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Saturday September 26th – 10.00am to 4.30pm. Places available.

Saturday October 17th – 10.00am to 4.30pm. Places available.

Saturday November 7th – 10.00am to 4.30pm. Places available.

Saturday December 5th – 10.00am to 4.30pm. Places available.

To allow for plenty of individual attention, there will be a maximum of only 6 people on each of these courses. Places cost £99.00 each.

Please contact us if you would like to be emailed a booking form to reserve a place.

These one day courses are being held in the village of Tansley, near Matlock in Derbyshire. They are run in a relaxed and informal atmosphere, and designed to bring together people with similar levels of ability. Group numbers are deliberately kept low so that the workshops are flexible and easily adapted to suit the specific needs and level of experience of the participants.

Continue reading “Beginners’ Digital Photography Courses in Derbyshire – Getting off Auto Mode”

Thursday July 30th 2.00pm – 9.00pm. Places available.

There will be a maximum of only 4 photographers on this course, and places cost £125.00 each.

Please contact us to request a booking form, or if you need any further information about the course. 

Photographing aircraft in flight is not only great fun, but it can result in some really spectacular images. Any type of action photography does however require some specific skills and understanding of camera settings for the best results. On this afternoon and evening aviation photography course at East Midlands Airport, we will be starting with some relatively easy subjects (large jet airliners in good light), before trying our skills on some smaller aircraft and pictures in lower light conditions during the evening. On this  course, you will learn how to:

• choose the correct shutter speeds to either freeze motion, or allow some motion blur
• using panning techniques to increase the impression of movement and speed, and help blur out distracting backgrounds
• choose the correct autofocus settings for really sharp results with moving subjects
• take action photos in low light conditions (sunset will be about 45 minutes before the end of the course)
• plan your shooting locations and camera angles to help you get the best results in different lighting conditions and at different times of the day
• get optimum results with telephoto lenses

Continue reading “Aviation Photography Course – Photographing Aircraft in Flight”

Saturday, October 10th – 10.30am to 6.30pm. Places available.

This course is limited to just four photographers, and places cost £99.00 each.

This intermediate level landscape photography course has been timed to take advantage of the wonderful colours of autumn, and will be held on the moors around Fox House (close to the border between Derbyshire and Sheffield). The course is accessible by public transport.

This practical course will involve a whole day’s outdoor photography, starting  at 10.30am and finishing just after sunset at 6.30pm. 

This part of the Peak District offers a wonderful range of subjects – including waterfalls, colourful oak and birch woodlands, old millstone quarries, and natural gritstone outcrops. As this is one of the best spots in the Peak District for temperature inversions, we might also get lucky and have some mist in the morning. For those interested in close-up and macro subjects, there should be plenty of interesting fungi at this time of year as well.

Please contact us if you would like to request a booking form to reserve a place on either of these courses. Continue reading “Peak District Autumn Landscapes”