Upcoming Photography Classes
August 29, 2025
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February 27, 2026
Beginning Digital Photography with Kirby Soderberg
Registration ends 2 days prior to the first class.
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Kirby Soderberg
Description: Turn your camera into a tool for creativity!
Materials: Students must provide own DSLR or mirrorless digital camera with manual (M) mode selection option.
Duration: 6 weeks
Days off: 1/20
Prerequisites: No experience required
Ages: 18+
Cost: $220
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class.
Beginning Analog Photography and Open Darkroom with Kirby Soderberg
Description: For those interested in starting or re-kindling the b&w analog film photography process. Take a "crash course" into 35mm b&w film processing and printing in the photography lab. After a few sessions, students will be confident and self-sufficient to continue their own photography interests. Returning students may immediately return to b&w film processing and darkroom photo enlargements.
Materials: Students must provide own 35mm, or other film camera, black and white film, black and white film negatives, and black and white darkroom printing paper.
Prerequisite: no experience required
Duration: 8 weeks
Ages: 18+
Cost: $270.00
Adobe Lightroom and a Little Photoshop for Photographers (Online) with Bill Guy
Description: Adobe Lightroom has become the go-to program for digital photographers. It allows us to do all the enhancements and more with just a few clicks or adjustment of sliders. Photoshop remains the program of choice for complex designs and pixel level control. However both programs are made to work together for photographers to enhance and improve their images. This is what the class is all about. For the new user Bill will show how to import and start working with images right at the first class in Lightroom. If you have been using Lightroom but are finding it frustrating, Bill will show you how to setup your folders and work with collections for a more effective workflow. He will also show how to use Presets, create beautiful Black and White images from color files, and create prints from your images. If needed he will show how to send your image to Photoshop for that final touch of creativity. If you are a pro or just want to work on all of your images from your camera then this class is for you.
Materials: Computer with camera and mic
Prerequisite: Zoom on your computer. Helps if you have the Adobe Products of Lightroom and Photoshop
Duration: 4 weeks
Ages: 15+
Cost: $100.00
Getting a Grip on your Digital Camera (Thunderbird) with Bill Guy
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Bill Guy (He/Him)
Description: If your digital camera has been the bane of your creative expression or you just want to start taking better images, then this class is for you. Bill will help you understand both the creative settings of your camera and show you how to create better images. You are encouraged to bring a camera to class and Bill will help in getting your camera set up for getting the shots you want.
Materials: Camera or cell phone
Prerequisite: None
Duration: 3 weeks
Ages: 15+
Cost: $55
Please arrive 15 minutes before class begins
Portrait Photography with Kirby Soderberg
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Kirby Soderberg
Description: Beginners and Advanced students are welcome to join us in creating more dynamic portrait images by using light. You will learn the basics of 3-point lighting and beyond. This is a hands-on workshop that uses live models to demonstrate the fundamentals of posing. Students will leave this workshop with the knowledge to create more interesting portraits of family and friends.
Materials: Students must provide own digital or film camera and gear to capture photographs.
Duration: 4 hours
Prerequisites: None required
Ages: 18+
Cost: $50
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.
Landscape Photography with Dave Hatton
Description: Have you ever happened upon an amazing sunset and started snapping photos and came away thinking, “But that is not how it looked when I took the photo!” We can’t fix those photos, but we CAN help you make sure that doesn’t happen again. This class begins with fundamentals, moves quickly into more advanced lighting control, and ends with a finished product that makes you want to go out for more.
Materials: Students must have their own DSLR or mirrorless camera with the Manual (M) function. Smartphones and point and shoot cameras will not be effective for the end result you desire.
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of DSLR or mirrorless camera. Must have own DSLR or mirrorless camera with Manual (M) function - this is not a cellphone or point and shoot class.
Duration: 7
Days Off: Indigenous People's Day
Ages: 18+
Cost: $250.00
Advanced Digital Photography with Kirby Soderberg
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Description: Elevate your photography to another level! Try unique artistic approaches to image making, tell captivating stories, and produce a "body of work" that one day may hang in your very own solo gallery show.
Materials: Students must provide own DSLR or mirrorless digital camera with manual (M) mode selection option.
Duration: 6 weeks
Prerequisites: Students must understand functions of their digital camera including manual mode control or have taken the Beginning Digital Photography PCA class..
Ages: 18+
Cost: $220
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class.
