Join me, professional photographer Don Orkoskey, for my in-person Phone Photography Class: Smarter Phone Photography at the amazing Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Sunday July 18th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm

You'll learn everything you need to know to improve your skills as a photographer. Learn how your phone's camera works, how to control exposure, how to compose photos, edit pictures, and tell incredible stories with your new photography skills.

If you want to take better photos with your phone this is the perfect class for you. Read more about the class and click the link below to register.

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Don Orkoskey Photography Teacher

Smarter Phone Photography:

If you love taking pictures with your phone but want to learn how to take even better photos, join professional photographer and teacher Don Orkoskey as he details the fundamentals. Learn to apply traditional photography principles to your phone photography in order to create awe-inspiring images of people, nature and more that your friends and family won’t believe you were able to create! Explore the limitations and advantages of your phone’s camera, and how to exploit both of those to make pictures you and everyone who sees them will adore.

Program fee:

$50 Member | $75 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

About Don Orkoskey

Thank you for visiting, I hope you will sign up and take my class. You can read more about the classes I offer on the Classes page.

I'm a full time professional photographer. I've owned my own business for nearly 15 years and have worked as a professional photographer for more than 20. I have taught photography for nearly 15 years and teach classes in partnership with a number of amazing organizations including Phipps Conservatory and the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. I teach classes for both adults and children and lead a free nature photography walk each week.

When I'm not working I spend a lot of time with my wonderful and amazing wife Zhanna and our adventurous shelter cat Glasha who loves to travel with us and watches birds from our windows when we're not traveling.

I'm also an advocate for a number of causes that are near and dear to me. To learn more about my advocacy and the things I care about visit the About page.

I can't wait to meet you and share my knowledge about photography with you!