The Abbey Studios Photography Centre & School of Photography for Workshops, Courses and Individual Tuition.
Plant and Garden Photography Workshops
This season we a running workshops in two fabulous and very different gardens - Mill Dene, Blockley set in the Cotswolds close to Moreton in Marsh, and The RHS Centre, Pershore College, Worcestershire.
Mill Dene is the home of Wendy and Barry Dare and is the culmination of many years work. The garden is featured regularly in quality magazines and publications around the world. See www.milldenegarden.co.uk for further details on this garden.
Dates: Monday 14th May 2012, Saturday 26th May 2012 and Friday & Saturday 14/15 September where on the Saturday we will spend time at Batsford Arboretum.
The cost is £65.00 per person for the one day workshops and £120.00 per person for the two day event at both Mill Dene & Batsford Arboretum.
The RHS Centre at Pershore College course is being run through the RHS and bookings/enquiries can be made directly with them at rhs@warkscol.ac.uk
Dates for 2012 - Saturday 7th July 2012
This is a basic course for those grappling with the controls and settings on their digital cameras (or film cameras) and numbers will be limited to a maxumum of 10 delgates. Running alll day from 10.00am - 4.00pm, the fee includes access to the gardens, tea/coffee and a light lunch.
At Mill Dene we will incorporate some of the basic detail and also for the more competent photographer will looking at much more detail with regard to camera settings and controls along with using depth of field, shutter and aperture priorites, file formats and image management. Composition and use of the light will be a feature too of this course. Delegates will be limited to a maximum of 10. Running all day from 10.00am - 4.00pm, the fee includes access to the gardens, tea/coffee and a light lunch.
We have one date at Mill Dene where we spread our activities over 2 days spending day one at Mill Dene and day two at nearby Batsford Arboretum where we should capture some of the early autumn colours.
At both gardens you will spend the day with your tutor looking at in varying degrees, composition, lighting, macro and close up photography, using the light, colours and textures as well as looking at camera controls and settings - how to use them to the best advantage to capture creative and imaginative images. Plus image management, post capture processing and
Mill Dene is the home of Wendy and Barry Dare and is the culmination of many years work. The garden is featured regularly in quality magazines and publications around the world. See www.milldenegarden.co.uk for more information on this wonderful location.
The RHS Centre at Pershore College course is being run through the RHS and bookings/enquiries can be made directly with them at rhs@warkscol.ac.uk Date for 2012 - Saturday 7 July.
