Photography Workshops
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Landscape Photography Workshops
My landscape photography workshops featured on TV in November 2011 when I guided Gethin Jones, a film crew, a sound engineer and three producers half way down Boulby Cliffs when we made an episode of ITV's "Adventurer's Guide to Britain"
Blessed with a host of wonderful and varied landscapes on offer here in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park and the Yorkshire Coast, I am delighted to offer my landscape photography workshops and panoramic master classes. I also offer extended one to one mentoring.
Due to requests from clients, I am now offering more landscape photography workshops in the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District in 2012.
You may be a beginner trying to get the best out your compact camera, an enthusiast wanting to take contol of your DSLR, or an advanced enthusiast needing specific help in recording images you have already visualised. The small group size will ensure you receive individual attention, and most importantly, you will feel comfortable and you won't feel intimidated by the presence of lots of "experts".
There is a choice of One to One or small group workshops, a choice of half day or full day workshops, and a choice of really special locations here in North Yorkshire.
One to One workshops: prior to the workshop, I work with you to identify areas of photography that you wish to develop. I then design a bespoke workshop for you so we can work on these areas out on location.
Group workshops: the workshops are all location based, and they are limited to a maximum of three clients so that each client receives the very best care, attention and feedback. The workshops are designed to be fun and relaxing, and they will be tailored to suit the individual needs of clients, and precisely where the clients are on their wonderful journey into landscape photography.
Half day workshops: these are ideal as a taster, or if you are just getting into photography, or if you are on a tighter budget. Due to the cost of transport, these workshops will be located in the northern part of the North York Moors National Park, or on the Yorkshire coast north of Saltwick Bay, Whitby.
On all my workshops there will be an emphasis on the art of photography, in other words, the creative side of landscape photography, particularly in visual awareness and composition. This will enable you to move beyond simple record shots to making creative images based on your visual and emotional responses to landscape. The techniques of photography (camera settings, exposure, depth of field, ISO etc) will be covered in a way that can be applied to your landscape photography. Toward the latter part of the workshops we will address the process of visualisation, using our insights and imagination to visualise and then execute an image.
In addition to my skills and my beliefs about landscape photography, I bring to the workshops my knowledge and skills from a Degree in Biological Sciences, from twenty years of teaching, from being a Department for Education Subject Learning Coach, from being a practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and from my beliefs in the importance of Emotional Intelligence. I have a vast amount of organisational experience from leading mountaineering expeditions to Peru and Pakistan, as well as from organising numerous field trips and foreign exchanges. I am also an Ambulance First Responder and First Aider.
All workshop are risk assessed and covered by specialist insurance.
Workshop dates 2012
January ~ 7th and 8th Lake District ~ winter light
February ~ 11th and 12th Lake District~ winter light
February ~ 18th and 19th Torridon, North West Highlands
March ~ 10th and 11th Lake District ~ spring light
April ~ 7th and 8th Hayburn Wyke, Yorkshire Coast ~ crashing waves, sandstone boulders, cliffs, and twin waterfalls, a lazy river and an ancient woodland
April ~ 21st-22nd Ben Nevis and Glen Nevis ~ spring in the Highlands
May ~ 5th, 6th, 7th Yorkshire Dales ~ late spring in the Dales
May ~ 26th River Derwent and the Bridestones, Dalby Forest, ~ crystal clear water in this wonderful trout river, reflections of spring growth, and then a journey into the Dalby Forest for the evening light at the unique Bridestones
June ~ 2nd to 5th Yorkshire Dales ~ flower meadows and barns
June ~ 23rd and 24th Saltwick Bay, Yorkshire Coast ~ low tide with the wet shale reflecting the midsummer sunsets and dramatic skies, Saltwick Bay has it all
July ~ 7th and 8th Yorkshire Coast ~ venue tba
July ~ 21st and 22nd The Wainstones and Hasty Bank, North Yorks Moors, July 12th ~ unusual rock formations and dramatic views, we will work into the evening to capture the summer sunset
August ~ 25th, 26th and 27th Great Fryupdale and Rosedale, North York Moors ~ dramatic skies and the heather in full bloom
September ~ 1st and 2nd Mallyan Spout and West Beck, Thomason Foss and Eller Beck ~ the start of autumn signals a return to these delightful rivers and waterfalls
September ~ 8th and 9th North Yorkshire Moors~ heather
October ~ 13th and 14th Lake District autumn colours
October ~ 20th and 21st Yorkshire Dales autumn colours
November ~ 3rd and 4th Lake District autumn colours
November ~ 10th and 11th North Yorkshire woodlands
December ~ 1st and 2nd Yorkshire Dales ~ limestone pavements and winter skies
Please feel free to contact me by phone (07974 698065) or e mail ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) to enquire further about the workshops, especially about other weekend and Bank Holiday workshops, and workshops that are not listed here.
If you are on holiday in North Yorkshire, the Dales or the Lakes and the workshop dates above don't coincide with your holiday, please get in touch as it may be possible to arrange an additional workshop for you.
Workshop clients must provide their own transport.
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