Josh Katz
Josh Katz is a documentary photographer, published author, photo educator, and skateboarder living in Philadelphia. He leads workshops and makes videos for Canon, teaches Lightroom for Adobe, and freelances as a photojournalist. He loves the internet but refuses to call himself a content creator. With the help of a viral Kickstarter campaign, his first photo book On the Roof: New York in Quarantine, was published by Thames & Hudson. He is a cofounder of Skatefolio, an interactive database for skateboarding videos. Josh's less professional hobbies include talking to strangers, biking, reading, and designing scavenger hunts.
Josh leads hands-on shooting sessions on various skateboarding setups, covering the technical and instinctive skills needed to capture halfpipes, rails, boxes, and street obstacles at every experience level. Sessions are structured for beginner and intermediate photographers separately, with an additional Friday sunset shoot for those who want to push into more cinematic territory.
Canon workshop instructor and Skatefolio co-founder Josh Katz breaks down what it actually takes to build a career as a skateboarding and sports photographer, from developing a visual identity to landing clients like Nike, Converse, and Mountain Dew. A practical, experience-driven look at the business and craft of shooting one of photography’s most dynamic subcultures.
Josh leads participants through skating spots across Minneapolis, teaching them to see urban architecture as a photographic playground, capture skaters in action, and shoot with confidence in unpredictable conditions.
A panel of sports and lifestyle photographers digs into what it actually takes to cover professional leagues, major events, and bucket-list assignments, from press passes and access to the relationship-building that keeps careers alive.
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