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Our courses for 2010 continue to run from three great Purbeck locations - Holton Lee, Durlston Castle and Kimmeridge. These are wonderful sites with much to offer the aspiring photographer, both in subject matter and in opportunities to practice technical skills. We offer a programme of workshops and short courses throughout the year and usually fit in one or two last minute sessions - and if our planned dates don't suit you we might be able to organise something for a day that does....
JanuaryNothing planned as yet, but we would be happy to organise workshops for small groups or 1:1...FebruarySunday 21st February 2010: Holton Lee - Introduction to Digital SLR I. Ideal for beginners with a digital SLR, or those converting from film to digital. Surprise Christmas purchase or gift? Start to demystify your new camera!MarchSaturday 27th March 2010: Holton Lee - Introduction to Digital SLR I. Ideal for beginners with a digital SLR, or those converting from film to digital.Sunday 28th March 2010: Holton Lee - Introduction to Landscape Photography. A practical session to improve your composition and technical skills. An ideal way to embed the skills learned during Introduction to DSLR Part 1. Book 27th and 28th March together for a 15% discount. AprilThe April workshops planned for the 11th and the weekend of the 17th/18th have been postponed - with some regret, given the weather forecast. But this long winter has delayed the growth of the orchids and other sping flowers we wanted to photograph, and after 2 days of looking we have found no trace of anything above the surface. There is only so much grass one can photograph...We are looking to run a close up/wild flower workshop on either the 1st or the 8th of May - do get in touch if you are interested! MaySunday 2nd May 2010: Tyneham Bay. An exploration of this jewel of the Purbeck coast. You may know it for the abandoned village and target-practice tanks, but the views along the coast from the top of Worbarrow Tout are stunning. If the tide permits, the chalk rocks at the western end of the beach have a sculptural quality that looks great in black and white...Saturday 8th May 2010: Kimmeridge - Introduction to Digital SLR I. Ideal for beginners with a digital SLR, or those converting from film to digital. (tbc) Sunday 9th May 2010: Kimmeridge - Introduction to Landscape Photography. A practical session to improve your composition and technical skills. An ideal way to embed the skills learned during Introduction to DSLR Part 1. (tbc) Book 8th and 9th May together for a 15% discount. JuneSaturday 19th June 2010: Kimmeridge - Introduction to Digital SLR I. Ideal for beginners with a digital SLR, or those converting from film to digital. (tbc)Sunday 20th June 2010: Kimmeridge - Introduction to Landscape Photography. A practical session to improve your composition and technical skills. An ideal way to embed the skills learned during Introduction to DSLR Part 1. (tbc) Book 19th and 20th June together for a 15% discount. July3rd July 2010: Durlston Country Park - Butterfly/Macro Workshop with David Shale, with scope for landscape shots too.AugustNothing planned as yet, but we would be happy to organise workshops for small groups or 1:1...September11th & 12th September 2010: Swanage - we are seriously considering a street photography/reportage workshop with Stephen Foote, our reportage cameraman and photographer who regulalry films for Panorama. We would like to hear from you if you are interested in this sort of workshop. (tbc)Saturday 25th September: Kimmeridge - Introduction to Digital SLR I. Ideal for beginners with a digital SLR, or those converting from film to digital. Sunday 26th September 2010: Kimmeridge - Introduction to Digital Workflow. A practical session to improve your image management and storage, and basic photo editing using Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture or similar. This is a vital part of digital photography that makes the difference between efficient storage and retrieval, and the sort of day when you know you have an image somewhere but have no chance of finding it short of looking at every single file on your hard drive... Sound familiar? This course is really designed for those with their own laptop - so you get to practice with your own software and images - but talk to us if you don't have this - we might have one or two spare laptops for the day. Cost is £95 per person, as usual we need you to book in advance. Book 25th and 26th September together for a 15% discount. OctoberSaturday 2nd October 2010: Holton Lee - Introduction to Digital SLR II. A largely practical session extending the techniques covered in Part 1. (tbc)Sunday 3rd October 2010: Holton Lee - Introduction to Landscape Photography. A practical session to improve your composition and technical skills. (tbc) Book 2nd and 3rd October together for a 15% discount. Sunday 16th October 2010: Corfe Castle Dusk to Dawn. A repeat of last year's (very) full day. We start at dawn on the ridge overlooking the castle, then travel to 3 or 4 other locations depending on light and weather, finishing with a sunset shot back along the coast. November6th November 2010: Holton Lee - Introduction to Digital SLR I. Ideal for beginners with a digital SLR, or those converting from film to digital. (tbc)7th November 2010: Holton Lee - Introduction to Macro Workshop with David Shale, with scope for landscape shots. Think autumn woodland and mushrooms... (tbc) Book 6th and 7th November together for a 15% discount. DecemberNothing planned as yet, but we would be happy to organise workshops for small groups or 1:1... The autumn colours in 2009 lasted well into early December, so watch this space.With access at most sites to classroom as well as practical working space, we are able to accommodate all levels of photographic student - from the absolute beginner to advanced amateur and semi-professional. Courses are aimed at digital camera users, but our tutors work extensively with film too: we are very happy for you to bring film or digital cameras but please note we have no facilities for developing and processing on site. Our courses and workshops usually have a maximum class size of 12, with one tutor to up to four participants. Unless otherwise stated, a typical programme starts with coffee and welcome from 9.00am, ready for a 9.30 start. We stop for lunch at around 1pm, and sometimes manage to squeeze in a coffee break in morning and afternoon. Planned finish time is 5.30. Kimmeridge is slightly shorter - the centre is only open from 10am to 5pm, but we often carry on shooting after everything has been packed away. We do also sometimes put on workshops and sessions at short notice if the light is right - subscribe to Purbeck Light's newsletter to keep in touch! Please email for more details about courses or to book your place. Remember - we are happy to organise workshops for small groups, or even 1:1 tuition. If our planned dates don't suit you we might be able to organise something for a day that does.... |
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