Being stuck in this rutt can often lead to photographers missing out on jobs just because people think that their work is out dated and you can see the difference between newer photographers and older photographers as well as the changes in advertising and what actually sells.

This course is a combination of theory and practical work to get your photography to think out side of the box.

The aim of the course is to bring you back to basics, using the rule of thirds and breaking those rules to give you more outstanding results.

Take a new and fresh look at subjects by going far from your comfort zone and tackling new assignments and having your work critiqued as well as hands on work with one of our photographers.

The photography training is firstly an assessment of your work and critique of your work, you can then resubmit your work based on the critique that was given.
We will ask you to complete a task to see how out side the box and comfort zone you can go and then the remainder of the photography training course is hands on real photography with a professional photographer.

Our courses are meant to challenge you, but they are relaxed and informal so that you enjoy being told your photography stinks.. only joking.. but its a laid back more casual form of training rather than being at school, and is also a more one to one from of training.

The aim of the course:

• Look differently at approaches to taking a image
• take a image differently
• retrain your way of thinking and habit
• show you a different way of working
• Give you tips and advice on altering images
• Hands on work as well as assignments to gain an understanding of how you shoot and how to improve.

This photography training course is targeted at photographers that are already established and wish to redevelop their photography skills. This is NOT a film to digital Photography course (see basic photography training for learning digital photography).

We offer more tailored courses based on the two types of learners

New to Photography Training

New to Digital Photography Training

The photography courses are based on standard learning, if you have problems you can have the course extended and we will carry out a more personal structure for your extension.

The New to photography course:

• How a camera works and terminology
• What the settings do
• How to frame an image
• How lighting effects an image
• Buying a camera
• Workflow for digital cameras and basic image editing.

Basic photography training for family photos

This photography training course is targeted at people who haven’t touched a camera in some time and want to learn a little bit of information on what digital cameras are, and how to make the most out of them.
We cover training on Point and shoot cameras as well as SLR (d) cameras, the limitations of digital cameras and how to carry out some basic photographic editing on your computer or laptop.

Course Structure

The course is a mixture of media and information. We will send you over some information, which is general reading material, which should point you in the right direction as a start.
The next step is about buying a camera if you don’t already have one, how they work what they do and what the different modes do etc..and what a camera cant do. so this is the technical part.
Your next part is a technical assessment of your photo’s, this will show where your going right and wrong, this is call a critique. You then take what we say and try again.
There is then some videos to watch and learn from. This will give you an insight to professional photography and image taking.
You will again try out your photography skills and see how you get on.

The final part of the course is a hands on day shoot and review with one of our photographers, you can ask questions and have them answered over the 6 hour time period and we will review your images as we go.

For some who fail to grasp some of the concepts this course, the photography training may actually be longer.The course is delivered online and can be also face to face if required.

The New to Digital photography course:

• How a camera works and terminology
• What the settings do
• Digital limitations over film
• How lighting effects an image
• Buying a digital camera and what mega pixels mean
• Workflow for digital cameras and basic image editing.

This photography training course is targeted at photographers who are moving from film camera to digital cameras. There is a difference between the two types of cameras and the menus can seen that bit to much with about 20 settings to do one thing and combinations. Digital photography is pretty simple once you grasp the basis of how the camera works apposed to film and understanding its limits and differences.

Course Structure

The course is more hands on than our basic photography training course in that we will provide you with information on the cameras, the technical limits and how to do the things that you do with your film camera on a digital camera.

We will go through a shoot (random) and walk you though so that you can see the differences and ask the questions as you need to. In basic form this photography course and digital photography training is a bit like having a friend that knows about digital and film cameras that you can ask all the questions that you want and we will show you.

we have digital SLR cameras that you can use if you haven’t bought your own digital camera yet and are holding back on taking the step toward digital photography.
This one to one time with a photographer and a digital cameras can give you a greater insight into using a digital SLR camera, how its work, its limits and how to make the most out of it.

This course is held over a 7 hour day (plus one hour for lunch)

For some who fail to grasp some of the concepts of this course, the camera training may be longer.