Here are the dates for our next digital photography courses in the Derbyshire Peak District and on the edge of Sheffield for the next few months. They are all one day courses, in small groups (with a maximum of only 4 or 6 people), led by an experienced professional photographer with extensive local knowledge. You can read what some of our clients have said about our courses here on Google.
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You can contact us to request a booking form for any of our training courses listed below. Just click on the links for more information about individual courses.
Saturday May 4th – beginners’ digital photography (part 1) – getting off auto mode in the Peak District. The first part of our beginners’ level courses is designed to help you take control of your camera, and get you off the “all-auto” mode. Held at a beautiful rural location near Bakewell. Suitable for all makes and models of digital cameras – from compact cameras to dslrs. Only 2 places still available.
Saturday May 11th – Peak District landscape photography course around Stanton Moor. This course will take us to some of the finest bluebell woods in the whole of Derbyshire, just when the flowers are at their best. Plus a mine engine house, stone circles, quarrying remains and impressive sandstone outcrops to photograph. Not to mention lunch in a great little pub!
Saturday May 18th – beginners’ digital photography (part 2) – getting creative in Monsal Dale in the Peak District. The morning will be spent trying out long exposure techniques with the impressive weir, and the afternoon at a different location nearby, chosen according to the light conditions on the day.
Saturday May 25th – Peak District landscape photography course in the White Peak. Timed to coincide with the hay meadows looking at their best, this course will include both landscape and some close up photography.
Saturday June 1st – beginners’ digital photography (part 1) – getting off auto mode in the Peak District. The first part of our beginners’ level courses is designed to help you take control of your camera, and get you off the “all-auto” mode. Held at a beautiful rural location near Bakewell. Suitable for all makes and models of digital cameras – from compact cameras to dslrs.
Saturday June 8th – beginners’ digital photography (part 2) – getting creative in Lathkill Dale in the Peak District. Half the day will be spent photographing the weirs and waterfalls, and for the rest of the time we will be in the top part of the dale with its beautiful limestone scenery and spectacular wild flowers.
Saturday June 15th – beginners’ digital photography (part 1) – getting off auto mode near Sheffield. The first part of our beginners’ level courses is designed to help you take control of your camera, and get you off the “all-auto” mode. Suitable for all makes and models of digital cameras – from compact cameras to dslrs.
Saturday June 22nd – Peak District landscape photography course in Lathkill Dale. A midsummer day in one of the most beautiful dales in the White Peak. Numerous weirs and waterfalls, spectacular wild flowers, wildlife, mining remains and limestone cliffs. Timed to coincide with the rare and beautiful Jacob’s Ladder being in flower. Always a very popular location.
Saturday July 13th – beginners’ digital photography (part 1) – getting off auto mode in the Peak District. The first part of our beginners’ level courses is designed to help you take control of your camera, and get you off the “all-auto” mode. Held at a beautiful rural location near Bakewell. Suitable for all makes and models of digital cameras – from compact cameras to dslrs.
Saturday August 3rd – beginners’ digital photography (part 1) – getting off auto mode near Sheffield. A day out on the moors as the heather come into bloom, turning them purple. This course is designed to help you take control of your camera, and get you off the “all-auto” mode. Suitable for all makes and models of digital cameras – from compact cameras to dslrs.
Saturday August 10th – beginners’ digital photography (part 2) – getting creative near Sheffield. A full day out on the moors as they turn purple with the blooming heather. Photographing waterfalls, abandoned millstones, gritstone rock outcrops and more!
Saturday September 7th – beginners’ digital photography (part 1) – getting off auto mode in the Peak District. The first part of our beginners’ level courses is designed to help you take control of your camera, and get you off the “all-auto” mode. Held at a beautiful rural location near Bakewell. Suitable for all makes and models of digital cameras – from compact cameras to dslrs.
Saturday October 5th – beginners’ digital photography (part 1) – getting off auto mode in the Peak District. The first part of our beginners’ level courses is designed to help you take control of your camera, and get you off the “all-auto” mode. Held at a beautiful rural location near Bakewell. Suitable for all makes and models of digital cameras – from compact cameras to dslrs.
Saturday October 12th – sunset and night photography in the Peak District. An advanced level course timed to coincide with a full moon – a relatively easy introduction to night photography. Held at a fantastic rural location with great subjects, wide horizons and relatively little light pollution.
If none of these courses are convenient for you, and you would prefer training on weekdays, why not book some bespoke one to one training at a time and place to suit you?
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. You can see further details of exactly what we cover on both parts of our 
Saturday June 15th – 10.00am to 5.00pm. 
The area around Fox House is one of the prime spots for photographing heather in the whole of the Peak District, and this course is timed to catch it at its peak – when the moors will be turned purple and looking at their very best. We will divide our day between a sheltered little valley photographing waterfalls for practising long exposure techniques with moving water. After lunch in a local teashop or pub – where we will have a chance to look at the morning’s work on the laptop – we will head out onto the moors (weather permitting) to photograph the gritstone edges and abandoned millstones.