© Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
Wednesdays, 5:30pm-8:30pm (Hawaii Standard time), 10 weeks, February 25, 2026 – May 6, 2026
TAUGHT ONLINE
Fee: $325
Instructor: David Ulrich
“Photography is a language. Like any other form of communication, it has its own grammar, syntax, principles, and evolving history. When I look at someone’s images for the first time, I can tell immediately if they are conversant and educated in the visual language.…
Your job, should you wish to learn photography well, is to learn to tell the difference between popular tripe and well-conceived, well-executed, in-depth explorations with the medium.”
—David Ulrich, from The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera
Explore the foundations of the visual language in photography to markedly expand and improve your image-making skills. Cultivate creative expression in photography through heightened aesthetic awareness. Photographic seeing is a dynamic action that includes perception as well as thought (conscious and unconscious), feeling, and sensation. Gain the visual tools to translate your seeing and your ideas into strong photographs that communicate with clarity and faithfulness to your artistic intent.
The class examines the many intersections between the principles of photographic expression—the frame, light, the moment, color and tonality, and treatment of the subject—and the widely taught foundational elements of art and design such as balance, emphasis, rhythm, line, form, space, color and value, perspective, and unity.
The instructor offers a range of enjoyable exercises and photography assignments that can expand your aesthetic proficiency and help refine your ability to communicate with flair through a camera.
Class content consists of slide shows, readings, assignments, careful analysis and discussion of visual communication through images, and response/critique of participant’s work. Frequent handouts from educational sources reinforce the class material and some excerpts are drawn from David’s new manuscript: The Intelligent Eye: Visual Literacy for Photographers.
Open to photographers of all levels and with any type of camera, including cell phones.
Class takes place on Zoom software. Please submit 6-8 jpg images for the first class that are drawn from your archive and are most representative of your image-making and your core way of seeing. Instructor will send Zoom link and instructions for submitting images through Dropbox or Google Drive prior to the first class.
David Ulrich is a professor and co-director of Pacific New Media. He is an active photographer and writer whose work has been published in numerous books and journals. Ulrich`s photographs have been exhibited internationally in over 75 exhibitions. He is the author of The Widening Stream: the Seven Stages of Creativity, Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography, and The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera (Rocky Nook 2022). He recently published a book of photographs, Oceano: An Elegy for the Earth, in April 2023. www.creativeguide.com
© Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
Wednesdays, 5:30pm-8:30pm (Hawaii Standard time), 10 weeks, February 25, 2026 – May 6, 2026
TAUGHT ONLINE
Fee: $325
Instructor: David Ulrich
“Photography is a language. Like any other form of communication, it has its own grammar, syntax, principles, and evolving history. When I look at someone’s images for the first time, I can tell immediately if they are conversant and educated in the visual language.…
Your job, should you wish to learn photography well, is to learn to tell the difference between popular tripe and well-conceived, well-executed, in-depth explorations with the medium.”
—David Ulrich, from The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera
Explore the foundations of the visual language in photography to markedly expand and improve your image-making skills. Cultivate creative expression in photography through heightened aesthetic awareness. Photographic seeing is a dynamic action that includes perception as well as thought (conscious and unconscious), feeling, and sensation. Gain the visual tools to translate your seeing and your ideas into strong photographs that communicate with clarity and faithfulness to your artistic intent.
The class examines the many intersections between the principles of photographic expression—the frame, light, the moment, color and tonality, and treatment of the subject—and the widely taught foundational elements of art and design such as balance, emphasis, rhythm, line, form, space, color and value, perspective, and unity.
The instructor offers a range of enjoyable exercises and photography assignments that can expand your aesthetic proficiency and help refine your ability to communicate with flair through a camera.
Class content consists of slide shows, readings, assignments, careful analysis and discussion of visual communication through images, and response/critique of participant’s work. Frequent handouts from educational sources reinforce the class material and some excerpts are drawn from David’s new manuscript: The Intelligent Eye: Visual Literacy for Photographers.
Open to photographers of all levels and with any type of camera, including cell phones.
Class takes place on Zoom software. Please submit 6-8 jpg images for the first class that are drawn from your archive and are most representative of your image-making and your core way of seeing. Instructor will send Zoom link and instructions for submitting images through Dropbox or Google Drive prior to the first class.
