PHOZ 1015 - Advanced Photography: Professional Composition and Lighting

Delivery Options Face-to-Face and Web Synchronous

Course Description

Elevate your portfolio by mastering sophisticated camera features and lighting techniques. This course focuses on high-end creative composition and professional archiving workflows to ensure your digital assets meet industry standards.

Notes

Advanced Photography introduces students to a variety of photographic genres and techniques. Students will explore sports/action, architecture, landscape, portrait, wildlife, developing the technical and creative skills needed for each style. Through hands-on projects and critiques, students will learn to adapt camera settings, composition, lighting, and visual storytelling to create compelling images in diverse environments.

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PHOZ 1015 - W02CE

Oct 24, 2026

Web Synchronous

Available

17 Seat(s) Left!

Advanced Photography: Professional Composition and Lighting

Oct 24, 2026 to Dec 05, 2026

Web Synchronous

9:00AM to 12:00PM

Oct 24, 2026 to Nov 21, 2026

Web Synchronous

9:00AM to 12:00PM

Dec 05, 2026

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18.0

Web Synchronous

Tuition and Fees non-credit

$159.00

1.8 CEUs

Reading List / Textbook

Section Notes

This section will be delivered online with no on-campus activity requirements. Web conferencing or other synchronous e-learning media (Zoom, Canvas Studio, MS Teams, etc.) will be used to provide remote access to a classroom experience for students during regularly scheduled meeting times. Additional requirements may include test proctoring with student authentication, a desktop or laptop computer (not a mobile device), webcam, and/or microphone. Information and updates regarding online proctored exams can be found here: https://www.collin.edu/academics/elearning/online-proctored-exam. We recommend you check for updates prior to the start of your course.

I am a visual storyteller drawn to the quiet, honest moments that often go unnoticed. Working in both film and digital photography, my practice is rooted in capturing authenticity—images that feel lived in, human, and emotionally present. I specialize in food and street photography because both exist at the intersection of culture, memory, and connection. They reveal who we are, where we come from, and how we move through the world.

My artistic foundation was shaped early by studying my father’s photographs from Munich, Germany and the work of masters such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Josef Koudelka, and Irving Penn. Living in Paris on and off for seven years deepened my understanding of light, rhythm, and everyday poetry, influencing how I frame the world and find meaning in small, fleeting details.

Alongside my studio practice, I am deeply committed to arts education, with 14 years of experience teaching photography. I currently teach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and have instructed special courses at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California. I began my teaching career at Collin College’s Continuing Education Department in Plano, Texas. Teaching informs my creative process, just as my creative work shapes the way I teach—both rooted in curiosity, observation, and storytelling.

At the core of my work is the belief that photography is not just about what is seen, but what is felt. Whether I am documenting a dish, a street scene, or a passing expression, I seek to create images that invite viewers to pause, reflect, and connect. My photographs are not about perfection, but presence—about honoring the stories that exist within a single frame.

PHOZ 1015 - 201CE

Oct 26, 2026

Face-to-Face

Available

14 Seat(s) Left!

Advanced Photography: Professional Composition and Lighting

Face-to-Face

9:00AM to 12:00PM

Oct 26, 2026 to Nov 30, 2026

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18.0

Frisco Campus

Face-to-Face

Tuition and Fees non-credit

$159.00

1.8 CEUs

Section Notes

This section will be delivered on campus with required face-to-face class meetings and some use of technology embedded through the Learning Management System (LMS).

Suad Bejtovic is a professional photographer with over 10 years of experience and seven years of teaching with Collin College Continuing Education. His work has earned multiple awards from the Visual Arts Guild of Frisco, including first-place finishes in 2019 and 2020. Whether behind the camera or in front of the classroom, Suad combines artistic insight with patient instruction, helping others see the world — and themselves — through a more intentional and expressive lens.

PHOZ 1015 - Y01CE

Oct 26, 2026

Face-to-Face

Available

3 Seat(s) Left!

Digital Photography - Advanced Skills

Face-to-Face

1:00PM to 4:00PM

Oct 26, 2026 to Nov 30, 2026

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18.0

Courtyard Campus

Face-to-Face

Tuition and Fees non-credit

$159.00

1.8 CEUs

Reading List / Textbook

Section Notes

This section will be delivered on campus with required face-to-face class meetings and some use of technology embedded through the Learning Management System (LMS).

I have been a commercial photographer for many years. Taking pictures is my avocation, passion and profession and certainly much more fun than any other job I can think of. For a long time I have also taught several photography courses for Collin College on the McKinney and Plano campuses, several times a year. This is a Continuing Education course in a relaxed atmosphere, and I give the students (all adults) an assignment to shoot between each class session; we review and critique students' assignment photos in the following session and learn valuable skills about camera handling, adjusting settings for best exposure, sharp focus and most pleasing color. This course is for students who have a dSLR, advanced point and shoot or mirrorless camera and want to learn how to control exposure, focus, depth of focus and composition, so the course concentrates on using MANUAL mode to achieve best exposure for all assignments.