AUTUMN IN THE PEAK DISTRICT PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

Join me on the 1st of November for a packed day of photographing autumn at its best in the Peak District.

Autumn becomes such a colourful time in the Peak District, with the vibrant purples of heather season long gone. Now it’s the turn of yellows, oranges and reds to completely transform the landscape, giving its final hoorah before the colour is gone for winter.

The best two weeks of Autumn are typically the last week of October and the first week of November. This is when there are usually enough leaves on the trees in vibrant colours, while plenty have fell to carpet the ground.

The light at this time of year is good throughout the day and should allow us to get some great photos. I will be picking locations depending on the weather on the day. Good light? We might spend more time doing grand landscapes…low fog? Brilliant, let’s find some woodland!

We will meet at 09:00 to do a meet and greet with the other photographers and myself before moving on to our first location. My autumn workshops are run over two days in the Peak District. On each day I will visit different locations if you would like to join both.

The first location we will head to is Upper Moor above Darley Dale. Here, we have a fantastic avenue of trees which are stunning and provide a fantastic display of autumn colours. If we are very lucky, we will have some fog or mist in the trees.

Next, we will head over to Lumsdale to capture one of my favourite waterfalls in Derbyshire and the Peak District. Autumn colours here are fantastic. we will spend a little time honing our long exposure techniques, capturing cascades and waterfalls tumbling down Bentley Brook past the old mills.

If we are doing well for time, we will head up Stanton Moor to photograph Nine Ladies Stone Circle set against a backdrop of autumnal birches.

Lastly for sunset, we will head over to Curbar and walk along the edge to a spot where it meets Froggatt Edge. From here, we will have a fantastic view over the gritstone edge, above the birch trees below which catch the sunset light perfectly.

During the day, we will break for lunch around 13:00 and if time allows, look at some of my own previous images on a laptop to discuss basic processing techniques within Adobe Lightroom.

The day will conclude after sunset around 17:00

Throughout the day we will look at techniques such as focusing, using a tripod, use of filters vs exposure blending, composition, working with the light and more.

I am more than happy to discuss other more advanced techniques on 1-2-1 basis as well as to the group, depending on what is beneficial.

Upon booking, you will be sent an order confirmation email which includes meeting details, kit-list, discount codes and a questionnaire for you to fill out. This questionnaire just allows me to get information about you so I can plan the day appropriately for the whole group.

The day is tailored around you as much as possible and I strive to give each of you on the course for that day the best day possible. At the end of the day, you will have hopefully learnt new techniques and taken away some imagery you will be proud of. I am a friendly and relaxed tutor and I welcome you to keep in touch with me after the course to ask me any questions you may have looked over on the day. I have also created a Facebook client area where you can keep in touch, share your photos and keep in touch with other attendees from the day.

There will be a maximum group size of 4 meaning there will be plenty of 1-2-1 time. I will be on hand throughout the day for any questions and my focus will be on ensuring you have the best day possible.

What if the weather is poor? Don’t worry, unless it’s torrential all day, I have plenty of locations that suit a variety of weather and with my experience, you will still get to the best locations possible and you will still get some great images, for example waterfalls are brilliant for those overcast days. As we are in the UK, we see more grey than we do yellow and I am well adapted to getting us to the best spots if we need to change itinerary. This may even include chasing the light, with my knowledge of how the weather works in certain areas and using forecasts, webcams and other tools on the day to help us make those decisions, which I will share with you. We will spend a lot of time working on technique and composition and most of the day is designed to work up until that hopeful sunset so you have the skills to get the best you can at the end of the day. So even if we don’t get the weather or even that sunset you will have learnt a load of new skills, even if you are a more advanced photographer which you can take away with you and use on your next photographic outing.

There is a £40 deposit required to secure your place on this workshop with the balance due no later than 6 weeks before the workshop.