David Ulrich is a professor and co-director of Pacific New Media. He is an active photographer and writer whose work has been published in numerous books and journals. Ulrich`s photographs have been exhibited internationally in over 75 exhibitions. He is the author of The Widening Stream: the Seven Stages of Creativity, Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography, and The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera (Rocky Nook 2022). He recently published a book of photographs, Oceano: An Elegy for the Earth, in April 2023. www.creativeguide.com
© Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
Wednesdays, 5:30pm-8:30pm (Hawaii Standard time), 10 weeks, February 25, 2026 – May 6, 2026
TAUGHT ONLINE
Fee: $325
Instructor: David Ulrich
“Photography is a language. Like any other form of communication, it has its own grammar, syntax, principles, and evolving history. When I look at someone’s images for the first time, I can tell immediately if they are conversant and educated in the visual language.…
Your job, should you wish to learn photography well, is to learn to tell the difference between popular tripe and well-conceived, well-executed, in-depth explorations with the medium.”
—David Ulrich, from The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera
Explore the foundations of the visual language in photography to markedly expand and improve your image-making skills. Cultivate creative expression in photography through heightened aesthetic awareness. Photographic seeing is a dynamic action that includes perception as well as thought (conscious and unconscious), feeling, and sensation. Gain the visual tools to translate your seeing and your ideas into strong photographs that communicate with clarity and faithfulness to your artistic intent.
The class examines the many intersections between the principles of photographic expression—the frame, light, the moment, color and tonality, and treatment of the subject—and the widely taught foundational elements of art and design such as balance, emphasis, rhythm, line, form, space, color and value, perspective, and unity.
The instructor offers a range of enjoyable exercises and photography assignments that can expand your aesthetic proficiency and help refine your ability to communicate with flair through a camera.
Class content consists of slide shows, readings, assignments, careful analysis and discussion of visual communication through images, and response/critique of participant’s work. Frequent handouts from educational sources reinforce the class material and some excerpts are drawn from David’s new manuscript: The Intelligent Eye: Visual Literacy for Photographers.
Open to photographers of all levels and with any type of camera, including cell phones.
Class takes place on Zoom software. Please submit 6-8 jpg images for the first class that are drawn from your archive and are most representative of your image-making and your core way of seeing. Instructor will send Zoom link and instructions for submitting images through Dropbox or Google Drive prior to the first class.
David Ulrich is a professor and co-director of Pacific New Media. He is an active photographer and writer whose work has been published in numerous books and journals. Ulrich`s photographs have been exhibited internationally in over 75 exhibitions. He is the author of The Widening Stream: the Seven Stages of Creativity, Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography, and The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera (Rocky Nook 2022). He recently published a book of photographs, Oceano: An Elegy for the Earth, in April 2023. www.creativeguide.com
Thursdays, 6-9pm, 8 Meetings, March 12 – April 30
ONLINE
Cost: $250
Instructor: David Ulrich
Learn the visual dynamics of photography. Expand your aesthetic awareness and markedly improve your photography. Awaken your creativity and generate images that exceed your expectations. Explore the fundamentals of personal expression through photography and discover your unique vision. Investigate the key elements of the visual language through assignments, slide presentations, and individual critiques for a wide range of personal and professional applications. The cultivation of an individual style and point of view is emphasized. Class content is derived from the instructor’s book, Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography (February, 2018).
Prerequisite: A basic familiarity with your camera. Open to all levels from novice to professional. All camera types are welcome, including cell phones.
Class takes place on Zoom software. Please submit 6-8 jpg images for the first class that are drawn from your archive and are most representative of your image-making and your core way of seeing. Instructor will send Zoom link and instructions for submitting images through Dropbox or Google Drive prior to the first class.
David Ulrich is a professor and co-director of Pacific New Media. He is an active photographer and writer whose work has been published in numerous books and journals. Ulrich`s photographs have been exhibited internationally in over 75 exhibitions. He is the author of The Widening Stream: the Seven Stages of Creativity, Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography, and The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera (Rocky Nook 2022). He recently published a book of photographs, Oceano: An Elegy for the Earth, in April 2023. www.creativeguide.com
Saturdays, March 14, 21, 28, 9am-noon, Hawaii Standard Time (three sessions)
TAUGHT ONLINE
Fee: $235.00
Instructor: David Ulrich
Take a creative approach to post-processing and learn to use digital tools to better express your vision and intent. Learn to become a digital craftsperson and modify your images according to your desired content, sensibilities, and/or the needs of a client. Class covers Raw editing in Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw and pixel editing in Photoshop.
Explore and learn to master the powerful image editing tools in Photoshop and Lightroom for sensitive and expressive post-processing, including:
Raw editing tools and new masking tools in Lightroom/Adobe Camera Raw
Photoshop Adjustment layers and layer masks
Sharpening and noise reduction
Creative use of clarity, dehaze, texture, and sharpening tools
Effective image upsizing or downsizing
Retouching and image clean-up or restoration
Optimal methods for output to print or web
Prerequisites: Ability to open a current (Creative Suite) version of Photoshop and/or Lightroom and to manage files.
Class is taught on Zoom using your own files, using both Raw and pixel editing files (PSD, JPG, or TIF). Please be sure to have a selection of files both Raw and jpg, psd, or tif) readily available for class sessions.
