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Take a course or workshop in photography and you will never look back. You will probably be too busy looking through a lens, taking or editing your beautiful pictures and photographing all of your friends, hobbies, pets and family! A photography course could be just what you need to improve your business; helping you create attractive images for marketing. Learning how to take good photos is a skill you will carry through life, wherever you go. Every future holiday, family event, beautiful landscape, all enhanced by your ability with the camera.

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Photography Days

Cumbria - Next course on 5th June 2022

Photography Days

Photography days with Sue and Malcolm - A chance to try something new! Weather permitting we like to include an outdoor session. We can also show how you can set up a simple studio using household items! We’ll talk about composition and lighting. Things you learn in this session may be helpful if you need to photograph products for eBay or your own website. This will be followed by help in editing these shots. Throughout your day with us we will be aiming to make this course fun and relevant...

Photography days with Sue and Malcolm - A chance to try something new! Weather permitting we like to include an outdoor session. We can also show how you can set...

In-person course

Photo-encaustic workshop

Dorset - Next course on 6th June 2022

Photo-encaustic workshop

2022 could be your year to learn a new, old painting technique. Painting with molten beeswax, damar resin and pigments is just SO satisfying. Spend a day with Lyn Kirkland in her Studio on the beautiful Isle of Portland in Dorset. This unusual and dramatic coastal location offers so much inspiration for my work, and I hope will inspire you too. I will share my knowledge and skills developed over several years experience of working with this ancient Egyptian painting medium. Still relatively unknown in the UK and across Europe,...

2022 could be your year to learn a new, old painting technique. Painting with molten beeswax, damar resin and pigments is just SO satisfying. Spend a day with Lyn Kirkland...

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Photoshop or illustrator skills - group booking

Staffordshire - Next course on 28th May 2022

Photoshop or illustrator skills - group booking

This booking is for 3 people at £90 each (for a one to one course please see our one to one training course) Visit our Staffordshire design studio to spend the day learning or updating CAD skills by using Photoshop and / or Illustrator. From altering artwork to creating seamless repeat designs we can help you to enhance and manipulate your creative ideas. Suitable for those updating skills learning from scratch or with very specific requirements. Offering you over 35 years of experience in the ever changing design industry. We...

This booking is for 3 people at £90 each (for a one to one course please see our one to one training course) Visit our Staffordshire design studio to spend...

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Sun printing workshop in Devon

Devon - Next course on 31st May 2022

Sun printing workshop in Devon

Sun printing is a primitive form of photography. Using cyanotype chemicals and sunshine you can capture plants and objects onto paper, textiles Bridget mainly works with cotton and other natural materials creating and prints and cards building up from working on paper, to experimenting with textiles. New technique of wet cyanotype is now included.

Sun printing is a primitive form of photography. Using cyanotype chemicals and sunshine you can capture plants and objects onto paper, textiles Bridget mainly works with cotton and other natural...

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Morning One to One Photography Workshop for Beginners

Northamptonshire - Next course on 6th June 2022

Morning One to One Photography Workshop for Beginners

One to one photography workshop for beginners. Do you have a mirrorless or DSLR camera and not really sure how to use it? Do you keep it on auto and hope for the best? Confused by all the buttons and settings? "Yes" then this is the perfect course for you. My one to one 2 hour bite-size photography session will take the fear out of using your camera, give you skills that will last a lifetime and teach you how to start taking the photos you have always wanted. My...

One to one photography workshop for beginners. Do you have a mirrorless or DSLR camera and not really sure how to use it? Do you keep it on auto and...

In-person course

Cyanotype Printing Workshop

London - Next course on 28th May 2022

Cyanotype Printing Workshop

This type of printing is unique in that it is a form of photography that does not require a camera or an expensive darkroom. I will provide gloves and aprons but it's best not to wear your favourite clothes just in case you get chemicals on them. You are welcome to bring your own materials (stencils, negatives, flowers etc) and play around with the prints. I will provide all other materials, including a hair dryer..... all will be revealed! I do have a UV lamp if it happens to be...

This type of printing is unique in that it is a form of photography that does not require a camera or an expensive darkroom. I will provide gloves and aprons...

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Landscape Photography Lessons for Beginners in The Lake District

Cumbria - Next course on 28th May 2022

Landscape Photography Lessons for Beginners in The Lake District

landscape photography lessons for beginners Learn how to use your camera like a pro. You will also learn how to: use 10 stop filters to shoot long exposure shots in the daytime. Understand the exposure triangle Rule of thirds Train your eye to take better photos And much more!!! The course is based at The Old Post Office camp site, but if camping is not your thing, the Bridge Pub across the road from the site has great accommodation, food and drinks. As we are close to Wasdale Head, a...

landscape photography lessons for beginners Learn how to use your camera like a pro. You will also learn how to: use 10 stop filters to shoot long exposure shots in...

Online on-demand course

Photoshop for textiles, photographers and artists

Photoshop for textiles, photographers and artists

This ecourse can be started at any time on any date. It is a distance learning course that you can access as many times as you like, when you like. You can dip in and out or follow the structured course. The course consists of 36 tutorials in 5 units. It consists of a course ebook, ebook and course details ebook, these are sent as pdfs and you must read the terms and conditions and privacy policy before you order. You will learn how to use Photoshop effectively to create...

This ecourse can be started at any time on any date. It is a distance learning course that you can access as many times as you like, when you like....

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iPhone photography workshop: How to take beautiful photos on your iPhone

Worcestershire - Next course on 18th June 2022

iPhone photography workshop: How to take beautiful photos on your iPhone

A half-day workshop of practical tuition: Learn how to use the camera on your iPhone to take beautiful photographs. There will be a maximum of two participants per workshop which means that you get the most out of the workshop and it can be tailored to specific areas of interest to you wherever possible. We will use collected and found objects to take creative still life and table-top photographs in my studio, examples of which can be seen above and on my website. What the workshop will cover: • several...

A half-day workshop of practical tuition: Learn how to use the camera on your iPhone to take beautiful photographs. There will be a maximum of two participants per workshop which...

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Photography Lesson

Cumbria - Next course on 28th May 2022

Photography Lesson

1/2 Day Photography Course for Beginners/Intermediates. This course is suitable for anyone looking to understand how their camera works. We will be covering: How to Understand Shutter Speeds How to Understand Aperture How to Understand ISO How to Understand White Balance Filters Long Exposure

1/2 Day Photography Course for Beginners/Intermediates. This course is suitable for anyone looking to understand how their camera works. We will be covering: How to Understand Shutter Speeds How to...

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