Practical classes
and consultations

Developing
creative thinking
and productive action

For every kind of creativity
and not only creativity

Inspiration

An emotional
wish to act

Idea

Creating the content/message of a work

Aesthetics

Developing taste, choosing the elements and style of a work

Composition

Working with the space of a work and the elements of composition

Productivity

Better organisation of the creative process and getting out of a creative crisis

Mastery

Improving skills to a high level

The main advice

Learn to treat creativity the right way.
Learn to treat everything as creativity.

If it doesn’t help, you are still treating creativity the wrong way.

Using
creative
thinking

Creative pleasure

For those who want to develop their creative hobbies productively and keep their creative interest alive, these classes are a great addition to learning specific kinds of art (painting, music, dance, etc.).

Finding new solutions

For those who want to use creative thinking for work and everyday tasks, it helps to know that almost every task of creating a product, service or strategy goes through processes similar to creating a work of art.

Typical problems appear along the way: production limits, deadlines, emotional tension and the search for new ideas. The creative process lets you develop the skills needed to overcome these difficulties effectively and with pleasure.

Creative work

For people in creative professions who constantly need to come up with new ideas and original ways to carry them out.

Emotional balance

For those who want to use creative thinking to build a stable emotional state and cope better with life situations.

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Why
develop
creative
thinking

Skills that creative thinking develops

The first association with “creative thinking” is art or emotional therapy. These are important parts, of course, but creative thinking is above all the ability to create, to make, to improve and strive for the ideal, to see wider, and not to lose interest and the wish to grow.

PRODUCTIVITY The ability to create is the ability to make. To create and make: an object, an action, situations, space, communication... Skills: effectiveness, focus, setting tasks, following a goal, self-discipline, motivation, efficient action, quality of the result...

LONG-TERM THINKING
Strategy, analysis, learning from mistakes, patience, work-life balance...

ATTENTION TO AND CONTROL OF THE MANY ELEMENTS EVERY ACTION IS MADE OF
Composition: visual, audio, rhythmic, event...

REGULAR IMPROVEMENT OF ALL THESE QUALITIES AND SKILLS

Introductory lesson

Required for any form of study

Information part

About the course: its programme, goals, topics, approach and teaching method...
A chance to ask questions and talk to the teacher to form your own impression of the course.

Practical exercises

Two simple exercises that do not test your photography skills.

The exercises test whether you want to learn in exactly the way the course works.

This keeps the level of the classes high, so that people who want to learn are not disturbed by those who come to be entertained.

It is important that participants enjoy growing together and become friends in creativity.

Group classes only from the age of 22

Creative photography needs a grown-up way of thinking, and learning needs motivation and focus.
Unfortunately, both are rare in people under 22 today. If you disagree, write to us why the description does not fit you.

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Course topics

A set of exercises that builds a strong and reliable foundation for solving many tasks, whatever kind of creativity you do:

Discussion

Technical quality of a photograph. Skills of working with technical tools and materials:

  1. aesthetic values,
  2. forming your own style,
  3. understanding what creativity and a work are, and what they consist of,
  4. the reasons and goals of creativity,
  5. general skills for every kind of creativity,
  6. how to overcome a creative crisis and apathy,
  7. how to combine creativity, work and personal life without losing joy and effectiveness

Practical

The content of a photograph. Finding and creating your own thoughts, feelings, sensations, views and visions.

  1. finding new creative and unconventional ideas,
  2. developing taste,
  3. productivity and multitasking,
  4. getting started, developing and improving a work, and knowing when it is finished,
  5. how to deal with new knowledge and ideas so that they improve your creative experience instead of destroying it.

Group
classes

RIGA and/or ONLINE

Class times

Classes are live: in the studio in Riga and/or by online call.

Options:

  1. Sunday: 10:00-14:00,
  2. Sunday: 16:00-20:00,
  3. Weekday evenings, twice a week for 2 hours.

Up to 6 people in a group.

* If you miss a class, you can watch its video recording.

Payment by blocks

Payment is split into blocks of 4 weeks. That is 16 hours of live classes + an extra chat for questions and answers between classes.

You can stop attending at any time.

Price: 250 EUR / block

Individual
lessons

RIGA and/or ONLINE

Programme

The programme of individual lessons can fully follow the group programme or be built around your wishes, strengths and weaknesses.

Individual lessons take place both in Riga and online. They can be combined.

Each lesson lasts from 2 to 4 hours.

Course topics

Active
stage

4 lessons a month
of 2 hours

This rhythm lets you build a productive creative process in harmony, without unnecessary load.

It also suits active work on a creative project: an exhibition, a book, an album ...

* If you want to get into the rhythm faster, the schedule can be made denser.

Price:
250 EUR / block

Calm
stage

2 lessons a month
of 2 hours

+ remote consultations between lessons and extra materials.

Available only after a positive result of the active stage.

Price:
125 EUR / block

Background
stage

1 lesson a month
of 2 hours

This format helps to keep your creative rhythm, review the work done during the month and analyse the author’s direction of growth.
For those who can already keep a regular and productive creative process on their own for a month.

Available only after a positive experience of the calm stage.

Price:
75 EUR / block

One-time consultation / portfolio review

A portfolio review is an analysis of your works with personal recommendations.
We discuss your strengths and weaknesses as an author and your creative path. Based on the analysis, you get recommendations on developing the artistic and thematic side of your works, and on your creative and career growth.

It suits those who are in creative search and looking for ways to grow.

Price: 100 EUR / hour

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Dmitry Bulkin

Creative strategist and director / PR specialist / Idea generator / Teacher / Photographer

Has been developing creative solutions in advertising and the creative field since 2004.

Trained as a PR specialist. Previously a creative at advertising agencies and media. Generates ideas, new approaches and more effective solutions for business communication.

Teacher

A trainer in creative thinking, productivity and communication for more than 10 years. Has taught creative photography for more than 15 years. Experience in London, Berlin, Munich, Riga and online.

Photographer

Art and commercial photographer since 2004. Has worked as a photojournalist and an advertising photographer. Has taken part in international seminars, festivals and exhibitions.

Dmitry Bulkin

Reviews

Iuliia Aulkina
Будьте осторожны! Попадая на курс творческой фотографии вам не останется ничего другого, как меняться, открывать себя с неожиданных сторон, искать, творить, чувствовать, впечатляться, узнавать, пробовать, влюбляться, очаровываться… ведь этот курс побуждает к ТВОРЧЕСКОМУ ДЕЙСТВИЮ…
Oxana Grom
Дмитрий-талантливый педагог, мастер своего дела и творческий человек. Он умеет создавать атмосферу захватывающего действа. Показывает, сопровождает и во время отпускает. Тогда уже не страшно, а творчество становится такой же необходимостью как дыхание…
Elina Kozlova
Этот курс- это начало новой фотографической жизни, это знакомство с самим собой (неизвестным), это новый ракурс на всё, что с нами происходит. Моя искренняя благодарность Дмитрию, как учителю и как другу за умение удивлять, видеть особенное в обыденном, за дискуссии и наставления, за веру в меня! Дмитрию не страшно задать самый идиотский вопрос, а в ответ получить нечто, что приведет к потрясающим открытиям! Спасибо тебе за это удивительное время!
Olga Tarabukina
На высшем уровне! Если кто хочет осознанно, с пониманием, и, конечно же, с удовольствием окунуться в мир художественной фотографии и стать творцом, создателем прекрасных и глубоких смыслов, вести диалог, коммуницировать с миром по средствам собственных снимков. Обязательно подарите себе такую возможность! Это круто!

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