David Ulrich is a professor and co-director of Pacific New Media. He is an active photographer and writer whose work has been published in numerous books and journals. Ulrich`s photographs have been exhibited internationally in over 75 exhibitions. He is the author of The Widening Stream: the Seven Stages of Creativity, Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography, and The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera (Rocky Nook 2022). He recently published a book of photographs, Oceano: An Elegy for the Earth, in April 2023. www.creativeguide.com
© Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
Wednesdays, 5:30pm-8:30pm (Hawaii Standard time), 10 weeks, February 25, 2026 – May 6, 2026
TAUGHT ONLINE
Fee: $325
Instructor: David Ulrich
“Photography is a language. Like any other form of communication, it has its own grammar, syntax, principles, and evolving history. When I look at someone’s images for the first time, I can tell immediately if they are conversant and educated in the visual language.…
Your job, should you wish to learn photography well, is to learn to tell the difference between popular tripe and well-conceived, well-executed, in-depth explorations with the medium.”
—David Ulrich, from The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera
Explore the foundations of the visual language in photography to markedly expand and improve your image-making skills. Cultivate creative expression in photography through heightened aesthetic awareness. Photographic seeing is a dynamic action that includes perception as well as thought (conscious and unconscious), feeling, and sensation. Gain the visual tools to translate your seeing and your ideas into strong photographs that communicate with clarity and faithfulness to your artistic intent.
The class examines the many intersections between the principles of photographic expression—the frame, light, the moment, color and tonality, and treatment of the subject—and the widely taught foundational elements of art and design such as balance, emphasis, rhythm, line, form, space, color and value, perspective, and unity.
The instructor offers a range of enjoyable exercises and photography assignments that can expand your aesthetic proficiency and help refine your ability to communicate with flair through a camera.
Class content consists of slide shows, readings, assignments, careful analysis and discussion of visual communication through images, and response/critique of participant’s work. Frequent handouts from educational sources reinforce the class material and some excerpts are drawn from David’s new manuscript: The Intelligent Eye: Visual Literacy for Photographers.
Open to photographers of all levels and with any type of camera, including cell phones.
Class takes place on Zoom software. Please submit 6-8 jpg images for the first class that are drawn from your archive and are most representative of your image-making and your core way of seeing. Instructor will send Zoom link and instructions for submitting images through Dropbox or Google Drive prior to the first class.
David Ulrich is a professor and co-director of Pacific New Media. He is an active photographer and writer whose work has been published in numerous books and journals. Ulrich`s photographs have been exhibited internationally in over 75 exhibitions. He is the author of The Widening Stream: the Seven Stages of Creativity, Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography, and The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera (Rocky Nook 2022). He recently published a book of photographs, Oceano: An Elegy for the Earth, in April 2023. www.creativeguide.com
Thursdays, 6-9pm, 8 Meetings, March 12 – April 30
ONLINE
Cost: $250
Instructor: David Ulrich
Learn the visual dynamics of photography. Expand your aesthetic awareness and markedly improve your photography. Awaken your creativity and generate images that exceed your expectations. Explore the fundamentals of personal expression through photography and discover your unique vision. Investigate the key elements of the visual language through assignments, slide presentations, and individual critiques for a wide range of personal and professional applications. The cultivation of an individual style and point of view is emphasized. Class content is derived from the instructor’s book, Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography (February, 2018).
Prerequisite: A basic familiarity with your camera. Open to all levels from novice to professional. All camera types are welcome, including cell phones.
Class takes place on Zoom software. Please submit 6-8 jpg images for the first class that are drawn from your archive and are most representative of your image-making and your core way of seeing. Instructor will send Zoom link and instructions for submitting images through Dropbox or Google Drive prior to the first class.
David Ulrich is a professor and co-director of Pacific New Media. He is an active photographer and writer whose work has been published in numerous books and journals. Ulrich`s photographs have been exhibited internationally in over 75 exhibitions. He is the author of The Widening Stream: the Seven Stages of Creativity, Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography, and The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera (Rocky Nook 2022). He recently published a book of photographs, Oceano: An Elegy for the Earth, in April 2023. www.creativeguide.com
Saturdays, March 14, 21, 28, 9am-noon, Hawaii Standard Time (three sessions)
TAUGHT ONLINE
Fee: $235.00
Instructor: David Ulrich
Take a creative approach to post-processing and learn to use digital tools to better express your vision and intent. Learn to become a digital craftsperson and modify your images according to your desired content, sensibilities, and/or the needs of a client. Class covers Raw editing in Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw and pixel editing in Photoshop.
