Last Chance to Enjoy the Dark Nights!

Saturday 27th March 6.30pm on Westward Ho! Beach:
Playing with Light - £25

Light Graffiti or Painting with Light - the making of pictures at night using light sources available to us. There will be natural light from an almost full moon plus torches, flash, flame and all of the other sources brought along on the night. The price is £25 per photographer but please bring a torch swinging friend at no extra cost. More Information? pdf - Request Booking Form

Tuesday 6th April in Bideford: 9.30am - Introduction to digital photography - £25

Learning to gain control over your camera, shutter speeds, aperture, ISO, flash etc, setting it up for optimum quality under any given lighting, and making better pictures through composition. More Information? pdf - Request Booking Form

Tuesday 6th April at Westward Ho!:
2.00pm - Shooting landscape/natural environment - £25

This workshop is designed for someone who has a basic knowledge of how to use their camera but now wants to experience the natural landscape in a personal and creative way. More Information? pdf - Request Booking Form

Weekend 17th & 18th April at Beaford Arts Centre, near Torrington, North Devon - £50 per day

Saturday 10.00am - camera-less photography, using traditional photographic black and white paper. You'll be making daylight prints, sun-prints and photograms and learn how to make your own darkroom. More Information? pdf - Request Booking Form
Sunday 10.00am - pin-hole camera: Making a camera from an empty box with photographic paper used instead of film. More Information? pdf - Request Booking Form

Photography Workshops later in the year

Dave Green will be leading the popular practical photographic workshops 'introduction to' and 'photographing landscape...' from June 2010:
The Morning workshops are designed as a basic introduction to digital photography; learning to gain control over you camera, shutter speeds, aperture, iso, flash etc, setting it up for optimum quality under any given lighting, and making better pictures through composition.
The Afternoon sessions are based around photographing landscape and the natural environment. This workshop is designed for someone who has a basic knowledge of how to use their camera but now wants to experience the natural landscape in a personal and creative way.

Appledore Visual Arts Festival 2010

Dave Green will be leading a one day workshop on camera-less photography; details available soon.

Photographing your Artwork

There has also been a request to lead a workshop on ‘Photographing your artwork'. Dave has a wealth of knowledge and experience of photographing 2D artwork, jewellery and ceramics and is willing to pass this on to North Devon Arts members eager to improve their own image making camera skills. The half-day workshop will cost £25 per person and initially Dave's asking for expressions of interest so that a day, date and time can be agreed. Other artists interested in this workshop should contact Dave to express their interest and will be catered for if there is space.

Year of the Artist Residency at the

National Forest Leicestershire

New, large-scale artwork was originated in public spaces using light sensitive paper, leaves and photographic chemistry. This residency in 2000/01 was part-time but took place in each of the four seasons. There was a provision for visitors to the ‘Forest' to gain first hand experience of producing work themselves, under guidance, through organised workshops.

“After I started to teach photography I soon noticed, and started to collect, discarded black and white photographic paper left in the darkroom. These were sometimes left for days, and would turn into beautiful images through the act of light, developer and fixer. I was captivated by their range of colours - some makes of paper had purples and yellows, others browns and oranges some had greens and they all included black, greys and white. These found images were to be an inspiration to me as I started to make work using the same process. This led to my first constructed pieces using leaves in 1993, and exhibited in 1997 when I was convinced the image colour was stable and permanent.”

Other Workshops by Dave Green include:

Introduction to the digital camera - A one day workshop which can be geared towards children or adults; or a two day workshop incorporating ‘Introduction to Imaging Software'.

Introduction to imaging software - A one day workshop which can be geared towards children or adults. Participants will need to be computer literate i.e. use a computer on regular basis and understand the basic controls.

Images for Presentation and Promotion - A one day workshop designed specifically for the creative sector. Participants will need to be familiar with imaging software such as PhotoShop.

Pin-hole photography - A two day workshop which can be geared towards children or adults.

Sun Prints - A one day workshop which can be geared towards children or adults.

Prices for groups/institutions/businesses

Exact prices are always available once the time and materials estimate has been made for the work but as a rough idea:

½ day = £200; whole day = £300 unless there is already a fixed price for teaching in place.

Prices for a small group is always negotiable!

Teaching

I teach photography because I love photography and teaching and couldn't teach it if this wasn't the case. My interest in teaching as a career came through the experience of teaching, or trying to teach as a part-time evening class teacher and getting a kick out of seeing the results of my students learning, in terms of their steady improvement, in their subject, photography. It is still a thrill and a great motivating factor, to ‘experience' students learning. My subject doesn't require any prior knowledge or qualification; so I witness a huge growth from nothing to a confident photographer, in the student's first year with the subject.

I only teach photography; but this is now a very broad subject and I can teach it at many levels. I can teach basic to advanced black & white and colour darkroom skills; 35mm to large format camera skills, digital camera skills and ‘Photoshop' manipulation; image appreciation, historical and contemporary photographic studies; practical studio and location skills; IT skills and student personal tutorials; I have also organised week long residentials for National Diploma students. I am a fully qualified FE teacher and have had 14 years full-time experience teaching GCSE, A Level, City and Guilds evening class and National Diploma Photography. I have taught an age range from 14 to 80 both in the UK and for a year in the USA on a Fulbright Teaching Exchange.

Since September 2007 I left full-time education to pursue the life of an artist but still teach one day or residential workshops for organizations such as Devon ArtCulture and Beaford Arts; and regularly give illustrated talks about my art work.

My strategies in education, of teaching and learning, have come from my experience of both teaching and of learning. My natural style is democratic, and the vast majority of my teaching is student led and giving individual support to students within a group. I find myself guiding and directing students by asking questions, exploring options, suggesting alternatives, and encouraging them to develop criteria to make informed choices. I encourage them to be independent, exploratory, to show initiative, and take responsibility for their own education. I help students with their self-initiated work in a consultative fashion and try to provide as much support and encouragement as possible.

I used to be an Information Learning Technology (ILT) Champion. Here I encouraged and practically helped my colleagues in Northampton College with using new technology, in their teaching. My IT skills are very good, both with images and text and I am well versed with the administrative side of education today.

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