New to C1M?
Your first class is free. No experience needed.
Our free Introduction to Digital Photography is a 2 hour class where you'll find out what your camera can actually do, and why it's been fighting you. Bring your camera. We'll take it from there.
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Get started:
🟢 FREE Introduction to Digital Photography - Classroom: July 11th
Essentials:
🟢 Photography 1 (know your camera) - with Walter - Classroom: July 23rd
🟢 Photography 1 Weekend Intensive - with Walter - Classroom: October 10th and 11th
🟢 Photography 2 (art & creativity) - with Walter - Classroom: September 9th
🟢 Photography 3 (advanced techniques) - with Walter - Classroom: April 29th
AI:
🟢 FREE Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - AI for the Rest of Us - Classroom: August 8th
🟢 AI 1: Foundations of AI - Classroom: August 25th
Go further:
🟢 Digital Camera Class - Classroom: August 15th
🟢 Better Phone Photos - with Walter - Classroom and local Field Trip: August 22nd
🟢 Portrait Photography - Classroom: June 24th
🟢 All-Day Mega Shoot - Classroom: August 29th
🟢 Photo Explorers: Photo Safari - The Green Shire: June 7th
🟢 Workshop - Landscape Photography - June 13th
Pro Workflows:
Photo Editing 1 - Classroom: Nov 4th
Photo Editing 2 - Classroom: Jan 6th, 2027
Photo Editing 3 - Classroom: TBA
Showcase & Certification:
Certified Professional Photographer - Classroom: Nov 14th & 15th, 2026
🟢 Grand Tetons & Yellowstone - coming for Fall of 2027 - start saving!
Details subject to change - we'll keep you posted.
In-Person. Online. Your Choice.
Photography 1. Photography 2. Photography 3. Choose how you learn best.
Classroom or Zoom. Live or recorded. We adapt to you.
State-approved curriculum. Certificate included. Because your education matters.
This is our most popular course that has helped hundreds of people to get more out of their digital camera and start taking the kind of photos they really want to take. Join us for a 6-week course that'll demystify your camera's features and show you how you can use them to your advantage, as well as what all the numbers mean.
Explore Adobe Photoshop more fully and learn how to make your photos eye-poppingly awesome.
Ongoing learning reveals and unleashes the photographer in you. If you're up for a more intensive photography experience, choose one of our membership plans.
Photo Explorers contain:
• Monthly Photo Safari
• Monthly Tweak & Toast editing sessions
• Free access to monthly workshops
Photo Safaris contain:
• Monthly Photo Safari to a location that we hope yields pretty photos
Join us for monthly Photo Safaris with a group of like-minded people, or join an all inclusive Photo Explorers membership that adds Tweak & Toast editing sessions to the photo safaris as well as free access to the monthly Workshops.
Many, once they have polished their skills in photography, want to go pro. Take the Professional Certification and become a Certified Professional Photographer. Add the letters CPP behind your name and show the world that you are serious about your craft.
The Big Kahuna Plus:
C1MAC1 Photography 1 course - $599
C1MAC2 Photography 2 course - $849
C1MAC3 Photography 3 course - $949
C1MAC4 Photo Editing 1 - $699
C1MAC5 Photo Editing 2 - $849
C1MAC6 Photo Editing 3 - $949
C1MAPE24 24 full months of Photo Explorers - $1,920
C1MALe01-06 All 6 videos in the Lightroom eLearning series as a bundle for immediate download - 299.94
C1MACPP Professional Photographer Certification Course - $1,998
+ Bonus Items: C1M Academy Book Adobe Lightroom and C1M Academy Book Adobe Lightroom Digital Workflow