LEI0043 - Creative Photography

Course Description

From mastering light and composition to experimenting with unique angles and techniques, this course will unlock your artistic potential and elevate your photography skills to new heights. Join us as we dive into the world of creativity, imagination, and visual storytelling in this immersive and inspiring photography experience. This course will cultivate our own personal ways of seeing the world through experimentation, practice and with an outline study of the history of art photography. Throughout the course’s eight weeks there will be challenging assignments, some of which will appear to be simple but may require a level of complexity execute. 

We’ll explore how we can use photography to make creative “art” photographs. Every environment and every moment offer infinite possibilities for creating compelling artistic photographs. This creative process requires visualization, connecting with our own views of the world and the art of seeing photographically. 

Please note that this outline is flexible and may change to accommodate your needs and experience. 
 

Course Outline

Learner Outcomes

The final product will be that each student will have at least one matted and framed image finished in the class.

Notes

Ages 16+

Testimonials

Chicago’s Best Photography Teachers
If 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.

I really enjoyed working with Jim, he was open about many techniques, and getting info about being in the profession was very interesting and eye-opening. He made us all feel comfortable and excited about us learning and moving forward. Barbara Linderman

I learned a lot in the photography class. He taught by example and we had a lot of hands-on experience in class. He was able to talk to the various levels of experience each student had in class and to the variety of camera models we each had. Sue Lech

Harold is a great instructor, who makes his classes very interesting and full of creative energy! Vince Walsh.