Photography for Wellbeing - Stapleford Library - Adult Learning

• Date: 20 June - 4 July 2024
• Sessions: Thursdays: 1pm - 3pm
• No. sessions: 3
• Venue: Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, Nottingham
• For ages: 19+
• Group size: 5 - 12
• Cost: FREE - £18

This course 3 week course will support you to enjoy learning about and using your camera. It is designed to be a fun light-hearted day whilst creating some great photographs whilst looking at photography as an aid to well-being. The course will include some short walks around the local area to take photographs. This course assumes learners have no previous experience of photography.  

The 3 week course will cover; 

• Finding your mobile camera apps and finding out how to use some of them. 
• A basic introduction to aperture, shutter speed and ISO to improve your photography skills. 
• Looking at the health benefits of walking and how photography can support well-being. 
• Exploring; exploring shadows, reflections and movement photography. 
• How to use and upload images to Padlet.  

Learners will develop an awareness of the importance of looking after their own well-being and how taking pictures can improve health. Learners will be able to use their basic camera settings and understand when to use them.

• No previous knowledge required. 

Resources required for this course

• A smartphone with a camera or a camera. A tripod if they have one or want to bring it.

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course  please visit our webpage for further information  https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking.  If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire

Check the FAQs page, or get in touch:

• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: [email protected]

Visit the Inspire website for full details and booking options

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Stapleford Library, Church Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom