ABOUT THE PHOTO EXPERIENCE
OUR mission
Provide street photography experiences for participants at all levels
Engage photo enthusiasts in urban photo hunts to unlock creativity and have some fun
Share the skills of creativity with guests through photo activities and exercises to practice technical and compositional skills
Offer curated cultural adventures to grow personally and professionally through hands-on art and photography activities
WHAT you do on a photo hunt
Learn more about your camera and how to use it to take better pictures
Enjoy a photo walk in New York to capture iconic and off-the-beaten-track sites
Capture the urban landscape during a street photography outing
Tell stories with the images that inspired you along the way
Grow emotional intelligence (EQ) using intuition to guide you
Release your inner artist
Invent, discuss, and have some fun!
WHAT you LEARN during a session
Know your camera: the best camera (or device) is the one you have with you
Max it out: technical and compositional skills to take better pictures
Have no fear: a deep dive into camera apps, buttons, dials and settings
Deconstruct composition: tips and tricks to get in the creative zone
Trust your intuition: skills and imagination to create photo stories in New York City
WHY CHOOSE SPARK YOUR CREATIVITY?
The Photo Hunt, hosted by Roberta Fineberg (founder of Spark Your Creativity), is the original photo experience for photo hunts in New York City. With a background as a teaching artist at multiple institutions as well as hosting her own brand of photo walks since 2012, Roberta has remained an innovator and entrepreneur. Curating customized street photography sessions, Spark Your Creativity shares the skills of creativity for participants to find their bliss.
YOUR options
Sessions are for all levels of experience and customized for individuals and groups
Sessions encourage technical and creative skills as a platform for self-awareness and self-expression
The Photo Hunt is a 2h+, day or night, mobile phone or dslr, photo walk that explores iconic and off-the-beaten-track locations throughout New York City’s five boroughs. The Photo Hunt sessions offer insights into the daily life of a city amid its ordinary and iconic architecture. The street photography sessions foster connections to people, places, and things. The goal is exploration to encourage personal vision and imagination.
Creativity Building is an immersive half- or full-day session for hands-on dslr or smartphone photography, paired with docent-led museum tours, artist studio visits, and/or gallery walks. The sessions are customized and often incorporate lessons by other multi-disciplinary artists, i.e. artists who teach drawing (on the right side of the brain) along with smartphone photography, or an all-day urban photo hunt with opportunities to visit cultural venues, discuss art/photography, and share work for friendly review over coffee/light meals.
The Photo Hunt and Creativity Building offer participants an opportunity to interact and see environments with fresh eyes. Photo hunts promote seeing with your brain, heart, and eyes aka “saper vedere” (knowing how to see).
photos: ©2017-2023 roberta fineberg
“I just wanted to thank you for a wonderful class! I no longer feel intimidated by low-light photography!” – M. Walsh
“Thanks for the workshop, again. It was a lot of fun working with you and interacting with everyone." – Henry T.
“Many thanks for providing H. with a fantastic afternoon on Saturday. He absolutely loved it! He said he wants to be with you every weekend. Thank you for providing such a great experience to my son!” – Rachel
“Tom and I had a great time in your workshop Sunday. Weather was great, area was super to photograph, and loved your energy. Couldn't have made for a more fun weekend. Thanks again!” – Lenore
“Thank you for the beautiful places you took us to. I felt very happy. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have seen the full moon in Central Park!” – Ruth
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“You taught us terminology and what most of those funny picture icons on the camera menu are all about and how to make various format settings and a lot of other tips that made me the top of the class. Thank you!” – F. Scura
“I’ll never look at photography and taking pictures the same after my workshop.” – Delphine
"I learnt a great amount about photography in a short period of time, and Roberta did a fantastic job of tailoring the class to the knowledge level of the various participants. It has changed the way I see photography and I am eager to take more classes." – Group Participant
“It was really a great learning process for enthusiasts like me.” – Participant
“Roberta was enthusiastic and very helpful in expanding both my technical and creative skills." – Participant