Photography Lessons and Camera Shop Advice in metro Atlanta.

LOCATIONS NORTH OF 285 PERIMETER: Alpharetta, Roswell, Milton, Johns Creek, Suwannee, Cumming, Duluth, Peachtree Corners, Lawrenceville, Marietta, Vinings, Woodstock, Atlanta Botanical Garden Gainesville, Gibbs Gardens.

LOCATIONS INSIDE 285 PERIMETER: Atlanta Botanical Garden Midtown, Midtown Reflection Pond Piedmont Park, Downtown Decatur, Oglethorpe University Brookhaven, Georgia Tech, Atlantic Station, Centennial Olympic Park, Buckhead, Vinings.

ALL BRANDS OF CAMERAS: Nikon, Canon, Fuji, Panasonic Lumix, Sony, Ricoh Pentax, Olympus, Hasselblad, Leica. And smartphones too!

Added January 14: Photography Lessons same price as last year. No price increase. All brands of cameras: Nikon, Canon, Fuji, Panasonic Lumix, Sony, Ricoh Pentax, Olympus, Hasselblad, Leica. And smartphones too!

Added January 6: April & May Hilton Head…Savannah… Tybee Island… Brunswick… Jekyll Island… Multiple Photography Tours, save the dates, call me if you are interested. Half days. Full days. Affordable. Combine your personal joy of photography with “time together / time apart” with others you travel with (that may not be as intense as you are with photography). Dovetails nicely with your other plans. Travel photography: your choice of Landscapes and or Bird & Wildlife and or Sunrise / Sunset and or Family Portraits on the beach and or Street Photography. Save the dates, call me if you are interested!

Added January 5: Sandy Springs photography lessons at the town green (City Green). Ice skating during January!

Added January 5: More convenient Locations, Dates, and Times scheduled for January and if my automated scheduling calendar does not have the Time / Date / Location you need… give me a phone call.

Added January 2: Discount: Gibbs Gardens annual membership!!! During the month of January Gibbs Gardens sells their 2026 season Annual Membership “Buy one, Get one… FREE” $60 total, which is just $30 each for the full season! So if you want two memberships (you and your spouse / you and a friend) now is the time to buy.

Added November 22: Two new Locations! Snellville at The Grove photography lessons. Lawrenceville at The Lawn photography lessons. Both of these new Locations have lessons Afternoons during the week… and Saturdays throughout the day… during November and December.

Added November 21: Today! Today is the first day of the Roswell Christkindlmarket at Bulloch Hall. DavidNikonGuy.com free photography Walk & Talks in late afternoons early evenings during November and December at this European Christmas Market. Bring your family and friends! Wednesdays and Fridays. Must register in advance.

Added November 14: Roswell Christkindlmarket starts November 21st at Bulloch Hall. DavidNikonGuy.com free photography Walk & Talks in late afternoons early evenings at this European Christmas Market.

Added November 10: If you are new to photography, you may have questions about editing / storage / retrieval / publishing your photos. Nikon NX Studio edits all camera brands JPEG files, and is free. It edits RAW files from Nikon cameras. Nikon Snapbridge and Nikon Image Space (Nikon cloud) are also free. The Nikon software dovetails nicely with those who also use Apple Photos and Google Photos. I offer free advice and a Series of Lessons.

Added October 29: The amazing NIKKOR Z 135mm f1.8 S Plena lens… for those that already own a Nikon mirrorless camera body, or are comparing bodies to other brands… this lens helps explain “why” the Nikon body design is the best. The extra large diameter opening of Nikon’s Z mount allows for a larger curved rear element on the lens that projects light, with precision, evenly across the sensor. During my November lessons… Give me a call if you would like to play with it.

Added September 21: Interested in videography? All of my Lessons, with all brands of cameras, you can learn videography skills. Start with your current camera. Interested in the new Canon C50 with Open Gate capture capability for more control of framing during post? Give me a call if you would like to play with it.  

Added September 17: Interested in videography? All of my Lessons can introduce you, with all brands of cameras, to videography skills. Start with your current camera. Interested in the new Nikon ZR cinema quality with renowned RED color science built in and full control in post, give me a call if you would like to play with it this month. Call me.

Added July 21: Click here to schedule a session in August to play with the amazing Nikon 180-400mm f4 lens with the built in 1.4X teleconverter (560mm on full frame / 840mm on crop sensor). This lens is a joy to use for Wildlife, Birds, Sports Photography.

Added July 7: Looking for a local, high quality, place to print your photos? Large sofa sized enlargements worthy of framing? Wolf Camera Photo Design Bar is in Buckhead and they can also help you learn. You will want to understand color gamut, and calibrate your monitor to the actual output printer, plus understand the inks and substrate you are using. For an introduction to printing from a Landscape Photographer, Thomas Heaton has an excellent YouTube Channel. Skip to 8:20 in this video for color science.

Added March 19: Affordable Private Lessons personalized just for you at 20 Locations throughout the Atlanta area

Added March 7: Gibbs Gardens is now open! Daffodils are in bloom! Free Walk & Talks with David Nikon Guy and friends.

Added February 26: You may want to call a friend with a telescope… and the gear to attach your camera body to the telescope… 7 planets align on February 28th. You can use the free Star Walk app to see how the planets will look, as viewed from your location! This article guides you how to observe the alignment and explains some of the science behind this celestial event.

Added February 21: Travel Photography: a small group of photographers (all skill levels, all cameras, including smartphones) is forming. Details. The group (free) includes photographers that live in England or Italy… locals! And those that live in USA… travelers! We get together by phone / text / email / Zoom and in person on free Walk & Talks in the Atlanta area.

Added February 14: Happy Valentines Day! Bring a Friend for Free, all photography lessons with David Nikon Guy. Not just on Valentines Day but throughout the year!