Known for turning out the area’s finest photographers, NESOP also offers workshop classes that allow budding shutterbugs to get top training behind the lens. Once students pass the basic digital-camera and darkroom classes, they dig into studio lighting, portraiture, digital imaging, and street-photography courses, or even put together their own documentary project. Best of all: NESOP’s classes include access to the school’s top facilities, faculty, and exciting community of artists.

New England School of Photography | 537 Comm. Ave., Boston, MA | 617-437-1868