Finding Your Visual Voice
If you photograph long enough, the technical aspects of photography become comfortable and feel easy. However, many folks who reach this plateau may begin to feel they aren’t improving all that much and may feel stuck. The good news is that when you reach the point of technical proficiency - this is where the art of photography begins! Learning to thoughtfully compose your images is key to your continued growth as a photographer and allows your unique visual voice to emerge!
Finding your Visual Voice Registration
Weekly 8-10pm ET, Thursdays
Tuition ~ TBD
“The two most engaging powers of a photograph are to make new things familiar and familiar things new.” - William Thackeray
This workshop is designed to equip you with the tools to find and strengthen your visual expression. Over five weeks, Finding Your Visual Voice will elevate your photography through insightful presentations, assignments that allow you to apply the lecture content and constructive critiques will support this evolution of your self expression.
We begin with identifying the basic building blocks of composition: shape, line, texture, and negative space. Next, we study how to arrange these building blocks through the concepts of dominance, rhythm, proportion, balance and perspective to create visual movement and depth. This will help you guide the viewer through your photograph intentionally. Finally, we take these new compositional tools and learn how to explore our subject matter to create images that are not only more impactful, but express your intentional visual voice.
Included for workshop participants is a 1-hour, one-on-one meeting with Doug that can be scheduled within two months of the conclusion of the course to provide support and answer questions that may come up as you engage in the course material and grow in your photographic journey!
Online workshop: Finding Your Visual Voice
Class dates: Coming soon
Class time: 8-10pm ET or 7-9pm CT, 6-8pm MT, 5-7pm PT
Class size: Limited to 12 students
One on One: 1 hour follow up session with Doug / Scheduled within 2 months after the last class
Platform: Sessions will take place via Zoom (available for no charge from zoom.us). Additional details will be emailed to participants.
Skill level: This workshop is designed for photographers of all skills levels who want to improve their photography and composition skills. Participants should be comfortable using their photographic equipment (smartphone camera’s are welcome too!) and must be able to upload assignment images to the web for class critiques. Instructions will be emailed to participants.
Workshop content will include multiple handouts for participants to download.
FAQs about Online Courses
*Cancellation Policy: Cancellations received 7 or more days prior to the class start date will receive a refund of 100% of the tuition minus a $50 administrative fee. Cancellations received 6 or fewer days before the class start date are not eligible for a refund. In the unlikely event that the workshop is cancelled by Doug Johnson Photography, full tuition will be refunded. Transfers to another class will only be allowed if the request is received 7 days or more prior to the class start date.
If you have any questions about the workshop, please feel free to call Doug at 303-829-2215
“This class taught me to think and plan but also recognize concepts that I was already using but just didn’t have a name for them. So very glad I took this course. Thanks for your patience, your great ideas and the ease with which you convey the material. I learned so much!”
