Portrait workshops in Lacock and Windsor.

We have recently seen a rise in customers booking up to our portrait courses, and of course this makes sense. Everybody wants to take good pictures of family members and friends, and there are some very simple camera techniques which can quickly transform your portraits from snapshots to good portrait photographs.

Lacock Village as seen from our meeting room doorway

Note the Red Lion pub, a very useful spot for refreshments.

In April we had two courses over a weekend in the very picturesque village of  Lacock NR. Chippenham. On the Saturday we worked on taking portraits outdoors in Natural light, and on the Sunday we worked on learning how to take outdoor portraits and studio style portraits using our camera's flashguns.
We are running these very popular Photography courses in Lacock Wiltshire again  in August and December this year

Below are a serious of images taken by some of our students on the recent Portraits Family and friends workshop in Lacock.

Sometimes we can get some event going on as we wonder through the grounds and gardens of some of our venues. On this date there was a female choir performing in the grounds of Lacock Abbey. This provided our students with some good candid portrait photography practice.

A candid shot of a well dressed lady admiring the view.




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Portraits against a fairly plane background keep our attention on the subject





Forming small groups into shapes gives more visual appeal.


The following photos were taken by our students on our portrait family & friends photography course in Windsor Berkshire. The backdrop here was the magnificent tree lined avenue of the Windsor castle long walk

 

A small depth of field blurs out the castle in the background. 



Once again a small depth of filed helps to focus our attention on the subject.



Sometimes a tight crop will work even if it does mean cutting the top of someones head off.



Putting your subject to one side of your frame often give  a better composition. Remember the rule of thirds.







 









  



  









 

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