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Last Minute Photoshop Courses - October 2011 |
We have just been given a last minute opportunity to run a Photoshop course at Holton Lee. This eight week course is designed for either the complete novice, or those who have a basic familiarity with either Photoshop or Photoshop Elements but want to consolidate their understanding and skills, and will allow you to tackle any common photography digital editing task. You will need to have your own laptop with a copy of either Photoshop or Photoshop Elements installed.
This is really very short notice - we only discovered the room was available yesterday - so details are still being worked up, and will follow in the next 24 hours. However, we plan for eight weeks, 3 hours sessions (Saturday afternoon from 1.30pm to 4.30pm), starting this coming Saturday 8th October 2011. We want to keep the price to around £240 for the complete course, which works out at £30 per half day. If numbers are higher than planned (maximum class size will be 10) this price will drop.
Please email
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as soon as you can if you are interested - it will help finalise the planning. Very short notice - but this seemed an opportunity not to be missed, and a way to carry on developing your photographic skills as the light gets in ever shorter supply over the autumn months (not that there seems any sign of autumn outside my Swanage window just now!).
We also plan to fit in a one day Introduction to Lightroom workshop, again at Holton Lee, probably during half term week, as well as one or two more practical photography days to catch those autumn colours, both in Purbeck and the New Forest. Details to follow.
For those that prefer, remember we also offer 1:1 training in post processing software, as well as in camera skills - delivered as 1 day workshops. Between us we have extensive experience of Photoshop (from early steam driven versions up to CS5), Bridge, Lightroom, Aperture, etc, as well as Indesign, Dreamweaver, Expressions Web and the like.
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Well, where did the time go...?
Purbeck Light is still here, although you would be forgiven for wondering! A combination of filming abroad, a house move, and catching up with course work for a part time photography degree have taken the edge off our planning. We are making progess however - even if the bluebells surprised us this year and came up early...
Dates are below for this year's series of Digital SLR and Digital Workflow in Kimmeridge - and we will shortly add more dates for Holton Lee for both specialised and beginner courses, including for compact digital cameras. However, we are very pleased to announce a new departure: Stephen Foote will be running two two-day Lighting Workshops in Swanage. There is a growing interest in using off camera lighting to just give that life and lift to portrait and pack shots, both in the studio and elsewhere.
Have a look through the courses on offer, then email or phone to book, or to find out more... |
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Kimmeridge Workshops 8th & 9th May 2010 |
We have had to cancel our planned sessions at Kimmeridge this weekend. However, we are running a wildflower day based around the orchids at Durlston and the bluebells (finally!) and wild garlic at Rempstone. Short notice, but we still have places available - perhaps this would be a good antidote to election madness?
Email or ring for details or to book - cost is £95 per person as usual - cash or cheque on the day please. The day will be run by David Shale, and will start with a 9.30 briefing in the car park at Durlston Country Park.
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Holton Lee Autumn Workshops |
Our last planned weekend of the 2009 saw an 'interesting' range of weather for the two workshops at Holton Lee...
Saturday was full of glorious late autumn sunshine, with enough cloud cover from time to time to demonstrate how some subjects - particularly woodland - can change their character entirely with the light. Photography is all about working with the light: in the studio we can - we have to - control this, to create the modeling we want; sometimes we can work with lighting or reflectors outdoors too. But landscape means a big stage, and we have to work with the light we are given. We still have control, but that control means sometimes choosing not to take the photo, and to come back another time when the light is right.
Sometimes you just have to wait.
Holton Lee is proving to be a fabulous resource throughout the year - we saw deer, including an albino doe, twice during the day - as well as an array of other subjects. It's hard to walk through the space and not find things to photography - the Saturday group ended up with photography overload by the time the sun went down! We are seriously considering building in a short residential course at Holton Lee for 2010 - do let us know if you would be interested.
David's Macro and Landscape workshop got off to a very wet start on the Sunday and the morning had to be spent in the studio, exploring technique. Regrettably some of our students decided not to wait, but exactly as forecast the weather cleared at 12 to clear - and dry - skies. David stayed on site and took advantage of the light to capture these shots using the techniques he had been demonstrating in the morning.
"Here is a selection of photographs of fungi taken today. Half an hour after the rain had stopped the weather was calm and bright enough to explore the the fungi in the adjacent field. 5 mins walk from the studio and from what had at first appeared to be a disaster changed into a wealth of opportunities to see how these 'Parasol mushrooms', some the size of dinner plates had survived the deluge and strong winds of the morning. Snapped off, bent over, inverted but a photographic challenge and the only problem was where to place the plastic bag to keep my knees dry. I only used 2 lenses, my 60mm macro and a 17-35mm w/a. Some with flash, some without. No corrections applied."
We are just putting the finishing touches to our course programme for 2010 - expect new locations, new guest tutors, and workshops in studio lighting, Photoshop or other post-processing software. We do hope to have one or two residential weekends in there too.
A big thank you to everyone who came on our courses this year - we enjoyed it and look forward to seeing you again soon. Do keep an eye on the website for last minute 'one-offs' if the opportunity arises, and register for our newsletter to make sure you get to hear about our 2010 programme.
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