Photosprouts Photography Workshops
San Francisco | Palo Alto
Photosprouts Photography Workshops
San Francisco
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Books and online courses are everywhere—but trust San Francisco's top-rated photography school that consistently leads in-person classes.
Online Classes
Learn to photograph BEAUTIFUL IMAGES EVERYDAY in M Mode
Equipment Provided
Why We Exist?
Interested to enroll in a photography class but you don't have a camera yet?
Almost all photography courses require learners to have their own equipment.
In Photosprouts, you do not need to buy a camera or DSLR to begin your adventurous exploration in the field of photography.
Because we PROVIDE ALL EQUIPMENT for you.
Photosprouts provides DSLR cameras and lens for beginners so they don't have to invest in the expensive equipments before diving into the field of photography.
Our students will be learning with a DSLR camera body (Canon T6) and 2 lens (Canon 18-55 F3.5-5.6; 75-300mm F4-5.6) throughout the workshops. The workshop includes a classroom lecture and a field trip to San Francisco's photogenic spots.
You can also bring your own equipment to our class and we'll how you how to maximum them!
Learn in small groups and receive instant feedback from our instructors.
Start your coolest photography class ever at Photosprouts!
3 Reasons Why You Should Use the Manual Mode
1. Auto Mode cannot handle low light/ backlight conditions
Capturing a well exposed photo in dark and backlit conditions using the Auto Mode is very difficult. Only the manual mode can fix the problem.
2 Depth of field & Sense of Motion
Wide apertures allow you to get shallow depth of field photos (sharp subject in front of a blurred background). You might also want to mess around with different shutter speeds to capture the sense of motion. The Manual Mode, rather than the Auto Mode, allows you to take control of the situation and create the images that you love.
3. Easy to use
If your image is too bright, or the tone is too yellowish, what would you do? If you shoot in the A or S mode, you might want to increase the exposure compensation but then another problem will pop up--your image then gets blurred out. Changing the exposure compensation doesn't not solve the root of the problem because you're "forcing" the camera to slow down the shutter which also captures the vibration. To solve this problem, use the manual mode and be mindful of the secondary effect that each exposure variable brings in.
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The Founder
Christina Szeto is the founder and chief educator in Photosprouts.
The first Photosprouts class was held in a dormitory in Berkeley when Christina was still a student. It wasn't even her dorm; a friend of her provided the space for free so that Christina could have her classmates sign up to run a test class before she officially opened the company in San Francisco. The feedback was great and then she decided to move on as planned.
She is a San Francisco based portrait and lifestyle photographer who is passionately in love with capturing precious life stories. She has rich experience in teaching photography in different countries. She has taught the course "Understanding Life Through Photography" in one of the top colleges in Hong Kong--the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She aroused students' interest in photography through interactive activities and trained them to see ordinary scenes with new perspectives. 95% of her students have continued to pursue advanced education in photography or have significantly improved their skills that would be useful in their daily lives and photography careers.
Meet the Instructors
Christina
Teaches
The Art of Street Photography;
Portrait Lighting & Posing I, II, III;
The Joy of Flower Photography;
Food Photography
Jordi
Teaches
Beginners' & Intermediate Workshops
Street Photography;
Portrait Photography;
Food Photography