Course Dates

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

Cost £99.00 per person.

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 the 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. 

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.

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”

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.

Continue reading “Peak District Landscapes Around Stanton Moor”

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.

To 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”

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 form, or if you need any further information. 

Saturday October 4th – Sunset and Night Photography in the Peak District.

This is an advanced level course which will require participants to be able to use their cameras in fully manual (M) mode. The course will run from 4.00pm in the afternoon until midnight, so will include photography during “golden hour“, sunset and dusk as well as at night. It is set in a fantastic rural location with photogenic old industrial buildings, twisted trees and other subjects for foreground interest. 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. Places available.

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 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.

Continue reading “Peak District Landscape Photography Courses”