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Current & Upcoming Exhibits & Events
Upcoming Photography Classes & Workshops
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Learn Your Digital Camera
Price range: $90.00 through $120.00A 1-Day Class
Saturday, June 6th
12:30pm– 3:30pm
Ages 13+A 1-Day Photography Class for Ages 13+
Designed specifically for beginner photographers, this course will walk you through the essentials of how to use your digital mirrorless/SLR camera and all the key functions. Take a deep dive and become more comfortable with your camera, perfect for someone who has recently acquired a camera but hasn’t learned it inside and out yet.
You will learn photography tips about everything from shutter speed to aperture, depth of field to ISO. You will get a primer on how to compensate for bad lighting and how to compose your shot for maximum effect and better photos. By the end of the course, you‚ will be ready to take your photography skills to the next level and continue your education with a more advanced photography course.
This class will help you:
- Learn the most essential functions of your camera
- Gain confidence in putting new features into action
- Understand basic photographic terminology including the rule of thirds and the exposure triangle
- Get a solid understanding of lighting and composition techniques
- Figure out how to position yourself and your subject for optimal results
- Learn to take great photos with the camera you have without extra gear.
Location
CEPA Learning Center
Date & Time
Saturday June 6th
12:30pm – 3:30pmJoin CEPA Today and Save!
Membership starts as low as $40/year for individuals—and even lower for students at only $25/year!
Learn about CEPA Membership »Check out the description below to learn more about the teaching artist for this workshop.
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Studio Lighting
Price range: $100.00 through $120.00A 1-Day Class
Saturday, June 13th
12:30pm–3:30pm
Ages 16+A 1-Day Photography Class for Ages 16+
If you’re new to studio lighting, it is easy to get intimidated by the amount of stuff you have to learn. In this hands-on class, you’ll start to learn the complexities of controlling light in a controlled space. CEPA will provide studio space and equipment, introducing you to some of the most basic studio lighting equipment and terms you will need to navigate a photography studio.
A model will be on site for hands on experience working in a real studio setting.
Class is taught by one of CEPA’s veteran instructors – Piotr Meszynski (see more about Peter below). By the end of the lab session, you’ll have the skills to tackle any type of indoor shoot, whether it’s in a huge warehouse or your spare bedroom.
In this class you will learn how to:
· Set your ISO, shutter speed and aperture.
· Understand depth of field and shooting groups.
· Use all sorts of flashes, including strobes and hot shoe flashes, as well as modifiers.
· Build your studio and buy the right gear for the right price.Location
CEPA Education Center
Date & Time
Saturday, June 13th
12:30pm–3:30pmJoin CEPA Today and Save!
Membership starts as low as $40/year for individuals—and even lower for students at only $25/year!
Learn about CEPA Membership »Check out the description below to learn more about the teaching artist for this workshop.
Features from the CEPA Shop
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Ascension of Black Stillness (2021)
$25.00Ascension of Black Stillness, Black Existence and Exploration Through The Disruption of Still Photography
An Exhibition of Black Hope, Alternate Realities, and Parallel Universes Curated by Stacey Robinson
● Perfect bound : 93 pages full color
● ISBN: 978-1-939026-16-3
● Product Dimensions : 8.5 x 11 inches
● Publisher : CEPA Gallery 2021
● Language : English
● ISBN: 978-1-939026-05-7 -
Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 1980 – 1981 by Diane Bush
$25.00A paperback book(let) with 20 photographs, featuring a selection of works on view at CEPA from 5/1/26 to 7/17/26. High quality reproduction values, copies are currently in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, The Tate, The Victoria and Albert Museum, in London…
Cafe Royal Books has been presented with the Royal Photographic Society Award for Photographic Publishing, and were finalists of the international Lucie Award for Editing. The books are collected by major institutions, Bodleian Library, Harvard University, MoMA, V&A, Tate, National Galleries of Scotland, Canada, Japan, to name just a few. ” About — Café Royal Books
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Odyssey | Warriors Come Home: Combat Veterans Photograph Life After War (2020)
Price range: $35.00 through $45.00Through photography, combat veterans explore their journey back from war. Thirty-seven veterans participated in The Odyssey Workshops, a year long collaborative photography project led by artist Brendan Bannon and Marine Scout/Sniper Julian Chinana. This book explores the endless journey home from war in images that reveal the veterans’ challenges and victories over circumstances.
Preview“There is anguish here, and joy, resilience, pain and courage, and experimentation of all sorts with form in the pursuit of discoveries that might make lives better, or at least more vividly real. Here we witness an odyssey of self-introspection, of battles fought and those still being fought. And they resonate.”
~Fred Ritchin, Dean Emeritus, International Center of Photography
“This is one of the great photo books about the experience of war, one like no other. Every contributor to Odyssey|Warriors Come Home has been there, on the ground. They all came back, bearing memories and deep feelings. These photographs tell us what words could not. They tell us what it was like to have been the warrior, the care-giver, and the person back home when there are no words to express what happened.”
~Bruce Jackson
SUNY Distinguished Professor & James Agee Professor of American Culture
Co-director, SUNY Buffalo Creative Arts Initiative● Soft bound : 176 pages full color
● ISBN 978-0-939784-35-6
● Product Dimensions : 10 x 9/16 x 8 inches
● Publisher : CEPA Gallery (December 2020)
● Language : English
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Enter the 1k Race for Artists (2026)
Price range: $40.00 through $650.00Join CEPA Gallery at Front Park on May 17 to be a part of the MOST FUN fun run!
CEPA’s first-annual 1k Race for Artists is a tongue-in-cheek, 21+ event for those who love the photographic arts, running, and taking it easy on race day. (Click here for full event info.)
$40: Race Entry
- One (1) race entry
- Bumper sticker
- Finish-line photo
$90: Race Entry + Party
- One (1) race entry
- Bumper sticker
- Finish-line photo
- Commemorative T-shirt
- Chivetta’s Chicken dinner
- Two (2) drink tickets
$125: VIP Race Entry + Party
- One (1) race entry
- Bumper sticker
- Finish-line photo
- Commemorative T-shirt
- Chivetta’s Chicken dinner
- Four (4) drink tickets
- Priority check-in
- Chance to win door prizes (including some FINE art)
$650: VIP Team Race Entry + Party
- Six (6) race entries per team
- Bumper stickers
- Finish-line photos (individual AND group)
- Commemorative T-shirts
- Six (6) Chivetta’s Chicken dinners
- Four (4) drink tickets per team member
- Priority check-in
- Chance to win door prizes (including some FINE art)
- Team name listed on event signage and website
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Lab Card
$30.00Not sure what birthday or holiday gift to get for the photographer in your life?
We are now offering punch cards for 6 Hours of Digital or Darkroom Lab Time. Perfect for the darkroom aficionado without a darkroom, or someone looking for a place to print their own work. Save a few bucks off the hourly rate for non-members by buying several hours at a time.
Interested in Discounted Rates? Become a member today!
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About CEPA
Located in Buffalo’s historic Market Arcade Complex, CEPA Gallery is a contemporary photography and visual arts center with impact in both local and national communities.
Originally incorporated as the Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts to serve as a community darkroom and exhibition space, CEPA Gallery was founded during the Alternative Space Movement in May 1974 by recent graduates of the University of Buffalo.
Support CEPA
Our funders are just one way CEPA is able to continue on this trajectory, meeting the needs of artists and our community with artistic and arts education programming of the highest international caliber and repute.
Learn more about how you can support CEPA and the arts in Western New York today.