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Practice makes perfect! Keep your photography skills razor-sharp with unlimited practice workshops on a wide variety of inspirational themes.

Community

CHF9/Month
Total of 108 CHF, prepaid

SPC Community Access

10% off group courses

20% off practice workshops

10% off photo competitions

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Active

CHF49/Month
Total of 588 CHF, prepaid

SPC Community Access

Unlimited free practice workshops

15 % off group courses

50 % off Awards submissions

CHF 100 off international trips

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Platinum

CHF199/Month
Total of 2388 CHF, prepaid

SPC Community Access

Monthly 1:1 Mentorship

Unlimited free practice workshops

15% off group courses

50% off Awards submissions

CHF 100 off international trips

1 Artist Corner / year

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Why Membership

Lock in your skills, ignite your inspiration, and meet new people who share your hobby.  Attend as many of our practice workshops as you want for free for the duration of your membership.  Led by a teacher with a small group of photographers like you, you'll experiment with new themes and techniques that stretch you creatively and technically, all while having fun! 

Membership options

Community · Online

Your photo community

You take photos alone, but that doesn’t mean photography has to be a lonely hobby. Every membership starts with access to the SPC community platform — our online home, open wherever you are. Introduce yourself, meet photographers in your area, and grow together.

  • Constructive feedback on your photos
  • Monthly photo challenges
  • Live webinars & replay library
  • Member meetups across Switzerland
Feedback · challenges · webinars
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Active · In person

Get out · get better

Practice makes perfect. Active members join unlimited practice workshops for free, as often as they want — in person, in cities across Switzerland. Led by an instructor with a small group of photographers like you, each workshop stretches you creatively and technically on a new theme.

On top of everything in Community, you also get 50% off Awards submissions and CHF 100 off international photography trips.

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Photographers practising together
50+ practice workshops every month
Zurich · Geneva · Lausanne · Basel · Bern
Platinum

Your craft · your terms

Platinum members get a monthly one-hour private 1:1 mentorship session with an SPC instructor, matched to your interests and goals. Review your work, set a direction, and make measurable progress month after month.

Once a year, showcase your work with your own Artist Corner at one of our SPC Photo Awards exhibitions — your photos, printed and presented to hundreds of visitors.

All Active membership benefits included.

Members exhibiting their photography
Monthly 1:1 mentorship
Yearly Exhibition
Mentored in private, exhibited in public.

Photography Practice Workshops

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62 Workshops
Retour professionnel sur votre portfolio

Retour professionnel sur votre portfolio

21 Nov, Sat|10:00 - 12:00|2.00 h|Intermediate

Recevez un retour professionnel et bienveillant sur vos photos afin d’identifier vos points forts, progresser techniquement et développer votre regard photographique.

English speaker are welcome to join. Class will be in French but instructor can speak English.

Place: Vaud
Lang: fr
Price: 90CHF
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Portraits d’inconnus dans la rue

Portraits d’inconnus dans la rue

21 Nov, Sat|10:00 - 12:00|2.00 h|Intermediate

Description: Photographier un inconnu dans la rue est un défi, même pour les photographes les plus extravertis. Comment créer une photo candide, dont le sujet ignore qu’il est pris en photo et reste naturel ? Comment approcher le sujet, par exemple pour réaliser son portrait ? Et comment réaliser encore une photo candide alors que le sujet sait qu’il est dans votre ligne de mire ? Lors de cet a...

Place: Lausanne
Lang: fr
Price: 90CHF
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Introduction to printing for photographers

Introduction to printing for photographers

21 Nov, Sat|10:00 - 12:00|2.00 h|Intermediate

Deutschsprachig TeilnehmerInnen sind ebenfalls willkommen.

Place: Basel
Lang: en
Price: 90CHF
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Introduction to Black and White Photography

Introduction to Black and White Photography

21 Nov, Sat|13:00 - 15:00|2.00 h|Beginner

In this workshop you will be introduced to the wonderful world of black and white photography. After the introduction we will go out to take photos with the aim to start seeing the world in monochrome. Deutschsprachige sind ebenfalls willkommen! 


Place: Basel
Lang: en
Price: 90CHF
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Licht und Schatten

Licht und Schatten

24 Nov, Tue|18:00 - 20:00|2.00 h|Intermediate

Entdecke, wie du mit Licht und Schatten spannende Effekte erzeugst und deine Fotos dramatischer machst!

Place: Zurich
Lang: de
Price: 90CHF
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Photography & Law: Legal Basics for Photographers

Photography & Law: Legal Basics for Photographers

24 Nov, Tue|19:00 - 21:00|2.00 h|Intermediate

A practical workshop to help photographers protect their photos and manage their services by learning the basics of copyright, image rights, and contracts.

Place: Online
Lang: fr
Price: 90CHF
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