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Through a facilitated experience in our Zoom classrooms, we offer a stimulating and creative learning environment. Our online writing and photography workshops offer a rich and rewarding immersive experience to advance your skills and inspire your creativity. Join us for SFW Online!
with Rick Allred
April 20 and 21, 2024
Elevate your iPhone images from snapshot-quality to next-level compelling.
with Anne Kelly
April 20, 2024
Learn about the materials, techniques, and stories behind photographic printing processes, including daguerreotype, cyanotype, collodion, gelatin silver, platinum, polaroid, and digital with our local Santa Fe expert.
with Shaina Fishman
April 23 – May 14, 2024
Refine your animal photography skills with expert guidance from Shaina Fishman in an online course focusing on technical skills, lighting, and composition.
with Maggie Taylor
May 1, 4, and 8, 2024
Join Maggie Taylor as she walks through her process of complex composites and how to create an artful digital collage, starting at square one.
with Gina Rae La Cerva
May 1 – 29, 2024
Discover how enlightening and pleasurable writing can be—especially when you start small.
with Laurie Klein
May 4 and 5, 2024
Jump into the child-like joy of hand coloring by learning the materials and techniques of coloring black-and-white prints with Laurie and guest presenter Shelley Vandegrift as your guides and creative co-conspirators.
with Maria Finitzo
May 6 – 23, 2024
Explore the power of emotion and metaphor to create photographic images that are purposeful, precise, and fresh.
with Stephen Wilkes
May 7 and 9, 2024
Learn the how and why behind impactful color photography and harness the unique visual stories and nuances that color can reveal.
with Lev L. Spiro
May 7 – 24, 2024
Discover the techniques that result in more unusual, compelling, and delightful garden photography.
with Rick Berk
May 9 – 20, 2024
Capture the night sky in all its glory and further develop your post-processing techniques with a contemporary master of this fascinating niche in fine-art photography.
with Amy Harrity
May 13 – June 3, 2024
Explore methodologies and self-reflection to tap into the varied dimensions of the experience of mothers.
with with Renee Lynn, nicholas x bent, Craig Boehman, and moderator Stephanie Johnson
May 18, 2024
Deepen your passion and expand your technical skills in the recently popular art form of ICM + ME photography from three unique voices and visions of the medium.
with Steven Laxton
May 22 – June 12, 2024
Unlock the full potential of your visual storytelling and technique through the enchanting world of portraiture.
with Kathleen Clemons
May 22 – June 19, 2024
Discover the power of expressing love, joy, sorrow, or any other feeling by using the beauty and symbolism of flowers in your photographs.
with Alex Yudzon
May 22 – June 19, 2024
Discover creative approaches that take your work beyond the conventional, igniting innovation in both art and life.
with Serena Dzenis
June 1 – July 6, 2024
Explore the dynamic intersection of human-made structures and the vast beauty of the natural world to weave compelling narratives that resonate with viewers on a profound level.
with Shelley Vandegrift
June 3 – 13, 2024
Photoshop was designed not only for photographers but also for designers, web developers, and graphic artists. Learn software customization and how to tailor the Photoshop interface for an efficient workflow.
with Andrew Southam
June 4 – 21, 2024
Engage more meaningfully with the process of storytelling as you create a coherent series of photographs.
with Lindsay Silverman
June 6 – 17, 2024
Achieve maximum results for your creative image-making with the Nikon Z8 and Z9.
with Selina Román
June 11 – 28, 2024
Get a newfound approach to creating unique and striking portraiture with props, colors and effects.
with Rick Berk
June 13 – 24, 2024
Access the inner workings of the Sony Alpha series and gain the knowledge and skills needed to capture stunning images in any setting.
with Rick Berk
June 14 – 25, 2024
Delve into the creative tools and customization that the Nikon Z series brings to the table.
with Shelley Vandegrift
June 17 – 27, 2024
Gain Shelley’s insights into the art of editing, discovering how it can amplify your vision and express emotions through simple techniques.
with Roxanne Bouché Overton
July 9 – August 6, 2024
Move deeply into the technical tools and creative vision of intentional camera movement, multiple exposures, and composite work to evolve your unique style and personal voice.
with Mike Gurley
July 12 – 23, 2024
Improve your technological skillset using the Canon EOS R by leaps and bounds, and open to the creative possibilities this complete mirrorless camera system affords you.
with M. H. Rubin
July 16 – August 2, 2024
Dig into rhythms and narratives in our frames to explore the photographer’s avenue to organize the chaos of light ‘out there’ into a harmonious tableau.
with Rick Berk
July 18 – 29, 2024
Move well beyond the instruction manual to a deeper understanding and appreciation for the creative potential of your Fujifilm X system.
with Ibarionex Perello
August 6 – 27, 2024
Nothing is too mundane or ordinary to be transformed into a thoughtful, beautiful, and engaging photograph.
with Xuan-Hui Ng
August 14 – 28, 2024
Discover new ways of seeing and preserving nature’s beauty in camera.
with Gabriel Isak
August 17 and 24, 2024
Take your creative compositing to the next level and refine your storytelling through Photoshop mastery.
with Cotton Miller
August 21 – September 18, 2024
Conceive, customize, and ultimately control your own website by designing it yourself in five weeks, with the expert advice and guidance of Cotton Miller.
with Joe Perri
September 10 and 12, 2024
Participants in this comprehensive course master the art of color toning in post-processing and implement tonal adjustments with expertise drawn from color theory and analog foundations as a reference.
with Powell Jordano
September 16 – 26, 2024
Break into food photography and push the creative envelope to make viewers crave what they see on the plate.
with Susan Burnstine
October 2 – 23, 2024
Refine the skills needed to create a unique, intentional, and thoughtful set of images with a master of portfolio development.
with Cotton Miller
May 29 – June 26, 2024
October 2 – 30, 2024
Explore the technical concepts of digital printing and the processing choices that transform your ideas into lovely prints.
with Kimberly Witham
October 19, 2024
Discover step-by-step techniques for building a still-life image, from conception and propping to lighting.
with Molly Wizenberg
October 29 – November 15, 2024
Tap into your memories, rebuild scenes from the past, and write vividly from within them.
with Dan Burkholder
November 4 – 21, 2024
Step into the creative power of an iPhone as a vital photographic tool at your fingertips. It’s a camera, darkroom, and visual research laboratory that allows you to capture and process images in the field, all with unprecedented color, depth, and texture.
with Carlan Tapp
January 4 – 22, 2025
Explore the spirit of black-and-white landscapes while building your aesthetic and technical skills.
