UC San Diego Extended Studies - Art & Photography Programs

11/03/2023

Enrollment is now open for the winter quarter! Our photography courses begin between 1/9-1/18/24. Take a look at the link below to check out all of our offerings!

The Professional Certificate in Photography is designed to help you successively develop solid skills in the field of photography and a concentrated study in the photographic arts.

09/19/2023

Lighting is an essential part of every photographic genre. This fundamental lighting class will introduce students to light qualities and characteristics through observing, controlling and capturing it. Lighting ratios and the Inverse Square Law, as it applies to photographic light, will be discussed and utilized in class assignments. Students will learn how to be creative with light and how to use it to express intentional mood and style in their photography.

Enroll today at the link below!

Understanding Photographic Light: Studio & Location, This fundamental lighting class will introduce students to light qualities and characteristics through observing, controlling and capturing it. Students will learn how to be creative with light and how to use it to express intentional mood and sty...

09/13/2023

Have you ever wondered how a photograph of a delicious dish can make you want to visit a specific restaurant? Or how you can see a product in a glossy magazine and in that moment, know how it feels on your fingertips? Do you want to learn how to create those kinds of images?

Enroll in our BRAND NEW Food and Product Photography course today!

UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies is open to the public and harnesses the power of education to transform lives. Our unique educational formats support lifelong learning and meet the evolving needs of our students, businesses and the larger community.

06/22/2023

Are you planning the trip of a lifetime or even a local excursion and you want to capture better images? We have just the course for you. Our Destination Photography course focuses on Travel Photography and is designed for photographers with sound experience with camera and software operation, this class teaches strategies to make the most of your journey.

Enroll today!

Discussions, demonstrations and individual critiques will help you learn and develop improved approaches to pre-trip preparation, shooting on site as well as storing and sharing your images from the road or once you are home.

06/21/2023

Have you ever been curious about learning Adobe Photoshop? Now is the time to enroll in our course for the summer quarter!

This training course includes topics about working with the tools and user interface, working with selections, retouching, correcting, and enhancing photographs, layer basics, masking, compositing, preparing files for the web, and more. Students learn through hands-on practice and a series of creative projects.

This graphic design course includes topics about working with the tools and user interface, working with selections, retouching, correcting, and enhancing photographs, layer basics, masking, compositing, preparing files for the web, and more.

09/20/2022

Beginning one week from today is our course, Understanding Photographic Light: Studio & Location. This fundamental lighting class will introduce students to light qualities and characteristics through observing, controlling and capturing it. Students will learn how to be creative with light and how to use it to express intentional mood and style in their photography.

Open to everyone. Enroll today!

https://extendedstudies.ucsd.edu/courses-and-programs/understanding-photographic-light-studio-and-location

07/21/2022

Join us on Monday, July 25th at 6pm (PT) for UC San Diego’s Graphic & Web Design workshop! The workshop will be held on Zoom and is geared toward prospective students who would like to learn more about our one-year accelerated program, and the graphic & web design industry.

Our next Graphic & Web Design cohort begins on September 27, 2022.

RSVP by Friday, July 22nd: https://lnkd.in/gV3awpJ
For more information, visit our website at: https://lnkd.in/gDqrizVT

Learn the modern techniques and skills required to master Graphic & Web Design and advance your creative career path.

10/04/2021

Calling all photographers! Here is a fun opportunity to make some $$ for your photography work and help document U.S. historical sites at the same time! 😁

Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photographic competition that invites the global community to document and preserve historic sites around the world on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

09/22/2021

Our Family Pictures course begins next Wednesday! Learn to use any camera to take artistic, descriptive photographs of family & friends. Photographers of all levels are welcome. Taught by the very talented Bernadette Johnston. :)

Enroll online using the link below!

Family Pictures, Learn to use any camera to take artistic, descriptive photographs of family & friends.

09/08/2021

Fall enrollment is now open for all of our photography courses including Documentary Photography! To learn more visit the link below.

In this course, you will learn to document what you see with your photographs. By examining the work of respected documentary photographers, you will explore the boundaries of objective reporting while developing an awareness your own biases.

07/09/2021

Interested in photo journalism? Our Introduction to Photo Journalism course begins next week! To learn more visit the link below.

In this course, students will be introduced to the history of photojournalism, exploring the stories behind iconic images of critical moments in human history captured by various photographers.

05/18/2021

Are you interested in learning more about photographic light for studio and on location?

Our fundamental lighting class will introduce students to light qualities and characteristics through observing, controlling and capturing it. Lighting ratios and the Inverse Square Law, as it applies to photographic light, will be discussed and utilized in class assignments. Students will learn how to be creative with light and how to use it to express intentional mood and style in their photography.

ENROLL TODAY!

Understanding Photographic Light: Studio & Location, This fundamental lighting class will introduce students to light qualities and characteristics through observing, controlling and capturing it. Students will learn how to be creative with light and how to use it to express intentional mood and sty...