Description
Photography Course Details
Duration: Full Day, 10am – 5pm
Location: Exeter, UK
Date: This is a 1-2-1 course, book a date that suits you.
No. Participants: Up to two people can attend this course at no additional cost.
Are you ready to elevate your photography skills and take them to the next level? Join us for an exclusive one-day photography course in Exeter, led by the renowned professional photographer, Paul David Smith. This course is a customized learning experience, tailored specifically to your personal photography goals and interests.
Whether you’re a total newbie, still figuring out how to switch your camera from auto to manual, or an intermediate photographer looking to refine specific techniques, this course will help you to further develop your photography skills. Imagine spending a whole day immersed in photography, receiving one-on-one guidance from a professional who has years of experience in capturing stunning images in a variety of challenging situations. Paul’s extensive experience in handling a diverse range of photographic assignments ensures that you’ll receive insights and tips that are not just theoretical, but also practical and applicable to real-world scenarios.
This course is designed to be dynamic and responsive to your learning pace and style. We dive deep into the areas you’re most passionate about, whether that’s perfecting your landscape shots, mastering portrait photography, or getting those tricky lighting conditions just right. Paul’s approachable and hands-on teaching method makes learning both enjoyable and effective. By the end of the day, you’ll not only have gained valuable skills and knowledge but also a renewed sense of confidence in your photography journey. This course is more than just a learning experience; it’s an opportunity to transform your passion for photography into tangible skills that you can continue to build upon.
A few examples of what you could learn on the course:
- Take control & get out of auto mode.
- Benefits of using P, S, TV, A, AV or M modes.
- How to shoot pin sharp images every time.
- Blur backgrounds using aperture.
- Master difficult lighting conditions.
- Understand ISO and the exposure triangle.
- Camera equipment advice.
- Choose the correct camera image settings.
- Use different White Balance settings.
- Stop motion using shutter speeds.
- How to use off camera flash.
- How to avoid out of focus images.
- Understand lenses and focal lengths.
- Master composition for strong images.
- Post production image techniques.
- You tell me what you’re struggling with!
FAQ’s
Do I Need Certain Skills Or Equipment To Attend?
Please bring your camera with a fully charged battery, lenses and any accessories that you use frequently with you. If you could also bring with you a selection of images that you have taken then that would be really helpful to allow us to get an understanding of your current level.
Can You Recommend Camera Equipment For Me Prior To Me Attending?
I get a lot of requests for help with camera equipment recommendations, almost daily in fact and offer a Personalised Photography Equipment Recommendation service which you can find by clicking here.
Recommending a camera and the best lenses to buy really has lots of different factors involved in it which need to be investigated first such as what the equipment will be most used for, budgets, your expectations on image quality, your current level and aspirations, etc. Hence the above service so we can really drill down into finding you the best equipment.
Alternatively, some people attend my courses and borrow a camera from me for the day to do so, we can then incorporate this recommendation as part of the course at no extra cost. The benefit of doing it this way is that I have a lot of cameras and lenses you can try and see the difference between prior to purchasing anything. The downside is your not learning on your own equipment of course, so there are pluses and minuses to doing it both ways, it depends on what you think works best for you.
Are You DBS Checked?
Paul is DBS checked and is happy to share a copy of his DBS certificate with any client, no matter whether they are a business, charity, organisation or individual.
You can read more about Paul’s DBS check here.
What Is The Refund Policy?
Our Refund & Cancellation Policy Can Be Found Here.
Deborah Wilson –
Thanks to Paul I now have a good understanding of how the exposure triangle works, how to balance my aperture, shutter speed and ISO and also incorporate other important elements like white balance into my photographs. The course was a great balance of theory and practical exercises which really helped to ensure I remembered it after the course had taken place. A really enjoyable experience and I would certainly recommend to all.