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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 here 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.

Xmas voucher from Peak Digital Training for photography courses and one to one training in Derbyshire, Sheffield & Peak DistrictThis Christmas, we are also offering a special gift voucher. Great value at £99.00, ordered online and valid for the whole of 2024, you can see full details here.

Beginners' photography courses in Matlock Derbyshire. Photo © Chris JamesSaturday December 9th – Beginners’ Digital Photography in Derbyshire: Getting Off Auto Mode.

An entry level course which assumes no previous knowledge of photography. The course is a mixture of classroom-based teaching and practice outdoors (so it is less weather-dependant than many courses) and is based in a warm and comfortable Village Hall near Matlock. It is ideal for people who have just bought their first dedicated camera – as well as those who have only been using their camera in the “auto” modes and would like to learn how to use it to its full potential. The course is limited to a maximum of only 6 photographers, and places cost £99.00 each. Only 2 places still available.

Peak District landscape photography course in Lathkill Dale © Chris JamesSaturday January 20th – Winter Landscapes in the White Peak.

An intermediate level course running from 10.00am until after sunset. Learn how to make beautiful photographs of moving water and other subjects in low light conditions in one of the Peak District’s most beautiful valleys. Limited to just 4 photographers, with places costing £99.00 each. Places available.

Beginners' photography courses in Matlock Derbyshire. Photo © Chris JamesSaturday January 27th – Beginners’ Digital Photography in Derbyshire: Getting Off Auto Mode.

An entry level course which assumes no previous knowledge of photography. The course is a mixture of classroom-based teaching and practice outdoors (so it is less weather-dependant than many courses) and is based in a warm and comfortable Village Hall near Matlock. It is ideal for people who have just bought their first dedicated camera – as well as those who have only been using their camera in the “auto” modes and would like to learn how to use it to its full potential. The course is limited to a maximum of only 6 photographers, and places cost £99.00 each. Places available.

Peak District landscape photography course on Stanton Moor. Photo © Kevin HartleySaturday February 17th – Peak District Landscapes Around Stanton Moor.

A full winter day’s intermediate level landscape photography course with photogenic industrial subjects, a stone circle and natural rock formations right up to, and including, sunset. Held on and around Stanton Moor in the Peak District between Bakewell and Matlock. Limited to just 4 photographers, with places costing £99.00 each. Places available.

Beginners' photography courses in Matlock Derbyshire. Photo © Chris JamesSaturday February 24th – Beginners’ Digital Photography in Derbyshire: Getting Off Auto Mode.

An entry level course which assumes no previous knowledge of photography. The course is a mixture of classroom-based teaching and practice outdoors (so it is less weather-dependant than many courses) and is based in a warm and comfortable Village Hall near Matlock. It is ideal for people who have just bought their first dedicated camera – as well as those who have only been using their camera in the “auto” modes and would like to learn how to use it to its full potential. The course is limited to a maximum of only 6 photographers, and places cost £99.00 each. Places available.

Peak District landscape photography course near Sheffield. Photo © Chris JamesSaturday March 16th – Landscapes on the Moors near Sheffield.

An intermediate level course being held in the area around Fox House (on the edge of Sheffield). Featuring a wonderful range of subjects – including waterfalls, colourful woodlands, old millstones, and natural gritstone rock outcrops until after sunset. Limited to just 4 photographers, with places costing £99.00 each. Places available.

Beginners' photography courses in Matlock Derbyshire. Photo © Chris JamesSaturday March 23rd – Beginners’ Digital Photography in Derbyshire: Getting Off Auto Mode.

An entry level course which assumes no previous knowledge of photography. The course is a mixture of classroom-based teaching and practice outdoors (so it is less weather-dependant than many courses) and is based in a warm and comfortable Village Hall near Matlock. It is ideal for people who have just bought their first dedicated camera – as well as those who have only been using their camera in the “auto” modes and would like to learn how to use it to its full potential. The course is limited to a maximum of only 6 photographers, and places cost £99.00 each. Places available.

Peak District landscape photography course in spring. Photo © Chris JamesSaturday May 11th – Springtime Landscapes and Bluebells in the Peak District.

A full day’s course timed to capture the springtime display of bluebells at their peak! Half of the day will be spent in some of the finest bluebell woods in the Peak District, and the rest of the time at other nearby locations. Easy walking, and limited to just 4 photographers. Places cost £99.00 each. Places available.

