LIVE sessions on 5/6, 5/13, 5/21 and 5/27 at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET or available on-demand beginning the day following each LIVE session.

Abstract photography is a style that emphasizes shapes, colors, textures, patterns, and form over recognizable subjects. Rather than documenting reality as it is, it interprets and transforms it—often rendering the subject ambiguous or entirely unrecognizable.

Over the past two years, we’ve explored this space through two highly regarded series:

• Abstracts: Finding Unique Beauty in the Natural World (April 2024)
• Vision & Craft of Macro & Intimate Landscapes (May 2025)

Now, it’s time to go deeper.

This series is not about replicating images others have made. It’s about developing your own way of seeing—and creating photographs that are both personal and impactful.

Abstract photography invites us to move beyond subject matter and into visual language. Throughout this series, we’ll work with:

• Images with no clear or obvious subject
• Emphasis on lines, curves, symmetry, and repetition
• The creative use of light and shadow
• Unusual perspectives and extreme close-ups
• Motion, blur, and distortion as expressive tools

A new way of seeing the landscape

We’re bringing back four of our most highly reviewed instructors—each presenting entirely new material—to help you rethink how you approach the natural world.

From plants and flowers to aerial perspectives and infrared work, this series will guide you toward a more interpretive, expressive, and personal connection with the landscape—going far beyond traditional documentary photography.

The Line-Up:

• Creative Macro Photography: Going Beyond Documentary Close-ups — Charles Needle
• Dare to Be Different — Beth Buelow
• Finding the Abstraction Mystery in Plants & Flowers — Sarah Marino
• Aerial & Infrared Abstracts — Matt Payne

What you’ll learn:

Drawing from some of the most accomplished abstract photographers, we’ll explore techniques including:

• Revealing hidden detail through macro and close-up work
• Using Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) as a creative tool—not just blur
• Leveraging long exposure to transform motion
• Exploring reflections and refractions to reshape reality
• Controlling depth of field to isolate form and color
• Using composition and cropping to remove context and invite interpretation

This is an invitation to see differently—to move beyond what a landscape is, and into what it can become through your vision.