Beginners Photography Workshop and Photo Walk

Photography Workshop & Photo Walk

Join photographer and experienced photography educator Carolyn Lefley for a relaxed, practical full day photography course designed for beginners and anyone looking to gain more confidence with their camera.

** Early bird booking offer: £10 off, until 31st October **

The day begins in Stoke sub Hamdon, at Carolyn’s home studio/workshop space, where you’ll spend the morning learning the fundamentals of photography in a friendly, informal setting. We’ll explore how your camera works and how to move beyond automatic settings, with practical guidance on:

• Understanding your camera and its key settings
• Aperture, shutter speed and ISO
• Shooting in Manual, Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority
• Exposure and how to achieve well balanced images
• Focusing and depth of field
• Composition, framing and visual elements
• Working with natural light
• Choosing the right settings for different situations
• Developing your creative approach and photographic eye

In the afternoon, we’ll put these skills into practice during a two-hour guided photo walk around Ham Hill. There will be plenty of opportunities to experiment, photograph the landscape and explore different approaches to composition, light and perspective. Carolyn will offer individual guidance and support throughout the walk.

After the photo walk there will be a chance review and share your photographs, looking at what works, how your images could be developed further, and answering any final questions.

The course is deliberately kept to a small group, with a maximum of 5 participants, so that everyone has plenty of opportunity for individual guidance and feedback.

About Carolyn

Carolyn Lefley is a professional photographer and photography educator with 20 years' experience teaching photography in further and higher education. She is also a practising visual artist whose work explores our relationship with the natural world through photography, moving image and alternative photographic processes. www.carolynlefley.co.uk Carolyn has a Masters in Photography and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Carolyn is First Aid trained, providing a safe environment for participants.

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