A-Z of CREATING PHOTOGRAPHS with Larisa Dizdar (5-week course)

In these times of instant mobile phone photography, do you still think that there is space to pause, learn and improve your "image making"?

Have you ever thought that you could take your photographic interests a step further and turn it into a profession?

Come to this 5-week course with professional photographer Larisa Dizdar who will guide you in the direction of learning better photography, grounding your ideas into a coherent direction of becoming a professional and independent photographer.

Larisa is an experienced visual artist, as well as successful commercial photographer, and she will take you on the journey that starts from analog to digital photography, taking you into detailed lessons from correct resizing of your images, to colour space, introducing and practicing with you various photographic genres which characterise a successful individual working within photographic industry.

You will be working in the studio environment as much as going to work on a location projects which will be set up in advance. Larisa will share her vast knowledge of creative and technical photography, guiding you to develop your own style and upgrade whatever level of photographic practice you are at in this moment in time.

The course will be presented in five 2-hour sessions and will take place in Brompton Library's events room on the first floor of the library and on locations outside the library.

DATES:

Saturday 6 April, 11am to 1pm

Saturday 13 April, 11am to 1pm

Saturday 20 April, 11am to 1pm

Saturday 27 April, 11am to 1pm

Saturday 4 May, 11am to 1pm

*Eligible: London residents aged 19+ RBKC residents will be given priority.

*Please note the names and email addresses of all who book will be shared with the tutor, who will contact you to send you an enrolment form.

Contact [email protected] if you have any queries about booking.

Session 1: Introductions. We will start with working out the levels of photographic knowledge we have as a group, and talk about individual interests and our common goals for attending the course. There will be a presentation on how to resize your images correctly , what color space to use for taking images (jpg, tiff, RAW) and lots more, making sure that you start on the right track.

Session 2: Lifestyle photography- Let's find out what lifestyle photography really is and how far can it be taken in your professional practice. What does a Professional really mean? If you would like to find out, get ready for Q&A . After this we are going on location exploring portrait photography, related to the above lifestyle genre. Bring your cameras and charge your batteries.

Session 3: Still life photography -Still life photography has historically been done in classic photo studios or fine art classes. But cameras are changing and so is still life photography. This session will give the basics and give you tips on how to create stunning compositions.

Session 4: Close-Up Photography - Practical insights into this method of tightly cropping shots that show a subject (or object) up close and with significantly more detail than the human eye usually perceives.

Session 5: Studio Portrait session - Hands on exercise to create a successful, pleasing to the eye, portrait that communicates to the viewer or to your client. What are the right questions to ask before concluding a paid project? No grey zone allowed if you want to be called again!

To end: Final assessment of everything that was learned during the course. Q&A to support the group in working through any unresolved issues about their personal projects.

Larisa Dizdar is a London-based photographer and visual artist with a career spanning over 25 years. Her beginnings in photography were routed in two great colleges she attended, Kingsway College, London and Bournemouth Institute of Arts, and mentors she has met along the way.

Some of the projects Larisa has worked on are: In house photographer for the Star Wars Exhibition, London; Portraits taken of the Mercury Award Winning artist "La Roux", BBC World Radio An interview on Larisa's life and Creative Work in London, Frith Street Gallery Exhibition, Mayfair Exhibition, Publication in the TANK magazine and many more.

I have known Larisa Dizdar for a number of years as a gifted communicator, experienced practising photographer and artist with unique and enviable qualities and abilities engaging with varieties of clients, initiating and resourcing projects and possessing a ceaseless determination to successfully facilitate and develop her own and others' powers of discovery and self expression. - Clive Barger - Lecturer

Larisa was lovely to work with, she is incredibly compassionate and supportive and made me feel relaxed in an unfamiliar, awkward setting around the camera. I would highly recommend her to everyone! I asked for private lessons after as my knowledge grew exponentially and I really enjoyed her teaching style and the overall experience. - Gaya Astrid

The ‘creative process’ for Larisa Dizdar is foremost a psychological state trough which questions of self , body and correlation are explored. - Peter Messingham- Curator

In my 20 years long acting career, I have worked with 8 professional headshots photographers. I was with Larisa, that I felt like ‘myself, on a good day’. Larisa has that ghost-like presence, we all look for in a photographer. From the moment I walked in, she interacted, but never intruded. Her thoughtfulness and focus on me expanded the mental timeframe I needed to relax and she needed to establish the rapport with me. I asked for an outdoors photo shoot. During the shoot, she alternately shadowed and guided me, so well attuned, that we hardly talked at all. I felt like I was her only client and like I had all the time in the world. - Adna Sablich- Actress

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Brompton Library, 210 Old Brompton Road, London, United Kingdom