Skate Photography 101: Building a Career at the Intersection of Sport and Art

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.