Close-up & Macro
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Level Intermediate
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Duration 6 hours
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Category Macro
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Price £125
We'll show you how to capture the secrets of the tiny world around you, in stunning images from abstracts to detailed shots. You'll have lots of hands-on photography throughout the day to perfect your skills.
Our workshops vary from venue to venue:
Wildlife Macro Workshops - Look out for our wildlife themed workshops in the list below, with subjects from butterflies to insects and reptiles.
General Macro Photography and Product Shots - The techniques you'll learn on this workshop can also be used to take product shots that could be used on eBay or your own website.
Creative Macro Photography - Create your own amazing artistic shots, from capturing water droplets to reflections in raindrops and much more.
Please scroll to the workshop listing at the bottom of this page for full details.
Content: You'll learn how to use the features of your camera for eye-catching close-ups, what lenses and additional accessories can be used to develop your macro photography, simple lighting techniques and how good composition can transform your shots. Subjects vary depending on the location, so please take a look at the full descriptions in the workshop calendar below.
Main Points Covered:
Composition - we'll explain all about composition and help you to put it into practice
Focussing - we'll show you what focus mode to set, how to change your focus points and where to focus so that your photos are beautifully sharp
Aperture - you'll learn how to get all of your subject in focus or how to get just a small part in focus with a beautiful blurred background
Get Creative - we'll show you how to create more interesting photos using backlighting, reflectors and artificial light
Exposure Compensation - you'll learn how to override your cameras metering and how to brighten and darken your photos in camera to get the exact exposure that you want
Where: Commencing in the classroom, taking an in-depth look at your camera, followed by two hands-on photography sessions to put what you've learned into practice, and finally back to the classroom to discuss your images with plenty of time for your questions.
Cameras: DSLR, compact system (CSC), superzoom, bridge and compact cameras. If you have an interchangeable lens camera you won't need a special macro lens. To get the best from this workshop you will need a tripod - if you don't have one please contact your local tutor who may be able to loan you a tripod for the day.
Previous experience: to get the most from this workshop, you should have attended our beginners Get Off Auto workshop or be familiar with the use of Aperture Priority, Exposure Compensation and ISO.
Group Size: A maximum of 10 students per tutor.
Times: Full day, usually 10 am to 4 pm but please check your joining instructions.
White Post Farm
Mansfield Road, Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire. NG22 8HLPhotographing Fascinating Small Creatures. We're delighted to be offering three-hour photography experiences again at White Post Farm in North Nottinghamshire, photographing a variety of fascinating creatures, including snakes, tarantulas, lizards, frogs, cockroaches, geckos, stick insects, millipedes, and giant snails.Craig, their handler, will be with us to introduce us to them and tell us all about them, along with tutor and photographer Louise, who will guide you through photographing these amazing creatures and will be with you offering advice and guidance on composition to create stunning images, the importance of depth of field in close up work, the use of props and backgrounds, and any technical information or help that you might need.
There will be a Zoom presentation in the week leading up to the workshop, usually on a Monday evening, and the practical part of the workshop, which lasts three hours, will be at White Post Farm on 19th September from 10am until 1pm.
There will be a maximum of five people, so you can get as close as possible to each animal and receive lots of individual attention.
The workshop requires a minimum of 3 people to run; if fewer than 3 attend, your session will roll over to a future date of your choice. The price includes entrance into White Post Farm. Ideally, you'll have been on a Part 1 workshop and have a working knowledge of aperture, ISO and shutter speed. A macro lens would be advantageous.
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White Post Farm
19 September 2026 12:00 AM – 6:00 AM
Spaces: 3 available