Course Dates

Saturday September 21st – 4.00pm until midnight. Places available.

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.

There are often some lovely evenings in September,  with light winds, spectacular sunsets – and warm temperatures! On September 21st, the sun will be setting just after 7.00 pm, and the course will begin three hours before that at 4.00pm – so we will be able to take full advantage of “golden hour” light, continue through sunset and into “blue hour“, and finally night itself.

The moon will be 84% illuminated on this date, and will rise at around 8.00pm, so we will hopefully have the chance to photograph the moonrise while the buildings and other foreground features are also still not completely dark.

Later, when it has got properly dark, we will be able to get some different shots with the buildings and landscape illuminated just by the light of the moon – which is a relatively easy introduction to photography at night.

The photographic possibilities on this course are obviously dependent on the weather and cloud conditions, but even if it’s cloudy, we will still be able to get some great photos using combinations of natural light and “light painting” using flashguns and/or the lights that we will be bringing along.

“many thanks for a brilliant low light/night workshop …  I personally learned a lot that evening as did all the other participants and I respect that you keep your groups small so everyone gets your valuable help.” Stuart

There will be a maximum of only 6 photographers on the course, with places costing £99.00 each. Numbers are deliberately being kept low, and priority will be given to people who have already attended one of our landscape photography courses.

Please contact us if you would like more information, or to request a booking form for the course. Continue reading “Sunset and Beyond – Low Light and Night Photography in the Peak District”

Saturday September 7th – 10.00am to 5.00pm. Fully booked.

Our beginners’ digital photography courses are not just for owners of digital slrs – they are suitable for any digital camera provided it can be used in other than “all-auto” or “scene” modes – whether it is a compact, bridge, mirrorless or dslr. On these one day workshops in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District, you will learn solid, practical photographic techniques that will be relevant not only to your current camera, but also any other type of camera you may own in the future.

The courses are limited to just 6 places, which cost £99.00 per person. Please contact us to request a booking form.

On these courses, you will learn how to take control of your camera’s basic settings for exposure using shutter speeds, lens apertures and ISO, and adjust colour and focus to ensure you get more consistent and predictable results more of the time. You will also be given a printed sheet for your particular make and model of camera, telling you in plain English exactly how to adjust the most important settings that we will be learning to use on the day. Continue reading “Beginners Digital Photography Courses in the Peak District – Getting off Auto Mode”

Saturday August 10th – 1.00pm to 8.30pm. Places available.

Saturday August 17th – 1.00pm to 8.30pm. Fully booked.

Places cost £99.00 per person. 

These courses are being held on the edge of Sheffield, in the area around Fox House and Stanage Edge, and are readily accessible by public transport from Sheffield. To make sure that you get plenty of individual attention and can have your questions answered (as well as to allow for adequate social distancing), numbers will be limited to a maximum of only four photographers. Please contact us if you would like us to send you a booking form.

The courses will run from early afternoon until just after sunset, and have been timed to coincide with what should be the peak of the heather season. This area area has a wealth of subject matter for the landscape photographer, with high gritstone edges, abandoned millstones, a beautiful wooded valley with lots of little waterfalls, and natural rock outcrops as well as superb views over the Dark Peak for sunsets. Continue reading “Heather Landscapes Courses near Sheffield”