Lan Su is open daily, hours are 10 am - 6 pm. Last admission is 5:30 pm.
- Get Your Admission Today XJoin local photographer Ray Pfortner for a series of photography workshops at Lan Su. He'll show you the tips, tricks and best strategies for capturing the beauty of Lan Su with your camera. Workshops can be taken as a series or just as a single class.
Included free with Lan Su admission or membership, no registration required.
Please note:
Using your camera only in automatic mode is like visiting Lan Su - and never going inside! Explore the other settings on your camera to capture the photographs you see others bringing home and wish you could, too. You can! For beginner and aspiring amateur photographers who want to get more out of any digital camera, point and shoot or digital SLR. Also for any visual artist using photography to paint or draw from or in collage and mixed media.
Are you disappointed with the photographs you bring home from your trips? Explore how to make your friends jealous of your travel photographs. Learn more about your camera's capabilities and especially about designing compelling photographs. For all levels of experience using any digital camera. Also for any visual artist using photography to paint or draw from or in collage and mixed media.
After a short discussion of tips and techniques get out and make some pictures with Lan Su as your willing model. For all levels of experience using any digital camera. Also for any visual artist using photography to paint or draw from or in collage and mixed media.
Please note: This workshop takes place from 7 - 9 p.m. Garden access to the garden will be available to program participants only. (All other workshops in this series are held from 3 - 5 p.m.).
Discuss the fundamentals of designing a powerful photograph. Then practice with an exclusive after-hour photo shoot in the Garden in the very best light. Come back to the final workshop in this series on October 29 to share a selection of your results and to learn about how to turn them and other photographs into cash by licensing them.
Share photographs you took in the September 24 after-hour workshop or any other photographs for feedback on composition and how to do more business with your photographs, from making your own merchandise to renting your images to others. For all levels of experience, using any digital camera. Bring 10 photographs to share on a thumb drive or DVD.
Ray Pfortner has worked in photography for over two decades – as an educator, agent, editor, consultant and professional photographer. He leads cultural exchanges for all visual artists to China and Cuba.
For as little as $60 a year enjoy unlimited visits to Lan Su, 10% off at the Garden Shop and Garden Teahouse (exclusions apply) and member pricing on special events like Lunar New Year Lantern Viewing Evenings.
Lan Su Chinese Garden is pleased to offer an Artist Membership for photographers and artists — professional and amateur alike. This yearly membership provides benefits created specifically for artists including additional access to Lan Su, the ability to sell photos and paintings of the garden and invitations to events tailored for an artist.
Discover what's currently in bloom at Lan Su by picking up a copy of Lan Su's most recent Bloom Guide at the door or download your copy now. Featuring 16 of the most fragrant or most beautiful plants in the garden, the Plant Guide is your window into Lan Su's horticultural landscape.
Plant Guides by Season:
Spring Plant Guide — Download your copy now (PDF, 6.3 KB)
Summer Plant Guide — Download your copy now (PDF, 951 KB)
239 Northwest Everett Street, Portland, Oregon 97209
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Lan Su Chinese Garden
38 NW Davis St #260, Portland, OR 97209
Members, donors and visitors help keep Lan Su healthy and growing. Lan Su is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and all donations and memberships are tax deductible. Lan Su’s Federal Tax ID number (EIN) is 93-1296840.