This class is an open-format studio shoot environment. Instructor Michael Chambers will guide students through standard studio procedures with an emphasis on lighting and working with models. Bring your camera and be prepared to model for others.

Instructor Michael Chambers has been published and exhibited internationally, locally at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and the Royal Ontario Museum to name a few. As a speaker, Chambers has mentored and inspired art enthusiasts worldwide. Michael Chambers has been credited in numerous award winning films and television productions. He was also the subject of Anton Wagner’s biographical documentary for CBC, The Photographer - An Artist's Journey and more recently a PBS special Through A Lens Darkly, which received the prestigious NAACP award in 2016. A graduate of Toronto’s York University, Chambers was the inaugural photo editor and creative director of WORD Magazine and the 2010 recipient of the Harry Jerome Award for art and entertainment. Michael Chambers has created iconic images celebrating African awareness, Black History and casting light on the resilience of the human spirit. His exhibition SHADOWS to SILVER showcased a 25 year retrospective which toured four cities including Thames Art Gallery in Chatham, Toronto’s BAND Gallery, O’Connor Gallery in Thousand Islands and Montreal’s Never Apart Gallery. This exhibition was commemorated by the launch of Michael Chambers coffee table book of the same name. R.M. Vaughan of The Globe and Mail referred to Chambers as “a social hurricane”, CBC, NOW, Toronto life and C Magazine have called his work “iconic” “Michael Chambers is by far one of the best photographers who have ever come down the Canadian pike”. Christina Pochmurshy CITY.TV Michael Chambers as the quintessential Canadian Artist” Donna Lypchuk. WORD Magazine 1998. SHOW MORE