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Digital Photography I
Learn to photograph with intention
Beginners - Four Saturdays - Small group - Hands on Practice
Understanding your camera is only the start point. Through hands-on practice, photographic exercises, and guided fieldwork, you’ll learn how light, composition, exposure, and observation come together to create stronger photographs.
From Saturday, August 29
Four Saturdays · 9:00 AM–1:00 PM
August 29 · September 5 · September 12 · September 19
Photography begins with learning to see.
Digital Photography I is MIP’s foundational course for anyone who wants to understand how photographs are made, not simply how a camera works.
You’ll move beyond automatic mode while developing the observation, technical confidence, and visual thinking that form the foundation of strong photographs.
The camera is an essential tool. This course teaches you how to use it in service of what you observe.
What you´ll learn
Technical understanding and visual awareness are developed together throughout the course.
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Aperture, shutter speed, and ISO
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How exposure shapes a photograph
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Camera controls and shooting modes
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How to work confidently beyond automatic mode
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Focusing techniques
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How to work with natural light
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Composition and visual organization
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How to observe before pressing the shutter
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An introduction to photographic language
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How to approach a photograph with greater intention
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Meet your Instructor
Andrés Manner is a documentary photographer and educator whose career spans more than three decades.
Before founding Miami Institute of Photography, he taught photography at Clarines and Cubo 7 in Venezuela and has dedicated much of his professional life to photographic education.
He studied Documentary Photography and Photojournalism at the International Center of Photography in New York and participated in the PS1 Artists Residency Program. His work has been exhibited in different countries, and shaped by years of photographing cities and communities in Caracas, New York, Rio de Janeiro, the Venezuelan Amazon, and Miami.
His teaching combines technical precision with an emphasis on observation, helping students develop confidence with their cameras and a more personal way of seeing.