GET MORE FROM YOUR COMPACT CAMERA

Compact Camera Courses

If you feel that you could be taking better photos with your compact camera, this workshop is for you.  It will show you how to get the best from your camera, whatever its make and model.  This is a hands-on workshop so you will have the opportunity to take various photographs, using all the key features of your camera, and review your images. 

Improve Your Images with Good Composition

You'll also learn the basics of good composition which will help you to transform your photographs from 'snaps' into images you're proud of.

Please Note

This workshop is suitable for compact cameras with Scene Modes (e.g. Landscape, Portrait, Macro etc.) and no facility to set Aperture.

Digital compact camerasCompact Cameras with Aperture Priority

Compact and 'bridge' cameras with an Aperture (A or AV) setting on the mode dial (see right), are included in our Explore Your Digital SLR Part 1 workshop, as your camera shares most of the features of an SLR. 

Dates, Venues & Prices for this Workshop

RegionDayDateVenueCost £PlacesReserve Your Place
Devon & Cornwall Mon 20 September 2010 Knightshayes Court, Devon
SLR cameras also included in this workshop.
60.00 2
East Anglia Sat 4 September 2010 Hylands House, Chelmsford
65.00 >3
East Anglia Mon 23 October 2010 Ickworth House, Suffolk
65.00 >3
East of England Sun 12 September 2010 Burghley House, S Lincs.
Run alongside SLR1 workshop
70.00 >3
East of England Sat 25 September 2010 Burghley House, S Lincs.
Run alongside SLR1 workshop
70.00 >3
East of England Sun 3 October 2010 The Maltings, Ely
Run alongside SLR1 workshop
70.00 >3
East of England Fri 8 October 2010 Peckover House, Cambs.
Run alongside SLR1 workshop
70.00 >3
East of England Fri 22 October 2010 Wicken Fen, Cambs.
Run alongside SLR1 workshop
70.00 >3
East of England Sat 23 October 2010 Anglesey Abbey, Cambs.
Run alongside SLR1 workshop
70.00 >3
East of England Fri 29 October 2010 Burghley House, S Lincs.
Run alongside SLR1 workshop
70.00 >3
East of England Sat 6 November 2010 Rutland Water, Leicestershire
Run alongside SLR1 workshop
70.00 >3
East of England Sun 14 November 2010 Peckover House, Cambs.
Run alongside SLR1 workshop
70.00 >3
East of England Sun 28 November 2010 Burghley House, S Lincs.
Run alongside SLR1 workshop
70.00 >3
East of England Sun 28 November 2010 Burghley House, S Lincs.
Run alongside SLR1 workshop
70.00 >3
East of England Fri 10 December 2010 The Maltings, Ely
Run alongside SLR1 workshop
70.00 >3
East of England Sat 15 January 2011 Rutland Water, Leicestershire
Run alongside SLR1 workshop
70.00 >3
East of England Sat 26 February 2011 Rutland Water, Leicestershire
Run alongside SLR1 workshop
70.00 >3
London & South East Sat 11 September 2010 Central London
Compacts ONLY! Limited to 6....The Thames, Millennium Bridge & St Paul's Cathedral, Training Suite 202 Blackfriars Road, Southwark, SE1 8NJ.
85.00 2
London & South East Sat 6 November 2010 Central London
Compacts ONLY! Limited to 6....The Thames, Millennium Bridge & St Paul's Cathedral, Training Suite 202 Blackfriars Road, Southwark, SE1 8NJ.
85.00 >3
North and Mid Wales Sat 4 September 2010 Erddig, N Wales
60.00 FULL
North and Mid Wales Sat 23 October 2010 Coed y Brenin, Gwynedd
55.00 3
North East Sun 12 September 2010 Ormesby Hall, Middlesbrough
Run alongside SLR part 1
65.00 FULL
North East Sun 18 September 2010 Beamish Museum, Co. Durham
70.00 2
North East Sun 10 October 2010 Gibside, Newcastle upon Tyne
Run alongside SLR part 1
65.00 >3
North East Sun 31 October 2010 Ormesby Hall, Middlesbrough
Run alongside SLR Part 1
65.00 >3
North East Sun 14 November 2010 Jesmond Dene House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
70.00 >3
North East Sun 28 November 2010 Gibside, Newcastle upon Tyne
Run alongside SLR part 1
65.00 >3
North Midlands Sat 16 October 2010 Etruria Industrial Museum, Stoke
This is a combined Compact and DSLR workshop.
65.00 2
North Midlands Sat 20 November 2010 Cromford Mill, Matlock
This is a combined Compact and DSLR workshop.
70.00 2
North West Sat 4 September 2010 Tatton Park, Cheshire
70.00 FULL
North West Sat 11 September 2010 Lake District Visitor Centre
This is a combined Compact and DSLR workshop.
70.00 1
South Sat 23 October 2010 Lacock Abbey, Wilts.
SLR cameras also included in this workshop.
70.00 3
South Sun 24 October 2010 Winchester City Mill
SLR cameras also included in this workshop.
70.00 3
South Sun 7 November 2010 Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
SLR cameras also included in this workshop.
70.00 1
South Sun 21 November 2010 Dyrham Park, Glos.
70.00 3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sun 12 September 2010 Harcourt Aboretum, Oxford
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera
65.00 FULL
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sun 19 September 2010 Central Birmingham
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
70.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 25 September 2010 Brockhampton Estate, Herefordshire
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
65.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 9 October 2010 Packwood House, Solihull
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
65.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 16 October 2010 Snowshill Manor, Glos.
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
65.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sun 17 October 2010 Attingham Park, Shropshire
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
65.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 23 October 2010 Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton
LLearn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
65.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 30 October 2010 Bewdley & Severn Valley Railway
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
65.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sun 7 November 2010 Central Birmingham
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
70.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 13 November 2010 Attingham Park, Shropshire
How to shoot professional style images with your compact camera
65.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 20 November 2010 Packwood House, Solihull
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
65.00 >3
Yorkshire Sun 5 September 2010 Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal, N Yorks.
70.00 >3
Yorkshire Sun 12 September 2010 Robin Hood's Bay, E Yorks
70.00 >3
Yorkshire Sat 18 September 2010 Longshaw Estate, Peak District
70.00 >3
Yorkshire Sun 19 September 2010 Nostell Priory, Yorks.
70.00 FULL
Yorkshire Sun 3 October 2010 Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal, N Yorks.
70.00 >3
Yorkshire Sun 7 November 2010 Nostell Priory, Yorks.
70.00 2
Yorkshire Sun 14 November 2010 Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal, N Yorks.
70.00 >3

