LEI0114 - Chicago Immersive Photography
Course Description
Photographing in Chicago can be the most rewarding experience for both amateur and professional photographers. Chicago has endless locations, neighborhoods and attractions to photograph that are unique and a joy to photograph. Throughout the many architectural marvels, its outdoor serenity of lakes, parks, and rivers, and its diverse population, photography in Chicago is an absolute delight for any photographer. In this course we will explore several well-known Chicago locations in order to capture the vibrancy and uniqueness of this great city. This photographic excursion will guarantee to expand each students’ technical and artistic photographic talents. Photography Chicago is designed for photographers at any experience level. In this class students will have opportunities to explore visually the vibrant life in most beautiful city in the Nation and the second in the world. (Time Out https://www.947wls.com/2021/09/10/chicago-voted-most-beautiful-city-in-north-america-and-2nd-most-beautiful-in-the-world/). The seven session course schedule includes four on-line instruction sessions interspersed with three on-location in the city class meetings. The course is for photography students who would like to expand their creative photographic vision through a fun and exciting junket. In order to work with the best morning light, all three group trips will meet at Ogilvie Train Station 7:30am and run to noon. Each trip will include a different downtown Chicago neighborhood. It is suggested to wear comfortable shoes and bring a backpack with weather gear.
Notes
Please note that some course materials may include R-rated or mature content intended for educational and artistic analysis; enrollment is open to students aged 16 and older with parental consent.
Testimonials
Chicago’s Best Photography TeachersIf you’re suspicious of photographers who want you to invest in a trip to Kauai in order to take beautiful landscape shots, you’re already more perceptive than most and perhaps you just need to get to Harper College. A photographer in the U.S. Army and a graduate of Columbia College, Harold Rail makes a living in photojournalism, commercial, and creative photography, so the man has the chops. A decade's long dedication to Zen Buddhist practice informs his images with knowing nano-second captures of infinity – and, honestly, where else can you get the combo of experience and artistry? Rail champions the art of photography teaching affordable classes for children, teenagers, and adults at Harper College. See the eccentricity and enthusiasm that blooms in his photographic work on exhibit at the new Hyatt Centric in Chicago, too. Jacqueline Runice, Travel/Event Writer USA Today 10 Best
Harold is a great instructor, who makes his classes very interesting and full of creative energy! Vince Walsh.
Harold Rail is a photography instructor for Harper College teaching Continuing Education classes. For 25 years he owned Afterglow Creative Services, an independent video production and still photography company. He was an Army photographer stationed at Fort Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. He majored in photography with a minor in film production and writing at Columbia College, Chicago. Presently, along with his teaching work, he mostly freelances with journalist Jacqueline Runice photographing travel and events stories. His primary work is making original creative photographs.