INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY - PART1 - (Leeds).

If you’re stuck on Auto and feeling frustrated that your photos never look quite how you imagined, this workshop is for you! With a maximum of just four students, you’ll enjoy plenty of individual guidance and time to ask questions.

The day runs from 10:30am – 4:00pm at our photography studio in Morley, Leeds, and includes hands-on practice in Churwell’s award-winning urban woodlands – the perfect place to put your new skills into action.

We’ll skip the jargon and explain everything in plain English, helping you finally take control of your camera and get off Auto mode with confidence. This workshop combines relaxed classroom learning with fun practical sessions, and you’ll leave with helpful reference materials to support your continued learning.

Bespoke half-day Flash Photography one-to-one with E.G. & L.G.

CLOSE-UP & MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY - Discover just how much there is to photograph when you start looking a little closer.

Close-up and macro photography is a wonderful way to get creative with your camera — finding colour, texture, pattern and tiny details that we often completely overlook. During this relaxed, hands-on workshop we'll experiment with flowers and a variety of small subjects, exploring composition, backgrounds and lighting to create beautiful and sometimes quite unexpected images. We'll have plenty of interesting props and subjects ready for you to experiment with, and you're very welcome to bring along anything you'd particularly like to photograph too. The workshop takes place in our studio in Morley, Leeds and is limited to just TWO photographers, so there'll be lots of individual help, plenty of time to experiment and the opportunity to share ideas and inspiration as we go. The aim isn't just to learn about close-up photography — it's to slow down, play, try something different and go home with photographs you might never have thought to create. Time: 10.30am–3.30pm

Skill level: 2 – an understanding of Aperture Priority is required. You'll need a macro lens or standard 18–55mm lens (or similar) and a tripod. We have loan tripods available — simply leave a note when booking. Full joining details will be sent nearer the time.

NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY WALK – LEEDS - Wrap up warm, grab your tripod and join us for an evening getting creative with your camera in Leeds after dark.

Leeds completely changes when the light disappears, giving us a fantastic mix of grand architecture, city lights, reflections, movement and atmospheric urban spaces to photograph.

Starting in Millennium Square, we'll make our way through the city centre, looking for photographic opportunities around Leeds Town Hall and City Square, before heading towards the wonderfully atmospheric Dark Arches and Granary Wharf.

Along the way we'll experiment with low-light photography and longer exposures, capture light trails from passing traffic, look for reflections and interesting compositions, and have some fun with painting with light too.

This is a relaxed, supportive photowalk rather than a formal workshop. We'll photograph together, share ideas and inspiration, and I'll be on hand throughout to help with settings, composition or anything else you get stuck with.

It's a lovely opportunity to get out with your camera, try something different and enjoy photographing alongside other people — hopefully heading home with photographs of Leeds that you didn't think you'd be able to create.

Time: 7pm–9pm

Meeting point: Millennium Square at 6.50pm, ready to set off promptly at 7pm.

You'll need a digital camera that allows you to set both aperture and shutter speed, plus a tripod. Loan tripods are available if required.

Bespoke half-day one-to-one (3hrs) for Mary

Camera Confidence Practice Session – Leeds

A relaxed three-hour camera confidence and photography practice session in Leeds, designed specifically for photographers who have previously completed Get Off Auto – Part 1.

We'll start with a quick refresher of the key Part 1 skills before getting the cameras out and working through a series of practical photography challenges.

You'll practise making your own decisions about aperture, shutter speed and ISO, checking your results and working out what you need to change. We'll also introduce photographing movement, including freezing action and deliberately showing movement.

This isn't another day of theory. It's a chance to practise what you've already learned, build confidence with your camera and get help from Kate whenever you need it.

With a maximum of just four photographers, there'll be plenty of individual support. We'll use the studio and garden where the weather allows.

Skill level: You must have previously completed Get Off Auto – Part 1.

Equipment: Please bring your camera, charged battery, memory card and the lenses you normally use. Bring your Part 1 notes too if you still have them.

INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY, GET OFF AUTO – LEEDS - Got a camera but still find yourself reaching for Auto? Or perhaps you've tried changing the settings, got completely confused and wondered why photography needs to sound quite so complicated?

