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.
February 27th, 10-12.30pm: Shere
March 13th, 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.
March 13th, 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 & North Downs Photo Walk £50
March 6th, 10-12.30pm
Join me for a Winter 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 in the woods, use the black and white setting to create dynamic winter images.
We’ll cover aperture and depth of field for landscapes & close ups, and work with white balance and black and white to make our winter images pop.
We’ll spend time using over and underexposure to photograph the dappled light in the woods, using creative compositions and silhouettes to make our images stand out.
The class will adhere to gov guidelines and we will practice social distancing. Please wear walking shoes/boots & warm clothing.
The class will meet at Denbies Vineyard in Dorking. 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.
Due to the immense popularity, the first Friday of the month (Jan 8th, Feb 5th, March 5th, April 9th, May 7th & June 4th sessions are fully booked)
Please join us instead on the LAST FRIDAY of the month (Jan 29th, Feb 26th, March 26th, April 30th, May 28th & June 25th)
Friday January 8th & Jan 29th – Still Life
Friday February 5th & Feb 26th – Frost
Friday March 5th & March 26th – Architecture
Friday April 9th & April 30th – Flowers
Friday May 7th & May 28th – Sunrise/Sunset
Friday June 4th & June 25th – Sports
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