First Photography courses of 2018!

I’m happy to announce that the Beginners course starts 10th January, the Serious Amateur course starts 21st February.
For more information on these or any of my courses please click here.

If you’d like to book a place please use;
– Telephone; 01946-506416
– Email; Click to email
– Website; Click to visit

New Beginners & Serious Amateur dates in June 2017

A quick update that there are two new dates for your diary;

– Digital Photography for beginners – starts Thursday 8th June 2017
– Digital Photography in the studio introduction – starts Wednesday 7th June 2017
For more information on these or any of my courses please click here.

If you’d like to book a place please use;
– Telephone; 01946-506416
– Email; Click to email
– Website; Click to visit

Beginners and Studio Photography courses in 2016

A quick update that there are two new dates for your diary;

– Digital Photography for beginners – starts Monday 23rd January 2017
– Digital Photography in the studio introduction – over two Thursdays; 9th & 16th February 2016
For more information on these or any of my courses please click here.

If you’d like to book a place please use;
– Telephone; 01946-506416
– Email; Click to email
– Website; Click to visit

Beginners photography course to start

Monday September 19th is the date we’ll start the next beginners photography course.

Its your opportunity to find out how to improve your photos, discover common mistakes to avoid, pick up loads of tips and generally get more from your camera.

The course is delivered in a friendly and informal environment and is a great way to help you enjoy your photography.  The group will be small and there’s no need to worry if you’re an absolute beginner because others will be too.

If you’d like to come along please call 01947-595476 (leave a message with your contact details if you need to) or email your details to jbarrett@whitehavenacademy.org.uk

More detail including prices can be found by clicking here.

Spring 2016 course dates

Great news for photography lovers – new dates have been announced for my courses!

– Digital Photography for beginners – starts Monday 11th April 2016
– Digital Photography for the serious amateur – starts Monday 6th June 2016
– Digital Photography in the studio introduction – starts Saturday 14th May 2016

If you’d like to find out more please click this link, you can also contact me to get more info.

Date announced for Serious Amateur photography course

Wednesday 3rd June is the date set to start the Serious Amateur photography course.
To book please telephone; 01946-595476 or email; Click to email

Digital Photography for Serious Amateurs is aimed towards those who may know a little about their D-SLR camera already and we show you some greater possibilities; we go deeper into some more advanced techniques including HDR, off-camera flash and multiplicity with more use of software such as use of layers in Photoshop and Photomatix.
– A total of 11 sessions over 6 weeks (6 classroom based and 5 field trips)
– Runs on Mondays 6-9pm, the field trips are usually at weekends.
– Full price; £100.  Concessions available for over 60’s and other benefits.

New course dates announced

I’m really pleased to announce new dates for my courses!

The beginners course starts on Wednesday the 15th of April and runs for 5 weeks.  We have field trips at weekends where we go and put into practice what we’ve learned in the classroom.  This is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about your camera and how to take the photos that you want and not to leave everything to the camera to make the choices for you! … and no you don’t need the latest SLR with very expensive lenses!  Even ‘bridge’ camera users will be able to apply the techniques we use.

Then on Saturday the 6th June the Studio introduction course starts with an introduction in the classroom, followed the Saturday after (13th June) with a live model in the studio using our lighting and backgrounds.   You will learn how to work with a model and some good external lighting techniques.  Even if you don’t plan to take this up it’s a really fascinating introduction to how lighting works and affects the look of your photos.

For more information on pricing and how to book click this link.

Studio Photography course a success

This was amazing, everyone was incredibly enthusiastic and got an incredible amount from the course.  Thanks to Charlotte who modelled for us today, fantastic results for all!
To see the available courses please click here.

Serious Amateur course completes

We all had a great time on the Serious Amateur course, on the 5 field trips we managed to snap some fantastic images and the photos each of the group produced were fantastic!
For more on the courses available please see here.

Sleeping Beauty comes to Egremont this Christmas

The Whitehaven Theatre Group are running a production of Sleeping Beauty for Christmas 2013 and the promo-shoot was great fun!

Fawlty Towers comes to West Cumbria

Promotional pictures for the Whitehaven Theatre Group were taken for their upcoming comedy; Fawlty Towers.

Whitehaven News link

Volunteer work for English Heritage

English Heritage were looking for volunteers for surveying buildings as part of in a national survey – I volunteered my skills and surveyed several buildings within the West Cumbria area.

Hensingham awards ceremony

Another year for Hensingham’s successful students, awards being presented by Gerard Richardson.

Whitehaven Festival 2013

Fantastic photo opportunities all around the harbour presented themselves and I lapped it up.

Troops homecoming parade

Our troops, coming home from Afghanistan, proudly paraded the streets of Whitehaven.

Grease! Promotion photoshoot

Whitehaven Theatre Group are promoting their latest production, Grease!   They asked me to do their promotional photos.

Dance troupe 15 year celebration

Whitehaven’s line dancers are celebrating 15 years at The Civic Hall in Whitehaven.

Model photoshoot with Emma

Emma is a great model, she helped me out with part of my photography course and I loved this picture!

Promotion photos for Panto

The Whitehaven Theatre Group are doing Aladin this year so I did the promo photos!

Photography course dates announced (updated)

I’m pleased to announce start dates for some of my courses;

– Digital Photography for beginners; 14th Jan 2013 / 3rd June 2013
– Digital Photography for the serious amateur; 5th Nov 2012 / 15th April 2013
– Digital Photography in the studio; 19th & 26th Jan 2013
More info;  http://www.photographynorthwest.com/photography-courses-whitehaven-lake-district-cumbria/

Please call 01946-595476 to book any course