Tuesdays, 6-9pm, 8 Meetings, May 26 – July 14, 2026
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
