Four weeks. One live hour a week. Eight people.
For anyone who bought a camera and has never taken it off automatic. No experience assumed, nothing skipped, no jargon. Any camera, including a phone.
Week one, the camera. Aperture, shutter speed and ISO explained in plain English, and how the three work together. By the end of the week you can shoot in manual and know why you chose what you chose. Week two, light. How to see it, where to stand, why the same subject looks flat at noon and beautiful at six. Indoors, outdoors, window light, night. Week three, composition. What to leave out. Where to put your subject and why. The handful of decisions that separate a snapshot from a photograph. Week four, the edit. Choosing your best work, basic processing, and turning a month of shooting into a set you are proud to show.
One assignment a week, and your pictures go up on screen every session. Eight people is the reason everybody gets seen.
You leave with: full control of your camera, your own edited set of photographs, and the habits that keep you improving after the course ends.
Taught by Perry Hall, a working documentary, editorial and commercial photographer for twelve years, published in The New Yorker. I co-founded Daylight School in Rome.
Cohort dates are emailed the moment you book.
All course materials © 2026 Borrowed Time Bureau LLC. For your personal use only. Not to be copied, shared, resold, or taught by anyone else.
Four weeks. One live hour a week. Eight people.
For anyone who bought a camera and has never taken it off automatic. No experience assumed, nothing skipped, no jargon. Any camera, including a phone.
Week one, the camera. Aperture, shutter speed and ISO explained in plain English, and how the three work together. By the end of the week you can shoot in manual and know why you chose what you chose. Week two, light. How to see it, where to stand, why the same subject looks flat at noon and beautiful at six. Indoors, outdoors, window light, night. Week three, composition. What to leave out. Where to put your subject and why. The handful of decisions that separate a snapshot from a photograph. Week four, the edit. Choosing your best work, basic processing, and turning a month of shooting into a set you are proud to show.
One assignment a week, and your pictures go up on screen every session. Eight people is the reason everybody gets seen.
You leave with: full control of your camera, your own edited set of photographs, and the habits that keep you improving after the course ends.
Taught by Perry Hall, a working documentary, editorial and commercial photographer for twelve years, published in The New Yorker. I co-founded Daylight School in Rome.
Cohort dates are emailed the moment you book.
All course materials © 2026 Borrowed Time Bureau LLC. For your personal use only. Not to be copied, shared, resold, or taught by anyone else.