WHAT WE OFFER

Students of the VISIONAIRE Institute enjoy an intimate, collaborative classroom where they can learn the technical aspects needed to best express their creative vision. Our courses are designed for all levels of mastery, from complete beginners to skilled professionals looking for an edge.

A ton is packed into our 10 week semester, including:

• SL's new Environmental Enhancement
• Lighting and shadowing techniques
• Creating strong imagery through tight composition
• Portrait photography
• Blogging photography
• The business aspects of being an SL photographer
• Small, intimate classes (limited to 10 students)
• Video tutorials
• and more!

The next semester's start date is TBD. If you wish to register your interest in this or a future semester, click here.

HISTORY

VISIONAIRE INSTITUTE opened in Nov 2013 and is the brainchild of WrenNoir Cerise and Nariko Okawa, two established SL photographers who have created images for magazines, store ads, vendor ads, private clients, or other personal photography.

Nariko and Wren saw a need for people who wanted to take their own photos, but lacked the technical skills and/or the ‘artistic eye’ to create a polished, powerful, or aesthetically significant image. There was also a lack of an organized SL photography knowledge base that people could tap.

Nariko and Wren decided to make the time to put together a curriculum and be available to teach. Recognizing that no one person knows everything, the course also incorporates established and well-respected photographers as guest lecturers.

VISIONAIRE INSTITUTE aims to teach her students how to ‘see’ what works and what doesn’t work in an image. Significantly, the lessons are intense and make students fully flesh out who they are as photographers. No one is expected to copy the teachers’ techniques. Students’ own strengths are allowed to flourish and be recognized. Everyone has a skill in something and at VISIONAIRE Institute they help you find it, refine it, augment it, and use it to the utmost.

Since opening, it has been packed with students each semester. Due to the thorough lesson plans, there are only 2 semesters offered each year.

VISIONAIRE INSTITUTE looks to evolve as the needs of the students become more and more refined.