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ELITE FASHION ACADEMY LA’s fashion photography course is a one-month program dedicated to accelerating the careers of aspiring photographers by providing them with the necessary tools to take their work to the next level. With instruction from world-class photographers working in professionally equipped studios, our curriculum harnesses their creativity so they may effectively utilize it in the fashion industry.

Over a four-week period, the fashion photography academy allows for students to understand the process of producing and executing a professional fashion shoot. They learn skills ranging from on-set etiquette and professional protocol, to technical knowledge of cameras and lighting as well as the process of casting models and coordinating and working with a creative team.

Real life campaign scenarios are explored in class enabling students to collaborate and create lasting relationships with others from our modeling, make-up and fashion-styling academies. This allows their portfolio to reach a professional level and can lead to introductions to top industry professionals and opportunities to work with model agencies shooting tests.

This program is recommended for intermediate/advanced level photography students who have technical proficiency with lighting and camera equipment and are looking to define their brand and specific style within the fashion industry. Successful students will generally been shooting for 6 months to 1 year before starting the course.

The cost for this one-month program is $999 per session with a total of two sessions.  Each session includes 12 hours of tuition and multiple test photo-shoot assignments. Students are not obligated to enroll in both sessions consecutively. Students have the option between session A or B.

Session A $999

Session B $999

There are limitless elements of knowledge available in the Fashion Photography package that include the following key elements:

• Etiquette
• Professionalism
• Knowing the camera
• Lighting concepts
• Access to state of the art lighting equipment and studio
• Working with team and casting
• Camera Prep and setup
• Negative space emphasis for shooting ads
• Importance of target audience
• Shooting fashion campaigns
• Shooting beauty
• Shooting props
• Shooting on-location
• Working with top Fashion Photographers for behind camera experience
• Finding creativity and inspiration
• Portfolio development