PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES IN SCOTLAND

Workshop Dates, Venues & Prices in Scotland >>

Regional News: Welcome to Going Digital Scotland.

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Living Social Customers

Please note that clients with Living Social Vouchers should email Tony directly for a list of course dates which are taught exclusively at The Studio in Broughton. Workshops are generally on Wednesdays or Sundays and will run throughout the year. Class size is restricted to no more than 8 persons at The Studio, to maintain a quaulity experience. Please note, your Voucher is not redeemed via this website, and should be bought along on the day of your training to be be redeemed via the Living Social website by Tony.
Students having attended this course will then be eligible to attend further Going Digital workshops and fun days which will be promoted via the GD website.
Thanks, tony@goingdigital.co.uk

Exhibition Raises 6000.00 GDP

1/1 STUDENT, PETER WATSON PUBLISHES FIRST BOOK

Congratulations to Peter Watson, one of my Glaswegian tutees, who has recently published his first collection of photographs. This is a joint project with Going Digital Scotland which raised over 6000.00 GDP for the Yorkhill Children's Foundation of which Peter is the chairman. In association with the University of Strathclyde, not only does the book look fantastic, but raised a few pennies for a great cause.

My Photos Peter Watson | Make Your Own Book

Venues:

Aberdeen Arts Centre on Kings Street

Edinburgh Training and Conference Centre...fantastic location on the Royal Mile

Craigcrook Castle: Unique art archive and gallery

Glasgow Botanic Gardens: NEW

Photowalks: Dean Village and River Almond: NEW

Photo Studio: Beaverhall Arts Studios: NEW

New venues around Scotland will be established shortly. We are currently looking for suitable premises in Stirling, Linlithgow, Glasgow and Fife...but are happy to receive comments on potential venues from interested parties. If you own a Stately Home or know of a suitable building for holding small teaching events then please contact Tony for a chat.

Aberdeen Workshops

Thanks to the Aberdeen Arts Centre for a successful Workshop... next date for photo fun is 11th Feb.

Beaverhall Arts Studios

Come and visit our brand new studio venue situated in the heart of the New Town. Over 50 students have now been taught DSLR1 in the last month with fantstic feedback. Look out for our Promo codes posted on the GDS Blog and join the fun with an Xmas Gift Voucher for your friends and family.

Photowalks in Edinburgh

The best kept 'secret' photo walk in town. Join Tony and grab those 'portfolio' shots of waterfalls, river scenes, abstracts, seaviews and wildlife. Two cafes, and two pubs compliment this gentle stroll... there is even something for the Plane Spotter...addictive action shots overhead! Click on our new gallery and forum section to see this fabulous walk anddiscuss images and techniques with fellow students.

GDS Student Flickr Gallery of River Almond and Photowalks

Tony at GDS is now offering SLR1 digital courses for beginners and keen amateurs looking to break out of 'auto' mode, and take control of the creative aspects of photography.

Taught using a friendly and 'hands-on' method, students quickly learn the secrets to controlling the camera and are amazed at their progress in just a few hours.

Suitable for every age and ability, and especially useful for those stepping up from a compact camera, the courses are designed to be fun and informative.

One-to-one training rates

We'd be happy to tailor a day's training to your specific requirements. Our one-to-one days usually run from 10am to 4pm. Our charges are below:

Weekdays - from £195 to £275* (depending upon the subject) plus travelling and any other expenses, e.g. room hire if required

Weekday evenings (3 hours) from 65.00

Saturdays, Sundays & Bank Holidays - from £195 to £375* (depending upon the subject) plus travelling and any other expenses, e.g. room hire if required

A second person is welcome, free of charge

Group rates on request.

Terms & Conditions
We ask for a £50 deposit (non-refundable) payable on booking your one-to-one training, with the balance to be paid in full at least 7 days before the training day.

Due to popular demand Tony can also now offer private tuition for school children (EDINBURGH) at their home either on a weekday afternoon or evening. This consists of a 1-2 hour starter session (depending on age and/or time available) to familiarise children with the basics of good SLR photography. Particularly suitable for those thinking of working in the media or joining an arts/media course, or those frustrated by the limitations of point and shoot cameras for subjects such as sports/skiing or fashion type images.

Costs

40.00 per session for children.

