Course Dates

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

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

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

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

Beginners' photography courses in Matlock Derbyshire. Photo © Chris JamesThese 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 Landscapes Around Stanton Moor

Saturday February 22nd – 10.00am to 5.30pm. 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 22nd – 10.30am to 6.30pm.

Places cost £99.00 each. Fully booked.

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.

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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.

Peak District landscape photography course in spring. Photo © Chris JamesSaturday May 3rd – Springtime Landscapes and Bluebells in the Peak District

This intermediate level landscape photography course has been timed to capture some of the Peak District‘s woodlands in springtime when they are looking their finest. We 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. After a pub lunch, we will visit another nearby location – which could be a stone circle, industrial remains in one of the disused quarries, or the famous Cork Stone. The course is limited to a maximum of only 4 photographers, and places cost £99.00 each. Places available.

Peak District landscape photography course in spring. Photo © Chris JamesSaturday May 10th – Springtime Landscapes and Bluebells in the Peak District

This intermediate level landscape photography course has been timed to capture some of the Peak District‘s woodlands in springtime when they are looking their finest. We 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. After a pub lunch, we will visit another nearby location – which could be a stone circle, industrial remains in one of the disused quarries, or the famous Cork Stone. The course is limited to a maximum of only 4 photographers, and places cost £99.00 each. Fully booked.

Wild flower meadow on a photography course in the Derbyshire Peak District © Chris JamesSaturday May 24th – Peak District Beginners’ Photography Course: Getting Off Auto Mode

A beginners’ level course which assumes no previous knowledge of photography. Held at a superb rural location near Bakewell in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District. This course is suitable for all digital still cameras that can be used in other than “fully auto” modes – whether they are digital slrs, mirrorless, bridge or compact cameras. Limited to only 6 photographers, places cost £99.00 each. Places available.

Peak District landscape photography courses in Lathkill Dale. Photo © Chris JamesSaturday June 21st – Midsummer Landscape Photography Course in the Peak District

An intermediate level landscape photography course held in one of the Peak District‘s most beautiful valleys. Learn how to photograph waterfalls and moving water using long exposures, practise close up and macro photography with the beautiful wild flowers – all set in spectacular limestone scenery. The course is limited to a maximum of only 4 photographers, and places cost £99.00 each. Places available.

Wild flower meadow photographed on a photography course in the Derbyshire Peak District © Chris JamesSaturday June 28th – Peak District Beginners’ Photography Course: Getting Off Auto Mode

A beginners’ level course which assumes no previous knowledge of photography. Held at a superb rural location near Bakewell in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District. This course is suitable for all digital still cameras that can be used in other than “fully auto” modes – whether they are digital slrs, mirrorless, bridge or compact cameras. Limited to only 6 photographers, places cost £99.00 each. Places available.

Digital photography courses Sheffield. Photo © Chris JamesSaturday July 19th – Beginners’ Photography Course near Sheffield: Getting Off Auto Mode.

A full day outdoor photography course which is being held in the area around Fox House on the edge of Sheffield, and is suitable for complete beginners. Learn about the basic controls and settings on your camera that will help you take better and more creative photos, in a small group of people with similar levels of experience. The course is limited to a maximum of only 6 persons, and places cost £99.00 each. Places available.

Peak District landscape photography courses by Peak Digital Training. Photo © Chris JamesSaturday August 9th – Heather Landscapes Photography Course near Sheffield.

This landscape photography course for more experienced photographers has been timed to coincide with the heather coming into bloom, turning the moors a beautiful purple colour. It will run from early afternoon until after sunset, and is being held in the area around Fox House, on the edge of Sheffield. Subjects available will include waterfalls, rugged gritstone edges and rock formations, old abandoned millstones as well as some of the finest heather moorland in the Peak District. The course is limited to a maximum of only 4 photographers, and places cost £99.00 each. Places available.

Photography courses Sheffield. Photo © Chris JamesSaturday August 16th – Beginners’ Photography Course near Sheffield: Getting Off Auto Mode.

A full day outdoor photography course which is being held in the area around Fox House on the edge of Sheffield, and is suitable for complete beginners. It has been timed to coincide with the heather coming into bloom, which will turn the moors a beautiful purple colour. Learn about the basic controls and settings on your camera that will help you take better and more creative photos, in a small group of people with similar levels of experience. The course is limited to a maximum of only 6 persons, and 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.

Peak District Landscape Photography Courses

Our next landscape photography courses in the Derbyshire Peak District will be taking place on the dates below.

All courses are limited to small groups of just 4 photographers to allow everyone to receive plenty of individual attention. Places cost £99.00 each.
Click here to request a booking formor if you need any further information. 
Peak District landscape photography course in spring. Photo © Chris JamesSaturday May 3rd – Springtime Landscapes and Bluebells in the Peak District

This intermediate level landscape photography course has been timed to capture some of the Peak District‘s woodlands in springtime when they are looking their finest. We 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. After a pub lunch, we will visit another nearby location – which could be a stone circle, industrial remains in one of the disused quarries, or the famous Cork Stone. The course is limited to a maximum of only 4 photographers, and places cost £99.00 each. Places available.

Peak District landscape photography course in spring. Photo © Chris JamesSaturday May 10th – Springtime Landscapes and Bluebells in the Peak District

This intermediate level landscape photography course has been timed to capture some of the Peak District‘s woodlands in springtime when they are looking their finest. We 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. After a pub lunch, we will visit another nearby location – which could be a stone circle, industrial remains in one of the disused quarries, or the famous Cork Stone. The course is limited to a maximum of only 4 photographers, and places cost £99.00 each. Fully booked.

Peak District landscape photography courses in Lathkill Dale. Photo © Chris JamesSaturday June 21st – Midsummer Landscape  Course in the Peak District

This intermediate level course is being held in one of the Peak District‘s most beautiful valleys. Learn how to photograph waterfalls and moving water using long exposures, practise close up and macro photography with the beautiful wild flowers – all set in spectacular limestone scenery. The course is limited to a maximum of only 4 photographers, and places cost £99.00 each. Places available.

Peak District landscape photography courses by Peak Digital Training. Photo © Chris JamesSaturday August 9th – Heather Landscapes near Sheffield.

This landscape photography course for more experienced photographers has been timed to coincide with the heather coming into bloom, turning the moors a beautiful purple colour. It will run from early afternoon until after sunset, and is being held in the area around Fox House, on the edge of Sheffield. Subjects available will include waterfalls, rugged gritstone edges and rock formations, old abandoned millstones as well as some of the finest heather moorland in the Peak District. The course is limited to a maximum of only 4 photographers, and places cost £99.00 each. Places available.

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