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Senior Education
Connecting People and Bringing Out Creativity Through Photography
What We Teach
We help older adults get back into photography, both as a skill and as a way of seeing. Most of our students already carry a capable camera in their pocket, so we teach them to push a smartphone well past auto mode. Using apps that emulate the manual controls found on professional cameras, students learn to handle exposure, focus, and white balance themselves. We pair this with photographic history, studying the photographers who shaped the medium, from Edward Weston and Karl Blossfeldt to William Eggleston, Joel Sternfeld, and Arnold Newman. Along the way students learn to read light, compose a shot with intention, and edit their own work into a finished image. The goal isn't just nicer snapshots. It's giving students the vocabulary and confidence to make photographs that reflect how they actually see the world.
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How We Teach
Our program runs as bi-weekly sessions. Each one pairs a short, image-driven lecture on two influential photographers with hands-on shooting and editing that put those ideas to work. We keep the lectures light and full of pictures, because the best way to understand a photograph is to look closely and then go make one yourself. Every lesson gets students out into the world. We shoot on location around the neighborhood instead of in a studio, so students learn to find pictures in ordinary places. We end each session with a group critique where everyone shares and talks through their work in a relaxed setting. Our teachers are high school photography students, which keeps the room approachable and curious, and means everyone ends up teaching and learning at once.