About a Place: Natural & Social Landscapes (Sep 17-Oct 22)
Dates: September 17 - October 22, 2025 (no class October 1)
Meetings: Wednesdays, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM CST (5 sessions)
Location: Houston Center for Photography
Cost: $490 (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)
Instructor: Daniel Seth Kraus
Skill Level: Open to All Levels
Can a photographic landscape tell the whole history of a place? In this course students will learn how to use landscape photography to holistically portray the story of a place and its people. Follow your curiosity, ask questions, and investigate a selected location with your camera. With the help of the instructor and their classmates, students will craft their ideas, make more compelling photographs, and understand how landscape photography can manifest deep history and fascinating human stories embedded within. We will draw inspiration and strategies from contemporary photographers and photographic history. The tangible result of the class will be a print and/or digital portfolio of 15 to 20 images that visualize the history and contemporary complexities of a selected place. Students will develop their photographic practice affecting future creative projects and helping them understand others and the world around them.
Objectives:
Explore effective ways to combine landscape photography with portraiture and still life imagery
Investigate a specific area photographically and develop a deeper understanding of it
Photograph a subject compulsively, generating a body of work on one subject
Edit down your work by identifying key images that tell a narrative
Review the works of leading landscape photographers
Prerequisites:
Photography I or being comfortable using your camera in manual mode. Familiarity with editing software like Adobe Lightroom is a plus. Being able to use a tripod during the course is highly recommended.
Course Prep:
Students should write 3 ideas for potential projects they would like to photograph through the course which we will discuss during the first class. Ideas should be oriented towards issues or areas students have convenient access to.
Dates: September 17 - October 22, 2025 (no class October 1)
Meetings: Wednesdays, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM CST (5 sessions)
Location: Houston Center for Photography
Cost: $490 (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)
Instructor: Daniel Seth Kraus
Skill Level: Open to All Levels
Can a photographic landscape tell the whole history of a place? In this course students will learn how to use landscape photography to holistically portray the story of a place and its people. Follow your curiosity, ask questions, and investigate a selected location with your camera. With the help of the instructor and their classmates, students will craft their ideas, make more compelling photographs, and understand how landscape photography can manifest deep history and fascinating human stories embedded within. We will draw inspiration and strategies from contemporary photographers and photographic history. The tangible result of the class will be a print and/or digital portfolio of 15 to 20 images that visualize the history and contemporary complexities of a selected place. Students will develop their photographic practice affecting future creative projects and helping them understand others and the world around them.
Objectives:
Explore effective ways to combine landscape photography with portraiture and still life imagery
Investigate a specific area photographically and develop a deeper understanding of it
Photograph a subject compulsively, generating a body of work on one subject
Edit down your work by identifying key images that tell a narrative
Review the works of leading landscape photographers
Prerequisites:
Photography I or being comfortable using your camera in manual mode. Familiarity with editing software like Adobe Lightroom is a plus. Being able to use a tripod during the course is highly recommended.
Course Prep:
Students should write 3 ideas for potential projects they would like to photograph through the course which we will discuss during the first class. Ideas should be oriented towards issues or areas students have convenient access to.
Dates: September 17 - October 22, 2025 (no class October 1)
Meetings: Wednesdays, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM CST (5 sessions)
Location: Houston Center for Photography
Cost: $490 (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)
Instructor: Daniel Seth Kraus
Skill Level: Open to All Levels
Can a photographic landscape tell the whole history of a place? In this course students will learn how to use landscape photography to holistically portray the story of a place and its people. Follow your curiosity, ask questions, and investigate a selected location with your camera. With the help of the instructor and their classmates, students will craft their ideas, make more compelling photographs, and understand how landscape photography can manifest deep history and fascinating human stories embedded within. We will draw inspiration and strategies from contemporary photographers and photographic history. The tangible result of the class will be a print and/or digital portfolio of 15 to 20 images that visualize the history and contemporary complexities of a selected place. Students will develop their photographic practice affecting future creative projects and helping them understand others and the world around them.
Objectives:
Explore effective ways to combine landscape photography with portraiture and still life imagery
Investigate a specific area photographically and develop a deeper understanding of it
Photograph a subject compulsively, generating a body of work on one subject
Edit down your work by identifying key images that tell a narrative
Review the works of leading landscape photographers
Prerequisites:
Photography I or being comfortable using your camera in manual mode. Familiarity with editing software like Adobe Lightroom is a plus. Being able to use a tripod during the course is highly recommended.
Course Prep:
Students should write 3 ideas for potential projects they would like to photograph through the course which we will discuss during the first class. Ideas should be oriented towards issues or areas students have convenient access to.
Images: Daniel Seth Kraus
