Beginners Evening Course in Photography
Workshops focusing on how to start out making pictures, build projects and develop your practice as a photographer.
In this season of workshops we aim to support your photographic practice and give you tools to create work, build projects and expand your thinking around photography.
How do i creatively use a camera? Why do we make pictures? What is my subject? Where does my work sit within photography? How do i make a project? All of these questions and more we will covered during our sessions.
Our aim is that you will spend a focused amount of time thinking about your work, making pictures and getting support and critique from our your tutor; Daniel Wheeler. Daniel has taught extensively in further and higher education and is a practicing photographer. He has also ran his own workshops in photography and darkroom practice for over a decade.
Session 1 - Approaching Photography - Wednesday 15th April
In this introductory session we will ask you to to bring some of your current work in print form to share with the group. We will give some input on both the contextual understanding of your work as well as support start to think about any technical issues you might be having so that we can resolve them in our next session.
This session is designed to be an ice breaker and an opportunity for everyone to get to know one another and for the tutors to introduce the series of workshops.
Session 2 - How To Make Pictures - Wednesday 29th April
In this session we will deep dive into the technicalities of using cameras creatively. The aim with this session is to demystify things like aperture, shutter speed and ISO and make sure that you feel confident using your camera. The aim is that you can begin to consciously “Make” pictures, as apposed to snapping away and “Taking” pictures.
Session 3 - Ways of Making Work - Wednesday 13th May
In this session we will taking about ways of approaching work. We will discuss how to create bodies of work. The art of “play” and the concept of image sequencing. We will also talk about the differences between collections of images and single images and how these approaches to making work differ.
This session is designed to inspire you to make work and give you some tools and skills to enable you to approach making work in a more constructive way. We will also be setting some “homework” in which we will individually set briefs for you to explore your practice.
Session 4 - Where does my work fit? - Wednesday 27th May
In this session we will talk about the world of contemporary fine art photography as well as other art forms and discuss where in this world your work might fit. We will introduce the work of other photographers and talk about their reasons for making work and their approach to their practice. We will also discuss how you might progress your practice and develop your work and assess the pictures you have made since the last session.
Session 5 - Supporting your further practice - Wednesday 10th June
In this session we will look at the work produced during the sessions in print form and talk about your practice after we finish. We will discuss possible avenues of exploration for your work and potential paths in career development. We will also briefly look at the Arts Council England Develop Your Creative Practice grant and see whether this might be something that could support your practice.
Session 6 - Exhibition Prep - Wednesday 24th June
That's right… Exhibition! In this session we will curate your show to the public. We decide on the scale of your works and how it is exhibited. We will then work with Alec Aarons at Fresh Aire to produce prints which we will pin up for our show.
Session 7 - Exhibition - Photo Social, Monday 6th July
Invite your friends and family to a celebration of the fruits of your labor. An opportunity to share your work and get some feedback from your peers
FAQ’s
The course comprises of 6 sessions and an exhibition over a 12 week period and is limited to 10 spaces. We require a specific number of enrolment to run the course. If we do not achieve this we will postpone the sessions or refund your ticket.
When purchasing a ticket you acknowledge that you are purchasing a ticket for a series of 6 workshops which start on the given date of the 15th April. You are expected to attend all sessions listed if possible. You will not be refunded for any sessions that you are unable to attend.
Cameras are not provided and we encourage participants to use any camera that is accessible to them. This can be film, digital or even your phone camera. We offer a discount on processing and provide prints for sessions.
