Improve Your Image – Digital Photography Course

As an addition to my other work as a professional Fine Art Photographer, I am now teaching courses in digital photography. I am currently in the midst of a 4 session course entitled “Improve Your Image”, teaching the basics of digital photography to pupils at Croydon High School, an Independent girl’s high school in Surrey.  The course is great fun and has been very useful to the students, as I understand from feedback from the teachers, .

Improve Your Image Course Topics

Each session has a mixture of both technical topics and creative ideas and tips.  The topics for each session of the course are as follows:

  • Knowing your camera – We go through the workings of a Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera and look at the key controls.  The idea is that you control the camera and not the other way round.
  • Picturing your picture – How often do you take a shot but the results are disappointing and not at all what you expected?  We get an idea of how to look at the world with a photographer’s eye.
  • Adding a dash of Passion – The rules and guidelines for good composition are there to help and not stifle your creativity.  “Live adventurously”, experiment, express yourself.
  • Pictures with purpose – Every picture tells a story.  Here we explore how to capture the essence of a scene and convey a story, whilst at the same time producing images which have artistic merit.

Do you want to take the course?

I am planning to hold courses from time to time – if you would like to participate in a course, have a look at the “Improve Your Image” page on the Season Images web site or contact me at info@seasonimages.com.

 

 

Woodland moods

If you go down to the woods today ……

I spent some time in the woods on the North Downs in Surrey near Caterham yesterday to enjoy a rare sunny day with Toffee Dog and my cameras, trying to capture the mood of the woods in the midst of winter.  The creepers entwine themselves around the trees in tight spindly embraces which constrict and smother.  A touch of green promises warmer times to come.

These images are available individually in 40 x 16 inch (1.0 x 0.4m) panels or as a set of 4 panels in either Acrylic or Blockmounts.  Contact Len Abrams for details.

A ‘skulk’ of fox pups – Putting in the time to capture wildlife images

Fox pup
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In April a ‘skulk’ of four fox pups and their parents appeared in a den in woodlands not far from my home on the North Downs in Surrey.  I came across them by accident on a walk with my Labrador pup – there in a field were a frolic of pups playing in the sun who scampered when they saw us but then could not resist peeking back at us.  I took Toffee dog home and returned with my camera to start a series of watches which were each about 3 – 4 hours long – I did eight or nine watches over a period of 2 weeks and captured a great set of images These images won the “Editor’s Choice” award in Amateur Photographer Magazine – see the Blog entry. Continue reading “A ‘skulk’ of fox pups – Putting in the time to capture wildlife images”