Christian Hoffman of Brainerd, a video production student at Central Lakes College, Staples, listens to instructor Steve Kohls (right) in a Black & White Photo class activity near Crosby. Students shot images in and around the multipurpose Cuyuna Lakes State Trail in the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area. This three-credit, Tuesday art class is one of several photography courses available through the liberal arts curriculum at CLC, such as Color Photo, the Art of Digital Photography, Autumn Landscape Photography, and The Art of Photographing Wildflowers. CLC also has a Photographic Imaging Technology career education degree program based at Staples. Steve Kohls is a veteran award-winning photographer at the Brainerd Dispatch and for several years has been adjunct faculty for the community and technical college in Brainerd and Staples.(Photo by Mark Slupe)
