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 February 21st – 10.00am to 4.30pm. Fully booked.

Saturday March 14th – 10.00am to 4.30pm. Places available.

Saturday April 18th – 10.00am to 4.30pm. Places available.

To allow for plenty of individual attention, there will be a maximum of only 6 people on each of these courses. 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.

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Landscape Photography on the Moors near Sheffield

Saturday March 21st – 10.30am 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 between Derbyshire and 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.

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Peak District Waterfalls in Spring

Saturday March 28th – 10.30am to 6.00pm. £99.00 per person.

Only 1 place still 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 some exceptionally striking images. The course will run until shortly before sunset, so it will also be a great chance to experience taking pictures in 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.

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Springtime Landscapes and Bluebells in the Peak District

Saturday May 2nd – 10.00am to 6.00pm.

This course will be limited to just 4 photographers. Places cost £99.00 each. Only 1 place still available.

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 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).

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Aviation Photography Course – Photographing Aircraft in Flight

An afternoon and evening of action photography at East Midlands Airport.

This course has now taken place, but we will be running it again during 2026.

In the meantime, we are able to offer aircraft photography training on a 1 to 1 or bespoke basis. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

You can also see details of all the other landscape and beginners’ photography courses we are currently running here.

Photographing aircraft in flight is not only great fun, but it can result in some really spectacular images. Any type of action photography does however require some specific skills and understanding of camera settings for the best results. On this afternoon and evening aviation photography course at East Midlands Airport, we will be starting with some relatively easy subjects (large jet airliners in good light), before trying our skills on some smaller aircraft and pictures in lower light conditions during the evening. On this course, you will learn how to:

choose the correct shutter speeds to either freeze motion, or allow some motion blur
using panning techniques to increase the impression of movement and speed, and help blur out distracting backgrounds
choose the correct autofocus settings for really sharp results with moving subjects
take action photos in low light conditions (sunset will be about 45 minutes before the end of the course)
plan your shooting locations and camera angles to help you get the best results in different lighting conditions and at different times of the day
get optimum results with telephoto lenses

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