Digital Photography and Photoshop Personal, One-to-One Tuition in Cumbria and the Lake District

Want to learn how to use your digital camera, without the hassle of reading the manual?

Want one-to-one guidance to help you take better photographs?

Need help getting started with Photoshop?

If so, our Personal Tuition is for you.

Digital photography andor beginner's Photoshop

You can book one-to-one coaching sessions in digital photography or Photoshop image editing, or both. These sessions are run throughout the Lake District, and you can choose to book a full day or half day's tuition.

Why book a coaching session with Better Photos?

It's personal: Personal coaching enables you to learn quickly and easily. You don't have to spend hours wading through your camera manual or photography books to try to understand how to get better photos. We'll show you how.

Skilled teachers: Our instructors are highly skilled photographers and coaches. Their teaching style is relaxed and easy going, and they have a sense of humour.

Full attention: You get our full attention, you are not competing with anyone else for the instructor's time, like you are with group tuition. You can ask as many 'silly' questions as you like!

Tailor made: We discuss your requirments before the course and then tailor your tuition to your specific needs.

It's 'hands on': Sessions are practical. Theory is fine but these courses are all about 'doing'.

We can come to you: If you are staying in the Lake District we can meet you at your hotel or other convenient location. We can suggest a wide range of locations throughout the Lake District and Cumbria, where you can get great photographs.

Who are our digital photography sessions for?

Our digital photography coaching sessions are aimed at absolute beginners and those with some knowledge of photography, who'd like to learn more. Many of our clients book a session with us having upgraded to a Digital SLR from a compact digital camera. They want to move on from using the camera's automatic settings, and want to learn about its functions the easy way, without having to read the manual. Others just want to learn more about photography in general. They love taking pictures but want to take better photos.

Learning Photoshop with Better Photos

Many of our clients also realise that capturing the image in thier camera is not the end of the creative process. Digital images can be edited, enhanced and resized using software such as Photoshop Elements and Adobe CS4. Clients want to learn about these powerful programmes and book a coaching session with us to learn these new skills quickly and easily.

Non-photographers can attend free

If you want to bring along a non-photographer, for example a family member, friend or partner, you are welcome to bring them with you at no extra charge. They won't be coached, but they can come along and enjoy the scenery!

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Share your Session

If you would like to share your coaching session with another photographer, who you want to bring along, contact us and we will arrange a specially discounted price for them. Be aware that your instructor's time will be split between both of you.

You choose

Personal tuition is tailored to your needs. Before your session we discuss what you'd like to learn to ensure you get the right kind of coaching. Our aim is to make you a better photographer by teaching you to take and make better photos.

You can choose to spend time learning how to use your digital camera, improving your landscape photography or getting to grips with digital editing in Photoshop. You can combine a morning's photography with an afternoon editing your pictures in Photoshop. It's up to you how you want to spend your time. It's your choice.

If you need guidance, we can suggest an itinerary and location for you.

What sort of things do Better Photos cover?

Better Photos - Photography tuition

Lenses
Compostion
White Balance
Exposure
Apertures (AV and F Numbers)
Shutter speeds (TV)
JPegs and RAW
ISO settings
Histograms
Bracketing
Filters

Better Photos - Photoshop tuition

Photoshop is a powerful tool for the photographer which lets you edit your images and 'make' better pictures.

Uploading images
Making selections
Adjustments
Layers
Curves
Hue and Saturation
Dodging and burning
Filters
Cropping images
Resizing images
Sharpening
Saving images

Please note: As all of our sessions are run 'on location', Photoshop courses need a suitable venue where we can sit with your laptop. Hotel foyers (with supplies of good coffee and a power socket) are often the best locations for this.

Prices

Prices are £225 per day (6 hours tuition) and £125 per half-day.

Booking your digital photography tuition

After checking availability, you can book securley on-line though our Book Now page, or you can send a cheque to the address shown on our Contact Us page.

Important: Please note the 'small print'.

Refunds: A refund for withdrawal will only be made if seven working days notice prior to the start of the course is given. The refund will be subject to a 50% administration charge.

Transfers: If for whatever reason, you need to transfer your booking it will incur the following charges: more than 4 weeks notice, no fee applies; 4 – 2 weeks notice a 10% fee applies; 2 weeks – 48 hours notice a 25% fee applies; less than 48 hours notice a 50% fee applies.

Cancellations: Better Photos and Mark Elliott reserve the right to cancel courses where necessary and accepts no liability if, for whatever reason, the course does not take place, other than to return the fee in full.

Liability: Better Photos and Mark Elliott accepts no liability for items lost or damaged during courses and personal tuition sessions.

Book securely on-line

You can book your Better Photos coaching session securely on line using a debit or credit card through our Book Now page.

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What to bring on your Better Photos session

Camera gear

Bring your camera, with a fully charged battery (or batteries), charger, memory cards and spares and tripod (or we can lend you one).

Important: Bring your camera manual. Every camera model is different and we may have to check individual settings by reading your camera manual.

Food and drinks

Bring snacks and your lunch. A flask containing a hot drink is useful. We can often plan a lunch break at a pub or cafe, dependent on location.

Suitable clothing

It's important to wear clothing and footwear which is suitable for the outdoors. You are advised to bring a waterproof jacket, and 'layer up' for warmth as you can get cold easily when standing around in the outdoors for long periods. Bring a hat and gloves too. Bring a large golf brollie to protect your camera on rainy days.

Photoshop courses

You will need to bring a laptop which has Photoshop Elements or CS4 loaded onto it. Don't forget your charger. If you'd like to review and edit the images you take during the day, you will need to bring a card reader or your camera/computer cable so that you can upload your pictures onto your laptop.

Notebook and Pen

We suggest that you bring a notebook and pen so you can take notes during the course.

Fitness

Our courses are not particularly physically demanding, although you will be on your feet throughout our photography sessions and be walking from place to place. However, if you have mobility issues we can tailor the tuition to your needs. Contact us to discuss this.

The weather

Unfortunately, we cannot control the weather and we sometimes have to adapt our tuition to take weather conditions into account. Please bear with us.

* Please note: Tuition fees are for tuition ONLY and exclude your transport, accommodation, food and drinks.

For more information phone: 07964 887 338

www.better-photos.co.uk