Turn the camera in your pocket into a creative tool.
Creative Photography is a yearlong course that teaches students to use their phone cameras as artistic tools for visual storytelling and self-expression. Open to all levels, it ends with each student presenting a curated digital portfolio of their best work. Students learn the principles of composition, lighting, and editing, then refine their images with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
What students will learn
- Principles of photographic composition
- Shooting with a phone camera confidently and with intention
- Working with light, space, and perspective
- Photo editing in Lightroom and Photoshop
- Visual storytelling and developing a themed photo series
- Presenting work in critiques and explaining creative choices
- Building a curated portfolio with an artist statement
Inside the studio
Students complete weekly artist studies and technique exercises, plus four to six major projects each semester, each one focused on a more advanced element or medium. The DCOTA campus, with its showrooms, light-filled atriums, and working designers, is the first subject most students shoot.
See, shoot, edit
Visual storytelling, digital editing, critical thinking, creative confidence, and a practical skill they'll use for life.
Behind the lens
Portrait, commercial, and fashion photographer; photojournalist; photo editor; videographer; social media content creator; digital marketer; graphic designer; and art director.
Keep making
Art pairs with this course for students who want a full arts and design track.
Be part of Ohana's founding class.
Applications open December 15, 2026. Join the waitlist to hear first about info sessions, showroom visits, and scholarship guidance.