Masterclass at the SWPP Conference in January
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!
I hope everyone has had a great time over the festive season. Here it was hectic as ever in the run up to Christmas delivering the last orders on Christmas eve and even putting a last minute gift voucher order through a door on the way out on Christmas eve.
Since then I have been busy writing my masterclass for the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers annual conference in January. I was asked to speak again this year after a massively over subscribed seminar last year and I can't wait. The SWPP conference is always great fun.
This years seminar which will be concentrating on environmental portraiture and getting to know the basic types of location so you can take great pictures in new places every day. I am on on Saturday 16th from 3 until 5 and I hope to see lots of you there.
In the meantime the office will be closed from new years day until Tuesday 12th January.
Enjoy the rest of the festive season and I look forward to seeing everyone in the New Year!
Children's photography seminar in Glasgow
A reminder for everyone about our upcoming seminars in Glasgow next month.
I will be talking at the Glasgow Calumet store on Wednesday 7th October and Tom will be speaking the following day, Thursday 8th October.
This is the same seminar that I have been giving at other venues around the country this year and the feedback has been phenomenal, to quote a few:
'I found it very inspiring'
'I thank you for an excellent seminar that you held in Manchester.I found it very informative,and you as a person very interesting and very entertaining'
'I really did enjoy the seminar at Manchester. It was very well structured and your humorous delivery got the points across in just the right way to keep everyone engaged. The photography was, as always, stunning. Delivered in a thoroughly professional manner and the music choices were great too. The last one actually brought a lump to my throat!'
'Thank you so much for the terrific seminar yesterday,it was lovely to meet the person behind those fab images'
'Just wanted to say thank you for an inspirational day on Tuesday in Belfast. Your vision is really unique.'
The seminars cover a huge amount of ground and are really packed with information. Among other subjects I cover
*Developing a signature style
*Ways to improve your photography
*Working with available light
*Working indoors on location
*Family and sibling shots
*Working with different ages
*Equipment
*Composition
*Case studies for working in a family home and in a public park
*Marketing
The seminars would suit both professionals and also keen amaturs who want to be able to take better photographs of their family and friends.
To buy tickets for Wednesday 7th October you can click on the link
Helen Bartlett Children's photography seminar in Glasgow
Tom will also be running his seminar on
Post-production for portrait and wedding photographers
Digital capture has given photographers an enormous amount of creative control over their work, but this means that taking great pictures is only the first step towards delivering fantastic results.
Tom will be presenting a seminar that will teach you the post-production skills you need to finish your portrait & wedding photographs to a professional standard. The course will explore:
Practical techniques that will bring the best out of your images.
Building these skills into an efficient workflow that supports your photographic style and makes the most of your time.
The seminar includes:
A catch-up session to bring your Photoshop skills up to speed.
Realising the potential of RAW files.
Producing great black & whites from digital images.
Practical retouching techniques.
Using special effects to polish your images.
Taking control of your workflow.
Everyone attending the seminar will also receive a disc containing details of the techniques demonstrated, sample files and the Photoshop Actions used during the course.
To book Tom's course
Tom Catchesides Post Production for Wedding and Portrait photographers semianr
We do hope to see lots of you at the seminars, hopefully at both and do join us for a bite to eat and a beer in the evening if you are not rushing off.
Children's photography seminar in June
I just wanted to remind people that there are still a few places left on my Calumet seminar on Friday 26th June. The seminar will take place in the Calumet store on Drummond Street in London (just behind Euston station)
To book tickets click here
The seminar will be covering, among other subjects
*Developing a signature style
*Ways to improve your photography
*Working with available light
*Working indoors on location
*Family and sibling shots
*Working with different ages
*Equipment
*Composition
*Case studies for working in a family home and in a public park
*Marketing
and has been having rave reviews at other venues (in fact this second London date had to be added as the first date sold out so quickly).
I do hope to see lots of my readers there, here are some comments from other attendees
'I found it very inspiring'
'I thank you for an excellent seminar that you held in Manchester.I found it very informative,and you as a person very interesting and very entertaining'
'I really did enjoy the seminar at Manchester. It was very well structured and your humorous delivery got the points across in just the right way to keep everyone engaged. The photography was, as always, stunning. Delivered in a thoroughly professional manner and the music choices were great too. The last one actually brought a lump to my throat!'
'Thank you so much for the terrific seminar yesterday,it was lovely to meet the person behind those fab images'
'Just wanted to say thank you for an inspirational day on Tuesday in Belfast. Your vision is really unique.'
Article on children's portraiture in the photographic press
I suddenly realised I had been so busy this week with my Birmingham seminar (which went very well, thanks to everyone who came and made it a great day) that I had forgotten to blog about my recent article.
The four page article published in Professional Imagemaker magazine is about taking photographs indoors or outdoors in inclement weather. I have had some great feedback from people who have read it and I thought I would post a copy of it here.
Children's portrait photography seminars in London and Birmingham
After the huge success of my sold out Calumet seminar on Tuesday I wanted to post a reminder about the remaining three seminars that I am giving for Calumet.
The seminars have been going fantastically well so far and I have received great feedback from the attendees. Who have said:
'I found it very inspiring'
'I thank you for an excellent seminar that you held in Manchester.I found it very informative,and you as a person very interesting and very entertaining'
'I really did enjoy the seminar at Manchester. It was very well structured and your humorous delivery got the points across in just the right way to keep everyone engaged. The photography was, as always, stunning. Delivered in a thoroughly professional manner and the music choices were great too. The last one actually brought a lump to my throat!'
'Thank you so much for the terrific seminar yesterday,it was lovely to meet the person behind those fab images'
'Just wanted to say thank you for an inspirational day on Tuesday in Belfast. Your vision is really unique.'
The seminars cover a huge amount of ground and are really packed with information. Among other subjects I cover
*Developing a signature style
*Ways to improve your photography
*Working with available light
*Working indoors on location
*Family and sibling shots
*Working with different ages
*Equipment
*Composition
*Case studies for working in a family home and in a public park
*Marketing
The seminars would suit both professionals and also keen amaturs who want to be able to take better photographs of their family and friends.
There are two dates remaining:
