Creative Photographers for Beginners-Nature-Online/King's Mill Reservoir-Community Learning

Kings Mill Reservoir, Mansfield

Date	20 April - 11 May 2022
Sessions	Wednesdays: 10am - 12pm
No. sessions	4
Venue	Kings Mill Reservoir, Mansfield View venue details View on Google Maps
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 12
Cost	Free

About this course

This is a 4- week blended learning course suitable for beginners. Each student will learn basic camera skills and how to use the essential camera modes, Macro, Landscape, Sports and Portrait; together with photography compositional and observational techniques to visually improve the photographs you take.

Week 1 and 2 are online sessions; week 3 will be a field trip to Kings Mill Reservoir (NG17 4PA) with our highly experienced photography tutor and the final week will be classroom based, at the reservoir, look at selecting and editing your best images with a view to submitting for a Miner2Major exhibition of learner’s work.

By the end of this course, you will have Improved camera skills and visually improved photographs by:

Knowing when and how to use the camera modes
Being aware of the different compositional techniques and how they are used in composing a photograph
Being aware of the physical arrangements of objects, the effect of light and colour can have on the composition of a photograph

The knowledge and skills gained on this course will enable you to attend an intermediate photography course.

You will need:

A camera with camera modes or a mobile phone (however this may limit you to only the photography compositional and observational techniques). An item for close up photography, an item/subject that moves and a suitable item/subject for portrait photography

Kingsmill venue is the Discovery Room, inside the café. Please note parking charges apply at this site, a pay and display car park is in operation.

Booking your place and fee information

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: