Beginners DSLR Photography Workshop

Join photographer Georgina Valentine in this day workshop to learn how to use your DSLR camera.


New Brewery Arts
New Brewery Arts
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5 hours

Class size 1 to 2 (public classes), 1 to 6
  £85 (PayPal Pay in 3 available)

In this workshop, Georgina will teach you the fundamentals of photography, focusing on shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. Through examples, demos, and a mini practical, you will develop the skills to freeze or blur movement and learn to control how much of your image is in focus.
You will then explore how an understanding of light and even tiny alterations to composition can transform your photography. Georgina will discuss the impact different lenses can have and also touch on focusing modes. After lunch, you will head out to the Abbey Grounds to put what you have learnt into practice. You will do this through a combination of themed photo challenges and freestyling. Georgina will be on hand throughout to guide you and answer your questions.
You will then return to the studio to review the photos and finish by sharing your images and discussing what worked and what didn’t – and why. It’s the ones that don’t quite work to plan that teach us the most. You will leave this workshop with the skills to use your camera’s semi-automatic modes to affect motion and depth of field. A great stepping stone to going fully manual.
Knowledge required
Beginner's level, you must have your own DSLR camera.
What to bring
DSLR camera with fully charged battery and empty memory card.
  • Camera lenses: wide angle/telephoto/macro if you have them.
  • Tripod, if you have one.
  • Charged laptop or tablet, with power cable. You will use this to view and select images. Please bring the correct cable to transfer images from the memory card if you do not have a memory card slot in your device.
You are welcome to bring a lidded bottle of water with you, but we kindly ask that you do not bring food into the studio.
Refreshments are available at our on-site café, Blend, until 4pm.
Location

New Brewery Arts, Brewery Court, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1JH

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New Brewery Arts
New Brewery Arts

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New Brewery Arts is Cirencester’s creative heart — a vibrant cultural charity housed in the historic buildings of the former Cirencester Brewery.
After the brewery’s closure in 1937, the site fell into disuse and was nearly lost to demolition. Thanks to a visionary local group, two of the remaining buildings were restored and transformed into craft workshops, opening as Cirencester Workshops in 1978.
Its mission is to champion craft — making it, learning it, and supporting the people who do it. Its courses, workshops, makers’ studios, 100% UK-made craft shop, and café all contribute to a vibrant creative hub at the heart of Cirencester.

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