Photography courses

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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 studio lighting

Photography studio lighting

Demonstration of Studio Lighting techniques, along with explanations using state of the art studio flash lighting and Large Format Camera equipment. The course will be for anyone wishing to improve their camera and in particular lighting skill's weather it be for pleasure or looking to move on from amateur to professional level. lighting in a Studio where everything is in your, the photographers control. Which is so important it can make or break a product line. The course will be in Stephen Payne's Own Studio Built and designed for Food,...

Explore your camera part 1 - Get off Auto

Explore your camera part 1 - Get off Auto

Devon - Next course on 18th April 2020

If you’re a beginner and using your camera on Auto, or trying various settings with mixed results, this workshop will give you a good introduction to and a foundation in photography in just one day. All digital camera types from compact to DSLR are suitable apart from smartphones. Learn how to create blurred backgrounds in your portrait and close-up shots to make your subject really stand out, and take detailed landscape photos, by shooting in Aperture Priority. Find the fastest and simplest way to access your camera’s features, how shutter...

Photography Days

Photography Days

Photography days with Richard and Sue - 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...

Get started with DSLR creative photography workshop in Stalbridge Dorset & Somerset (beginners level)

Get started with DSLR creative photography workshop in Stalbridge Dorset & Somerset (beginners level)

Taught by a professional photographer with over 15 years of working experience, this is a practical workshop day packed with information about starting and improving your DSLR photography. Time: Arrive 9.30-9.45am, workshop will finish for 4pm We will be looking at the technical aspects of the DSLR camera, such as settings and functions but will also be looking at how we can be creative with our photographic skills. We will be be discussing the fundamentals of composition, depth of field, aperture, shutter speed and ISO features but, perhaps more importantly,...

Explore your camera - Part 1 - Get off auto!

Explore your camera - Part 1 - Get off auto!

Bristol - Next course on 7th June 2020

Are you using your camera on AUTO? Or are you trying settings but don't really know why you are getting the results which you are, this workshop will give you a clear simple understanding of what is needed to get the most from your camera and to be in control of depth of field. You can create blurred backgrounds or take stunning all in-focus landscapes as you begin to work in Aperture Priority. There is an emphasis on clear visual explanations without technical jargon. Proceed to our website for more...

Cyanotype printing workshop

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...

One to one photographic tuition in London

One to one photographic tuition in London

Photographer Richard Piper invites you to join him on a 'How To' bespoke photography course, held in a fantastic open-air central London location. Suitable for all levels, from novice to experienced, these individual and small-group one-to-one workshop classes are specifically tailored to your own personal needs and aspirations. Covering both the technical and creative aspects of photography, the workshops offers first-hand friendly coaching, with clear practical demonstrations of the key ingredients for great successful photography. With plenty of time for practice and questions, the classes are the perfect opportunity for...

Wildlife photography weekend

Wildlife photography weekend

Devon - Next course on 30th May 2020

Two days of wildlife photography, over the two days you will get greater opportunities to photograph a much bigger selection of our native species of wildlife in natural surroundings than you can in a one day workshop. Species including Badger, Fox, Mink, Scottish Wildcat, Wild Boar, Otter, Deer, Polecat, Long Eared Owl, Little Owl, Barn Owl, Hedgehog, Harvest Mice, Stoat, Water Vole, Stork, Heck cattle plus many others... You will also have even more access and support from your tutor by joining us for an evening meal at a nearby...

Platinum Palladium Print Making workshop

Platinum Palladium Print Making workshop

For many this is the ultimate photographic print. With it’s delicate, broad range of tones and archival permanence it gives added value and is number one for the serious collector. You will learn about paper types, the chemicals involved, coating the paper and exposing and developing the print. On the 2nd day you learn how to create digital negatives. You will leave with 3 or 4 Platinum/Palladium prints and their negatives made during the workshop. You will be taught one to one by Richard Freestone, a professional Platinum printer with...

Develop camera confidence: a six module programme to get you off Auto

Develop camera confidence: a six module programme to get you off Auto

If you have a great camera, but you're not confident that you feel you know how to use it to the best of its ability, then this programme can help you learn great photography techniques through fun and practical sessions. I set up this programme back in 2015 because I wanted to offer a more genuine learning experience for my students - one that enabled people to develop their skills rather than just filling their heads with lots of technical information. I still wholeheartedly embrace being as 'low tech' as...

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