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DALES PHOTO TRAINING

With nearly a decade of experience teaching photography (each, not between us!) we have put together a varied programme of courses and events for the first half of 2010, as well as offering a Personal Tuition service tailored to your own needs.

Personal Tuition

As experts in teaching Digital Photography we are able to help with most aspects of the subject. Please contact us for a chat or to arrange a date.

Price: 2hrs - £30     Half day - £40     Full day - £70

If you prefer us to come to you there may also be a charge for travelling expenses.

Digital Photography Classes

We will again be offering short courses (8 weeks) at Horton in Ribblesdale.         ..........More>>

Photoshop for Photographers

This short but intensive course will provide a thorough grounding in using the power of Photoshop to enhance and manipulate your images, taking you through from first steps to advanced operations. It will run over three Saturdays spaced at two week intervals, thus giving plenty of time to practice your new skills during the breaks.

The course will run on Saturdays 24 April, 8 & 22 May 2010 and the cost will be £105.

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Flower Photography in the Dales

These events are part of the Flowers of the Dales Festival, which features a wide range of events and activities to help people discover and celebrate the wonderful wildflower habitats found in the Yorkshire Dales. The Festival runs from May to September and is being co-ordinated by the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust. The Festival programme is available from tourist information centres and other outlets or can be downloaded from www.ydmt.org.

FLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY WALK

Date: 12 June 2010    Price: £15

An afternoon photography walk at the Malham Tarn Nature Reserve. Malham Tarn is England's highest freshwater lake, and the board walk across the reserve offers a wealth of opportunities to photograph flowers and plants in this beautiful area. This will be an ideal opportunity to practice photographing plants and flowers in their natural setting, with plenty of informal guidance and assistance along the way. No prior experience is needed so the walk will also be suitable for beginners (adults only, no dogs please).

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PHOTOGRAPHING WILD FLOWERS

Date: 26 June 2010    Price: £25

This full day of photography will be based around the Natural England reserve at Colt Park (near Ribblehead). The hay meadows around Colt Park are being restored to a wild flower-rich situation and there is also a stretch of ancient woodland to be found here. We will examine the camera controls and techniques needed to make really effective pictures along with some hints and tips to make your pictures really stand out from the crowd, and participants will have the opportunity to explore the making of more creative images as well as accurate botanical records.

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Digital Photography at Malham Tarn Field Centre

This year we will be leading two courses run by the Field Studies Council at the Malham Tarn Field Centre, as follows:

Photoshop for Photographers - details here.

Landscape Photography in the Dales - details here.

To book a place on either of these courses please contact the FSC direct.

Digital Photography at Augill Castle

Enjoy a short break on 11/12 March at this Victorian gentleman's country residence near Kirkby Stephen while exploring the delights of digital photography. For further details visit the Augill Castle website here.

Digital Photography at Skipton Castle

Granary Arts at Skipton Castle are running a series of Creative Arts Courses and Workshops for Adults from September 2009 to July 2010. We will be leading two of the workshops - "Digital Photography for Beginners" on Saturday 20 March 2010 and "Introduction to Digital Imaging" on 15 May 2010. The cost of each workshop will be £45; for further details and to book a place please visit the Granary Arts website here.

Digital Photography Roadshows

These vary from short evening talks to a full day and are aimed at clubs and groups. We use a mixture of teaching, demonstration and (where possible) practical work to cover appropriate aspects of digital photography, with the precise content being varied to suit the needs of the group.

DIGITAL CAMERAS

Learn about the most important controls on your camera and how to use them to best effect to take the kind of pictures you really want to get. It doesn't matter whether you have a simple compact camera or a professional-style SLR, it's amazing what a difference it can make once you begin to properly understand how your camera works.

EDITING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS

Digital photographs straight from the camera can often be significantly improved with a few simple techniques in Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements). From lightening and brightening all or part of a picture to removing unwanted objects or blemishes, there is tremendous satisfaction to be gained from editing your pictures to get the best from them.

Please contact us to discuss your requirements and for a quotation.