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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 he re 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.

Saturday September 27th – Beginners’ Photography Course in Derbyshire: Getting Off Auto Mode.

Learn how to take control of your camera and get off the auto mode on this one day beginners photography course. It is suitable for complete beginners, assumes no previous knowledge of photography and is suitable for all types of digital stills cameras. It is being held near Matlock in Derbyshire and is a mixture of classroom-based teaching and practice outdoors (so it is not weather-dependent). The course is limited to a maximum of only 6 photographers, and places cost £99.00 each. Only 2 places still available.

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. Only 1 place still available.

Saturday October 11th – Beginners’ Photography Course in Derbyshire: Getting Off Auto Mode.

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 15th – Beginners’ Photography Course in Derbyshire: Getting Off Auto Mode.

Saturday December 13th – Beginners’ Photography Course in Derbyshire: Getting Off Auto Mode.

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.

Heather Landscapes Courses near Sheffield

Waterfalls, heather and sunset all in one day!

This course has 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.

Places cost £99.00 per person.

This intermediate level landscape photography course is being held on the edge of Sheffield, in the area around Fox House and Stanage Edge, and is readily accessible by public transport from Sheffield. To make sure that you get plenty of individual attention and can have your questions answered, numbers will be limited to a maximum of only four photographers, with places costing £99.00 each.

Please contact us if you would like us to send you a booking form.

The course will run from early afternoon until just after sunset, and has been timed to coincide with what should be the peak of the heather season. This area has a wealth of subject matter for the landscape photographer, with high rugged 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”

Midsummer Landscape Photography in Lathkill Dale

Join us on a midsummer’s day for a landscape photography course in one of the Peak District’s most beautiful valleys.

This course has 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.

This course will be limited to just four photographers – so everyone will receive plenty of individual attention and get their questions answered. Please contact us if you would like to be sent a booking form.

A dipper in Lathkill Dale, where Peak Digital Training are running a midsummer landscape photography course. Photo © Chris James — Dippers are a common sight in Lathkill Dale

Lathkill Dale (most of which is a National Nature Reserve) has a fantastic range of subjects for us photographers – from the numerous weirs used to manage the water levels on the river, to waterfalls, woodlands, caves, impressive limestone cliffs and many species of beautiful flora and fauna. It has also been the scene of industrial activity for hundreds of years, and the remains of the two largest lead mines are today a Scheduled Monument for their significance. One of them still has parts of a large steam engine house standing. Continue reading “Midsummer Landscape Photography in Lathkill Dale”

Beginners Digital Photography Courses in the Peak District – Getting off Auto Mode

If you want to learn how to get beyond the “point and shoot” phase with your digital camera, join us on one of these digital photography courses for beginners in the beautiful Derbyshire Peak District.

Saturday May 24th – 10.00am to 5.00pm.

Saturday June 28th – 10.00am to 5.00pm.

Both of these courses have now taken place, but you can see the dates of our next beginners’ courses here.

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 each 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”

Springtime Landscapes and Bluebells in the Peak District

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”