Experienced tutor in Photography in Boston, Suzanne offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

Suzanne is an excellent photography coach who can gently push you outside your comfort zone to explore new areas of photography and improve your creativity and skill set even if you are already an experienced shooter. She is also great at teaching newer photographers to move beyond automatic mode and take control of their cameras and settings. I have taken a number of Suzanne's group classes during the past year and a half and have definitely improved as a result. She scouts out excellent shooting locations and begins each class by reviewing the principles and techniques that will be needed to succeed in that session. During the class she also makes a point of spending one-on-one time with each person and reviews their work afterwards. If you want to improve your photography skills, I can highly recommend Suzanne.

Suzanne is a true teacher - not just an excellent photographer and artist, but also an educator who takes care in outlining theories and frameworks clearly to help a learner grasp new concepts and adopt practical skills. Her methodology and perspective was a perfect match for my interests, but more broadly I appreciated the care, intention, and organization she brought to our lesson. Would recommend to anyone seeking to move their photography in a mindful, aesthetics-driven direction.

Suzanne will gladly help you to learn your camera and the basics of photography. She is very good at that.

But Suzanne's teaching methods really shine when going beyond the basics. She covers visual elements and composition. Her techniques apply to many types of photography: landscape, street, abstract, macro, architecture, etc. I have learned so much and my photography has improved dramatically.

The group classes include outings in the Boston area and these are fantastic! They are extremely well organized and helped me see Boston from a new (photographic) perspective.

I have tried photography classes and photo walks led by several other organizations and companies, and Curious Soul Photo School is by far the best.

Suzanne is a skilled teacher offering a wonderful mix of inspiration, solid principles and useful skills for anyone eager to be a better photographer. Her photo walks are thoughtfully organized and very interesting experiences. I highly recommend after attending several walks over the years!

Suzanne helped me learn various ways to understand a brand new wide angle lessons. Her lesson opened up a whole new world for me and an appreciation for a lens I doubted I would use much. Now I am taking it everywhere. Suzanne has a low key and very knowledgeable way of teaching photography!

Suzanne has a wonderful way of guiding me toward capturing creative shots! Her classes are informative as well as inspiring. She's helped me with awareness of the goal for each shot. There's a great variety of topics and locations offered. She adds social elements, i.e. sharing photos with the group and providing constructive feedback. She's fantastic at personalizing your learning experience within a group! I highly recommend Suzanne as a photography instructor!

I’ve taken 8 photography workshops with Suzanne and learned a great deal at each one. Her planning is incredible. In addition to scouting the best places to photograph for the theme of the workshop, she provides such helpers as maps, example images and reminder cards outlining the key points. These cards allow us and encourage us to practice after the workshop is over. We are invited to post our images on the site and comment on each other’s work. She comments on each person’s endeavors as well. Her style of teaching involves getting to know each student (many of us are repeat students) and provide guidance as we shoot during the workshop. I feel I have really improved my skills due to her excellent teaching! (Did I mention how much fun we have?)

I have been taking workshops with Suzanne for the last few years. Being a photography hobbyist, I am thrilled with how much my photography skills have improved as well as learning to use my camera properly -- on and off auto.

Each workshop has a specific theme. Suzanne begins explaining the concept, shows us examples, and then gives us assignments to followthrough on. She offers guidance and assistance as well as feedback. It is always fun shooting with others and comparing how we each may have interpreted the very same thing.

My focus used to be simply nature. Suzanne's guidance has now branched me out to abstracts, architecture, reflections, and more. Since taking her classes, I see things ever so differently and use my camera to capture that magic.

Joining Suzanne for her workshops is educational and inspiring especially since she always selects the best locations while having lots of fun!

Suzanne Merritt, the talented photographer and founder of the Curious Soul Photo School, is a gifted teacher. Her approach is non technical and with her extensive background in aesthetics, she imparts a wealth of useful and interesting information to improve or enhance your photographs. She has great down to earth communication skills and really can help any level of photographer. Our Field trip to Rockport, Mass. was a full, rich & fun day. I highly recommend you take many private sessions with Suzanne.

Suzanne Merritt is an outstanding instructor. I learned more in one session with her and had much more fun than with any other class I’ve taken. It was just what I needed and I left with tons of very useful handouts. I highly recommend this instructor. I will be scheduling another private lesson soon. My photography is noticeably better since taking her classes.