Photographic Workshops in Devon, Winter 2012

Introduction to digital photography 10am - 5pm - £50
A practical days workshop 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. Numbers limited to a hand-full.

Saturday 11th February in Bideford
Saturday 25th February in Barnstaple
Thursday 1st March in South Molton
Thursday 8th March in Bideford

Half Day Intro to digital photography 2.00pm - 4.30pm - £25
A 'sit around the table' workshop to get to know your camera better. You'll learn about shutter speeds, aperture, ISO, flash and setting your camera up for optimum quality.

Wednesday 22nd February in Bideford
Wednesday 14th March in Barnstaple

Painting with Light 6pm - 9.00pm - £25
An evening workshop celebrating the dark nights of the Winter. You'll learn how to make 'long exposure' photographs using coloured lights, flames, sparklers and hand-held flash.

Sunday 12th February - Northam Burrows (Westward Ho!)
Wednesday 7th March - Northam Burrows (Westward Ho!)

Photographing your own Artwork 10am - 5pm - £50
I have a wealth of knowledge and experience of photographing 2D artwork, jewellery and ceramics and I'm willing to pass this on to artists eager to improve their own image making camera skills. Although this workshop is for a small group (max 5) I also offer it on a 1:1 basis for ½ a day for the same price.

Wednesday 15th February in Bideford

Introduction to Photoshop 10am – 5pm - £50
Opening an image file and adjusting levels, contrast, brightness and colour balance. Rotating, resizing and cropping an image. Placing an image or images into a new file. Using layers and history. Participants will need to be computer literate i.e. use a computer on regular basis and understand the basic controls. Small group (max 4).

Thursday 16th February in Bideford

Intermediate Photoshop 10am – 5pm - £50
Using tools, masks and filters to manipulate your image. Tools used in this session are: marquee, move, lasso, magic wand, eraser, paint bucket, eyedropper, hand and zoom. Making a contact sheet and using batch production. Adding type to your image. Participants will need to be computer literate i.e. use a computer on regular basis and understand the basic controls. Small group (max 4).

Thursday 15th March in Bideford

Workshop gift vouchers are always available for that special present for those people with new cameras so that they'll get to know them better!

More workshops will be added later, please let me know by email if there's a photographic workshop you would like that I don't offer at the moment and if there's a location that I don't offer.

"Many thanks for the course yesterday. I found it very useful to go over the various features of Photoshop, and also to know which ones I might happily ignore! I think I will be a bit more confident about trying various things now and I certainly understand the print / pixel stuff better."
Isabella Whitworth

"I've had a quick look at the feedback forms from Saturday - all of which were excellent - so it sounds like it was a very successful day - WELL DONE!!"
Tilly Clark, Burton Art Gallery and Museum

"Thank you very much for an enjoyable day, I feel I learnt a lot in a short time and spent most of the evening and next day taking pictures!"
Dion Mantell  

"Thanks for a really enjoyable day – do you have any other courses planned? All the best"
Alan Mead

"Great to see the pictures - surprisingly good viewing them now!!! Really enjoyed the day, thank you"
Gill George

"I just wanted to say thanks for a great day yesterday we learnt heaps. I am sure when we take photos in the future they will be much better."
Jenny Smy

"Just to say many thanks for last Friday it was really helpful and enlightening."
Wendy Allan

 

Other Workshops by Dave Green include:

Painting with Light - An evening workshop celebrating the dark nights of the Winter. You'll learn how to make 'long exposure' photographs using coloured lights, flames, sparklers and hand-held flash.

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. This workshop elps you understand terms and confidently use functions common to all imaging software including Freeware and Open Source.

Introduction to Photoshop or Elements - 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. Dave Green has professionally used Photoshop for over 20 years and can write a course specifically to your needs and interests.

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!

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.”

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.