Photo Organization - Simple and Done with Celeste Soong-Tang
Instructor: Celeste Soong-Tang (She/Her)
Description: Imagine your photos organized in one place, permanently and safely and being able to find any photo in a matter of seconds! This includes old slides and movies. We will talk about digitizing old media, cloud storage, and you will learn techniques you can use with any photo management system. Begin to enjoy your photos again and leave a legacy through photos and stories in a way that is simple, manageable, and stress free.
Materials: A notebook to take notes. Class summary will be mailed after class.
Duration: 2 weeks
Days Off: 12/30/2025
Prerequisites: None
Ages: 22+
Cost: $50
Please arrive 15 minutes before the class begins.
Beginning Digital Photography with Kirby Soderberg
Registration ends 2 days prior to the first class.
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Kirby Soderberg
Description: Turn your camera into a tool for creativity!
Materials: Students must provide own DSLR or mirrorless digital camera with manual (M) mode selection option.
Duration: 7 weeks
Prerequisites: No experience required
Ages: 18+
Cost: $250
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.
Rediscovering Pinhole Photography with Kirby Soderberg
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Kirby Soderberg
Description: A hands-on workshop that explores the early pinhole method of photography prior to the addition of a lens. During this workshop, students will turn a paint can into a camera. They will make black & white negatives and prints with darkroom printing paper and chemistry.
Materials: All materials included
Duration: 4 hours
Prerequisites: No experience required
Ages: 18+
Cost: $50
Please arrive 15 minutes before class begins.
Raising the Bar with your Photography (Thunderbird) with Bill Guy
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Bill Guy (He/Him)
Description: If you have already advance past the Auto Setting on your camera and are looking to be more creative with your images then this class is for you. This 3 week class will help you improve on your photographic vision and work. Knowing the difference between Auto and Priority settings is the first step. Now let's understand how a lens choice can completely change the look of your image. Add to this understanding the rules of composition and when to break them.
This course also includes using some basic Lightroom and Photoshop tips to enhance your images. Plus Bill encourages you to bring in your images for review and comment (no ridicule just positive critiques and suggestions) and, with your permission, he will do an edit in real time. You should have a good understanding of your camera for this class.
Topics
- Long vs Wide angle
- Time of day
- Mood vs feeling
- Color vs Black and White
- What is at the edge of your image
- What are the rules of Composition and when to break them
Materials: Your camera
Prerequisite: Have used Digital Camera and are comfortable with it functions.
Duration: 3 weeks
Ages: 15+
Cost: $75.00
Please arrive 15 minutes before class begins.
Capturing the Human Form: Figure Photography with Kirby Soderberg
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor:Kirby Soderberg
Description: Beginners and Advanced students are welcome to attend. This workshop focuses on the human form and how to create interesting shapes and lines utilizing the form. All will learn the basics of 3-point lighting and other light positioning to create different moods. Each student will have the opportunity to collaborate with the models and discover the poses that best fit ones style. Students walk away from this workshop with photos of the models and the knowledge and confidence to create interesting images of the human form.
Materials: Students must provide own digital or film camera gear for taking photographs.
Duration: 4 Hours
Prerequisites: No experience required
Ages: 18+
Cost: $50
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.
Getting a Grip on your Digital Camera (Thunderbird) with Bill Guy
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Bill Guy (He/Him)
Description: If your digital camera has been the bane of your creative expression or you just want to start taking better images, then this class is for you. Bill will help you understand both the creative settings of your camera and show you how to create better images. You are encouraged to bring a camera to class and Bill will help in getting your camera set up for getting the shots you want.
Materials: Camera or cell phone
Prerequisite: None
Duration: 3 weeks
Ages: 15+
Cost: $55
Please arrive 15 minutes before class begins
Beginning Analog Photography and Open Darkroom with Kirby Soderberg
Description: For those interested in starting or re-kindling the b&w analog film photography process. Take a "crash course" into 35mm b&w film processing and printing in the photography lab. After a few sessions, students will be confident and self-sufficient to continue their own photography interests. Returning students may immediately return to b&w film processing and darkroom photo enlargements.
Materials: Students must provide own 35mm, or other film camera, black and white film, black and white negatives, and black and white darkroom printing/enlargement paper.
Prerequisite: no experience required
Duration: 9 weeks
Ages: 18+
Cost: $280.00
Portrait Photography with Kirby Soderberg
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Kirby Soderberg
Description: Beginners and Advanced students are welcome to join us in creating more dynamic portrait images by using light. You will learn the basics of 3-point lighting and beyond. This is a hands-on workshop that uses live models to demonstrate the fundamentals of posing. Students will leave this workshop with the knowledge to create more interesting portraits of family and friends.
