DIGITAL COMPACT CAMERA COURSES

Compact Camera Courses

Learn to Use the Key Features of Your Digital Camera

This workshop is suitable for any camera with Scene Modes, e.g. Landscape, Portrait, Macro etc. 

If you have a large compact or compact system camera with an Aperture (A or AV) setting on the mode dial you may prefer our Explore Your DSLR/Compact System Camera Part 1 workshop.

If you feel that you could be taking better photos with your digital 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 including close-ups, portraits and landscapes, 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.

Dates, Venues & Prices for this Workshop

RegionDayDateVenueCost £PlacesReserve Your Place
East Anglia Sat 18 February 2012 Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk
70.00 FULL
East Anglia Sat 10 March 2012 Ickworth House, Suffolk
70.00 3
London & South East Sat 18 February 2012 Central London
Compact alone...just for cameras using scene modes like portrait/landscape and sports mode. The Thames, Millennium Bridge & St Paul's Cathedral, 10am-4pm, Training Suite 202 Blackfriars Road, Southwark, SE1 8NJ
85.00 3
London & South East Sat 5 May 2012 Central London
Compact alone...just for cameras using scene modes like portrait/landscape and sports mode. The Thames, Millennium Bridge & St Paul's Cathedral, 10am-4pm, Training Suite 202 Blackfriars Road, Southwark, SE1 8NJ
85.00 >3
North and Mid Wales Sat 11 February 2012 Erddig, N Wales
Combined with DSLR Part 1 -Learn to get more from your compact
60.00 FULL
North and Mid Wales Sat 24 March 2012 Coed y Brenin, Gwynedd
Combined with DSLR Part 1 -Learn to get more from your compact
55.00 >3
North and Mid Wales Sat 14 April 2012 Erddig, N Wales
Combined with DSLR Part 1 -Learn to get more from your compact
60.00 FULL
North and Mid Wales Sat 16 June 2012 Erddig, N Wales
Combined with DSLR Part 1 -Learn to get more from your compact
60.00 >3
North and Mid Wales Sat 30 June 2012 Coed y Brenin, Gwynedd
Combined with DSLR Part 1 -Learn to get more from your compact
55.00 >3
North West & North Midlands Fri 10 February 2012 Lake District Visitor Centre
Friday Special - £10 off! Now only £65! Simply quote Voucher Code PR36-105414E when booking. Learn how to make the most of your Compact camera - runs alongside Explore Your Digital Camera Part 1
75.00 2
North West & North Midlands Sat 18 February 2012 Manchester YHA
75.00 1
North West & North Midlands Sat 3 March 2012 Attenborough Nature Centre
75.00 FULL
North West & North Midlands Sat 17 March 2012 Tatton Park, Cheshire
75.00 FULL
North West & North Midlands Sat 31 March 2012 Etruria Industrial Museum, Stoke
75.00 2
North West & North Midlands Sun 1 April 2012 North West & North Midlands
75.00 FULL
North West & North Midlands Sun 15 April 2012 Manchester YHA
75.00 1
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sun 5 February 2012 Charlecote Park, Warwick
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 FULL
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sun 12 February 2012 Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 1
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 18 February 2012 Central Birmingham
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 2
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 25 February 2012 Snowshill Manor, Glos.
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 FULL
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sun 26 February 2012 Attingham Park, Shropshire
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 10 March 2012 Attingham Park, Shropshire
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sun 11 March 2012 Bewdley & Severn Valley Railway
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sun 18 March 2012 Brockhampton Estate, Herefordshire
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 24 March 2012 Packwood House, Solihull
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sun 25 March 2012 Attingham Park, Shropshire
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 14 April 2012 Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sun 15 April 2012 Coughton Court, Warwickshire
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 21 April 2012 Bewdley & Severn Valley Railway
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sun 22 April 2012 Packwood House, Solihull
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 28 April 2012 Snowshill Manor, Glos.
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sun 6 May 2012 Harcourt Aboretum, Oxford
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 12 May 2012 Charlecote Park, Warwick
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 26 May 2012 Snowshill Manor, Glos.
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sun 27 May 2012 Packwood House, Solihull
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 23 June 2012 Packwood House, Solihull
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3
West Midlands & Cotswolds Sat 30 June 2012 Brockhampton Estate, Herefordshire
Learn how to shoot professional style images with your compact camera, run with DSLR P1
75.00 >3

Reviews

Just to say that we enjoyed the ‘Get more from your compact camera’ workshop at Clumber Park. 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!

 

 

About This Workshop

Compact Cameras with Scene Modes Skill Level 1 Activity Level 1
Dates, Venues & Prices for this workshop Reviews  

Previous Experience

Complete beginners welcome.

Students at Clumber Park

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 >>

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