On this page you'll find details of our BEGINNERS WORKSHOPS: at Sheffield Botanical Gardens. UP-CLOSE & PERSONAL WILDLIFE & HARVEST MICE: at Mayfield within Gulliver's Valley and DOG PHOTOGRPAHY DAYS at Rockys Ranch, Dunford Bridge.
On this page you'll find details of our BEGINNERS WORKSHOPS: at Sheffield Botanical Gardens. UP-CLOSE & PERSONAL WILDLIFE & HARVEST MICE: at Mayfield within Gulliver's Valley and DOG PHOTOGRPAHY DAYS at Rockys Ranch, Dunford Bridge.
Introduction to Photography - Part 1 - Get off Auto
INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY PART 1 - SHEFFIELD BOTANICAL GARDENS: If you're stuck on the Auto setting on your camera and frustrated because you're not getting the photos that you want, then this is the course for you! This workshop will have a maximum of 10 students and will last 5 and a half hours with a start time of 10.30am. It takes place within the magnificent Botanical Gardens in the education rooms, where we will banish jargon and explain in plain English how to take control of your camera and get off Auto. This workshop is both classroom and field based, you'll leave with plenty of useful reference materials. Loan camera's available free of charge if you have yet to make a decision about buying a camera (subject to availability), please put a comment on your booking form. Book this together with a Part 2 workshop in the Yorkshire Region and get a £15 discount. Use the promotional code REG11-DOUBLE24 at time of booking.
HARVEST MICE Morning Session 10am to 12pm. This is a very special 2 hour session limited to just 2 people working on close up photography with the wonderful harvest mice at Mayfield Animal Park at their new location just off Junction 31 of the M1 near Sheffield. Learn about the importance of depth of field in close up work, how to capture movement and the use of flowers and props to create some beautiful images. Tutor Pandora will guide you through with lots of individual attention, time to ask questions and perfect your shots. If you would prefer a private 121 session just book both places. 100mm is an ideal lens length for these sessions. If you would prefer to use a camera phone this is also possible with this workshop.
HARVEST MICE sessions Afternoon Session 1pm to 3pm. This is a very special 2 hour session limited to just 2 people working on close up photography with the wonderful harvest mice at Mayfield Animal Park at their new location juct off Junction 31 of the M1 near Sheffield. Learn about the importance of depth of field in close up work, how to capture movement and the use of flowers and props to create some beautiful images. Tutor Pandora will guide you through with lots of individual attention, time to ask questions and perfect your shots. If you would prefer a private 121 session just book both places. 100mm is an ideal lens length for these sessions. If you would prefer to use a camera phone this is also possible with this workshop.
Theme: Gun Dog Day (includes natural light, studio work, and outdoor action). A dog photography workshop with Pandora and award-winning specialist canine photographer Caroline Dell who will be our guest tutor for the day. Working with Caroline's own dogs our day will be based at her ranch style studio near Sheffield. We will cover natural light, Off camera flash, studio work, action photography which will be themed around working dogs using cold game. Caro will also demo her own post-processing technique. This workshop is limited to just 5 people with support from 2 tutors on the day. Skill level 3. Joining instructions and directions will be e mailed out individually near the time. This workshop runs from 9.30am until 3.30pm. Read More
Light Trails & Night Photography
Learn how to photograph in the dark, make the most of the Christmas lights and practise your low-light photography skills to capture Sheffield at night, and even a bit of light painting. We will meet at 6.50 pm near the Crucible Theatre before setting off at 7pm. We will then make our way around the city centre making the most of the great photographic opportunities the city has to offer. You will need a digital camera with the ability to set both aperture and shutter speed and a tripod (we can loan tripods). This walk runs from 7pm-9pm.