Andy Photo

New students can expect a relaxed and comfortable enviroment and intro to the lessons they have arrived for. Plenty of examples, techniques, and time for questions will allow you to learn at your pace and get the answer that will come naturally during the course. 

I have been creating visual content and designs for over 15 years, that time has also been enveloped with thousands of hours working with ad agencies, small businessses, and private clients. 

As someone who started his path of photography at age 15, the tradition of maintaining a natural yet eye catching image is always the goal to create new and original work. 

My lessons are between $100-$150 depending on the technical aspect of the lesson, and can go for up to 2 hours in duration to allow for plenty of field work, lesson discussion and q&a. 

Photography is about observation as much as it is capturing what you see. planing, a shot, is just as paramount as seeing something you like and capturing it. my class is all about taking your time, and finding the patience to observe the world around the subject to determine the best angle and exposure for your image.

during my time working at ad agencies it was a need to train interns to bring them up to speed on industry standard in visual design and marketing. 

thus it sparked a new interest in forming my own lesson plan that is clear, and understandable through all the technical aspects of the art.

my students are typically adults looking to start a new hobby, or advance their current skill sets and challenge their knowledge and techniques while getting valuable critiques of their methods. 

i encourage full creative flow, the art is always going to be yours, my goal is to help you discover new ways of taking an awesome photo, and to get the mental block that keeps students taking the same photos over and over again. 

Andy photo was entered into a contest held by the Silicon Valley Business Journal titled "The Big Ad Contest" this contest paired 5 college students with 1 Business owner to create a ad campaign with a budget of $25,000. After a month of working with my students, and knowing my skills in marketing and their new age skills in analytics, and design, gave us the advantage amongst 10 other teams in industries that ranged from social media marketing, health care, gold courses, etc. I made it a point that my photography has to be the center of this campaign being. it is my skills that is the product of the busness. After a night where my 5 student team mates pitched 3 well known advertising and marketing experts, it was announced that Andy Photo placed 1st. As such, remember the $25,000 budget the students had to work with? well the campaign pitch is also the model that awarded Andy Photo a $25l,000 campaign for all of 2019/ 

it's ok to ask questions that can help the teacher assist your advancement. 

remember we are human to and information changes all the time. our passion for our trade is fun for us because we balance knowledge with trail and error. 

we are always learning so, feel free to learn along. 

think about what style of photography that brings you to this point. 

why does it draw your interest?

what would you like to do with it?

who would you like to influence with it?

if it doesnt work out to the way you believe it should, are you going to stop, or are you going to try to find away to make it your own?