Class Details

Thursday Aug 27 – Oct 15

6:00pm – 8:00pm

$375 Public | $325 Members

Beyond YouTube: Learn Photography in Real Time

No pause button. No algorithm. Just direct access to expert guidance when it matters most.

Most photography courses start with the camera. This one starts with your eyes.

In your very first session, you won’t touch a single setting. You’ll shoot in full Auto mode—deliberately—because the camera isn’t what we’re training yet. We’re training you to see.

The great photographers didn’t learn from instruction manuals. They learned from painters. Cartier-Bresson studied the Surrealists. Ansel Adams spoke about visualization before he ever raised a camera.

They understood something that still holds true: a great photograph is composition first, technique second. Bad light and poor composition will ruin an image long before the wrong setting ever does.

So that’s where we begin. Not with ISO or aperture—but with light. The way it falls across a surface. The way it wraps around a corner in historic downtown Fort Myers and turns something ordinary into something worth framing.

Once your eye is trained to see it, the camera settings fall into place—exactly as they should: tools you reach for when Auto mode can no longer keep up with your vision.

Over eight Thursday evenings, you’ll build that foundation step by step. Aperture, shutter speed, and ISO are introduced one at a time—always in service of an image you’ve already seen, never as an end in themselves.

By Session 7, you’ll take that trained eye into the real world: the waterfront, downtown, real light, real moments.

Session 8 is your Course Showcase—your best work presented and reviewed with personal feedback from Kevin.

This goes beyond anything you’ll find on YouTube. There’s no pause button in a live exchange, no algorithm anticipating your questions, and no substitute for someone right there with you when things don’t click.

What you get instead is direct access—Kevin Boller, fully present and genuinely open. Students leave with more than technical skills; they leave with a photographer’s mindset.

No experience required. Any camera welcome—DSLR, mirrorless, or smartphone. Nothing to buy before Week 1.

Just come ready to look.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• How to see before you shoot — training your eye the way the great masters did
• Why light and composition matter more than any camera setting
• Moving from Auto mode to full Manual — one control at a time, always with purpose
• Aperture, shutter speed, and ISO as creative tools, not just technical requirements
• How to read light: golden hour, window light, overcast days, and low-light shooting
• Composition fundamentals: Rule of Thirds, leading lines, framing, and negative space
• Fort Myers as a photographic subject — the waterfront, downtown, architecture, and street life
• How to evaluate your own work and select your strongest images
• What you have to say: beginning to find your photographic voice

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

WHAT TO BRING

• DSLR or mirrorless camera with manual mode capability (required)
• Sturdy tripod — essential for any long-exposure night work
• Wide-angle to standard zoom (16–35mm ideal; fast prime f/1.4–f/2.8 is a bonus)
• Remote shutter release or plan to use your camera’s 2-second self-timer
• At least two fully charged batteries — cold air and long exposures drain power quickly
• Extra memory cards
• Comfortable walking shoes for the evening photo walk
• Optional: small flashlight or headlamp for adjusting settings in the dark

A laptop is not required for the post-processing segment. If you wish to follow along with editing, a laptop with Lightroom or Photoshop is welcome.

Photography Instructor

Kevin Boller

Kevin Boller is a Fort Myers-based commercial and luxury product photographer, educator, and the founder of Insight Image Studio. A photographer since the age of twelve, he has spent more than two decades building a practice that spans editorial, commercial, and fine art photography — with images published in more than thirty editions of glamour and fashion magazines worldwide and work exhibited in galleries across three countries.

Before committing to photography full-time, Kevin spent nearly two decades as a data scientist. That background shapes the way he approaches both his commercial work and his teaching: analytically, directly, and with a genuine interest in understanding why something works before trying to replicate it. Students in his workshops should expect honest feedback, clear reasoning, and none of the vague encouragement that fills too many creative classes.

Kevin is deeply invested in the photography community across Florida. He serves as a Director on the board of the Florida Professional Photographers (FPP), Director of the Florida School of Photography, and board member of Image Creatives, LLC in Southwest Florida. He teaches monthly workshops through Lee County Parks and Recreation and has instructed Sports Photography at Florida Southwestern State College, and worked with the National Scouting Combine to capture D1 level college athletes.

In 2026, Kevin joined the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center as an official Photography Partner, where he is developing a comprehensive multi-course photography curriculum designed to serve students at every stage of the journey — from the first camera through advanced technique.

His teaching philosophy begins with a single conviction: the camera is the last tool you learn. The first is learning to see.