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 December 9th – 10.00am to 4.30pm. Only 2 places still available.

Saturday January 27th – 10.00am to 4.30pm. Places available.

Saturday February 24th – 10.00am to 4.30pm. Places available.

Saturday March 23rd – 10.00am to 4.30pm. Places available.

A misty morning in the Derwent Valley, Derbyshire. Photo © Chris James

To allow for plenty of individual attention, and also to enable proper social distancing, there will be a maximum of only 6 people on each course. 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.

Xmas voucher from Peak Digital Training for photography courses and one to one training in Derbyshire, Sheffield & Peak DistrictThis Christmas, we are also offering a special gift voucher for our courses. Great value at £99.00, ordered online and valid for the whole of 2024, you can see full details here.

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Winter Landscapes in the White Peak

Saturday January 20th – 10.00am to 4.30pm. £99.00 per person. Places available.

This course is being held in one of the Peak District‘s most beautiful valleys, which is also a National Nature Reserve. Lathkill Dale is beautiful at any time of year, but in winter the bare trees and abundant water give it a special stark quality which can produce beautiful images. The course will run until after sunset, so it will be a great chance to experience taking pictures in the low light conditions using long exposures.

This intermediate level course will be limited to just four photographers – so everyone will receive plenty of individual attention and get their questions answered. 

Please contact us if you would like us to send you a booking form.

Xmas voucher from Peak Digital Training for photography courses and one to one training in Derbyshire, Sheffield & Peak DistrictThis Christmas, we are also offering a special gift voucher for our courses. Great value at £99.00, ordered online and valid for the whole of 2024, you can see full details here.

 

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Peak District Landscapes Around Stanton Moor

Saturday February 17th – 10.00 am to 5.30 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. The first part of the day will be spent photographing industrial remains in one of the former sandstone quarries which surround the moor. Stanton Moor has long 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.

Apart from the impressive quarry faces, there are abandoned millstones, a well-preserved blacksmith’s forge and a large stone cutting shed (see below) – all of which make for some great subject matter.

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Landscape Photography on the Moors near Sheffield

Saturday March 16th – 10.30pm to 6.30pm. Places cost £99.00 each. Places available.

This intermediate level landscape photography course will be held in the area around Fox House (on to the border with Sheffield). It will start at 10.30am, and run until 6.30pm – just after sunset.

Landscape photography courses near Sheffield by Peak Digital Training. Photo © Chris JamesTo allow all participants to get plenty of individual attention, the course will be limited to just four photographers, with places costing £99.00 each.

This course is also accessible by public transport.

This edge of the Peak District offers a wonderful range of subjects – including waterfalls, colourful oak and birch woodlands, old millstone quarries, and natural gritstone outcrops. Since the sun will set  just before the course finishes , we should be able to get some great shots in golden hour light and at sunset if conditions permit.

Please contact us if you would like a booking form to reserve a place on this course. Continue reading “Landscape Photography on the Moors near Sheffield”

Springtime Landscapes and Bluebells in the Peak District

Saturday May 11th – 10.00am to 6.00pm

 £99.00 per person. Places available.

There will be only four photographers on this intermediate level landscape photography course, which has been timed to capture some of the Peak District‘s woodlands in springtime when they are looking their best. One of the features of this course is that all the locations which we may visit are very accessible – no more than a few hundred yards from where we can park our cars. The walking is also very easy (with one small exception which is optional anyway).

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

Photographing a ruined mine building on a Peak District landscape photography course. Photo © Chris JamesWe will spend the first part of the day in woods not far from Matlock photographing bluebells and other spring wild flowers, as well as the impressive ruined steam engine house of a former lead mine.

Here’s what our client Stuart said after a previous year’s course: “many thanks for a brilliant and enjoyable workshop last Saturday near Birchover. Your knowledge of the environment in Derbyshire is mind blowing and I know the rest of the group also thought so.
I’m very happy with most of the photo’s I’ve taken thanks to your advice and the pub food was excellent.”

We are able to park right by the edge of the woods, so very little walking is required, and it is also quite flat. There is only one steep slope (which often has some of the best bluebells – see the photo at the top of this page), but it is optional whether or not you decide to climb it, as there will be plenty of other bluebells to choose from! Continue reading “Springtime Landscapes and Bluebells in the Peak District”