Detroit
Detroit
Join a Digital Photo Academy teacher for Detroit photo workshops, small group or private live sessions. You’ll learn all about your camera controls and how to create powerful images.
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Welcome to the Detroit market for the international network of live and online photo classes, all under the banner of Digital Photo Academy.
This section is devoted to our Detroit photo workshops. The DPA Instructors who lead these workshops are professional photographers who have lived in Detroit for at least 10 years, usually longer.
These pro shooters also have teaching experience and they love teaching. (Not all photographers do.) They know the local retailers where you can get the better deals on photo equipment and more importantly, they know where the best photo ops are which allows us to provide you with a rotation of interesting places to shoot, throughout the year, whether indoors or outdoors, winter, spring, summer of fall. Sometimes one time of day to shoot is better than another and our DPA instructors keep us informed.
About Our Detroit Photo Workshop Venues
Often, the DPA Instructors even have private access to various locales in the city where they live. Themes vary from street photography and dynamic architecture, to flowers and landscapes, as well as waterscapes, sunsets, lush scenery and everything in between.
During one month, you might be invited to rendezvous in the luxurious natural light streaming in to a religious venue via spectacular stained glass windows and the following month, it might be a small relatively unknown park with very special landscapes. This is why we offer a special ALUMNI Discount to people who attend more than one workshop.
Nationally, we organize these workshops to provide variety for the participants in each local market, but we could not do it without the expertise and connections provided by the DPA instructors in each of those markets.
Phone the national headquarters of Digital Photo Academy at 1 877 372 2231 but know that each of the Digital Photo Academy markets includes a local office. In Detroit, that office is at:
E-MAIL US AT [email protected] OR CALL 1-877-372-2231 OR click here TO LEARN ABOUT OUR PRIVATE ALL DAY OR HALF DAY CLASS
And in case you’re interested, click here to check out some FREE SAMPLES of our ONLINE CLASSES.
Ron
Hi Heather
I enjoyed the photo session at the D.I.A. Saturday. I got a lot out of it. Thinking of adding the post processing to my photo hobby.
Have a Great Christmas
Ron
Samantha
It was wonderful and good weather!!
Verne
Hello, I hope all is well. The course was good. Heather is very knowledgeable. Thanks again.
John
The DPA team has to coordinate the DPA workshops across the whole country; which I imagine entails a lot of names. Your national office team members and the folks who teach where they live do a wonderful job. That’s why I keep coming back!
Raina Davis
I had a great time today. Heather was very informative. Great instructor. I look forward to taking more of workshops in the future.
Sarah
It was great to meet Heather and spend some time working on photography skills and get some inspiration at the gallery. Will be sending along a few photos of mine from the day.
dawn
The class today was fun, informative and easy! I got some great shots! You’re all so very nice and I felt like family. I will be sending my shots to you soon.
-Dawn
Sharon
Thanks so much!!!! Dave was a good instructor and took time with the class so we could understand. I joined the group. The pics are amazing 👀 Its been a pleasure exchanging communications with you.
-Sharon
Janice Smith
The class that was offered was very rewarding, it allowed me to get more familiar with my camera and usage. The class was an excellent and the size was also good to allow to us to ask questions. I had never used my camera to take monochrome pictures. It was different, but yet beautiful. I like the look! I have included some pictures that I took. I also plan to start posting on you website for Facebook. Thank you and Thank you to Tom, for he was an amazing and experienced teacher.
Amanda Terry
The weather was quite beautiful! Tom was great and helpful.
Tracy Walker
I did enjoy the Tom McKenzie workshop on August 10th and looking forward to the September 14th date.
Jeani H
I really enjoyed the Compostion in the Field class. I’m sure I will use a lot of the techniques we practiced looking through the viewfinder in the future! Just a note for the Master Your Camera Controls class: It is good for introducing beginners to their cameras and introduce basic concepts such as exposure.
Tom Witek
“All went well. I learned some things and had a good time. Thank you”
-Tom Witek
Lisa Kern
“Thank you, Tom, for a great class! I am so thrilled to really be using my camera! No more automatic setting for me! Michael- I really enjoyed working with you as a co-participant and your pictures- including that beautiful daughter. I also loved working with the black & white and learned so much!
What an empowering class!”
Thanks again,
-Lisa Kern
beerock99
The class at the Conservatory was great. I learned a lot about composing a shot and different details on how my camera works. I will definitely look to taking another class from DPA.
Thank you!
Beth Rockford
Tom Krueger
“I really wanted to attend this workshop but family doings prevented it.
I hope it was a success and you will be planning another at this location. I have attended several in Michigan and Arizona and the quality has always been excellent.
thank you”
-Tom Krueger
Bill Indursky
“I learned so much! I loved Tom. He is an awesome instructor! I just shot my first engagement session in manual the day after (Sunday) and the photos turned out amazing.”
– Lauren
Bill Indursky
“Great group; nice meeting everyone. Hope to see some of you again.”
– Ayana
Bill Indursky
“Thank you so much for the wonderful class taught by Tom McKenzie in Detroit!!! I was visiting from Boston, and my sister bought me a space in his class. He did a beautiful job – as I learned so much from his instruction.”
– Claudia Vanderpool
Bill Indursky
“We had a perfectly nice day in Downtown Detroit (Greektown). Our trainer Tom was able to gap the bridge between beginners and experienced photographers.”
– Ulrich Gollwitzer
Bill Indursky
Thank you Hugh. We just got back from our Mediterranean cruise where some of techniques you used really paid off for some great pictures I.e. creating a natural border and ISO. We look forward to finding an opportunity to attend the make up class.
– John
Dolli Kettron
“I wanted to get some help with my new DSLR before signing up for some of the shoots that you are offering. I enjoyed the class and am looking forward to attending many of those shoots in the future.”
– Dolli Kettron
Bill Indursky
“It was a great CLASS!! Thanks for all the pointers and ideas!”
– Sophie and Marc
Bill Indursky
“Thanks for fun course on Sunday and sending to 2 attachments, they will be helpful! I put 2 photos up on facebook on DPA.”
– Charlie Morgan
Bill Indursky
“Thanks for the attachments!! They definitely will come in handy.
I just wanted to let you know I really did learn a lot in that short period of time. And I’m really looking forward to taking more classes. After that class I came home with such a natural high and excited to learn more. I plan to post some of my pictures soon.”
– Elisa