Outdoor Portraiture

Gil Dignen has over 30 years of photographic experience. He has worked as both a studio and commercial photographer, including 18 years as a travel photographer for Northwest Airlines. Gil has experience teaching photography classes at various colleges in the metro area and has a studio in Northeast Minneapolis where he does portraiture and commercial photography. He enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience with others through Community Education.

Past student shared: The class today at West Photo was phenomenal. I was blown away! Gil was awesome and had such great info and wonderful ways to get it across. I can't wait for the travel class!