Ever wondered what all the settings on your camera are for? Want to know how to take control of your images, rather than allow your camera to make all the decisions? Have you tried photographing in manual mode but never really managed to ‘get it’? Do you take loads of photos, and find that only a few of them are ‘decent’? Desperate to nail that blur effect for the background of your images?

I can help with all of these conundrums. All of them (and more).

In this workshop, you’ll leave auto settings behind and confidently move to full manual. You will learn how to take control of your camera, creating greater consistency in your photos, leaving you free to let your creative flag fly.

So you know your way around your camera and you’re fairly confidently taking perfectly exposed photos (most of the time) and are really enjoying the art of photography. You know how to photograph in manual and can flip between manual and auto depending on the shot. However, your images are missing that extra edge. A bit lacking in the “wow factor” that other professional photographers seem able to conjure up. If this sounds like you, then come on in.

In this workshop, we’ll expand on the knowledge from the Beginners’ course and give you the tools you need to open up your creativity and produce some really Grade A images that’d make Annie Leibovitz herself green with envy.

We’ll cover… Composition, White balance and use of colour, Intermediate depth of field, Creative use of light, editing, posting and much more – All with lots of guided practice and feedback.

• For students P6 and upward
• THREE hour-and-a-half online workshops (held on Zoom) outside of school hours
• In between online sessions, students put their new-found skills into practice with set challenges to complete
• Students upload their photos to a (private) online folder and receive individual feedback, ensuring they can extend their skills no matter where they start
• The course is structured around the key elements of photography; light, composition and creativity. We also cover the history of photography, photography equipment, photography for mindfulness, how to progress in photography and much more. 

• All students receive a starter pack ahead of the course, written feedback each week, a completion certificate and two mounted prints of their best images. 

The next step for those who have already completed my introduction course for kids and teens. 

Will require the use of a digital SLR camera.