Creating a Compelling Photograph & Close-Up Photography

Explore your creative vision and follow your true passion to create photographic images that hold personal meaning and aesthetic appeal. This class is for the more advanced photographer wishing to explore their creative potential as a photographer. This is not a class for point and shoot photography.

Price: $51, $42 member

Location: York Street

Special Instructions: This is an intermediate-advanced class that requires basic knowledge (more advanced knowledge is helpful) of photographic skills and functions. Bring your gear as this is both a lecture and shooting class. Dress for outdoor weather.

Instructor: Scott Dressel-Martin

Scott is a principal at Dressel-Martin MediaWorks, Inc. Scott has photographed around the world, including the Middle East, Mongolia, South Africa, Mexico, Spain, Singapore and all around the United States. Currently based in Denver, Colorado Scott began his career in newspaper photojournalism and has been published internationally. He is the official photographer of Denver Botanic Gardens and also works with a select group of important institutions helping them tell promote their mission and tell relevant and moving stories. Many of Scott's clients are in the not-for-profit world such as Denver Botanic Gardens, Children's Hospital Colorado, Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, Denver Health, VISIT Denver. Scott also works with corporate clients such as Level 3, Hensel Phelps Construction Company, Hyatt Hotels and Vail Resorts. Scott is a passionate teacher and speaker on photography and creativity. He has a Master's from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, New York.