65.00 per weekday evening session (3 hours)for adults.

Call Tony for details: 0131 605 0100

Cameras for loan

We currently have 2 Canon D5 and Lumix G1 for hire. Please contact us to confirm availability before making your booking by sending an email to Tony Cook at scotland@goingdigital.co.uk

Tutors

Tony of Going Digital Scotland (GDS) has many years experience in a wide range of photographic disciplines both as tutor and cameraman, initially as a young boy attending motor race meetings with his dad, using an archaic 126 cassette camera that he still owns today!!!

Having studied for over ten years at various art and technical colleges in London, he began working with Garry Castle (now MD of Modo Publishing) in a very successful Portrait studio in Essex that numbered many footballers, singers and TV personalities amonst its clientele.

This inevitably led to Wedding and Social Event commissions that honed their natural style and easy-going approach that is the hallmark of their images today.

Ultimately, their beautiful darkroom and handprinted work was replaced by the digital workflow for simple commercial reasons, but Tony feels strongly that such a strong background in film and print processing has proved invaluable as we all move into the digital age.

In 2002, Tony branched out and started travelling, initially to the USA and India, which eventually led to his work being exhibited in London and Paris... and four , one-man exhibitons in Edinburgh, having relocated in 2007.

In the meantime, he accepted an ongoing commission to document Amanda Swanwick's fabulous Boutique Hotel interiors in Paris, Seville and beyond, which appeared in many national newspapers and sunday supplememnts, and now on her new lifestle magazine www.amandamagazine.com.

This experience afforded Tony the opportunity to shoot Food, Fashion and BBC chefs as chief photographer on a top Asian Lifestyle magazine... which in turn, led to him working with Orchid Events (in St John's Wood, London) and with video film makers, Bloomsbury Film, on celebrity wedding shoots, for comedians, Ed Byrne, and Dara O Briain, and 'A' list jeweller, Lolarose, plus music industry moguls, TCB.

Now living in Edinburgh, Tony mainly shoots corporate portraits and weddings for the well-heeled lawyers and bankers of the capital and Glasgow, plus exclusive private parties for clients such as Intercell Biomedical, The Royal Yacht Britannia and Maximillion Events, employing the same discreet manner and camera skills learned on the job, over two decades.

It is this hands-on, no nonsense approach that allows Tony to communicate the secrets of better photography to students at Going Digital Scotland, in a friendly and 'non-jargony' way. By actually helping you, in one day, to take control of the camera, get off 'Auto', and see the results, for yourself!!

Currently, in addition to developing new workshops and venues around Scotland for Going Digital, he is working on website images as a consultant for a new Investment company in Scotland, Cornerstone, and a new exhibition with Marc Marnie, the renowned rock photographer.

Tony welcomes all interested beginners and enthusiastic photographers in Scotland to join him on a workshop to learn new creative skills and have a good old blether about photography. Feedback is always given to clients and their images will appear on Galleries on the Going Digital Scotland page to invite comments and further instruction. If anyone has a great venue in mind in their particular region of Scotland, then please feel free to call Tony for a chat, and remember that vouchers are now available as great presents for those about to buy a shiny new camera for xmas.

Look forward to meeting you all in 2011/12.

Tony has now been joined by Victoria Kimber who will be assisting with the Social Marketing, Networking and GDS Region website.

Customer Feedback

Having chatted with you recently at your exhibition in Edinburgh, which inspired me to pick up the camera again, I am really looking forward to booking my first course. Good luck with the new venture.

Ann McRae: Edinburgh

Hi Tony. Many thanks for an enjoyable course yesterday. I learned a huge amount of information and will be applying it when I buy my camera. I am off to the camera shop tomorrow to test out their cameras . Thanks a lot and hope to meet up with you at a future course, which I will definitely consider.

Cheers Donald (Richard) Sinclair.

Magic stuff, oh international guru. Booking my next one to one now.

Peter Watson. Lemac, Glasgow

Hugely enjoyable Photo walk last sunday. Really liked the abstract image of the waterfall...one for my portfolio. Will be joining you again shortly.

Jim Elliot

Gotten so much more confident since we came on the course in Edinburgh. Our dog pictures have really improved, and we had a lot of fun! Come to Aberdeen soon.

J Craib, Kennel Owners: Aberdeen.