Getting Started
Unit 0
Before we start
You’re about to begin your photography learning journey - good news is, you’re not alone! We have a team of teachers and mentors here to support you throughout the year. In addition to that, you have access to a community of peers. So, what should you do first to prepare? Well, a couple things will set you up for success in 2024.
Join the subreddit: r/photoclass.
Join the Focal Point Discord server.
Subscribe to Focal Point on YouTube.
Download the Learning Journal as a PDF, or you can buy a paperback copy here.
Let’s meet your new facilitators.
Chelsea London (@clondon) is a nomadic documentary travel photographer. With a degree in education and years as a photography teacher and mentor, Chelsea has a love for education which is only matched by hr love of photography. For the past six years, she’s been running the 52 Week with C. London prompt challenge.
Chelsea has been fortunate enough to show her work in galleries in the US and Europe, as well as hosting photography workshops at the flagship Apple stores in London and New York. She absolutely adores mentoring and teaching, and feels like taking over the photo class is a very natural progression for her.
Next up, we have Sean Makin (@makinbacon42). Sean is a landscape and astrophotographer based in South-West Australia. He primarily shoots for himself as a hobbyist and loves to take advantage of the wide variety of landscapes and world-class dark skies that Western Australia offers. In his day to day, he is a geologist, finishing off a PhD by shooting things with lasers. He took one of the original versions of the Reddit Photoclass that /u/nattfodd wrote and hopes to build and give back to the community in the same way that helped him.
We also have an incredible team of mentors to help you along the way. Read more about them here.