Explore and learn to master the powerful image editing tools in Photoshop and Lightroom for sensitive and expressive post-processing, including:
Raw editing tools and new masking tools in Lightroom/Adobe Camera Raw
Photoshop Adjustment layers and layer masks
Sharpening and noise reduction
Creative use of clarity, dehaze, texture, and sharpening tools
Effective image upsizing or downsizing
Retouching and image clean-up or restoration
Optimal methods for output to print or web
Prerequisites: Ability to open a current (Creative Suite) version of Photoshop and/or Lightroom and to manage files.
Class is taught on Zoom using your own files, using both Raw and pixel editing files (PSD, JPG, or TIF). Please be sure to have a selection of files both Raw and jpg, psd, or tif) readily available for class sessions.
David Ulrich is a professor and co-director of Pacific New Media. He is an active photographer and writer whose work has been published in numerous books and journals. Ulrich`s photographs have been exhibited internationally in over 75 exhibitions. He is the author of The Widening Stream: the Seven Stages of Creativity, Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography, and The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera (Rocky Nook 2022). He recently published a book of photographs, Oceano: An Elegy for the Earth, in April 2023. www.creativeguide.com
© Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
Wednesdays, 5:30pm-8:30pm (Hawaii Standard time), 10 weeks, February 25, 2026 – May 6, 2026
TAUGHT ONLINE
Fee: $325
Instructor: David Ulrich
“Photography is a language. Like any other form of communication, it has its own grammar, syntax, principles, and evolving history. When I look at someone’s images for the first time, I can tell immediately if they are conversant and educated in the visual language.…
Your job, should you wish to learn photography well, is to learn to tell the difference between popular tripe and well-conceived, well-executed, in-depth explorations with the medium.”
—David Ulrich, from The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera
Explore the foundations of the visual language in photography to markedly expand and improve your image-making skills. Cultivate creative expression in photography through heightened aesthetic awareness. Photographic seeing is a dynamic action that includes perception as well as thought (conscious and unconscious), feeling, and sensation. Gain the visual tools to translate your seeing and your ideas into strong photographs that communicate with clarity and faithfulness to your artistic intent.
The class examines the many intersections between the principles of photographic expression—the frame, light, the moment, color and tonality, and treatment of the subject—and the widely taught foundational elements of art and design such as balance, emphasis, rhythm, line, form, space, color and value, perspective, and unity.
The instructor offers a range of enjoyable exercises and photography assignments that can expand your aesthetic proficiency and help refine your ability to communicate with flair through a camera.
Class content consists of slide shows, readings, assignments, careful analysis and discussion of visual communication through images, and response/critique of participant’s work. Frequent handouts from educational sources reinforce the class material and some excerpts are drawn from David’s new manuscript: The Intelligent Eye: Visual Literacy for Photographers.
Open to photographers of all levels and with any type of camera, including cell phones.
Class takes place on Zoom software. Please submit 6-8 jpg images for the first class that are drawn from your archive and are most representative of your image-making and your core way of seeing. Instructor will send Zoom link and instructions for submitting images through Dropbox or Google Drive prior to the first class.
David Ulrich is a professor and co-director of Pacific New Media. He is an active photographer and writer whose work has been published in numerous books and journals. Ulrich`s photographs have been exhibited internationally in over 75 exhibitions. He is the author of The Widening Stream: the Seven Stages of Creativity, Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography, and The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera (Rocky Nook 2022). He recently published a book of photographs, Oceano: An Elegy for the Earth, in April 2023. www.creativeguide.com
Thursdays, 6-9pm, 8 Meetings, March 12 – April 30
ONLINE
Cost: $250
Instructor: David Ulrich
Learn the visual dynamics of photography. Expand your aesthetic awareness and markedly improve your photography. Awaken your creativity and generate images that exceed your expectations. Explore the fundamentals of personal expression through photography and discover your unique vision. Investigate the key elements of the visual language through assignments, slide presentations, and individual critiques for a wide range of personal and professional applications. The cultivation of an individual style and point of view is emphasized. Class content is derived from the instructor’s book, Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography (February, 2018).
Prerequisite: A basic familiarity with your camera. Open to all levels from novice to professional. All camera types are welcome, including cell phones.
Class takes place on Zoom software. Please submit 6-8 jpg images for the first class that are drawn from your archive and are most representative of your image-making and your core way of seeing. Instructor will send Zoom link and instructions for submitting images through Dropbox or Google Drive prior to the first class.
David Ulrich is a professor and co-director of Pacific New Media. He is an active photographer and writer whose work has been published in numerous books and journals. Ulrich`s photographs have been exhibited internationally in over 75 exhibitions. He is the author of The Widening Stream: the Seven Stages of Creativity, Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography, and The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera (Rocky Nook 2022). He recently published a book of photographs, Oceano: An Elegy for the Earth, in April 2023. www.creativeguide.com