Instructors Los Angeles

David Crane



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George Simian

- Specializes in environmental portraiture, and a digital workflow and color management expert

-  Teacher of Advanced Commercial Photography at UCLA Extension

- National Treasurer of Advertising Photographers of America

- Clients include Procter & Gamble, Capital One, Georgia-Pacific, Boston Stock Exchange, AT&T, Johnson & Johnson, Polaroid, Staples, Warner Music Group, and Fidelity Investments

- Awards include Mead Show and AR100

- www.georgesimian.com

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What The Students Are Saying

George is my favorite digital photography professor. This is my fourth course with him and I plan to take more. He keeps the content varied, is always giving tips on advancing lighting skills and additionally includes information about technology, editing and workflow.



-Audrey Eisele

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Hans Gutknecht

http://www.hansgutknecht.com/Site/Hans_Gutknecht.html



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Hopper Stone



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Jimmy Fikes

A Fashion and fine art photographer since 1997, Jimmy bounces back and forth between the USA and Cape Town.

 

www.jimmyfikes.com



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What The Students Are Saying

Elisa is one of our DPA students, and took some well-composed images of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. She let us share some of her photos and experience with the rest of the DPA community. Good Eye Elisa!



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John Lazar

John Lazar has worked for the Los Angeles Daily News as a photographer and videographer for over a decade, capturing iconic images in pop-culture and political life. In recent years, he has been able to bring his experience to the classroom by teaching Photojournalism at California State University at Long Beach. 

 



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Laura Luongo

In her almost 30 years as a red-carpet photographer, Laura Luongo has worked in New York’s hippest nightclubs and captured Hollywood’s hottest celebs at private parties the rest of us only dream of attending (or not).  She has photographed A-list celebrities ranging from Madonna and Sean Penn to Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.  In one memorable shoot, she captured Hillary Clinton, Whoopee Goldberg and Barbara Streisand, all on the same stage.   Her work has been featured in top newspapers and magazines around the world, including People, George, Vogue, Detour and many international publications.  ‘My parents expected me to bring home nice, fat Italian babies,’ she says.  ‘I brought home a big fat camera bag, instead.’



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Ronald Talley

- Photojournalism

- Event photography

- Photographs have been featured in photography newsletters, the Downtown LA Art Walk

- Classes in nonprofit sectors, for adults, and for underprivileged youth



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