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We cover basic photographic techniques, and immediately apply them through practical exercises. We discuss the decisions one must make while shooting. At the end of this course, you’ll be in control of your camera, and it will no longer make the decisions for you. You can begin to create the images that you’ve been wanting to.

Our artistic development pack is designed for people who want to discover the multiplicity of styles and approaches in the world of photography.

This Photoshop course, dedicated to beginner digital photographers, will teach you the techniques necessary to obtain professional quality photographic images. You will quickly become familiar with the interface, tools, and functions of Photoshop to solve the most common problems encountered in photography. Course in French

Need a few tips or a personalized curriculum? Our teachers are here to help. Benefit fully from your lesson with one on one time with your teacher. Let us know your particular needs and we will tailor a class just for you.

Do you feel like you’re in control of your camera? Have you mastered the settings and are you confidently composing images? Do you feel like you are ready to take your photography to the next level? Are you eager to develop your art and style? If this sounds like you, then you are ready for Trimester 2.

This 3,5h course was built for people wishing to learn street photography, through its history, its great figures, but especially through accompanied practice.

You find this depth of field story a little blurry? Is ISO a sensitive business? Are you a little slow about shutter speed? In short, you've got this damn photo technique in your collimator! If by reading these (very) (poor) wordplay you recognize yourself, our workshop "Review the essentials" may well be made for you!

There are more available dates in French.

Is the art of photography captivating, interesting, or simply necessary for you to learn? Do you wish to discover all that this medium has to offer, and the possible images you could create? The newest class in our curriculum will guide you through the first steps in photography; using your hands and learning the camera’s design and capabilities, through an overview of the different styles of photography.

Learning to use the manual mode of your reflex or bridge camera is an important step towards taking better pictures. Operating manuals provided with the camera are monotonous and do not really show all there is to know about the many buttons and parameters that are available.

Depth of field is one of the major aspects of photography. It is defined as a zone of sharpest focus in front of, behind and around the subject of the photograph. Beyond the limits of this area, the elements are rather blurred.

How can movement be captured in photography? Or, on the other hand, how can you freeze the action of a scene? Managing the exposure time – or the shutter speed – of the camera is the answer to these two questions and is, just like the depth of field, a key parameter in photography.

A photographer is bound to be able to “read” light and, from that reading, make his or her esthetic choices for the final image. Understanding light is thus is a prerequisite to express creativity, just as depth of field and shutter speed are.

The objective of this course is to teach the guidelines of composition to new photographers. Although many established photographers tend to think that there is no such thing as “correct composition”, you will learn why these guidelines exist and can then choose if you will abide by them or not. After you learn about composition, your eyes will start to notice the interesting shapes that are surrounding you.

A course about night photography, to learn how to master your camera and test its limits in low-light conditions, including photographing city lights and monuments, candles and other low-light sources, or the technique of Light Painting.

Sometimes, the simplest photos are the hardest ones to take. How do you make an impeccable portrait of a loved-one or of a friend on the spot, and only with the help of natural lighting? Basically, how do you manage without a studio and its controllability, and end up satisfied with an expressive and successful portrait?

Black and white photography isn't just about images devoid of color! It requires changing how you think about the scene and what is important in the shadows and highlights. Learning not only the techniques behind b/w photography but also how to edit your pictures, the history of b/w imagery and details on the great b/w photographers, and much more!
Courses are in French!

Do you enjoy photography but feel you would be a better photographer if you could master the settings? Do you want to acquire new techniques and learn the art of composition? If you answered yes, then Trimester 1 is the course for you. The course consists of 9 classes that will teach you, step by step, how your camera works, how to use the settings, how to look at a space and construct a beautiful photograph.

In a professional photo studio, you will discover the camera, different types of light and what it allows you to do. Through practice shooting and the availability of a model, you will learn to use your creativity to make beautiful portraits. During the analysis of your photos, you'll receive valuable comments and tips from the photographer.

Level 1 of our Lightroom workshop has introduced you to the general use of the software, and to its main tools ; you can now use the software autonomously... However, Mastering the art of retouching requires a higher level of learning ; knowing what to retouch on an image, and getting the desired result requires practice and the advices of an expert.

The raw images produced by your camera have enormous potential, and to be able to exploit it, you need to master a retouching software ; adjusting exposure, adjusting white balance, tone, contrast, correcting aberrations are just a few of the many operations that Lightroom will allow you to perform.

Whether you've lived in the city for a long time or you are simply enjoying passing through, this workshop is the perfect discover or rediscover Montreal. Follow our photographer/guide throughout the city and explore through snapshots the Plateau Mont-Royal or the Old Montreal in a whole new light. Course in French!

Come discover the origins of photography! Handmade camera without lenses to create photos out of nothing, just like magic… We will go back to the source of photographic technology, long before the first known photographs were ever created in the 19th Century. We will create image that will look nothing like anything you've seen come out of a regular camera.

This workshop will introduce you to the major genre of architectural photography; to do so, our trainer will provide you with the essentials of the technique, will introduce you to various aesthetic approaches, and will reveal the fascinating history of this genre.

Faire une vidéo de qualité est désormais possible aux utilisateurs de réflex, de bridge ou de compact expert. Pour cela il faut savoir adapter les réglages de son appareil à la vidéo. C'est le but de ce cours ! Vous apprendre à gérer les spécificités du paramétrage vidéo de votre appareil numérique. Grâce aux exercices proposés, vous pourrez acquérir l'expérience de ces paramètres.

Le tournage vidéo se distingue de la prise d'images fixes par une pratique différente, des gestes adaptés, des techniques de cadrage propres notamment.

En quoi consiste le montage ? Le montage est essentiel afin d'obtenir des vidéos séduisantes et remarquables à partir de la matière brute enregistrée lors de la prise de vue.

Le montage c’est l’assemblage de plans mais aussi des titres, des effets, un regard porté sur l’étalonnage, et c’est dans cet ensemble que le récit prendra tout son sens. Une fois la vidéo enregistrée, montée, et finalisée, il reste une étape importante: le stockage et la diffusion de la vidéo.

Dive into an exceptional experience and create unusual images.

Il n’est jamais trop tôt pour commencer à prendre des cours de photographie. Développer son oeil avec des exercices d’observation et des défis adaptés aux tout petits est une parfaite activité pour développer leur créativité et leur habileté de communication.

Comment écrire, jouer, tourner, et monter une courte scène pleine d’émotions et de péripéties ? Dans cet atelier, on apprend à créer un moment fort en compressant nos idées dans une seule scène (un paragraphe) ! On pratique le jeu pour ceux qui préfèrent être devant la caméra, on apprend aussi à filmer et à enregistrer du son. Les élèves apprennent également le montage vidéo sur un programme simple et divertissant.