Materials: Students must provide own digital or film camera and gear to capture photographs.
Duration: 4 hours
Prerequisites: None required
Ages: 18+
Cost: $50
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.
Photo Organization - Simple and Done with Celeste Soong-Tang
Instructor: Celeste Soong-Tang (She/Her)
Description: Imagine your photos organized in one place, permanently and safely and being able to find any photo in a matter of seconds! This includes old slides and movies. We will talk about digitizing old media, cloud storage, and you will learn techniques you can use with any photo management system. Begin to enjoy your photos again and leave a legacy through photos and stories in a way that is simple, manageable, and stress free.
Materials: A notebook to take notes. Class summary will be mailed after class.
Duration: 2 weeks
Days Off: 12/30/2025
Prerequisites: None
Ages: 22+
Cost: $50
Please arrive 15 minutes before the class begins.
Rediscovering Pinhole Photography with Kirby Soderberg
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Kirby Soderberg
Description: A hands-on workshop that explores the early pinhole method of photography prior to the addition of a lens. During this workshop, students will turn a paint can into a camera. They will make black & white negatives and prints with darkroom printing paper and chemistry.
Materials: All materials included
Duration: 4 hours
Prerequisites: No experience required
Ages: 18+
Cost: $50
Please arrive 15 minutes before class begins.
Adobe Lightroom and a Little Photoshop for Photographers (Online) with Bill Guy
Description: Adobe Lightroom has become the go-to program for digital photographers. It allows us to do all the enhancements and more with just a few clicks or adjustment of sliders. Photoshop remains the program of choice for complex designs and pixel level control. However both programs are made to work together for photographers to enhance and improve their images. This is what the class is all about. For the new user Bill will show how to import and start working with images right at the first class in Lightroom. If you have been using Lightroom but are finding it frustrating, Bill will show you how to setup your folders and work with collections for a more effective workflow. He will also show how to use Presets, create beautiful Black and White images from color files, and create prints from your images. If needed he will show how to send your image to Photoshop for that final touch of creativity. If you are a pro or just want to work on all of your images from your camera then this class is for you.
Materials: Computer with camera and mic
Prerequisite: Zoom on your computer. Helps if you have the Adobe Products of Lightroom and Photoshop
Duration: 4 weeks
Ages: 15+
Cost: $100.00
Master Digital Photography with Kirby Soderberg
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor:Kirby Soderberg (He/Him)
Description: Elevate your photography skills and specialize with your own unique vision of image making. The final class will be a group gallery showing of your work in the PCA art gallery for family and friends to attend.
Materials: Students must provide own DSLR or mirrorless digital camera with manual (M) mode selection option.
Duration: 7 weeks
Prerequisites: Digital Photography Experience required or have taken Advanced Digital Photography at PCA
Ages: 18+
Cost: $250
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class.
Advanced Digital Photography with Kirby Soderberg
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Description: Elevate your photography to another level! Try unique artistic approaches to image making, tell captivating stories, and produce a "body of work" that one day may hang in your very own solo gallery show.
Materials: Students must provide own DSLR or mirrorless digital camera with manual (M) mode selection option.
Duration: 6 weeks
Prerequisites: Students must understand functions of their digital camera including manual mode control or have taken the Beginning Digital Photography PCA class..
Ages: 18+
Cost: $220
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class.
Capturing the Human Form: Figure Photography with Kirby Soderberg
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor:Kirby Soderberg
Description: Beginners and Advanced students are welcome to attend. This workshop focuses on the human form and how to create interesting shapes and lines utilizing the form. All will learn the basics of 3-point lighting and other light positioning to create different moods. Each student will have the opportunity to collaborate with the models and discover the poses that best fit ones style. Students walk away from this workshop with photos of the models and the knowledge and confidence to create interesting images of the human form.
Materials: Students must provide own digital or film camera gear for taking photographs.
Duration: 4 Hours
Prerequisites: No experience required
Ages: 18+
Cost: $50
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.
Street Photography with Nick Milotta
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Nick Milotta (He/Him)
Description: In this hands on class we will dive into the vibrant world of street photography. Class starts with a brief lecture on the origins of street photography, pioneer photographers, techniques, skills, and discussion on how to harness creativity while in an urban environment. The class will then hit the street in the Roosevelt row art district for a photo walk for some hands practice, and a lot of fun!
Duration: 4 hours
Ages: All ages welcome
Cost: $50
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.
Beginning Digital Photography with Kirby Soderberg
Registration ends 2 days prior to the first class.
