Photography Training Classes
Who These Classes Are For
Our photography workshops are ideal for:
• Beginners
• Hobbyists
• Parents wanting better family photos
• Small business owners
• Aspiring photographers
No professional experience required.
Why Learn With Us?
With years of experience photographing weddings, portraits, and events across Maryland, we bring real-world experience into every class.
You won’t just learn theory — you’ll learn practical skills you can use immediately.
Upcoming Classes
Current classes are below
If you're searching for Maryland photography classes in Mount Airy or Frederick, we would love to help you grow your skills.
We offer photography training classes in Mount Airy, Frederick, Carroll County, and throughout Maryland. If you are looking for Maryland photography workshops designed for beginners, contact us for upcoming dates.
Interested in seeing how we apply these techniques professionally? Explore our wedding photography portfolio here.
Featured workshop models who will be professionally styled as a bride and groom during the live shooting experience at Brookside Gardens.
Brookside Gardens Wedding Photography Workshop | Maryland Photography Class
Photographing Couples with Confidence & Creativity
📍 Brookside Gardens
📅 Saturday, July 11, 2026 | 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Join Tracy and me for a hands-on wedding photography workshop at the beautiful Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland. Surrounded by stunning flowers, elegant pathways, lush greenery, and romantic garden scenery, this workshop is designed to help photographers create emotional and timeless wedding imagery in a real-world shooting environment.
Together, we’ll photograph a professionally styled bride and groom during golden hour while focusing on natural posing, storytelling, composition, and learning how to create authentic connections between couples on camera.
This is not a classroom lecture. Participants will photograph real models in a live guided shooting environment designed to simulate an authentic wedding portrait session.
This is a live shooting experience designed to help photographers grow their confidence and creativity behind the camera in a wedding-style setting.
What You’ll Learn
📸 How to pose couples naturally without stiff or awkward direction
🌅 How to work with golden hour and blue hour light
🌸 Creating beautiful compositions using flowers, gardens, and natural scenery
❤️ How to capture genuine emotion and connection between couples
⚡ Tips for working efficiently during real wedding timelines
📷 Camera settings, lens choices, and techniques we use during actual weddings
Hands-On Shooting Experience
Participants will actively photograph the bride and groom throughout the workshop while receiving live guidance, posing direction, and real-time feedback.
You’ll leave with beautiful portfolio-worthy images while gaining real-world experience photographing couples in a wedding environment.
Perfect For
• New photographers wanting to break into weddings
• Portrait photographers wanting to improve couple posing
• Wedding photographers looking to sharpen their creative eye
• Anyone wanting hands-on experience in a real wedding-style shoot
All experience levels are welcome.
Workshop Details
📍 Location: Brookside Gardens – Wheaton, Maryland
📅 Date: Saturday, July 11, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm
💰 Investment: $149
📸 Includes:
• Live shooting with a professionally styled wedding couple
• Hands-on instruction throughout the workshop
• Guidance on posing, composition, and lighting
• Portfolio-building opportunities
More New Photography Training Classes Coming Soon in 2026!
Maryland Photography Training & Workshops
Ready to take control of your camera and move beyond auto mode?
At John Dukes Photography, we offer hands-on photography classes and workshops in Mount Airy, Maryland, designed for beginners and enthusiasts who want to understand their camera and create more intentional images.
Whether you're brand new to photography or looking to refine your skills, our training sessions are structured, approachable, and designed to build confidence.
We are very pleased to be offering many photography training classes in 2026, in the studio, in the classroom and also out in the field! We try to keep the class sizes small so that all participants can receive individual attention. Keep checking back because new classes are added all the time!
John is a certified professional photographer with Professional Photographers of America and he is also a KelbyOne instructor, among some of the greatest photography teachers in the industry.
KelbyOne Instructor
As a KelbyOne instructor, I teach photographers around the world how to create compelling, professional images — you can view my online classes here.
https://members.kelbyone.com/author/john_dukes/
John is a proud member and sponsor of KelbyOne and he is also a KelbyOne Photography Instructor
Here are some of my appearances as a special guest of Scott Kelby on The Grid below! I am also a KelbyOne Instructor and you can view my photography training classes on KelbyOne!
Guest on Platypod Perspectives with Larry Becker
Here is an episode where I was a guest of Larry Becker on Platypod Perspectives
"John is very generous with sharing his photography skills. He genuinely wants you to be the very best and his class was fun, interesting and interactive. We had such a great time!"
—Donna W.
"It was like having my own personal mentor! Definitely recommend."
—Alex K.
"John's basic photography training class was fun and I learned so much! I now know how to work my camera and I am prepared to get great shots Thank you!"
—Denise K.