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 | Photography For Writers with Steve Davey Many writers, whether they be working freelancers, ambitious staffers, aspiring professionals or personal bloggers, just don't get photography. At best they regard it as something to be done grudgingly – at worst they don't bother! But if you are a writer or a blogger having the ability to take adequate pictures will increase your income, get you more work and potentially drive more hits to your blog. This course will look at how to take better pictures in a range of scenarios, and then look at simple post-processing and how to caption and keyword pictures before looking at method of digital delivery. |  | ||||||
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| Shooting on Assignment with Marc Schlossman The location assignment: making excellent photographs is one thing. But making the most of your time and opportunities, good or not so good – that is what successful photographers do. Working as if on assignment, we will show you how to get the most from yourself and from the opportunities we find. This course is run in one of two locations:Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew and the River Thames in London. Kew Gardens are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, containing historic gardens, glasshouses, decorative structures and water features: perfect to explore the photography of natural settings. | | ||||
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We have identified a number of areas where many people experience difficulties with their photography, and have come up with a unique and targeted range of London based photography workshops. This might be to brush up on their skills before heading off on a big trip, or just to shoot better pictures at home. Our range of photography courses can be found below. Click on any of the images to go to the specific course page, or use the courses by date tab to see which courses will happen on a given date.
We are planning on expanding our range of workshops and some new themes are currently under development, but if there is something that you would like us to cover, then please do email us using the form on the making a booking page to let us know. Alternatively if you have a couple of friends or colleagues who would like to cover the same areas then why not consider requesting a bespoke course. If you would like to be kept informed about any developments, use the form here, and select 'Please add me to your mailing list'.
The cost for our half day courses ranges from £85 to £100. Our photo courses are run by a named professional photographer and have a maximum of six participants, giving you much more individual tuition and attention than some of our cheaper rivals. If you book two or more courses at the same time, then the price drops by £5 per course.
We have identified a number of areas where many people experience difficulties with their photography, and have come up with a unique and targeted range of London based photography workshops. This might be to brush up on their skills before heading off on a big trip, or just to shoot better pictures at home. Our range of photography courses can be found below. Click on any of the images to go to the specific course page, or use the courses by date tab to see which courses will happen on a given date.
We are planning on expanding our range of workshops and some new themes are currently under development, but if there is something that you would like us to cover, then please do email us using the form on the making a booking page to let us know. Alternatively if you have a couple of friends or colleagues who would like to cover the same areas then why not consider requesting a bespoke course. If you would like to be kept informed about any developments, use the form here, and select 'Please add me to your mailing list'.
The cost for our half day courses ranges from £85 to £100. Our photo courses are run by a named professional photographer and have a maximum of six participants, giving you much more individual tuition and attention than some of our cheaper rivals. If you book two or more courses at the same time, then the price drops by £5 per course.
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London Photography Courses with Steve Davey & Marc Schlossman
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Shooting on Assignment with Marc Schlossman
The location assignment: making excellent photographs is one thing. But making the most of your time and opportunities, good or not so good – that is what successful photographers do. Working as if on assignment, we will show you how to get the most from yourself and from the opportunities we find. This course is run in one of two locations:Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew and the River Thames in London. Kew Gardens are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, containing historic gardens, glasshouses, decorative structures and water features: perfect to explore the photography of natural settings.
RAW Down The River with Steve Davey
Much is spoken about RAW photography but many photographers don't understand it, or even fear it. Yet the RAW format is a tremendously versatile format which allows you far greater control over your pictures, and also offers the chance for far better quality images. RAW actually simplifies the picture-taking process, allowing you to make a lot of the decisions on a computer and not at the moment of picture takingThe RAW processing is analogous to using a photographic darkroom, and can be achieved in a few seconds. This course will look at shooting RAW and also at basic RAW processing options.
