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f/2.8 · 1/250 · ISO 400By lesson three, this line reads like a sentence.
Learn the camera. Train the eye. Build the portfolio.
We turn camera confusion into a clear learning path: manual mode, light, composition, editing, critique, and portfolio-building.
The method
Photography taught in the order photographers actually need it.
Students move from settings to seeing, from practice to critique, and from scattered photos to a coherent body of work. Every lesson creates a visible improvement.
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Tyson Waggener
Founder and Curriculum Director
23 years of professional photography.
An MA from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
A National Board Certified teacher.
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