Reviews

Just to say that we enjoyed the ‘Get more from your compact camera’ workshop at Clumber Park on 14/9 /08. We had a fair way to come  but it was well worth it, as we  found it a very useful and practical day. You will see us back for another day, we’re sure.

Once again thank you very much for a wonderful day at Hardwick Hall on Thursday.  I thoroughly enjoyed the course and meeting the other people there on the day.  I certainly found the presentation and content to be just what I needed as having spent many days (and nights!) reading the manual for my new bridge camera, I think I had somewhat confused myself on which settings etc I should be initially concentrating on, and the course certainly sorted out that for me.  I am now trying to concentrate more on getting those settings to become second nature and understanding how to use them to better effect, as well as continuing to think about composition.  I am now looking at which course to do next time.

This workshop was really helpful in taking me from basic Auto mode pictures to taking limited control of the options within the camera settings - even to discovering the menu settings!  To be told that I can set my camera to Aperture priority and develop the same picture at slightly different f-settings was also an advantage.  Practical shots in a beautiful setting was a bonus.

Just letting you know how much Jenny and I enjoyed the course yesterday.  I spent the rest of yesterday evening reading my manual thoroughly and taking photos in my garden.  I'm amazed how many incorrect assumptions I had made about my camera. I now feel in control of my camera and by looking at photos on my PC as soon as I took them I was able to see the difference made by changing the settings. I will also know what to look for when I make my next camera purchase - which I'm sure I will do soon as I feel really excited about moving on to thinking about composition.

I just wanted to say a tremendous thank you for the course I recently attended at Calke Abbey,  "EXPLORE THE FEATURES OF YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA".    It was a great day and I really enjoyed meeting the group of people that were there on the day.   Unfortunately, it was that good, I went out and purchased a Canon Digital SLR camera!

 

Photographic Equipment from Warehouse Express

About This Workshop

Compact Cameras with Scene ModesSkill Level 1Activity Level 1
Dates, Venues & Prices for this workshopReviews 

Equipment

Optional equipment - a tripod (full height).

Times

Most of our workshops run from 10am to 4pm, but please check your Joining Instructions for full details.

Note

Please note that there may be occasions when compact and SLR camera users are combined on the same workshop, in which case you will be split into separate groups as appropriate during the day.

Progression

Progression from this workshop is to: