It's a common dilemma, but hopefully we can help. All of our workshops are available to book as gift vouchers. Perfect for the special photographer in your life. A photography workshop or course is …
Lighting – Front and Back
Lucky Joe in this photo was sandwiched between two lights, a rose between two thorns as it were. Simple to do, yet effective. The light from behind (rim light) gives the portrait depth because it …
Stephen Kelly Photography Course
Shoot the Streets with an Award Winning Photographer If you are looking to develop your street and reportage photography style this one day workshop will get you on the right track. We are very …
Lighting Technique – Don’t Neglect the Background
When thinking about, and setting up, lighting for portraits the main focus is quite rightly on ensuring that your subject is well lit. Of course, this should be your number one concern. But, an often …
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Holga Panoramic WPC120 Camera – Joy of Pinhole
At the moment I have an unhealthy obsession with film cameras, and I'm also developing an unhealthy addiction to the darkroom. My latest foray is into the world of pinhole photography after I …
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Creative Use of Exposure for Street Photographers
It’s all too easy set your camera on matrix metering mode when out on the street. After all, you want to react quickly to things as they happen and don’t want to be fiddling with your exposure when …
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Shoot a Musician
This weekend we have our location lighting workshop, and we will be shooting a musician, so it's a good opportunity to get location lighting experience, and get some musician shots for your …
Next Creative Photography Workshop is on Sat 22 Oct
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Next studio lighting workshop will be on Tues 18th Oct
Visit https://www.36exp.co.uk/studio-lighting-workshop/ for details. Here is a rather nice image by David Ireland, taken at the last Studio Lighting Workshop: …
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Studio Lighting – Basic Lighting Terms
In the spirit of sharing, here are some basic studio lighting terms explained: Main and fill light - The main light is the dominant light in the set up, the fill light is used to light areas not lit …
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Camera Rumour
There used to be a post here with the detailed spec of a new mirrorless camera that was rather exciting. As you are here visiting this page, you have probably read the spec elsewhere on the web and …
Location lighting workshop
The last location lighting workshop was much fun as always. We had a great model, Hanri, who has unfortunately now left us for South Africa. We worked in three locations - a church yard, inside, and …
Shot from the Studio Lighting Workshop
It's always good to receive images from people who have attended our workshops and see their work. Here is an image from John Hoang taken at our last Studio Lighting Workshop. For this shot we used a …
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Which brand of camera?
So, this a contentious one. Especially in the digital SLR world. Our advice, and sorry to fans of any other brands, it to go for a dSLR from Canon or Nikon. Every camera model they release can be …
Which type of camera?
We get a number of calls and emails asking for camera buying advice, and while there is no right or wrong answer, and no way we can provide reviews on specific models, here is the first post …
Macro Photography Workshop
Enjoy the smaller things in life? Create beautiful macro photos on our macro photography course. We will take you through everything you need to know to, including: - Working with macro …