Dianne Kittle, Fine Art Photography, MFA, has taught photography workshops at the Chicago Botanic Garden for the last 12 years and offers private bookings for your group or one–on–one mentoring.
Current Offerings for 2025:
Current Offerings on Zoom
Abstraction, History of Photography I, A Project Orientated Workshop (Press here to register)
Dates: 6 Tuesdays, June 3 – July 8, 2025, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. MST, Online (New!) Intermediate to advanced level, Offered by the Colorado Photographic Arts Center!!!
Follow the evolution of Abstraction in photography from the beginning of its invention. Take a journey and explore conceptual possibilities for new projects. Dissolve, deconstruct, and destroy the subject that stands before your camera. Create a new reality from inside you. Bring the invisible alive. Each week you will be given a project to do based on artists in the presentation. You will present images the following week and be given the opportunity to comment on images from other participants. Topic covered: tools of in-camera abstraction, field materials, levels of abstraction in art, use of metaphors and symbols for a conceptual approach, collage, montage, journaling to spark new ideas, and crafting an artist statement for your project.
Abstraction, History of Photography II, A Project Orientated Workshop (Part 2) Chicago Botanic Garden Registration will be posted soon.
Dates : 6 Wednesdays, October 8 – November 12, 2025, 1 – 3:30 p.m. CST, Online, Registration with Chicago Botanic Garden (New!) Intermediate - advanced level
Continued with new artists, techniques, and projects of your imagination. Take a journey into the history of abstract photography and explore possibilities for new projects. Synthesize your own point of view with historical perspectives in abstract photography. Each week you will be given a project to do based on the artists in the presentation. You will present 4-6 images the following week and be given the opportunity to comment on images from other participants in DropBox. Images are due Mondays.
Surrealism in Photography, A Project Orientated Workshop, Chicago Botanic Garden Registration will be posted soon
Dates: 6 Tuesdays, August 5 – September 9, 2025, 1 – 3:30 p.m. CST Online (New!) Intermediate to advanced level
Explore the ideas of surrealists including Salvador Dalí, Frida Kahlo, René Magritte, and others. Dig into your own subconscious for creative expression. Dreams become reality in digital or printed form. Prerequisites: Photoshop. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance
Mentoring One-to-One (contact me directly)
Designed and individually structured for those desiring one-to-one mentoring to create a themed portfolio. Participants will be given feedback and direction on content and assistance with tools like Lightroom and Photoshop for developing a project. The goal will be strengthening your artistic voice by developing independence and clarity in image-making. Journaling, creativity exercises, source research, and writing will be encouraged to enhance the final portfolio. Contact directly for information diannekittlephotography@gmail.com
Existing Workshops with Curriculum:
Abstraction in Photography, The Inner Soul, Beginning and Intermediate
Abstract Expressionism, The Inner Landscape, Finding Real Truth, INVISIBLE Women Artists
Candid Photography, History of Photography, Modernism (Intermediate to advanced)
Creative Digital Photography For those who want to paint with the camera and feel (beginning level)
Fine Art Portfolio, Modernism (Components of a “submission” portfolio)
Fine Art Portfolio, Conceptual Beginnings, Creating a Portfolio with a Theme
Japanese Aesthetics I, What is Wabi-Sabi, Beauty is Transient, a portfolio workshop
Japanese Aesthetics II, Cultural and Historical Influences on Japanese Photo Art
Pictorialism, The Beginnings of Concept, Clouds that Feel
Postmodernism: Appropriation to PROVOKE, Conceptualism in the Present
Storytelling, a portfolio with your theme of honest passion, dipping into the history of photography
Surrealism, Eyes Wide Open, Scream the Truth
Textures in Nature, See the Forest, See the Garden, Feel the Surface
Water Gifts, Canvas of Life, Abstraction versus Realistic, Power of the Invisible