Improve your location photography

Sat Apr 25 2026 at 11:00 am to 05:00 pm UTC+01:00

The White Horse Hotel | Brighton and Hove

Bill Black
Publisher/HostBill Black
Improve your location photography
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Do you arrive at a location, take multiple shots but still don't get the results you want? Then this is the workshop for you.
About this Event

Do you arrive at a location, take multiple shots but still don't get the results you want? Then this is the workshop for you.
One of the greatest skills that professional location photographers develop is the ability to assess a scene when they arrive at it. They are practiced at distilling a scene’s key elements into a beautiful or striking photograph, shaped from the much wider landscape a scene conveys. They do this by utilising a number of key skills:

  • recognising and honing in on what interests them in the scene;
  • knowing basic composition rules and guidelines;
  • knowing how certain lenses will affect the look of the scene, and;
  • how to ‘re-shape’ lighting using their camera settings.

By using these skills they can ‘shape’ an extraordinary image from the ordinary. It is composing an image as opposed to recording it. Better yet, it isn’t any of the things you may have been told: a ‘good eye’, the preserve of the ‘gifted’ or an innate artistic ‘sensibility’. It is a skill and like any skill, it can be taught.
This 1-day workshop has been specifically designed to help you begin to develop those skills.
We will visit Rottingdean, a picturesque town on the South Coast. It has many small, pretty but not overly striking areas. These are just the type of locations that are difficult to represent successfully without developing the skills mentioned above. It is also home to some very dramatic coastal scenes that many people find difficult to convey successfully in their photos.
I’ll show you how to get the best from both these types of location, teaching you what to do when first arriving at a location you wish to photograph, then ‘building’ the key elements of the photograph in your mind before even using your camera.

## WHAT DO I NEED FOR THE DAY?

Your camera and lenses between 16-200/300mm focal length (if you have them)
A tripod is not essential but you may find it useful
Two fully-charged batteries for your camera
Two memory cards for your camera
Wear comfortable, robust clothing and footwear

There will be a 45-minute break for lunch.
PLEASE NOTE THE FEE DOES NOT INCLUDE LUNCH

Please note that meetup charge an additional fee for payments through their website. Should you wish to avoid this fee, please pay at my website brightonphotographyworkshops.com

For more details about this workshop visit brightonphotographyworkshops.com

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The White Horse Hotel, High Street, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom

Tickets

GBP 80.00

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