How to Really See: Beginning Drawing Without Fear
Saturday 13 June
City Park, New Orleans - 10am - 2.0 Hours
Trish Benit-Laing
A beginner-friendly drawing meetup at City Park. Learn basic drawing techniques and improve your observation skills. Bring your own pencils, paper, eraser, a drawing board, and a portable chair.
Floral and Nature Painting
Saturday 27 June
Audubon Riverfront - 11am - 2.0 Hours
Deana Tisdale
Focus on floral and nature subjects in this 2-hour watercolor meetup at Audubon Riverfront Park. Suitable for all skill levels. Participants bring their own materials.
Smartphone Photography
Sunday 28 June
City park cafe du monde - 2pm - 2 Hours
Donnie Pearson
Smartphone Photography proves that great photos aren't about the gear they're about the eye behind the lens. In this hands-on meetup, we'll explore how to turn everyday moments into striking images using just your phone. Learn quick tips for better composition, lighting, and editing on the fly. Whether you're snapping street scenes or capturing candid portraits, you'll walk away seeing your smartphone as a serious creative tool. Come curious, leave inspired.
Natural Light Portraits
Saturday 11 July
Audubon Park - 4pm - 2 Hours
Donnie Pearson
This meet-up will explore how we can take beautiful portraits using natural light and backgrounds. We will explore how to recognise flattering light and how to manipulate it whilst shooting in a less controlled environment than a studio. We will explore how we can work collaboratively with our subject to achieve a portrait that captures their personality and style. We will also look at posing and setting your subject at ease. Technical learning points will include accurate focusing and metering for skin tones. Note Please bring a family member or a friend as a model.
Watercolour Techniques Class
Saturday 18 July
Audubon Riverfront - 11am - 2.0 Hours
Deana Tisdale
In this immersive workshop, explore three essential watercolour techniques: Wet on Dry, Wet on Wet, and Dry Brush. Suitable for all skill levels, this 2-hour meetup at Audubon Riverfront Park will help you develop your watercolour skills.
Street Art Photography
Sunday 19 July
Jackson Square - 2pm - 2 Hours
Donnie Pearson
Street art is a unique and colorful art form and can be found in all kinds of nooks and crannies in cities all over the world. Capturing art in the streets in photographs can be tricky because these urban art pieces are in public spaces, that are busy and usually filled with a decent amount of traffic. Sometimes you include the people and sometimes, you don't.
Beginner's Watercolor Class
Saturday 25 July
Audubon Riverfront - 11am - 2.0 Hours
Deana Tisdale
Join us for a 2-hour beginner-friendly watercolor painting class at Audubon Riverfront Park. Explore basic techniques and create your artwork in a relaxed outdoor setting suitable for all skill levels.
Beginner's Photography Class
Sunday 30 August
Audubon Park - 4pm - 3 Hours
Donnie Pearson
Ready to learn more about your camera and get out of automatic exposure? Now is your chance! Join us as we break down your camera to help you learn about shutter speed, aperture, ISO and how these settings affect your exposure.We will then put your new knowledge to the test with the guidance of a professional photographer.
The City at Night Photography Meetup
Saturday 24 October
Jackson Square - 6pm - 2 Hours
Donnie Pearson
Many people don't think about nighttime being a good time to do photography since there's a lack of light. However, armed with knowledge about your camera's settings and the properties of light, nighttime photography can be a lot of fun. In this meetup, you'll learn about the best camera settings for nighttime photography. We'll also explore the kinds of light available to us and how to use that light to make some awesome photos. As always, there are exercises that will help you put your new knowledge to work.
Shooting in Manual Mode Class
Sunday 15 November
Audubon Park - 2pm - 3 Hours
Donnie Pearson
This class is for anyone looking to switch their camera mode from Auto to Manual and learn how to shoot using the Manual Mode. The goal is to help everyone become more confident when using their camera settings. We will touch on essential camera functions and the exposure triangle Shutter Speed, Aperture, and ISO.
Beginner's Photography Class
Sunday 06 December
Audubon Park - 2pm - 3 Hours
Donnie Pearson
Ready to learn more about your camera and get out of automatic exposure? Now is your chance! Join us as we break down your camera to help you learn about shutter speed, aperture, ISO and how these settings affect your exposure.We will then put your new knowledge to the test with the guidance of a professional photographer.
Street Photography Meetup
Sunday 20 December
Jackson Square - 2pm - 2 Hours
Donnie Pearson
People, cafes, vendors, street merchants, buskers, historic buildings, art installations and much more. The power of observation underpins the art of great street photography. Learning to "see" interesting detail is a practised skill and we introduce you to easy methods that will open your photographer's eye and expose you to a world that is alive with detail. The most rewarding part of the class is learning how to approach interesting people and have them willingly pose for you.We will also go over settings, focusing techniques and lens choices common to street photography to help us capture those random chance encounters.