This friendly, practical workshop is designed to help you understand your camera, take control of your settings and start creating the photographs you want to take — without drowning you in technical jargon.

We'll explain everything in plain English and, most importantly, give you plenty of time to put it into practice.

The day combines relaxed learning in our photography studio in Morley, Leeds, with practical photography in Churwell's award-winning urban woodlands, where we'll head out with our cameras and start using your new skills for real.

With a maximum of just FOUR photographers, you'll get plenty of individual help and support throughout the day. There are no silly questions and no expectation that you should already know what all those buttons on your camera do — that's exactly what we're here to help with.

By the end of the workshop, you'll have a much better understanding of how your camera works, the confidence to move away from Auto and, most importantly, the skills to get out and start enjoying your photography.

You'll also leave with useful reference materials to help you continue practising at home.

Time: 10.30am–4pm

Location: Morley, Leeds

Group size: Maximum 4 photographers

Don't own a camera yet?

No problem. If you're thinking about buying one but haven't decided what you need, we have loan cameras available free of charge, subject to availability. Just leave us a note when you book.

Accessibility & terrain: This workshop takes place in our small home photography studio and nearby urban woodland. The studio is not wheelchair accessible and steps are involved. The outdoor practical session includes walking on woodland paths which may be uneven or muddy depending on the weather. If you have any accessibility or mobility requirements, please get in touch before booking and we'll be happy to discuss whether the workshop will be suitable for you.

HAREWOOD ESTATE SPRING PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE

Private Estate Access • Bluebell Woodlands • Landscapes • Wildlife

Join us for a very special spring photography experience exploring the private side of Harewood Estate, with access to areas of this beautiful working estate that aren't normally open to the public.

Travelling around the estate on the access trailer, we'll spend five hours exploring and photographing Harewood as it bursts back into life for spring — from bluebell woodlands and fresh spring landscapes to Highland cattle with their calves and the deer that roam the parkland.

One of the real highlights of the day is the opportunity to photograph views across the Harewood landscape that the general public simply doesn't get to see. The parkland was designed by Capability Brown to create beautiful views and vistas across the estate and towards Harewood House, and our private access takes us to some wonderful photographic viewpoints.

We'll be joined throughout the day by Harewood Estate's Outdoor Education Officer, John Gillian, whose incredible knowledge of the estate, its history and wildlife means no two visits are ever quite the same. If there's something to know about Harewood, John usually knows it!

I'll be there throughout too, helping you make the most of each opportunity — whether that's choosing settings, working on composition, capturing the wider landscape or getting the best from your wildlife photographs.

We'll stop whenever inspiration strikes, and around lunchtime we'll pause for a packed lunch in one of the estate's scenic locations, weather permitting. We usually finish the day in the deer park, giving us one final opportunity for wildlife photography before heading back.

Harewood is a working estate and its wildlife is free to roam, so we can never guarantee exactly what we'll encounter. That's part of what makes each visit different — and with John's knowledge of the estate, we'll always make the most of whatever spring gives us on the day.

Who is this experience for?

You don't need to be an advanced photographer, but you should be comfortable using Aperture Priority.

This is a relaxed photography experience rather than a formal classroom workshop. There will be plenty of photographic guidance and support throughout the day, but you'll also have time to explore, photograph and enjoy this very special location.

Maximum 8 photographers | £95 per person | 10am–3pm

What to Bring

• Camera
• Telephoto lens — 200mm or longer recommended for wildlife
• Standard or wide-angle lens for landscapes
• Tripod
• Graduated filters if you have them
• Packed lunch and refreshments

Joining Instructions

Full meeting details and joining instructions will be emailed approximately one week before the experience.

Accessibility & Terrain

We'll spend much of the day travelling around the estate on the access trailer, allowing us to reach photographic locations across the estate without long walks.

There will still be periods of walking over uneven ground, including fields, woodland paths and rough terrain, as we leave the trailer to photograph different areas.

You'll need to be able to get on and off the trailer unaided and walk short distances over uneven ground. Sturdy, waterproof footwear and clothing suitable for the weather are recommended. Please contact us before booking if you'd like to discuss any mobility or accessibility requirements.