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Birds of Prey & Wildlife Workshops at White Post Farm, near Nottingham

White Post Farm is based in north Nottinghamshire, easily accessed from the A1 or the A614 and has been delighting both adults and children for over 30 years.

Date Wed, Dec 25 Book Now

Course Wildlife Masterclasses Wildlife Masterclasses in White Post Farm

OPEN DATED VOUCHER FOR A WILDLIFE MASTERCLASS WORKSHOP AT WHITE POST FARM. This is perfect as a gift! You can book this date and the lucky recipient can contact us to arrange a convenient date for their walk on any of our available dates in 2025. If you email the names of the recipient/s, we'll send you a personalised Gift Certificate. This is a three hour photography experience at White Post Farm in North Nottinghamshire photographing a variety of fascinating creatures such as snakes, tarantulas, lizards, frogs, cockroaches, geckos, stick insects, millipedes and giants snails. Tom, 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. This session runs from 10am until 1pm and is limited to six places. Read More

Cost £99

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Date Sun, Mar 09

Course Close-up & Macro
Photographing Fascinating Small Creatures.Our Critter workshops are back!!! We're delighted to be offering three hour photography experiences again at White Post Farm in North Nottinghamshire photographing a variety of fascinating creatures such as snakes, tarantulas, lizards, frogs, cockroaches, geckos, stick insects, millipedes and giants snails. Tom, 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. This session runs from 10am until 1pm and is limited to six places. Read More
There will be a maximum of six people, to allow you to get as close as possible to each animal and to allow for lots of individual attention.
The workshop requires a minimum of four people to run; if there are less than this, 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.

Cost £99

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Date Sun, May 18 Book Now

Course Wildlife Masterclasses
Photographing Fascinating Small Creatures. Our Critter workshops are back!!! We're delighted to be offering three hour photography experiences again at White Post Farm in North Nottinghamshire photographing a variety of fascinating creatures such as snakes, tarantulas, lizards, frogs, cockroaches, geckos, stick insects, millipedes and giants snails. Tom, 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. This session runs from 10am until 1pm and is limited to six places. Read More
There will be a maximum of six people, to allow you to get as close as possible to each animal and to allow for lots of individual attention.
The workshop requires a minimum of four people to run; if there are less than this, 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.

Cost £99

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Date Sun, May 18 Book Now

Course Close-up & Macro
Photographing Fascinating Small Creatures. Our Critter workshops are back!!! We're delighted to be offering three hour photography experiences again at White Post Farm in North Nottinghamshire photographing a variety of fascinating creatures such as snakes, tarantulas, lizards, frogs, cockroaches, geckos, stick insects, millipedes and giants snails. Tom, 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. This session runs from 10am until 1pm and is limited to six places. Read More
There will be a maximum of six people, to allow you to get as close as possible to each animal and to allow for lots of individual attention.
The workshop requires a minimum of four people to run; if there are less than this, 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.

Cost £99

Places More Than 3
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Date Sun, May 18 Book Now

Course Close-up & Macro
Macro and Close Up Photography at White Post Farm. This is a workshop with the theory presentation over Zoom and the practical session at the amazing White Post Farm awith all their fascinating small creatures. There will be a Zoom presentation to go through thr theory in the week leading up to the workshop, usually the Tuesday evening, and the practical part of the workshop will take place at White Post Farm from 2-5pm on 18th May. There will be plenty of time on the day to review your images, however there is also the option of a short personal review over Zoom. In the practical session we'll be joined by Tom, who works with the creatures and will introduce us to all of them, and tutor and photographer Louise. Louise will help you put into practice everything that you learned onthe Zoom call; she'll take you through camera settings, guide you about composition and will be with you offering advice and guidance on composition to create stunning images. The practical session runs from 2pm until 5pm and is limited to six places. Read More
Here's what you'll learn:

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
There will be a maximum of six people, to allow you to get as close as possible to each animal and to allow for lots of individual attention.
The workshop requires a minimum of four people to run; if there are less than this, your session will roll over to a future date of your choice. The price includes entrance into White Post Farm. Joining details will be emailed to you around a week beforehand. A macro lens would be advantageous.

Cost £125

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Date Sat, Jul 05 Book Now

Course Close-up & Macro
Photographing Fascinating Small Creatures. Our Critter workshops are back!!! We're delighted to be offering three hour photography experiences again at White Post Farm in North Nottinghamshire photographing a variety of fascinating creatures such as snakes, tarantulas, lizards, frogs, cockroaches, geckos, stick insects, millipedes and giants snails. Tom, 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. This session runs from 10am until 1pm and is limited to six places. Read More
There will be a maximum of six people, to allow you to get as close as possible to each animal and to allow for lots of individual attention.
The workshop requires a minimum of four people to run; if there are less than this, 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.

Cost £99

Places More Than 3
Book Now