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Next One Day Photography Courses in the Sheffield and Peak District Areas

Here are the dates of the next digital photography courses we have planned in the Derbyshire Peak District and around Sheffield and South Yorkshire in the next few months. They are all one day courses, led by an experienced professional photographer with extensive local knowledge. You can read what some of our hundreds of clients have said about our courses he re on Google.

You can request a booking form here for any of our training courses listed below. Just click on the links for more information about individual courses.

We also continue to offer one to one training either face to face or via video link. See here for further details.

Saturday October 11th – Beginners’ Photography Course in Derbyshire: Getting Off Auto Mode.

Learn how to take control of your camera and get off the auto mode on this one day beginners photography course. It is suitable for complete beginners, assumes no previous knowledge of photography and is suitable for all types of digital stills cameras. It is being held near Matlock in Derbyshire and is a mixture of classroom-based teaching and practice outdoors (so it is not weather-dependent). The course is limited to a maximum of only 6 photographers, and places cost £99.00 each. Fully booked.

Saturday October 18th – Waterfalls and Woodlands in Autumn.

This full day landscape photography course has been timed to catch the autumn colours at their best. We will be photographing waterfalls, woodlands and moorland from morning until after sunset. It is is being held in the area around Fox House, on the border between Sheffield and Derbyshire, and is accessible by public transport. It is an intermediate level course and will be limited to a maximum of only 4 photographers. Places cost £99.00 each. Fully booked.

Saturday November 15th – Beginners’ Photography Course in Derbyshire: Getting Off Auto Mode.

Saturday November 22nd – Beginners’ Photography Course in Derbyshire: Getting Off Auto Mode.

Saturday November 29th – Winter Landscapes Around Stanton Moor.

This full day landscape course is being held as autumn turns to winter on Stanton Moor, which often produces some great conditions for photography. Subject matter will range from abandoned gritstone quarries with industrial architecture to colourful autumn woodlands, moorland with impressive rock outcrops and stone circles. The course will also run until just after sunset. This is an intermediate level course, and is limited to just 4 photographers. Places cost £99.00 each. Places available.

Saturday December 13th – Beginners’ Photography Course in Derbyshire: Getting Off Auto Mode.

More course dates for later in the year will added shortly, and if you would like to be kept informed of all the training courses we are running when they are announced, please sign up to our newsletter.

We are also able to offer one to one training either in person, or via video link.

Beginners’ Digital Photography Courses in Derbyshire – Getting off Auto Mode

Learn how to get off the auto mode and take control of your camera!

Saturday October 11th – 10.00am to 4.30pm. Fully booked.

Saturday November 15th – 10.00am to 4.30pm. Fully booked.

Saturday November 22nd – 10.00am to 4.30pm. Places available.

Saturday December 13th – 10.00am to 4.30pm. Only 2 places still 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.

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Peak District Winter Landscapes Photography Course

Saturday November 29th – 9.00 am to 4.00 pm. Places available.

This course will be limited to just 4 photographers, with places costing £99.00 each. Please contact us to request a booking form, or if you need any further information about this course.

This intermediate level course will explore some of the wonderful photographic subjects around Stanton Moor, between Bakewell and Matlock in the Peak District. We will spend the first part of the day in one of the former sandstone quarries which surround the moor. Stanton Moor has been prized for its fine grained stone for centuries (the paving for Trafalgar Square came from here), and the quarry we will visit still retains plenty of interesting features from its industrial past – though they have now been softened and partly reclaimed by nature. Continue reading “Peak District Winter Landscapes Photography Course”

Peak District Waterfalls and Woodlands in Autumn

Saturday, October 18th from 10.30am to 6.30pm. £99.00 per person. Fully booked.

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 features 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.

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Sunset and Beyond – Low Light and Night Photography in the Peak District

“It often seems to me that the night is much more alive and richly coloured than the day” Vincent Van Gogh

This course has now taken place, but you can see details of all the other landscape and beginners’ level photography courses we are currently running here.

This advanced level course is limited to just 6 photographers, and places cost £99.00 each. Please contact us to request a booking form or if you require further information.

Most photographers have tried to photograph a sunset at some point (many cameras even have a special “sunset” mode), but are often disappointed with the results. On this course you’ll find out why this can happen, and learn some of the techniques that will make your sunset photos really come alive. Many of these same techniques also apply to twilight and night sky photography, and during this course, you will learn how and when to use them.

Modern digital cameras work extremely well in low light conditions, and have made night photography much easier and predictable than it used to be just a few years ago. So if you’ve ever wanted to try low light, night photography or “light painting“, this course will show you how to get started, and what fun it can be!

It is being held at a very safe, rural location in the Derbyshire Peak District – which has relatively little light pollution and is ideally suited for sunset and night photography. With wide horizons, twisted trees and amazing old industrial buildings and chimneys silhouetted against the sky, this is one the prime locations in the whole of the Peak District for this type of photography. Continue reading “Sunset and Beyond – Low Light and Night Photography in the Peak District”

Beginners’ Photography Courses near Sheffield – Getting Off Auto Mode

Learn how to take control of your camera on the beautiful heather moorland near Sheffield!

Saturday August 16th – 10.00am to 5.00pm. Fully booked.

This course has now taken place, but you can see details of our next beginners’ courses here.

This practical one day course is being held outdoors in the area around Fox House, on the edge of Sheffield, and is accessible by public transport. It has been timed to catch the peak of the heather season, when the moors in the area will turn purple with the blooming heather.

The course is limited to a maximum of just 6 places, which cost £99.00 each. Please contact us to request a booking form, or if you need any further information about the course.

No prior knowledge of photography is required for this course – so it is ideal for people who have just bought their first dedicated camera (and have only previously used a smartphone to take photos), as well as those who have only been using their camera in “auto” mode and would like to learn how to use it to its full potential. The course is not just for owners of digital slrs, but is equally suitable for any type of digital camera provided it can be used in other than “all-auto” or “scene” modes – whether it is a compact “point and shoot” camera, travelzoom, bridge, mirrorless, or dslr.

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