Better Travel Portraits with Steve Davey
Taking great shots of people you meet on your travels a hard skill to learn, yet this workshop can take you through all of the technical, creative and practical decisions you will need to improve your travel portraits! We will start with an illustrated presentation, outlining the technical and creative decisions you will need to make when shooting a portrait. By making these decisions in advance - before you approach someone to ask permission – you can be more relaxed and creative. We will also look at the best ways to approach people and the mechanics of shooting different styles of portrait.
Mastering Composition with Steve Davey
It doesn't matter what camera you have, you can drastically improve your photography by improving your composition. This course will explore all aspects of composition, to make your pictures more visually balanced and pleasing. But composition is about more than just how your pictures look: by changing the composition you can change the relationship between things in the frame, set up meaning and make your pictures more visually stimulating. Steve will comprehensively explain his theory of 'Mise en Scene' or the art of combining items in the frame to create more sophisticated images.
Steve Davey is a professional photographer and writer based in London. He has photographed people, places, cultures and festivals in 84 countries for a range of publications worldwide.
Steve has recently published Footprint Travel Photography, the leading guide to the subject and has launched the Better Travel Photography range of world photography tours. Steve also write regular photography features for a number of publications around the world. More...
Marc is from Chicago and has lived in London for over 20 years. He studied photojournalism at the London College of Communications and began his career shooting news and editorial assignments.
He has contributed to many publications worldwide. His work has evolved into a mix of shooting corporate, travel and reportage for various companies and charity sector clients. Having chosen London as home, he loves the city and sees London with the enthusiastic eye of a visitor. More...
Steve Davey and Marc Schlossman collaborated on the internationally best selling Unforgettable Places to See Before You Die and Unforgettable Islands to Escape to Before You Die (both published by BBC Books). Between them these titles have sold some 500,000 copies in 30 languages. This involved a total of 80 worldwide shoots, giving them both unprecedented experience in working in difficult and unpredictable conditions and in limited time. This is some of the knowledge that they can impart on these courses.
Better Travel Photography was created by Steve Davey to celebrate the art of travel photography and to help people improve their travel photography skills and get more out of their travels. Some of the highlights of the site are image galleries, travel photography features and 501 Travel Photography Tips. This site also features Steve's exclusive range of travel photography tours.
Pro Lighting: Studio & Location with Marc Schlossman
Learn professional lighting techniques that produce many of the world's most inspiring images. Working in a professional photography studio in southwest London, we will set up a studio shoot for you, portrait or still life. You will learn to work with monobloc flash heads and with tungsten continuous lights. In addition, we can show you how to use your DSLR's on-camera flash along with simple, compact and affordable accessories to create beautiful professional lighting. For portraits, directing your subject is as important as lighting skills – we will look at some simple techniques to make people comfortable.
Night Photography with Marc Schlossman
Making photographs at twilight and at night has a special appeal and thrill of discovery. Often what you find in your image is not what you expected and the scene is completely new in anything but daylight illumination. Daytime scenes that perhaps appear ordinary can take on a completely different feel and atmosphere at night. The key is learning how to plan for and assess how movement and artificial light at night will translate in the image. With just a tripod and a cable release, you can find possibilities that are simply not available in daylight.
DSLR 101: An Introduction to your Digital SLR with Marc Schlossman
Getting a new DSLR? Have one and thinking you could be getting more from it? We will demystify the technology for you and concentrate on the elements that will help you make better photographs, leaving aside the complicated extras that come with having a more complicated DSLR. In addition to learning about your camera, we take you through the technical basics of photography and image making, through to editing and basic processing of RAW images on computer.
Telephoto Masterclass with Marc Schlossman
The telephoto lens presents the biggest set of challenges of any lens you own and tests your photographic abilities to the maximum. Learning to shoot with telephoto lenses has as much to do with how you see your subject and where you position yourself as it does with handling the lens in the right way. There is no substitute for getting close to your subject and telephotos are crucial for bringing in the action. Telephotos are the lenses that new photographers tend to leave in the bag but with a few simple techniques, we will help you get the most from them.