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Kirby Soderberg
Description: Turn your camera into a tool for creativity!
Materials: Students must provide own DSLR or mirrorless digital camera with manual (M) mode selection option.
Duration: 6 weeks
Days off: 1/20
Prerequisites: No experience required
Ages: 18+
Cost: $220
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class.
Beginning Digital Photography with Kirby Soderberg
Registration ends 2 days prior to the first class.
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Kirby Soderberg
Description: Turn your camera into a tool for creativity!
Materials: Students must provide own DSLR or mirrorless digital camera with manual (M) mode selection option.
Duration: 6 weeks
Days off: 1/20
Prerequisites: No experience required
Ages: 18+
Cost: $220
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class.
Intro to Black and White photography with Nick Milotta
Description: Black, White, and every shade in between. Learn how to "see" in black and white and the skills and techniques needed to create a great black and white image. Lesson will include both camera techniques and editing techniques with adobe lightroom.
Materials: notebook or laptop with lightroom editing software (optional)
Prerequisite: No experience necessary
Duration: 3 hours
Ages: All ages welcome
Cost: $50.00
Portrait Photography with Kirby Soderberg
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Kirby Soderberg
Description: Beginners and Advanced students are welcome to join us in creating more dynamic portrait images by using light. You will learn the basics of 3-point lighting and beyond. This is a hands-on workshop that uses live models to demonstrate the fundamentals of posing. Students will leave this workshop with the knowledge to create more interesting portraits of family and friends.
Materials: Students must provide own digital or film camera and gear to capture photographs.
Duration: 4 hours
Prerequisites: None required
Ages: 18+
Cost: $50
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.
Street Photography with Nick Milotta
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Nick Milotta (He/Him)
Description: In this hands on class we will dive into the vibrant world of street photography. Class starts with a brief lecture on the origins of street photography, pioneer photographers, techniques, skills, and discussion on how to harness creativity while in an urban environment. The class will then hit the street in the Roosevelt row art district for a photo walk for some hands practice, and a lot of fun!
Duration: 4 hours
Ages: All ages welcome
Cost: $50
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.
Rediscovering Pinhole Photography with Kirby Soderberg
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Kirby Soderberg
Description: A hands-on workshop that explores the early pinhole method of photography prior to the addition of a lens. During this workshop, students will turn a paint can into a camera. They will make black & white negatives and prints with darkroom printing paper and chemistry.
Materials: All materials included
Duration: 4 hours
Prerequisites: No experience required
Ages: 18+
Cost: $50
Please arrive 15 minutes before class begins.
Intro to Black and White photography with Nick Milotta
Description: Black, White, and every shade in between. Learn how to "see" in black and white and the skills and techniques needed to create a great black and white image. Lesson will include both camera techniques and editing techniques with adobe lightroom.
Materials: notebook or laptop with lightroom editing software (optional)
Prerequisite: No experience necessary
Duration: 3 hours
Ages: All ages welcome
Cost: $50.00
Street Photography with Nick Milotta
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Nick Milotta (He/Him)
Description: In this hands on class we will dive into the vibrant world of street photography. Class starts with a brief lecture on the origins of street photography, pioneer photographers, techniques, skills, and discussion on how to harness creativity while in an urban environment. The class will then hit the street in the Roosevelt row art district for a photo walk for some hands practice, and a lot of fun!
Duration: 4 hours
Ages: All ages welcome
Cost: $50
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.
Capturing the Human Form: Figure Photography with Kirby Soderberg
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor:Kirby Soderberg
Description: Beginners and Advanced students are welcome to attend. This workshop focuses on the human form and how to create interesting shapes and lines utilizing the form. All will learn the basics of 3-point lighting and other light positioning to create different moods. Each student will have the opportunity to collaborate with the models and discover the poses that best fit ones style. Students walk away from this workshop with photos of the models and the knowledge and confidence to create interesting images of the human form.
Materials: Students must provide own digital or film camera gear for taking photographs.
Duration: 4 Hours
Prerequisites: No experience required
Ages: 18+
Cost: $50
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.
Street Photography with Nick Milotta
Students or Guardians must bring ID to the first class.
Instructor: Nick Milotta (He/Him)
Description: In this hands on class we will dive into the vibrant world of street photography. Class starts with a brief lecture on the origins of street photography, pioneer photographers, techniques, skills, and discussion on how to harness creativity while in an urban environment. The class will then hit the street in the Roosevelt row art district for a photo walk for some hands practice, and a lot of fun!
Duration: 4 hours
Ages: All ages welcome
Cost: $50
Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.
