.
As students master core elements of the craft through constant shooting, editing, and critique, you are immersed in master works across every genre in the history of the medium. You will also shoot assignments in multiple genres, including fine art, documentary, fashion, street photography, studio and location portraiture, editorial, advertising, and other commercial styles.
Location and studio lighting will also be covered in the workshop, including the use of multiple inexpensive off-camera battery powered strobes and collapsible reflector systems to achieve big-light results, professional studio powerpack and head strobe systems, softboxes, ringlights, diffusers, flags, gobos, grip hardware, and more.
Similar to our other photography workshops, the technical intricacies of the medium will be thoroughly demystified, including components of exposure, selecting lenses, mastering depth of field, transforming subjects through the use of shutter speed, and exploring the unlimited possibilities of visual style through digital darkroom tools including RAW processing, adjustment layers, transformations, retouching, and basic compositing using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
No prior experience is required to enroll in the Twelve-Week Evening Digital Photography Workshop.
Please note:
All students are required to bring with them to the photography workshops a digital camera with manual exposure control.
▸ REQUEST INFO
▸ APPLY
1-888-988-NYFA | 1-818-333-3558 
