For the digital camera courses, the student will gain a fundamental photography knowledge coupled with the practical skills of digital photography, which will enable them to improve the quality of their digital images.
April 24th, 2-4.30pm: Shere
May 22nd, 10-12.30pm: Shere
£60, book below
For this course, it is likely that the student is shooting in auto mode and has an ambition to become more accomplished photographer. This is a first-step course, which provides the student with the initial training to help achieve your photographic aspiration.
Please note this course is held entirely outdoors, we will keep to a group of 6 people and we will social distance.
On the day the student will learn:
Understanding & operating the camera’s auto and semi-manual settings
Image Quality (ISO & File formats)
Focusing & metering modes
Basic Composition
Auto and Manual Focus
Take interesting images by using methods such as controlling depth of field, freezing/blurring movement, composition methods etc.
This is a great course for a beginner who wants to learn more in a fun, constructive environment.
We’ll spend the class outside taking photos together and putting the new knowledge together using our camera settings to take great photos in the beautiful village of Shere.
The course will be conducted outside and the group will be kept to 6 to meet with government guidelines. The course will meet outside of Treacle Gallery, Beaufield Mews, 2 Middle St, Shere, Guildford GU5 9HF.
May 22nd, 1pm-3.30pm: Shere
£60, book below
Have you taken a digital camera course before and learned about your camera settings? If you’d like your photography to progress to the next level this course is for you.
Please note this course is held entirely outdoors, we will keep to a group of 6 people and we will social distance.
On the day the student will learn:
Brief overview of camera mechanics, to dust off your f-stops, iso’s and shutter speeds
Manual Exposure
Over and under exposure, when and how to use it
High and low ISO
Motion – good blur and bad blur
Aperture and Shutter’s in-depth relationship
Natural Light – how to capture it in your landscapes and use it to complement your portraiture
Introduction to Flash photography
We’ll spend the class outside shooting together, utilising our new skills and putting compositional ideas into practice together.
The course will be outside and the group will be kept small to meet with government guidelines. The course will meet outside of Treacle Gallery, Beaufield Mews, 2 Middle St, Shere, Guildford GU5 9HF.
At the end of the course, there will be a course booklet for you to keep and review.
I am always happy to field questions afterwards via email, and please feel free to share your new images as well.
Courses run throughout the year and there will always be a seasonal course too!
The course material is presented in both a written and visual form, I will show you photographs to help you understand the techniques and also show you how to do it directly on your own camera.
A digital camera, preferably a camera with manual settings is preferred. Classes are limited to make sure everyone has a good understanding of their own camera at the end of the session.
These courses are part classroom-based tutorials, practical demonstrations and hands on practice. You will be taken outside into the Surrey hills and on return will review the images.
Denbies Vineyard Photo Walk £50
April 18th, 10-12.30pm
**Fully Booked**
Join me for a Spring Photography walk. We’ll start at Denbies, capturing the vines and patterns and then walk along the North Downs photographing the views! We’ll walk along the hills and practice using different techniques to photograph the landscapes and views. We will work with dappled light in creative ways to create dynamic Spring images.
We’ll cover aperture and depth of field for landscapes & close ups, and work with white balance to make our spring colours stand out,
The class will adhere to gov guidelines with a group of 6 and we will practice social distancing. Please wear walking shoes/boots & warm clothing.
The class will meet at Denbies Vineyard in Dorking.
Wotton Photo Walk £50
May 8th, 3-5.30pm
We will walk through the AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) in the Surrey Hills, capturing Wotton Church on the hill, the picturesque valleys in front of the South Downs and the trees, light and wild flowers in between.
We’ll discuss how to use aperture & composition creatively to capture large views, and how shutter speed can maintain sharp focus and cut camera shake when taking landscape images. We’ll look for stunning compositions through using natural framing & light.
We’ll walk a circular route between Wotton and Westcott, photographing the views created by the rolling hills of the North Downs.
The class will adhere to gov guidelines with a group of 6 and we will practice social distancing. Please wear walking shoes/boots.
The class will meet in front of Wotton Church in Wotton, Surrey near Westcott. Booking below in Courses Drop Down Menu.
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Cameras mandatory, drinks optional!
Each month will have a specific photographic theme & we will look at a particular professional photographer’s work that fits in with the photographic theme. We will discuss how the images can inspire us to take photographs at home in keeping with the theme. I will keep in mind that everyone will be creating images indoors and outdoors, making fun assignments for everyone to complete throughout the month. Images will be reviewed in the following month’s Photography Happy Hour webinar.
Join us! Each webinar is £20, which includes a task sheet of photo challenges. All webinars will be hosted through ZOOM.
Friday January 8th – Still Life
Friday February 5th – Frost
Friday March 5th – Sunrise/Sunset
Friday April 9th – Flowers
Friday May 7th – Architecture
Friday June 4th – Sports
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