Continuing our series of successful and highly popular seasonal landscape photography courses, the next event to be run by Nigel Hicks will be over the first weekend of November, hopefully timed to coincide with the autumn colours in Dartmoor’s woodlands.

 So, if you feel the urge to brush up on your landscape photography skills, need practice with that new digital camera, or simply relish the opportunity to get some fresh air and exercise in the company of like-minded people, this should be a great weekend. As with all previous courses, this course will contain a maximum of 12 participants, ensuring a manageable group, where close contact with Nigel will always be possible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo locations to be used during the weekend will range from the open moors and sheltered woodlands and valley rivers of Dartmoor, to the cliffs and beaches of the south Devon coast, all within 15 minutes’ to an hour’s drive away. The exact choice of locations will of course depend very much on the weather and the preferences of the group, but we will aim to provide as wide a spread of location types as possible.

 Nigel will be shooting with a digital SLR camera, but participants are free to use any kind of film or digital camera they choose, provided they don’t have so much kit they are unable to carry it in the field, or that requires too much time to take a reasonable number of photos!

 It is common on these courses for participants to have quite a wide range of level of skill and experience, but this is generally no hindrance to everyone’s enjoyment and ability to learn. Nigel will not be teaching the basics of photographic technique, but will concentrate on the thought processes and consideration of the aesthetic aspects that go into creating a great image.

 Discussion of technical aspects will generally be limited to how they directly impact on the composition and likely success of images shot at particular locations visited during the weekend, plus some coverage of the differences in technique between film and digital photography, in order to help those struggling with the switch to digital.

Since Nigel cannot hope to know the ins and outs of every camera model on the market, participants are expected to be familiar with which buttons they need to press on their particular camera in order to produce at least basic images!

 The base for the course will be the Cockhaven Manor Inn (see www.cockhavenmanor.com), an old coaching house in the heart of the ancient village of Bishopsteignton, on the northern shore of the estuary of the River Teign. Situated just three miles west of the coast and the seaside town of Teignmouth, and 12 miles east of Dartmoor, the village is ideally located as a centre for exploring a wide range of moorland and coastal photo locations.

 We really hope you decide to come along for the weekend, and we’ll look forward to hearing from you! 

The outline timetable for the weekend is as follows:

 

 Price for the weekend is £280 per person, which includes accommodation in a shared, twin room (single rooms are available for a £15 supplement) and dinner on Friday and Saturday nights, breakfast and a packed lunch on Saturday and Sunday, and local minibus transportation. Non-photography partners can come along for the weekend at a discounted rate, and discounts also apply for participants not requiring accommodation.

A full list of prices is on the booking form, which can be downloaded as a pdf file by clicking on the link below.

To download a booking form and full details of the course, click on the links below. These will be downloaded as pdf files, readable using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Download Autumn 2007 course details

Download Autumn 2007 course booking form

 

If you would prefer to receive these forms by e-mail or as paper forms by post, contact us by e-mail or phone as below:

E-mail at info@nigelhicks.com

Phone at 01626 770181

 

To reserve a place on the course, print out and fill in the booking form and return by post, with a cheque made payable to Nigel Hicks Images, to the address shown on the form.

We'll look forward to hearing from you, and to meeting you in November!