Learn how to REALLY use
your camera.

Do you have a new camera, but don't know how to use it? Are you always taking photos with your phone, but want to take better images on your DSLR or mirrorless camera? Do you travel, hike, or enjoy life in Portland and want to know how to capture and document your adventures?

Mateo Zachai is a photographer who has been teaching for over 20 years. He has a warm, patient (but persistent) style that adapts to either beginners or more advanced learners. You'll learn about your cameral settings and how to compose, focus, capture motion, and and take your photographs to a whole new level. Contact me for private instruction or stay tuned for upcoming classes.

PRIVATE INSTRUCTION
$150 for 90 Minute SESSION

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Mateo Zapata Zachai received his MFA in Photography from Yale University and BFA in Interdisciplinary Studies from San Francisco Art Institute. He teaches photography at Portland Community College and University of Maryland Global Campus online and has taught at PNCA, Newspace, Shoreline Community College, and Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle, Washington. Mateo has exhibited nationally: most recent exhibits are at Rock/Dement Studio, Center on Contemporary Art and Martin-Zambito Fine Art. Articles of his  work have also been published in Artweek and The Stranger. Zachai’s work has been collected both nationally and internationally.  Work can be seen at www.zachai.com.Zachai has also taught art workshops at the Seattle Art Museum and has critiqued and taught at Yale School of Art, San Francisco Art Institute, University of Washington School of Art, Bellevue Community College, Youth in Focus and Coyote Central. He studied with Hank Wessel and Reagan Louie at San Francisco Art Institute and he was a teaching assistant for Gregory Crewdson and Lois Conner while at Yale University.