Street Photography - Birmingham City Centre - 11am - 2 Hours

Street photography can be addictive, but also frustrating at times! When there’s so much going on in front of your camera, it can be hard to pick out what to focus on and shoot. In this session we’ll be looking at how to separate a good photo story from the noise, and how to improve the photos you take when out and about with your camera.

Photographing Nature's Patterns - Sarehole Mill - 11am - 2 Hours

Join this session for tips on how to use your camera settings to creatively capture nature in a visually interesting way. We’ll be looking at composition, focus and colour.

Outdoor Portrait Photography - Custard Factory Degbeth - 11am - 2 Hours

Portrait photography can be daunting, but it is also incredibly rewarding! In this session we’ll be starting with the basics of photographing people, and how you can feel confident and creative behind your camera. We’ll be looking at: lighting, capturing expressions and posing your subject.

Colours of Spring Photography - Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens - 12 Noon - 2 Hours

With Spring comes abundant colour. Colour is an important component in setting a mood of a photograph so we’ll be exploring the impact of certain colours, and how to produce a series of images using a single colour. You’ll be surprised at how creative you can get when you focus on colour in your shots!

Beginners Guide to Photography - Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park - 10am - 3 Hours

Looking to improve your photography? Our Beginners Class is a great place to start. This 3 hour session is a photo walk that will have you weaned off of Auto mode, and transforming your everyday snaps into professional-looking shots. The class is ideal for those who are complete beginners who want to get more out of their camera!

Fill Flash & External Flash Photography - Custard Factory, Degbeth - 11am - 2 Hours

Natural light is a favourite of many portrait photographers. There are times, however, when available light is poor quality and you simply need more to make a photo pop! When balanced correctly with your available light, flash can coexist beautifully to enhance your images. Off Camera Flash is when you syncing your camera with your flash. This allows you to take the flash off your camera so that you can illuminate your subject for a different angle. Taking the flash off your camera opens up a world of different options when it comes to diffusing the light through various umbrellas, softboxes and beauty dishes. The flash acts as a second light source, filling in areas where the image is underexposed due to the camera’s metering mode prioritising a different part of the frame. Learn techniques on how to use your flash off camera in this class.

Using Aperture & Bokeh - Botanical Gardens - 10am - 2 Hours

Aperture is a tool for controlling the depth of field in an image, and choosing what areas are placed in focus. We’ll be exploring how to use aperture creatively, as well as playing with bokeh.

Beginners Guide to Photography - Thinktank Birmingham Science Musuem - 10am - 3 Hours

Looking to improve your photography? Our Beginners Class is a great place to start. This 3 hour session is a photo walk that will have you weaned off of Auto mode, and transforming your everyday snaps into professional-looking shots. The class is ideal for those who are complete beginners who want to get more out of their camera!

Sunset Photography - Gas Station Basin Birmingham - 8:00pm - 2 Hours

A beautiful sunset can be enjoyed and appreciated by everyone. Photographers refer to the last (dusk) hours of the day as the "golden hours" when the light is at its best for photography. Our light meters can be thrown off by the strong amount of light hitting our sensor, so we will be exploring manual mode and exposure compensation to intensify the colours of our sunset.