John Batdorff's photography classes and workshops are dedicated to providing the very best learning experience. Learn by doing and having fun along the way.
Workshops
Garden Photography Workshop
June 23, 2018 (Sold Out)
Join Staci for a half-day Garden Photography Workshop in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The South Pond area is surrounded by beautiful natural plants, bugs, and birds; it’s the perfect setting for practicing macro photography. We will meet at Cafe Brauer, and head out around the pond and to the Shakespeare Garden, finally ending at Green […]
Death Valley Photography Workshop
November 7th-11th, 2019 (7 spots left)
Death Valley Photography Workshop is an all-inclusive photo workshop & tour of the national park dedicated to providing expert instruction to small groups.
Chicago L Train Photography Workshop
June 5, 2018 (Sold out)
June 13, 2018 (Sold Out)
July 12, 2018 (Sold Out)
August 7, 2018 (Sold Out)
October 17, 2018 (Sold Out)
Photographing the Chicago L tracks is a right of passage for Chicagoans. Join us for a Chicago L train photography workshop covering the trains, stations, and surrounding architecture in the Chicago Loop. The historical Chicago L train is 125 years old and is, to this day, the only elevated train that continues to run downtown […]
Chicago Photography Workshop
June 2, 2018 (Sold Out)
July 7th, 2018 (Sold Out)
Join professional photographer and author John Batdorff for a one day chicago photography workshop dedicated to capturing some of Chicago’s iconic images.
Chicago Night Photography Workshop
July 13, 2018 (Sold Out)
August 17th, 2018 (4 Spots Left)
Chicago night photography workshop is dedicated to a night in the big city photographing some of Chicago’s most iconic images.
Classes
Lightroom Classes
Batdorff Photography’s Lightroom Classes will help you learn efficient workflow, file management, and how take your image editing to the next level.
Photography Mentoring
Advance your craft with photography mentoring: private sessions or a 12-week intensive mentorship including a gallery showing of your work in our gallery.
Photo Printing Workshop
Our Photo Printing Workshop is 3 hours of small group instruction in our Chicago studio where you’ll learn to print archival quality images from start to finish. At the end you’ll walk away with a 12×18 print of your image mounted to foam core and ready for framing. Whether you have a printer at home […]