Images of France Course Information - Level 2: inspiring creativity
"fuelling your passion for photography..."
Fun with flash techniques
Images of France Level 2 photography holiday course
In Level 2 we shift up a gear, to where your interest in good photography becomes a passion!
Building on the content of our successful Beginners/ Improvers course, we will move on to even more creative use of your camera.
This course is designed for users of DSLRs or cameras capable of shooting in RAW format.
We aim to build your technical and artistic skills, increasing your confidence and giving you the inspiration to use your imagination to make stronger images.
Using different lenses and filters, lighting and multiple exposures to capture original and striking photographs, then bringing out the best of your images using Adobe Lightroom and going beyond with Adobe Photoshop, tackling layers and working with textures.
HDR from 3 exposures: Moissac Abbey by Sue Babey, processed with Photomatix
All the way through we are looking for high quality from the moment of capture to the final print or on-screen display.
This holiday gives you the time for trying out new tools, techniques and ideas and putting them into practice in varied situations, helping you to develop your individual style.
We will visit interesting locations offering abundant subject matter to challenge and inspire you, with opportunities along the way for one-to-one sessions with Graham for individual coaching or problem solving.
Be inspired by days of creative photography where you can be immersed with other dedicated photographers in an atmosphere of relaxed and enjoyable image making.
Using strobe light: Milk drop by Janet Softley
Course content includes
- Shooting in RAW
- Working with Adobe Lightroom
- Tips and techniques for capturing the moment
- Key concepts for good composition
- Discussion, practice and evaluation
- Practical exercises in controlling natural and artificial light in the studio and on location
- Techniques for stronger images and compositions
- Creating HDR images and exposure blending techniques
- Using lenses appropriately, including macro
- Fun with layers and textures in Adobe Photoshop
- Sharing your work - Flickr and beyond
Simple lighting set up and added texture
Equipment Supplied
Macro - lots of subject matter in our wildlife friendly garden
- Individual computer for each guest
- 24" or 17" high brilliance flat screens, colour calibrated for optimum print output
- multi-input card readers
- Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop Elements software, plus plug-ins
- A4 printer
- A4 glossy printer paper
Exposure blending with LR/Enfuse plugin for Lightroom
Equipment Required
- Digital SLR camera or camera with RAW mode, operating manual, battery charger, spare battery
- A large capacity memory card, preferably two
- A portable hard drive or high capacity memory stick (minimum 32 Gb storage), for backup and to take your images home
- Tripod (if you would like to hire one from us, please let us know)
- Flash Gun, if owned
- Extra lenses, if owned
- Cable or Wireless Shutter Release
- Filters such as ND8 and Polarizer are recommended. Buy filters to fit the lens with the largest diameter that you will want to use them on and then buy adapters for any smaller lenses
- A camera bag that all the above will fit in to
This is a holiday that is going to seriously improve your photography!
With comfortable accommodation in our adjacent guest house, and excellent meals throughout, you can be sure of a really enjoyable experience.
This course is designed for those who already have a good understanding of how to use a digital camera in manual mode and consistently achieve good exposure. If you are not quite at that stage yet, our Beginners/Improvers course is the ideal way to build up your knowledge and confidence.
00 33 565 31 49 72 or use our enquiry form