Specialty & Technique Archives

Travel Photography – Leveraging Your Camera and Creativity Wherever You Go

Travel offers unique opportunities to express your photographic creativity. Knowing what to capture, when to show up, and how to compose and shoot the scene before leaving home, helps maximize limited travel time to capture photographic gold. This class will explore envisioning the travel photographic process from beginning to end through discussion and hands-on-experiences designed to cultivate compositional inspiration, identify APPS & tools for locating subjects that tell the stories of time, place & people, and planning the best time to shoot.

Travel Photography – Leveraging Your Camera and Creativity Wherever You Gostevekozak2025-08-13T15:45:31-05:00

Booked & Branded: Build Your Photography Website, Brand, and Business Systems

This isn’t just a website class—it’s a complete reset and relaunch of your brand and business. Over the course of the week, you’ll build a stunning PhotoBiz website and develop a complete brand and business playbook that helps you show up with clarity, attract your ideal clients, and operate like a pro—even if you’re not “techy.”

Booked & Branded: Build Your Photography Website, Brand, and Business Systemsstevekozak2025-08-11T14:51:42-05:00

Light Painting: The Art, the Science and the Business

Light painting is one of the most creative expressions in photography, allowing you to use continuous light to sculpt and shape your subject with precision not possible by any other means. John Hartman has developed a systematic approach to light painting that will help you learn how to both light and edit your subject, providing a look unlike any photograph you have ever made.

Light Painting: The Art, the Science and the Businessstevekozak2025-08-12T17:14:15-05:00

Commercial Photography: Beyond the Basics

In this hands-on class, you’ll learn how to apply solid, professional techniques to real-world assignments — from product photography to food styling, reflective surfaces, interiors, and architectural exteriors. We’ll cover working with art directors and clients, and how those relationships affect your workflow and creative decisions. You’ll start with product photography fundamentals, then move on to challenging subjects like chrome, glass, and highly reflective surfaces.

Commercial Photography: Beyond the Basicsstevekozak2025-08-13T11:50:15-05:00

Nature, Macro, Floral, Landscape and Animal Photography

This is a wide-ranging class covering lots of ground. It is based on being creative, artistic and leveraging your camera's strengths. Through discussion and hands on learning, this week promises a whirlwind of imagery and education. Studies will include Macro, Floral, Animal and Cityscape. Content from these programs will cover camera strategies that you can apply regardless of where your photographic interests may take you.

Nature, Macro, Floral, Landscape and Animal Photographystevekozak2025-08-22T09:59:35-05:00

Architecture + Interiors Photography / Commercial Photography and Business System for High-End Clients

This real estate/architectural/commercial photography class is designed for photographers seeking to enhance their skills and attract high-end clients. This class will discuss the system Randy uses to photograph architecture for architects, interior designers, corporate, and high-end builders that will help you attract the high-paying clients you want.

Architecture + Interiors Photography / Commercial Photography and Business System for High-End Clientsstevekozak2025-08-13T15:29:13-05:00

Landscape Photography: Artistically Expressive Images with Technical Excellence

Great landscape photography is about making images that connect with viewers, making them feel something about the subject. If you are seeking knowledge and skill to improve the impact and artistic appeal of your landscape photography, then this class is just what you are looking for. Beyond craft and technique, it is most important to communicate emotions and bring artistic vision and quality to your imagery.

Landscape Photography: Artistically Expressive Images with Technical Excellencestevekozak2025-08-13T11:53:33-05:00